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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Public Comments Submitted Online for the September 24, 2020 Virtual Final Budget HearingCommission Report Second Budget Hearing Public Comment - September 24th, 2020 September 23, 2020 3:58 PM MDT Public Comment motero@miamigov.com First Last Street Agenda Name Name Address Item Jessica Murry Ricky Boudrea ux 7801 NE 4 Ct. Miami, FL 33138 2241 Tra pp ave 2241 Tra pp Ave BH. 1 7897 Discussio n and Public Commen t - City's Proposed Budget and Tentative Millage FY '21 BH. 1 7897 Discussio n and Public Commen t - City's Proposed Budget and Tentative Millage FY '21 BH. 1 7897 Discussio n and Public Commen t - City's Proposed Budget and Tentative Millage FY '21 Public Comment The neighborhood of Palm Grove has not received city right of way landscaping services for 2 years! Would like to know if we, the tax payers, will be receiving a discount in our taxes for not benefitting from this service for the last two years? Would also like for it to please bere- included in the 2021 budget! Some our sidewalks are not safely walkable nor to code because of overgrown landscaping. Some of our curbs are aesthetically harming property values. The non -mandatory neighborhood association lacks the funds and participation to be able to maintain the right of ways. The NET offices are working just fine, the way they are. There's no reason for politics or change. Please leave the NET offices as currently constructed; providing professional and non -partisan assistance to our neighborhoods. Our City is small enough and City commissioners do NOT need local offices, like state and county legislators. NET offices and their staff should NOT report to commissioners or their staff. Please continue to fund the NET offices and leave them under the current city structure. 7954 Submittal -Public Comments Submitted Online for the September 24, 2020 Virtual Final Budget Hearing First Last Street Agenda Public Comment Name Name Address Item BH. 1 7897 Discussio n and I understand that resilience is a city-wide effort, and that the City is doing a lot on Public adaptation and flood projects, but I am specifically calling for additional staff to 444 NE Commen address climate change mitigation, sustainability, and greenhouse gas reductions. In Robert Mahoney t - City's 102nd St addition, we'd like to see the goals, missions, and performance targets within the Proposed City Budget document reflect climate justice, sustainability, and greenhouse gas Budget and reductions. Tentative Millage FY '21 BH. 6 1 don't see how switching the duties the the neighborhood NET offices will save 7736 money but that's not why I object to this proposal. The most important function of Approve the NET offices is dealing with citizens complaints and need by knowing the laws, 4050 Annual regulations and channels for support. Present employees of the NET offices usually Glenn Patron Ventura Budget have aquired the knowledge needed from many years workig in the NET office and ave FY '21- in government. The commissioner's offices are, from what I have seen , a revolving City of door of people who come in with little of the knowledge needed to carry out the NET Miami duties and they leave in shart time before they have aquired the ability to help. BH. 1 7897 Discussio I am specifically calling for additional staff to address climate change mitigation, 22 n and sustainability, and greenhouse gas reductions. In addition, I'd like to see the goals, Salaman Public missions, and performance targets within the City Budget document reflect climate ca Ave., Commen justice, sustainability, and greenhouse gas reductions. It is imperative that we Michelle Caunca Apt. 403, t - City's protect our environment and contribute to battling climate change in order to secure Coral Proposed a better future for our children and planet. I also ask that the city leaders consider Gables, Budget divesting from their police budget and invest in social programs that will help support FL 33134 and the most vulnerable in our communities, particularly Black and Brown folks who are Tentative often marginalized in the City. Millage FY '21 BH. 1 7897 Discussio I am a resident in support of maintaining the Neighborhood Enhancement Team n and office structure. The NET Offices are an incredible and unique resource for Miami Public residents. Please accept the proposal to co -locate some of the offices as a cost 454 NE Commen savings measure. Do not restructure these offices within the commissioners' offices. Jennifer Cheek 76th t - City's The NET team is effective because they are neighborhood -based. If anything, you Street Proposed should be increasing their engagement and responsibilities -- give them a bigger role Budget in assisting residents in hurricane preparedness, providing outreach to connect and homeless with support services, etc. Take advantage of the NET structure and Tentative maximize it's efficacy. Millage FY '21 First Last Street Agenda Public Comment Name Name Address Item BH. 1 7897 Hola mi nombre es Yurmeira Benal, residente de La Pequena Havana hace 14 anos, Discussio conozco a La organizacion NET hace varios, Los conocL en el Centro Mater en un n and taller que organizaron para hablar a Los ninos y padres de como ayudar con La 600 SW Public basura muy interactiva La informacion sobre votaderos de basuras, NET han 10TH ST Commen participado en diferentes eventos en La comunidad, en entregas de