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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Commissioner Ricky Arriola 
DATE:May  16, 2018
 



SUBJECT:REFERRAL TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE AND TO THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS REPURPOSING OUR GOLF COURSES FOR THE FUTURE.

ANALYSIS

The City of Miami Beach has 523.96 acres of public green space. Of those 275 acres, over half are reserved for our municipal golf courses.

I ask for the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee to explore the environmental impact of the City's golf courses and how they can be repurposed to optimize our citywide resiliency plan in light of the Urban Land Institute's recommendations and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design's study.  I also ask for the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee to examine the financial outlook of our golf courses as new competitors like TopGolf are emerging.
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Commissioner Ricky Arriola