Flamingo Association Meeting Notes -- December 3, 2012

Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association -- Monday, December 3, 2012, 5:30 pm -- at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue

MEETING NOTES

1. Short Term Rentals  -- Status Report on City Enforcement Program;  Exploration of Spin-off as Separate Entity

Jeff Donnelly and Eric Harari reviewed the efforts of the Code Enforcement Division to address enforcement and the difficulties encountered by rulings of the Special Master on the burden of proof required to successfully prosecute. At the last meeting Flamingo reiterated its support for the swift, fair and effective enforcement of the prohibition of short term rentals.

The memo submitted by Jack Johnson and his suggestion to move forward with the spin-off of Flamingo as a separate incorporated entity was presented and discussed. The consensus of the body was that it would not be prudent to separately spin-off as a separate entity at this time for this single issue.

Upon further discussion of how to proceed on advancing enforcement, it was moved, seconded and passed to establish a small group to more vigorously establish an advocacy effort by reaching out to other Neighborhood Organizations, potential hotel industry allies, and other stakeholders to achieve swift, effective and fair enforcement.

The following persons agreed to undertake the effort – Eric, Jeff, Tammy, and Adam.

2. 16th Street Reconstruction -- Results of Community Design Workshop

The Report of the Sixteenth Street Community Design Workshop Results was distributed and discussed. In the absence of members of the Planning Team to present the Report, it was agreed to encourage comment and suggestion to the Report in order to finalize and submit to the City in order to be used to advance the project.  You may access the document at the following links:

Hi Res (33MB):  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/40996341/16th%20Street%20Report%2011-21-12%20Revised.pdf

Lo Res (3MB):  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/40996341/16th%20Street%20Report%2011-21-12%20Revised_sm.pdf


Submit suggestions regarding the report to Denis@MiamiBeachCDC.org. 

Other Matters

3. Creating Florida’s Most Pedestrian Friendly Neighborhood -- Next Steps

The matter was deferred to our next meeting.

4. FDOT Alton Road Project -- Status Report

Christine Florez and Mark Needle reported on recent meeting at WAvNa in which Florida Department of Transportation and City Transportation Staff presented the revised plan for the Alton Road reconstruction project and traffic mitigation plan.

While changes were made in response to community and City Commission advocacy, the plan does not meet the standards requested by the Community.

It was agreed to invite City staff to next meeting to advocate on further improvements.

Best wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year !!