Since the Education Compact implementation on January 16, 2008, the City of Miami Beach has collaborated with the M-DCPS to improve educational opportunities for youth. The Miami Beach Convention Center Renovation and Expansion Project (“Project”) has not yet received the TCO, resulting in a decrease in available parking spaces.
The Miami Beach Convention Center continues to host events, and such events require public parking access that may exceed capacity.
Access to the parking lot at Miami Beach Senior High School after-school hours and weekends will increase public parking in the vicinity of the Convention Center by approximately 300 spaces
and coordination through the City will support increased safety and decreased traffic.
The City will apply for Temporary Use of School Building Facilities of the Miami Dade County Public Schools – Facility Use Agreement upon approval of this item. Historically, M-DCPS allowed for access to the Miami Beach Senior High School parking lot on requested dates, for an hourly fee between $100 and $150 per hour, depending on the dates requested for events where a fee is charged to participants.
The City will request M-DCPS waive fees for CMB employees and residents for events that do not charge a fee. When use is requested, the City’s Parking Department will administer the use of the Miami Beach Senior High School parking lot and will charge the general public the same municipal parking special event rates. The proceeds generated by the City’s use of the parking lot, net of all of the City’s parking costs and user fees payable to the M-DCPS, will be applied to support Education Compact-related programs at public schools located within the City of Miami Beach, with any such proceeds to be allocated proportionately to each public school based on each school’s full-time equivalent student attendance, and used for the benefit of Education Compact programs within the City.