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Narrative for Comm SteinbergCouncil Member of the Year Award Commissioner Richard L. Steinberg Richard L. Steinberg was elected City of Miami Beach Commissioner on November 13, 2001 at the age of 28, becoming the second youngest Commissioner ever elected and the youngest Commissioner in a quarter century. When the Mayor and Commission unanimously appointed Steinberg to serve as Vice-Mayor during 2002, Steinberg became the youngest Vice-Mayor in the history of Miami Beach. Steinberg, the son of former Florida State Senator Paul B. Steinberg, is continuing his family's tradition of public service. His commitment to the City is exemplified by his dedication to public service. Steinberg's accomplishments and commitment to his community support why he should be recognized as Council Member of the Year. Commissioner Steinberg, a practicing attorney, spends a great deal of his time serving as a City Commissioner and representing the community on several committees and boards. He is Chair for the Neighborhoods/Community Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair for the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee - the Commission Committees chartered with overseeing quality of life issues and municipal finance and citywide capital projects respectively. Steinberg is the incoming President and Legislative Chairman of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities, actively involved for the past six (6) years. He is committed to supporting the mission of the League and advocating for the best interest of cities as the Legislative Chairman of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities. Steinberg currently serves as First Vice President on the Executive Board and will be named President of the Miami-Dade County League of Cities this October. In addition, he serves as an ex- officio/government liaison on the Board of Governors for the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, advocating for community partnerships for the betterment of Miami Beach. 1 Transportation and parking issues have been a top priority for Steinberg. Currently, Steinberg serves on Miami-Dade County's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) as a Board member. For the fast year, Steinberg has been the City's liaison to the 63`~ Street Project Citizen Advisory Committee, where he has been instrumental in ensuring that the construction project at a key intersection in the City has minimum impacts to residents and visitors. He has been vocal in introducing solutions to parking issues and currently is the city liaison for a joint venture to build a parking garage in the heart of our cultural campus. In addition, Steinberg has proposed creative parking solutions, including a preferred parking program for hybrid vehicles -the first in the State of Florida when implemented later this year. In response to the impacts of several storms and hurricanes that affected Miami Beach in 2005, Commissioner Steinberg recommended the creation of the Ad Hoc Hurricane Taskforce. The Taskforce was convened to examine the City's readiness and response to hurricanes. Steinberg serves as liaison to the Taskforce, which has provided recommendations to the Commission on preparedness planning and response activities. Since elected, education and the safety of children have been a part of Steinberg's political agenda. Steinberg helped strengthen the City's landmark Sexual Predator Ordinance and created a ban on sexual predators in the City's parks. He supported stronger laws against drivers using cell phones while in a school zone, and has been a strong supporter of the Florida Kid Care program, introducing resolutions to protect the program. He also introduced a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to strengthen vessel safety regulations with regard to personal flotation device requirements for children. Steinberg has played an integral role on education issues by serving on the Miami Beach Committee for Quality Education. Most recently, he was appointed by the Mayor to participate in the development of an education compact 2 •s~.. between the City and the Miami-Dade County School Board. In December 2006, he showed support for teachers by introducing a resolution endorsing increased pay for teachers in Miami-Dade. County. Steinberg is committed to strengthening the City's ethics legislation. He advocated for campaign finance reform legislation to prohibit campaign contributions from lobbyists and developers and strengthening the penalty provisions, as well as proposing a ban on corporate donations. Steinberg also introduced an amendment to strengthen the City's Human Rights Ordinance by increasing the penalties, including an increase to the maximum penalty to an amount 30 times greater than previously existed. In 2003, Commissioner Steinberg championed an initiative to create the Vote Miami- Beach program, an outreach program to increase Miami Beach voter registration and participation in the election process. The program has registered thousands