8/20/2012

16th Street Community Design Workshop, Rescheduled Oct, Sep 13, 1 to 5 pm, Hice Hall, Mia Bch Community Church


Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association
City of Miami Beach – Capital Improvement Projects
Sixteenth Street Improvement Program
Community Design Workshop Meeting

Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:00 am
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 1:00-5:00 pm,
Hice Hall, Miami Beach Community Church
1620 Drexel Avenue, South of Lincoln Road

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association announces that it will host a Community Design Workshop Meeting to consider community input regarding the design of the Sixteenth Street Improvement Program, to be held on Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:00 am, at Hice Hall, Miami Beach Community Church, 1620 Drexel Avenue, just south of Lincoln Road.

The purpose of this Design Workshop Session is to review, discuss, and develop community consensus on the further Design Development of the 16th Street Improvement Project.  Issues to be addressed include: 
  • Goal and Objectives of the Sixteenth Street Improvement Program
  • Review of Existing 30% Plans; Review Survey of Existing Conditions
  • Assure the narrowing of the street width of North / South Avenues
  • Encroachments [Policy; Contributing vs. Diminishing]
  • Configuration of the Right of Way -- sidewalk, swale, parking, bike lane, travel lane street furniture zone
  • Green space
  •  Landscaping, Lighting, and Signage
  • Inquiry into the difference between area north of Espanola and south of Espanola

 Target Participants -- invited to attend and participate include --


Residents, Property Owners and other Stakeholders of Sixteenth Street
Residents, Property Owens and other Stakeholders of the Neighborhood
Residents, Property Owens and other Stakeholders of the City
Representatives of CIP Department, Public Works Department, and Other City Staff


 

 

8/08/2012

Just how does Sea Level Rise impact Storm Water System plans??

City of Miami Beach, Public Works Department, Environmental Division announces: 

Sea Level Rise Public Meeting & Discussion, Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:00 AM, 1755 Meridian Avenue Building, 3rd Floor Training Room

You are invited to join this important public discussion regarding the City’s proposed Stormwater Master Plan. Representatives from the City’s Public Works Department, CDM Smith, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be available to provide information and answer questions about the sea level rise projection methodology used to prepare the Stormwater Master Plan.

Contact: Betsy Wheaton, Environmental Resources Manager, Telephone 305-673-7080, e-mail address:  elizabethwheaton@miamibeachfl.gov