Flamingo Neighborhood Meets Monday, Feb 1st -- To Become Florida's most Pedestrian Friendly Neighborhood

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association will meet on Monday, February 1st.  5pm - Pedestrian Safety Project;   6pm Regular General Agenda.
We plan to keep the window open for additional survey response through February 15th.  Our discussion at this meeting will begin a brainstorming session on what it takes to become Florida's most predestrian friendly community.  At our last meeting Ben Batchelder persuasively suggested adopten a vision for our work.  At his meeting he will lead a brainstorming session to begin to imagine what will it take.  All ideas are under consideration;  Bring your energy and imagination.  At this meeting we hope to begin a creative process of getting our current ideas on the table and beginning to explore new possibilities.

 

MEETING NOTICE
Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association
Monday, February 1, 2010
at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue

Flamingo Park Neighborhood
The Historic, Urban Residential Neighborhood in South Beach
from Washington Ave to Alton Road, from 5th Street to Lincoln Road

 

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood will meet on Monday, February 1, 2010, at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue.  All residents of the Neighborhood are invited to attend and participate.

 

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

 

5:00 pm – Pedestrian Safety Project

• Pedestrian Safety issues in the Flamingo Neighborhood
  To Become Florida’s Most Pedestrian Friendly Neighborhood

6:00 pm – General Meeting Agenda

• Special Invited Guest: Commissioner Michael Gongora
  Recently Returned to the Miami Beach City Commission

1.    Short Term Rentals in the Flamingo Park Neighborhood

 

2. Organization of the Neighborhood Program Agenda
      Building and Sustaining Quality of Life of the NeighborhoodSafety

• CIP Projects – Flamingo Park
• CIP Projects – Stormwater Distribution, Water & Sewer, Streetscape
• Planning and Zoning Issues / Historic Preservation Protection
• Communications Program

 3. Other Matters

•  Lincoln Park – Status of Drexel Avenue Closure

 

Progress on Capital Projects -- Stormwater Master Plan; Flamingo Park Tennis Courts; Lincoln Park Basis of Design Report

At its meeting on Feb 3rd, the Miami Beach City Commission will be asked to move forward on three matters that have been discussed over the last several months at the Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association.

The Commission will be asked to direct the Administration to negotiate with the top responders to the recently issued RFQ to update the Stormwater Master Plan.  This is a crucial element in moving forward on capital improvement projects in the Flamingo Neighborhood.  Access material at....

http://flamingomb.org/CCapproveNegforSWMP02032010.pdf

The City Commission will be asked to return to the issue of hard vs clay courts at the renovated Tennis Center facility.  There are a substantial number of players who require clay courts and there is also substanial advocacy for hard courts particularly on behalf of students at Miami Beach Senior High School.  Current plans call for 17 clay courts.  It also provides for hard courts at Polo Park and/or alternatively at the Par 3 Golf Course site.  At the January City Commission meeting the Commission was asked to provide hard courts at Flamingo Park and the matter was deferred to the Februay Commission meeting in order to assure broad public participation in the discussion.

The City Commission will be asked to refer consideration of the Lincoln Park design to the Finance and Citywide Projects Committee.  West 8 is the selected Park Architect and have been working with New World Symphony, City staff and at community advertised meetings to develop the set of principals and fundamental design concepts to serve as the Basis of Design for the project.

Short Term Rentals: No Recommendation from the Land Use Committee; Likely to Require Additional Committee Discussion; Commission Not Scheduled to Act at Feb Meeting

It is likely that there wil be significant discussion of the Short Term Rental issue at the Flamingo Neighborhood Meeting on this Monday, February 1st, at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvnai Avenue.