of Miami Beach residents to vote, while engaging the participation of local businesses, citizens, cultural and non-profit groups, and schools. The program continues its effort to increase voter registration and voting awareness through outreach efforts at city events and by offering a 10% discount to Miami Beach registered voters at participating Miami Beach businesses. The Vote Miami Beach initiative, an effort that increased voter registration by 20% from 2003 to 2005, was honored on August 25, 2005 with the national Savvy Award by the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA), a national organization comprised of municipal communications and marketing officials. In support of voter's rights, Steinberg has sponsored efforts to urge the State of Florida and Miami-Dade County to provide a verified paper record for every ballot cast. This year, the State of Florida passed legislation requiring and funding a verified paper record for every ballot to renew voter confidence and ensure that every vote in the State of Florida is counted. 3 -,,~ Thanks to efforts by Commissioner Steinberg,, Miami Beach will have city-wide wireless broadband technology (WiFi) that will strengthen public safety, increase government efficiency in delivery of services and provide free wireless connectivity to the Internet for City residents and visitors. The innovative idea of free WiFi came when Steinberg initially proposed a WiFi project on Lincoln Road, a pedestrian mall lined with shopping and sidewalk cafes. Now, connectivity will be provided on a much larger scale. As a result, the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) announced that the City of Miami Beach's WiFi Initiative received the award for Innovation in Public Procurement. Steinberg has demonstrated a will and a commitment to making Miami Beach, and Miami-Dade County as a whole, a better place to live, work, visit and play. Through community surveys, environmental scans of demographics, performance measures, financial trends, and comparatives with other cities, Steinberg helped develop a strategic plan that provides the public with a tool for measuring accomplishments and holding their government accountable. For FY 2006-2007, Steinberg was instrumental in the development of a unique program that provided relief to taxpayers-a $300 dividend (tax) return to all homesteaded property owners in the city. This was the second year in a row that this relief was provided to city residents. As a Vice President of the Greater Miami Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, a chapter of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the United States, Steinberg has helped increase the number of children in our community that have been afforded mentors to a record amount exceeding two thousand. Most importantly, he showed his personal commitment to this cause by serving as a Big Brother to Little Brother, Nick, for the past ten (10) years. Both in his public and private life, Steinberg has demonstrated his personal commitment to integrity, innovation and sound leadership, while he continues to strive toward his vision of a better Miami Beach. 4 ~~ m MIAN1iBEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beoch, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager Tel: 305-673-7010 ,Fox: 305-673-7782 August 8, 2007 Florida League of Cities, Inc. Attn: Florida Cities of Excellence 301 ~S. Bronough Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 1757 Tallahassee, FL 32302-1757 To Whom It May Concern: 1 am pleased to write this letter in support of Commissioner Richard L. Steinberg's nomination for the Florida League of Cities Council Member of the Year Award. Since his election in 2001, Commissioner Steinberg has demonstrated his commitment to our community. He serves as our city's representative on the Municipal Planning Organization; he is the incoming President and Legislative Chairman of the Miami-Dade League of Cities; and serves as the Chair for the city's Neighbofioods/Community Affairs Committee. Innovation in the way govemment serves the community has been at the forefront of Commissioner Steinberg's agenda since his election, and this is evident through his efforts in supporting free citywide WiFi which will help strengthen public safety, increase govemment efficiency in delivery of services as well as help bridge the digital divide by providing free wireless connectivity to the Internet for City residents and visitors. W hether striving for vote awareness through the Vote Miami Beach Program or strengthening the city's Ethics Legislation, Commissioner Steinberg strives for increased community involvement. Most importantly, he shows his personal commitment and involvement in the community by serving as a Big Brother to Little Brother, Nick, for the past ten (10) years. Commissioner Steinberg has been a strong advocate on behalf of our. residents for sound fiscal policies and transparency in govemment. Through community surveys, environmental scans of demographics, performance measures, financial trends, and comparatives