comidas, entrega Yurmeira BenaL APT 11 t - City's de mochilas, actividades recreacionales para La familia, gran apoyo con junto a La miami fL Proposed policia, realmente ayudan con apoyo de diferentes servicios que La comunidad 33130 Budget necesite bien sea informando o enlazando, particularmente me ha gustado sus and servicios y espero que continuen con su gran colaboracion y apoyo comunidad, Tentative Gracias. Millage FY '21 Dear Esteemed Commissioners, It is with great urgency that I write this comment this afternoon. The proposed City of Miami budget plans to cut funding for NET offices. Being an outreach program director for a local nonprofit (The CLEO Institute), I can say with proven experience that the NET offices have played a BH. 1 critical role in the work we've done in our communities (and yours). The NET offices 7897 were my first point of contact when I began this work 3 years ago and continue to Discussio provide support and insight into our work. The NET office administrators and their n and staff helped us better understand the communities we were working in, and helped Public connect us with key stakeholders so we could carry our work of improving resilience 2103 Commen and climate/preparedness awareness. Throughout our programming and our Coral Olivia Collins t - City's relationship, they have been guest speakers at our workshops, or vice versa; they Way 2nd Proposed have acted as key connectors, and helped provide insight into neighborhoods. Floor Budget Brandyss Howard, Gary Lafaille, Antonio Wagner and Yariel Diaz are but a few of and the administrators I've had the privilege of working with. Without their partnerships, Tentative our programs would not have been as robust. The NET offices were created for a Millage reason: to enhance city neighborhoods, and that is precisely what they do. FY '21 Removing what has been a successful program will not only put additional pressure on the city's departments, but will ultimately harm our neighborhoods that so desperately need this financial and social support. I urge you to reconsider cutting the budget and keep funding all NET centers. Thank you for your consideration, Olivia Collins Director of Programs The CLEO Institute Dear Commissioners, I am writing once again to ensure that the City's budget reflects a focus on equitable community resiliency. We understand that resilience is BH. 1 a city-wide effort, and that the City is doing a lot on adaptation and flood projects, 7897 but we are specifically calling for additional staff to address climate change Discussio mitigation, sustainability, and greenhouse gas reductions. In addition, we'd like to n and see the goals, missions, and performance targets within the City Budget document 7231 Public reflect climate justice, sustainability, and greenhouse gas reductions. Equitable Belle Commen community resiliency also requires community input and interaction in order to be as Theresa Pinto Mead t - City's effective as possible. Therefore, the budget should also reflect a focus on enhancing Blvd Proposed and enabling community access to the public process, not disabling it. The 33138 Budget Neighborhood Enhancement Team (NET) offices provide community benefits, and resources, and aid that are an investment in the local economy and community Tentative needs. Likewise, NET office locations should be based on indicators of community Millage need; such as a district's geographic area, population, socio-economic make-up, FY '21 access to public transit, and other considerations. Thank you for considering my comment. Best, Theresa Pinto, J.D., M.S. First Last Street Agenda Public Comment Name Name Address Item BH. 1 7897 Discussio Como residente y Enlace Comunitario de La Pequena Havana, cerrar Las oficina Net n and de Los Marlins, implicaria un retraso a incremento en Los problemas que hasta hoy 626 Sw Public se estaban solucionando. El gran equipo de mas de 22 empleados que dia a dia 4th ST Commen luchan por Los vecinos, para que tengan una calles limpias, que puedan recibir sus Maria Gonzale apt 308, t - City's cajas de comida o hasta para un apoyo en cualquier actividad, dejarian atras todo Elena z Miami - Proposed aquel progreso que hasta el dia de hoy se habia logrado. Recortar el Budget para Florida Budget este tipo de Oficina que su principal funcion es oir, ayudar y orientar a Los and habitantes de La Pequena Havana, para que puedan vivir mucho mejor, seria un gran Tentative problema para todos Los que damos vida en este sector. Millage FY '21 BH. 1 7897 RE: Budget NET office closure Anthony R. Parrish, Jr. 3678 Grand Avenue Coconut Discussio Grove, FL. 33133 Dear Commissioners: I was appalled to Learn that you are n and 3678 proposing to close some or all of the NET offices that have served Miami citizens so Public Grand well for over two decades. NET was created to de -centralize some of the everyday Ave Commen services that citizens need without having to traipse down to Riverside Center every Anthony Parrish t - City's Coconut time. The NET offices and their personnel have done that well and for years now. Proposed Grove, They are the face of the City. For once, please consider the convenience of the Budgetand FL. 33133 taxpayers. Even in this time of forced budget constraint, it is important for the residents of the City of Miami to believe that the City and its officials are serving Tentative them rather than the other way around. Please keep the NET offices. Thank you. Millage FY '21 End of Report