| TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager | | | DATE: | June 7, 2017 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | REPORT OF THE MAY 19, 2017 NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: 1. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF AMENITIES IN SOUNDSCAPE PARK. 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING AND PRESENTATION ON MAKING MIAMI BEACH A "CITY OF KINDNESS." 3. DISCUSS THE PLACEMENT OF FARAH SERVE EUE SPORTS EQUIPMENT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING BUMP-OUTS ON 40TH STREET. 5. DISCUSSION ON OFFERING MIAMI BEACH AS A PILOT CITY FOR UBER SELF-DRIVING CARS. 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING LOWERING SPEED LIMITS AND/OR TRAFFIC CALMING IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 7. DISCUSSION ON THE CREATION OF A MIAMI BEACH HALL OF FAME AND ESTABLISHING CRITERIA PLACEMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS. 8. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BATHROOMS CITYWIDE. 9. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BRANDING-MUNICIPAL LOGO. 10. DISCUSSION TO RECONSIDER THE CITY'S USE OF BONDED AGGREGATE FOR TREE PITS. 11. DISCUSSION AS REQUESTED BY THE VENETIAN ISLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, ON ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON VENETIAN WAY, FROM RIVO ALTO TO SAN MARINO. 12. DISCUSSION REGARDING PILOTLESS DRONE TAXIS. 13. DISCUSSION TO EXPLORE PLACING CAMERAS ON EVERY CORNER OF THE MXE (MIXED USE ENTERTAINMENT) DISTRICT AND ON THE BEACHWALK, AND INSTALLING EMERGENCY ACTIVATION BOXES ALONG THE BEACHWALK. 14. DISCUSSION ON ADDING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEW PUMP STATION ON NORTH BAY ROAD AND 23RD STREET. 15. DISCUSSION REGARDING TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CENTRAL BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DISCUSSION REGARDING RAISING STREETS HIGHER THAN OUR HOMES. 16. FDOT RECONSTRUCTION OF ALTON ROAD - TREES. 17. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EAST VENETIAN BASCULE BRIDGE. 18. DISCUSSION REGARDING A TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATION, "ART IN MOTION" COMMUNITY PROJECT, TO PROMOTE THE ARTWORK OF MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. 19. DISCUSSION REGARDING A NO PANHANDLING ZONE ON LINCOLN ROAD. 20. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS DISCOURAGING PANHANDLING. 21. DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY SUPPORT FOR THE SOBE CATS SPAY & NEUTER, INC. TRAP, NEUTER, RETURN (TNR) PROGRAM. 22. DISCUSSION REGARDING ALLOCATING MORE RESOURCES FOR SPAYING AND NEUTERING CATS IN MIAMI BEACH. 23. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF LANDSCAPING BY THE MURANO AT PORTOFINO CONDOMINIUM ALONG THE PUBLIC BAYWALK ADJACENT TO THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA. 24. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NORTH SHORE PARK TENNIS CENTER TEACHING PROFESSIONALS. 25. DISCUSSION REGARDING EXTENDING THE MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN TO THE COLLINS CANAL. 26. DISCUSSION REGARDING CONTRIBUTING FUNDS TO A REGIONAL HYBRID SKATEPARK/PUMPTRACK INITIATIVE AT HAULOVER IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUNNY ISLES BEACH, TOWN OF SURFSIDE, AND POSSIBLY BAL HARBOUR AND BAY HARBOR ISLANDS. 27. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY ENGAGING IN A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) TO SEE IF REMOVING THE I-95 EXPRESS LANES WILL IMPROVE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC NORTHBOUND AND WESTBOUND. 28. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF WRAPPING UTILITY BOXES IN HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREAS. 29. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BAYWALK AS WELL AS THE OPENING, BUILDING AND FUNDING OF THE BAYWALK BEHIND THE SOUTH BAY CLUB. 30. DISCUSSION REGARDING CONCERNS RELATED TO ROGUE BIKE SHARE PROGRAMS. |
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