with other cities, Commissioner Steinberg helped develop a strategic plan that provides the public with a tool for measuring accomplishments and holding their govemment. accountable. Richard is an asset to our community and I look forward to his continued involvement and contributions in helping to make the City of Miami Beach an even better place to live, work, visit and play. Please feel free to contact me if you need any additional information. Sincerely, or a M. on g zalez City Manager We ore committed to providing excellent public service and safety to~l who live, work, and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community. C Events arauary is National Men- J taring Month, a nwnth-long public awareness campaign coordinated through the Harvard Mentoring Project and the . National Mentoring ""~ _ ` ai Partnership. , '~ Locally, ,~ ~;: Blg BIO~7er5 - ~ ~.' Big Sisters of ~ Greater '"~~; Miami: aaad the. = : DE$RA :~ Depattasent " CE180W,TF '` ofChiIdren ~ r~°ee`x;, ec ;? and FataHies wiU hoar two events in the hopes oftecruiting the hundreds of adult volunteers . needed to work with childten througb.local Mentoring agencies. _ To heslp raise funds foc the cause, there will be a dinner and silent auction at,6 p.m. Friday ~ The Alexander Hotel, SZ25 Collins Ave. Tickets acre SI00 each. - Thea~on Saturday, Day of the Child lakes place from 9 a.m. to Sp.m. at the Miami Childrenis Museum on Watson fslaad. There will be education, recreation, food and enterr~;^~*+ent for current -and p:aspeccive -mentor and'theircharges. While the museumavill be open to the ' general public complimentary invitatiao$ are required to attend. "There is an enormous need for cog adult mentors to teach chldren important life skills, tryst and confidence; sags Lydia Muniz, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sistersnf Greater Miami and Meatorirng Resource Center. Muniz, a ]ltiami Beach resident sincx 1982, says the need for menators is great; several tlio~asacid children aze on local Mentoring agency waiting lists acid more than 4,500 childnem are in foster care in Miami-Dade. One localmentor who is helping to make a difference is Miami Beach"ice Mayor Richard Stehiberg, who has been a Big Brother to 13-yeaz-old leek coley since i ~. a h• m F 1 EACH BUZZ _.__-_._ . ___ on ~ t~z~ t~ Nick, who lives with his mother in Niiami, was ~ when Steinberg became his Big Brother. " I was a law student at the time and wanted to give back to the community and thought that Mentoring was:.a , phenomenal way to Flo it," says Steinberg, 33:` _ Steinberg says that, as a Big .Brother, he is asked to get ogether with Nick at least twtce per month - • It's been rewarding tome . to"see him grow from an " introverted 5-year-old to a contidentteenager'Steinbeig says.''It lras given me. the.° opportunity to'see thing§: through his eyes." Accordingto Nick, now in the eighth-grade, having a Big Brother is great. "It's great to -.: , get the chance to experience things that I would not otherwise get the chance to," he said "He.'s a good Big Brother;' Nick says of Steinberg. "It's not every day that you meet someone new who has such a huge impact oh your Life. He has been one of those people -forme." To purchase•tickets for Day of the Child or the dinner and silent auction, cal! Liz Beans at 305-377-5055 or visit tvww.dayofthechild.net To learn about becoming a . .mentor, call the Mentoring Resource Center at .305-649-9352 or log on to ~ www.miatnispromise.org. J ~~ ----• • °-• • ~_ ~~ ~ ~ ~~a ~-iayor rucnaro Steinberg is a Big Brother to Nick. 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The goal, said City Com- missioner Richard Steinberg, who thought up the idea with Mayor David Dermer, is to get at least 50 percent of the city's aa,aav~. a~ 90,000-plus residents regis- ~ coNru-e.~r~tav~uwsu~auoa~ tered. About 35,000 residents CIVK lwn: Dina Shapiro fills out her voter registration are currently registered. ' form on Saturday at a Lincoln Road initiative launched Steinberg said he wanted to by City Commissioner Richard Steinberg to increase the ' do something to help build a number of voters in Miarni Beach relationship between busi- . nesses and residents. "There is a perception in ' year, especially after the 2000 race" when Florida voters local restaurants and stores. That's an opportunity to show our residents minds that busi- nesses only care about tour- " ' made the difference in the close race between Bush and the residents that we care about them as well " he said, isle, he said. "T his gives them preferential treatment and Democratic nominee Al Gore. Steinberg said. That experi- , "Certainly being able to for- tify the voter registration fist could help counter that per- ception. Plus it encourages eace made people "more understanding that their vote is a most noble and wonderful thin to do " C them to spend their~dollars on the Beach and not off." is more important;' he said. ~ The registration d i g , ourtney said.. Bi-monthly drives will be Steinberginsists the push is r ve was launched Saturday at four held at various