Access Reference Material
http://flamingomb.org/ShortTermRentalsLUDC02012010.pdf

Over the last several months there has been substantial community discussion of the issue among residents and property owners, including some who have been engaged in short term rental activities.  There has developed a consensus position  -- perhaps best characterized as requiring compromixe from all parties.  The consensus position was embodied in the Resolution adopted by the Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association and was largely the basis for the Planning Department recommendation to the Land Use & Development Committee.  After extended discussion at its meeting on Thurs, Jan 28th, the Committee was unable to formulate a recommendation to the City Commission.  

This matter will be discussed at our meeting on Mon, Feb 1st and will likely require additional community discussion and Development Committee action before resolution at the City Commission level.

The following material includes (1) the recommendation of the Administration; (2) the policy recommendation of the Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association (Sep 26, 2009), and the proposed draft ordinance.

http://flamingomb.org/ShortTermRentalsLUDC02012010.pdf

Flamingo Neighborhood Meeting -- Mon, Jan 11th, at The Seymour -- 5pm Safety Solutions; 6pm Featured Invited Guest Commissioner Jorge Exposito

Flamingo Neighborhood Meeting Notice


The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association will meet on Monday, January 11, 2010, at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue. All residents of the Neighborhood are invited to attend and participate.

At 5pm – a special resource team will present the kinds of solutions that can be developed to enhance pedestrian safety in the neighborhood – Engineering, Education, Enforcement and Encouragement. The panel will include personnel from the City of Miami Beach Planning Department, Transportation Division and Police Department, the Miami-Dade Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, and University of Miami SafeWalk project staff.

Throughout the month of January we are collecting information about the issues and concerns that hamper walking in the neighborhood. We encourage the participation of residents of the Flamingo Park Neighborhood in conducting the survey and at our monthly meetings. The survey can be accessed through the following link: http://flamingomb.org/WalkaboutPedestrianSafetySurvey.doc

At 6pm – the General Meeting will feature the newly elected City of Miami Beach Commissioner Jorge Exposito as our invited guest. Discussion will include presentation of power point images of the South Pointe streetscape in order to learn lessons from the project. We will overview important priorities of the Association for the coming year.

Building and Sustaining Quality of Life of the Neighborhood: CIP Projects – Flamingo Park; Stormwater Distribution, Water & Sewer, Streetscape Pedestrian Amenities; Planning and Zoning Issues; Historic Preservation Protection; Pedestrian Safety

Denis Russ Direct Line -- 305-672-4782
Miami Beach CDC -- at The Seymour
945 Pennsylvania Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
T-305-538-0090 --- F-305-538-2863
Denis@MiamiBeachCDC.org
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Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association
Monday, January 11, 2010
at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue

Agenda

5pm --  Pedestrian Safety Project
Pedestrian Safety issues in the Flamingo Neighborhood
Creating a safer and more walkable community.

• Resident’s Guide for Creating Safe & Walkable Communities
  Ch 3, How Can the Safety of my Neighborhood be Improved?
  Solutions: Engineering, Education, Enforcement, Encouragement
• WALKABOUT Pedestrian Safety Survey

6:00 pm – General Meeting Agenda
Special Invited Guest: Commissioner Jorge Exposito
Recently Elected to the Miami Beach City Commission

• Streetscape Improvement Program
  Learning from the South Pointe Streetscape Project
  (Power Point Presentation of Strengths & Weaknesses of Current Project)
• Overview of the Flamingo Neighborhood Program Agenda
  Discussion with Commissioner Exposito

Building and Sustaining Quality of Life of the Neighborhood
CIP Projects – Flamingo Park
CIP Projects – Stormwater Distribution, Water & Sewer, Streetscape
Planning and Zoning Issues
Historic Preservation Protection
Pedestrian Safety

• Other Matters as Required – Possibly including
  Short Term Rentals
  Alton Road Planning Initiative
  Closure of Drexel Avenue

Denis Russ Direct Line -- 305-672-4782
Miami Beach CDC -- at The Seymour
945 Pennsylvania Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
T-305-538-0090 --- F-305-538-2863
mailto:F-305-538-2863Denis@MiamiBeachCDC.org