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Commission Committee Reports - C6  B




COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager 
DATE:October  14, 2020
 



SUBJECT:REPORT OF THE SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING 1. A) PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN HISTORIC AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS – MXE REGULATIONS. B) PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO A BUILDING HEIGHT INCREASE IN STRATEGIC COMMERCIAL AREAS TO INCENTIVIZE OFFICE USES. 4. UPDATE ON PROJECTS A) WEST AVENUE B) INDIAN CREEK C) PALM & HIBISCUS D) FIRST STREET.  5. DISCUSSION REGARDING INCENTIVIZING NEW DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE UNITS FOR WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT SEEK DEVELOPMENT, HEIGHT, AND/OR ZONING AMENDMENTS FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING TIGHT URBANISM. 7. DISCUSS PRIVATE PROPERTY RESILIENCE ADAPTATION. 8. DISCUSS PILOTING THE CLOSURE OF 9TH STREET BETWEEN OCEAN DRIVE AND COLLINS AVENUE. 9. DISCUSS DESIGNATING OCEAN DRIVE AS A VALET ONLY STREET. 10. DISCUSS HOW THE CITIES OF MIAMI AND MIAMI BEACH MEASURE FLOODING. 11. DISCUSS MAKING AESTHETICS A PRIMARY CRITERION IN FUTURE RESILIENCY PROJECTS. 12. REVIEW THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES ON PERVIOUS/PERMEABLE PAVEMENT AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR USE. 13. REVIEW THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH'S EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE ON FULL DEPTH ASPHALT AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR USE. 14. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF RESIDENTS AT-LARGE TO THE CITY’S LAND USE BOARDS.    15. DISCUSSION ON THE CURRENT STATUS AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON VENETIAN ISLANDS. 16. DISCUSSION ON REPURPOSING OUR GOLF COURSES FOR THE FUTURE. 17. DISCUSSION ON ARTIFICIAL REEFS. 18. DISCUSSION PERTAINING TO CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATIONS, VISUALS, AND MASSING STUDIES FOR CITY CODE CHANGES RELATED TO BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACKS. 19. AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW SECTION 1423 OF THE CITY CODE, WHICH SHALL PROHIBIT PERSONS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES FROM PROVIDING, OR ENGAGING IN THE RENTAL OR LEASE OF CERTAIN IDENTIFIABLE VEHICLES (WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO MOPEDS, MOTORIZED BICYCLES, GOLF CARTS AND LOW SPEED VEHICLES) AND ESTABLISHING THOSE RESPECTIVE DEFINITIONS FOR SUCH PROHIBITED VEHICLES. 20. DISCUSS, AND TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY, WHETHER MIAMI BEACH SHOULD MANDATE THE INSTALLATION OF A GENERATOR FOR ALL STORMWATER PROJECTS, AS IS CURRENTLY THE CASE, AND INSTEAD REVIEW ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, BASED ON A RECENT COMMITMENT FROM FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT (FPL) TO SUPPLY MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL SOURCES TO MIAMI BEACH STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS AS THEY ARE DESIGNATED ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

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