locations. Resi- dents can also register at the a bipartisan effort. Although he and Dermer .locations throughout the city. Eighty-eight residents were Answer Center at City HaII, 1700 Convention Center Dr are registered Democrats. Steinberg supports presume- registered, said Steinberg's aide; Delores Mejia . The 10 percent discount is l five Democratic nominee john . . Mailo Courtney, president va id through December 3L For a complete list of the Kerry and Dermer supports President George W. Hush fos of the Ocean Drive Associa- lion, said his members aze businesses participating. or for mbre information oa how to the presidential election. "It's easier to register peo- excited about the program. "This encourages our resi- - register, call305604-CITY, or vi i }ple in a presidential election . dents to get out and use our s t www.votemtami- beach.com. , . , i ~. ,, ~ri~l~ WWW.HERA ~ , aoo~ ------.~,._.__ LD.COM ARDUNa M~AM!-DADE • MIAMI BEACH __._ "-'---`- Mores a ~ ff~r dlsco~n . to attr. a c~ ne~v voters , d A new voter th 1 ne•aes is ~ a IOp~~~~+mt Beach w~j re~~ . df ,~ ~!! Tbc d ~ ~~ tbaa I00 busy- ~~B~auacbed ~Sb Dec.31 BY ~ ~f. hs the d of Co~Y at fain across ~ba '~ ~a7±oc navia D~ ~O~+d Steinberg ~~~~~, dmtt ~~ ~k Only t~~ f of the caa t sad he ~ ~ DTs t+W- 'bad The '~ Artie as the • ~ up00~g tbaa ~~ mat ~efo ~vrs ~ T~ ~r Sushi Siam, ~ 8+` ~ Rd. itd., aad grill the I w~ee° nngs~ at 41,c sc~,~ - ~' ~g ~ar+e at 6th stteot „~ disci Est ofp °®ho., !o r ro.ere, aad more ~matioa i~« ,: ~, 3"rr~r~° a~•~,dO° ~sare ava~~ atCit~r~ ~ at ~ st ~~ deepl 6eliet ~~ i ,_ __.. _ . - -•..._. -via.,,,`., --- - -- - - ~ .e MIAMI BEACH ;`~' ' ~ ~4. t'~~,~.~~;,t y ~~ ~~:x, ,, _ `~` i sw ~rhousandsr~~ of ,¢: 0 . ~~ homeo~~n.ers _ LN . ;~ even $200 ~ ~ _ • ~_ ^ Mayor David Dermer assured about 16,000 Mlaml I o Beach residents Tuesday during the Clty Commission msating that a 5200 check they have got tram the city _,, , comes with no. strings attached. _ BY SUSAN ANASAGASTI _ increased services and a mul- I sanasagastl~MlamiHeroid.com - timililOn~d011ar municipal- ' By' .now: aboi<t .16,000 wireless: network that.: will I ~ ` ' Miami Beach~taxpayers have' provide, free Internet access ' each'got a $200 check-from to "anyone 'equipped to -`the city„written out in their ` receige the signals. ~' names.. The city also lowered the. Some have rushed to cash , !az rate of $8.073 pcr $1,000' the checks, while others plan '' of asseased property value, ~ on donating the `money to from last year's rate:of $8.173. :rcharity, ~ ;~ But even with';that lowered -But news of th~• pity giving '. ta= rate; `peope;ty 'owiners' - money.back has left thou•°: saw a hike in their tax bills ' sands of other residents -'°~ because of theskyrocketing who live is the city and pay real-estate values. °tazes - feeling a biCleft;outx~ ~• 5o'Dermer, with support N~ They inandatcd City Hall ~ from commissioner,:decided ''with calls asking why they,",ao give residents a`rebate:~' ' 'too, did'not receive checks. ~~ The one-time payout`will~ 'At Tuesday's Miami 'Beach ' ,cost the city about $3.2 mil-, ' Commission me sting, Mayor , -lion, vrhich will.be paid from David Dermer had a simple `its general-fund,'said•John explanation: Only those folks Heffernan, special aide`to the with homesteaded properties :mayor. -r I aze entitled to the 5200.: ' "This is the government' `"We're giving money back 'giving you money',back," to the people in this city'who .!Dermer said.': "It's' a special _ -have invested so much in the day. Go to the bank and casha city," Dermer said:."We're, ,it:" •: ., ° . ~ . giving them a divideAd on At a Starbucks on Alton' their investment." Road; Aimee Kamat,~31; of That means non=home- • ' Be11i::Isle Key,'said the'news' <steaded properties,. such as i surprised her, adding thatthe vacation homes, investment money might be better spent 'properties..-and, businesses, on city services. . aze out of luck ` But,' she 'noted: "Who "What a bummer,";said wouldn't like getting a $200. Stab Manson,:43, who works check in the mai1P" in Miami Beach. "I'm dlsap- In other business Tuesday, ' pointed-I'm.not;'gettiag~,a ,Jose. Smith ,was sworn-into . check." office as the new city attor-' -Property .taxes .are typi- ney. , " cally the biggest source of The former city commis- ~ revenue for state and local sinner took the oath of office f governments. ` "before longtime friend Isaac t The citq-like so many in ~Borenstein, a Massachusetts ''I the state - is doing particu- :judge. azly well thanks to the local Smith succeeds Murray. '' propertytazes it collects: -+ Dubbin,`:-who retired this Because of a dramatic rise month. ' ' I •' din property values,. the city • 'Smith, 56, recently vacated L raked in an -additional his commission seat because, j ` $17 million, foi"a total of of term limits. $109 million, in the last fiscal ~; • On Tuesday, Smith .year... :,,:returned to city chambers, -During lastyear's~budget .this time to interpret the law.. season, city officials decided .. c*;"It's a great.. day," he said. , ;" to set money aside to pay for , "And a great honor , , , C,j' 22A I SATURDAY. APRIL 15.2006 JOHNS. KNIGHT (1894-1481) • ; (~Itt ~iaml ~crrnl~ I EDITORIAL _., .r Local perspec~rv~s a~ y • ..