NEW BUSINESS  15.

COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM

KEY INTENDED OUTCOME:
Ensure Comprehensive Mobility Addressing All Modes Throughout The City

HISTORY:

Resolution No. 2016-29506, adopted by the City Commission on July 13, 2016 (Attachment A), accepted the recommendation of the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee to adopt a policy that all future special events requiring lane closures along major thoroughfares in Miami Beach obtain City Commission approval.  The Resolution included a map (Attachment B) depicting various major thoroughfares in the City.

Ordinance No. 2016-4065, adopted by the City Commission on December 14, 2016 (Attachment C), amended the fees and hours regarding permits for blocking of right-of-way on major thoroughfares in the City.  The Ordinance lists various major thoroughfares in the City.

Currently, Ordinance No. 2016-4065. which is specifically for fees, includes several roadways that are not depicted in the map adopted as part of Resolution No. 2016-29506, which the Administration wished to confirm that these roadways do not need to come before the Commission for closure approval.

Similarly, there is one roadway in Resolution No. 2016-29506, that is not reflected in the fee ordinance.

ANALYSIS:

Resolution No. 2016-29506 list the following streets as requiring City Commission approval for closure for new events after the date of the resolution, regardless of the time of the closure:

• 71st Street/Normandy Drive
• Harding Avenue/Abbot Drive
• Indian Creek Drive (north of 41st St)/Collins Avenue (north of 23rd Street)
• 63rd Street
• Alton Road (north of South Point Drive)

• Pine Tree Drive (from 23rd Street to 63rd Street)/LaGorce Drive
• Julia Tuttle Causeway/41st Street
• 23rd Street
• Washington Avenue (north of 5th Street)
• Dade Boulevard
• 5th Street

Currently, Ordinance No. 2016-4065 includes several roadways that are not depicted in the map adopted as part of Resolution No. 2016-29506.  The streets that are included in the Ordinance but not depicted in the Resolution are as follows:

• Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, Alton Road - all south of 5th Street

• West Avenue (from 5th Street to Dade Boulevard)
• 16 Street
• Collins Avenue (from 5th Street to 23rd Street)
• 17th Street
• Indian Creek Drive (from 26th Street to 41st Street)
• 71st Street (from Indian Creek Drive to Collins Avenue)

Additionally, Resolution No. 2016-29506 depicts 23rd Street (from Dade Boulevard to Collins Avenue) and Normandy Drive which are not included in Ordinance No. 2016-4065.

CONCLUSION:

The Administration recommends that Ordinance No. 2016-4065 be amended to include 23rd Street from Dade Boulevard to Collins Avenue and Normandy Drive as this roadway is currently depicted as a major thoroughfare in the map adopted as part of Resolution No. 2016-29506.

Further, the Administration recommends amending Resolution No. 2016-29506 to include the following roadways as major thoroughfares given these roadways were adopted as major thoroughfares as part of Ordinance No. 2016-4065 and serve as principal arterials in our City's transportation network:

• Collins Avenue from 5th Street to 23rd Street
• 17th Street from West Avenue to Collins Avenue
• Indian Creek Drive from 26th Street to 41st Street
• 71st Street from Indian Creek Drive to Collins Avenue

Lastly, the Administration is seeking direction on whether or not to amend Resolution No. 2016-29506 by including the following roadways which were considered major thoroughfares and adopted as part of Ordinance No. 2016-4065:

• West Avenue (5th Street to Dade Boulevard)
• 16th Street

The above information is provided to the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee for input and direction.