~ . ,; • HOLLYWOOD piecemeal, incremental .BEACH MORATORIUM growth that can result in , A SOUND MOVE bulky condos dwarfing adja- ` cent structures and the evis- Commission The Gitp ceration of a community's "- made a good decision last character and charm. Ms. week when it voted 5-I to Anderson and fellow com- ' put a siz-month moratorium missioners deserve a pat on k on new projects along Hol- ~ back for approving the _ ~ lywood Beach. Commis- b moratorium before it's too J sinner Cathy Anderson, the late to keep the Beach's long-time beach represents- g~y~ under control '° proposed the freeze, ' five, `; . even though she is usually ' ~ MIAMI BEACH supportive of new construe- CITY THRIVES • ' tion along the city's ocean- , HOMEOWNERS BENEFIT -s front. The city has commis- sioaed astudy of -beach Longtime residents and ~- redevelopment to" deter- ~~ visitors know that this city mine what type of future , is enjoying a ren'~~~ce the ; ~_ growth would be suitable likes of which hasn't been for the area. ~ seen since the 1960s. Hotels . The eazliest the study are full, restaurants are could be ready is August. lively, sidewalks aze bus- Meantime, a breather in . tliag with people, day and • new. project approvals can night. The good times have ensure that redevelopment had a silver lining. City cof- doesn't overwhelm the azea, fers have been swelled by a once home fo mostly mom- 20-percent increase is revs- . and-pop motels and busi- hues from property tazes, -~ aesses sad modest resi- resort fees, etc. The City ' deuces. Novo the entire Commission. sad Mayor °: waterfront is getting a face David Dermer aze sharing •lift. Several high-rises aze some of the largess with res- .,w-- .completed or under con- idents. They have sent out,, struction, the Hollywood $200 checks to each home- ' Boulevard bridge is to . be is ~~ steader, a move that renovated sad the district's bound to build goodwill. % Community Redevelopment _ The city is spending its f, Agency is improving the money is other ways resi ,:~ Broadwalk and water and dents and visitors will . , ~. sewer lines sad is about to appreciate, too. It has low begin burying electric, cable eyed the millage rate, elimi ~ _ sad telephone lines. hated pazk fees and is mov -` IVs a good opportunity to ing ahead with plans to conduct abig-picture sur- provide free wireless Inter ~~''; vey to prevent the kind of :net access. 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Miami Beach cit a Under the contract, IBM istrators had y dmm- will build, maintain and planned for free ...operate the system for the Internet wireless aetwork~o next sin yeazs, Wacker said. be-deployed by the end of the 1'he $S million cost over the summer. - But Chief Financial Offi: s~z yeazs will be funded cer Trish Walker said Mon- through the city's informa- ' day the city's municipal technolo ` communication `''wireless network is now said. ;, gy fund, Walker ezpected to be running by WiFi networks allow the end of the year, users to access the Internet "I don't want to say it's throughout the city from lap- . going to be done by X day," tops or handheld wireless Walker said. "We expect to devices without plugging be deployed sometime this into a jack year.~~ But not everyone will ~ March. city administra- enjoy free access. Only peo- tors awarded a multimillion_ pie on the third floor or dollar contract to IBM to lower of a hotel or condo- install amunicipal wireless minium wit? have access to network on street poles and the system because of the roo8ops throughout the sev- si ea-square-mite city. goals. . The project has since Beach °~c~ say schools been is the deli and city departments will ~ p~e• benefit from the service by -Part of the prdblem: Poles having easier, lower cost oa Miami Beach streets aze access to the Internet. not all controlled by the city, Another .potential perk: Some are controlled by Fpi; Miami Beach residents and and the Florida Department city employees will soon be of Transportation, while oth- able to_ buy computers at dis- ers are too small or used for counted prices through the decoration, Walker said, IBM Corporate Employee ' We're working with Purchase Program. them to make sure we can Some residents are use some of those assets," excited about the plan and Lo do ~ f~What we're trying praise the city's efforts. But innovative ways others, including Daniel Vei- to minimize the number of tin of Normandy Shares, additional poles we would worry the city's goals aze have to put in the ground." overly ambitious. The project will remain in "I think it's a great idea, the design phase until that but I just don't see the city issue- is resolved, Walker moving forward on that," said. Veitia said. "It'll be an amaz- "Once we come to closure ing resource, and it's amod- on how many assets we're era touch to our growing going to use," she said, "then city. But I'm not going to we're going to begin to keep my hopes up." -- ~.~ .