HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-97-0442CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM 20
TO : Honorable Mayor and Members DATE : JUN 18 1997 FILE
of the City Commission
1� SUBJECT : Operation of gate across
Brickell Avenue at
Wainwright Park
FROM : Edward Mar u REFERENCES:
City Manager
ENCLOSURES:
The purpose of the June 26, 1997 discussion Is to hear comments and provide
direction to the administration concerning the operation of the recently installed
swing gate across Brickell Avenue adjacent to Wainwright Park and the
Rickenbacker Causeway.
BACKGROUND:
On March 20, 1997, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 97-160 directing
the City Manager to install a fence at approximately the northern boundary of
Wainwright Park closing off Brickell Avenue. This action was in response to
concerns about security and safety along Brickell Avenue and in the Wainwright
Park area.
In order to address concerns about continuity of the bicycle path, the addition of
a gate to the approved fence was discussed at the April 28, 1997 Coconut Grove
Town Hall meeting in9pubiic forum with the Cocoanut Grove village Council
members and representatives from the Cliff Hammock Association. At the May 5,
1997 Cocoanut Grove village Council meeting, the Public Works representative
informed the council that the City was proceeding to install the fence and gate.
Three bids were received for the installation of the fence and gate and on May 20,
1997, the Murray Fence Company began the installation.
The gate is currently locked in the "open" position to allow unrestricted access to
the bicycle path. It is now in order to hear comments and provide direction to the
administration concerning the hours of operation and control of the gated
entrance to Brickell Avenue.
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CITY OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO : Walter J. Foeman DATE : May 23, 1997 FILE
City Clerk
FROM: v James J. K. Int m Director
Public Works Department
SUBJECT : Request to Publish Notice
of Public Hearing
Operation of Brickell
Avenue Cate
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES :Advertisement
Please make arrangements to publish a Notice of Public Hearing for discussions
pertaining to the operation of a swing gate across Brickell Avenue adjacent to
Wainwright Park and the Rickenbacker Causeway.
The Public Hearing has been scheduled for June 26, 1997.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing will be held by the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, on
June 26, 1997, at 5:00 PM, in the City Commission Chambers at City Hail, 3500 Pan
American Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of hearing from any interested
parties affected by the operation of a swing gate across Brickell Avenue adjacent
to wainwright Park and the Rickenbacker Causeway.
All interested persons are invited to appear and may be heard concerning the
operation of a swing gate across Brickell Avenue adjacent to Wainwright Park and
the Rickenbacker Causeway. Should any person desire to appeal any decision of
the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at this hearing, that
person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, Including
all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based.
Walter J. Foeman
City Clerk
Miami, Florida
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Miami, Florida 33133.
Dear Sirs:
This letter is provided for the official record of the public hearing on June 26, 1997,
concerning the closing of the Dade County bicycle path. I am a professional engineer
registered in Florida and I reside at 2779 SW 22nd Avenue. I use the subject bicycle path on
a frequent basis.
I have been asked by Mr. Joe Beasley of the Coalition opposing the closing of the
Dade County Bicycle path, to analyze alternative bicycle, roller blade, jogging, and
wheelchair routes. The existing bicycle path connects Coconut Grove to Rickenbacker
Causeway and Key Biscayne along SE 32nd Road and Brickell Avenue and passes by Alice
Wainwright Park. Closing the bicycle path would be accomplished with a gate recently
erected near Rickenbacker Causeway.
In a recent Herald article Miami Vice Mayor Tomas Regalado is quoted, "If there is a
safe alternative for the joggers and the bicyclists, I will vote in favor of the gate closed all the
time." In a letter published in the Miami Herald today, Mr. Dean Ziff, president of the Cliff
Hammock Homeowners Association says, "now they have the audacity to whine about
losing their shortcut through our neighborhood."
My analysis shows there is no safe alternative and the present bicycle path is not a
shortcut. The existing route and the only possible alternative route are shown on the
enclosed January 17, 1997 aerial photo [Figure 11. The alternative route is on a sidewalk
along South Bayshore Drive and U.S. Highway 1. At the intersection of South Bayshore
Drive and U.S. 1, the sidewalk is blocked by poles which support the traffic signals for this
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busy and complicated intersection [Photo 1]. This location is also a blind corner for bicycles
and joggers due to the subdivision wall located along U.S. 1. I have enclosed a series of
photographs and an engineer's scaled sketch which shows the sidewalk narrows to only 18
inches with dangerous obstructions on both sides [Photos 2-4][Figure 2]. In addition, iron
survey markers protrude from the ground at this narrow restriction and create a special
hazard [Photo 51. This restricted area is dangerous for bicycles, joggers and roller-bladers
and impossible for a wheelchair or baby -jogger. It is likely that this blind corner with its
restriction and obstructions would cause bicyclers to fall and roller-bladers and joggers to
fall into the street where they could be hit by a car and possibly killed. To avoid this
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restriction, the alternative is to go out into the street, however, at this location you would
find yourself in the busy right-hand turn lane from South Bayshore Drive to U.S. 1. If you
did decide to go out into the street in order to get by, there is no way to get back up onto
the side walk unless you jump the curb. There is no way that two bicyclers, joggers, etc.,
could safely pass at this location.
A short distance from the traffic light poles there is a road sign mounted only 5' -
10" above the pavement [Photos 6-71[Figure 31. It is likely a jogger, bicycler, etc., would
strike his head on this sharp object. This hazard would be especially dangerous at night. I
have enclosed photos and an engineering sketch of this further obstruction.
Near the intersection of U.S. 1 and Rickenbacker Causeway the sidewalk ends and
turns into a dirt path [Photo 81. This is dangerous for joggers, bicycles and especially wheel
chairs, especially in wet weather.
In contrast, the existing bicycle path provides safe passage to all [Photos 9-101. There
is no way to close this path without subjecting pedestrians, bicyclers, joggers, baby -joggers,
roller-bladers, etc., to the dangers described above. These hazards would all be more
I dangerous at night. In response to the Miami Herald quote by Vice Mayor Tomas Regalado
I and the comment by Mr. Ziff, the gate should be open all the time. I suggest that the
recently constructed fence remain, but that the gate be taken off its hinges and removed so
that it can never be closed.
This letter is placing the City on notice of the danger to the public and the probability
of serious injury or death to bicyclists, joggers, etc., who will be forced to use the
alternative route if the gate is closed.
The final two enclosures are excerpts from the "Guide for the Development of
Bicycle Facilities" prepared by the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials" These standards recommend a minimum paved width of 8 feet.
The 18 inches available at the intersection of U.S. 1 and South Bayshore Drive combined
with the obstructions described above, are far short of this standard.
I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this matter. Please call if you have any
questions or need additional information.
Very my yours,
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5. Many bicyclists will use the roadway instead of the bicycle path because they have found the
roadway to be safer, mom convenient, or better maintained. Bicyclists using the roadway are
often subjected to harassment by motorists who Feel that in all cases bicyclists should be on the
path instead.
6. Bicyclists using the bicycle path generally are required to stop or yield at all cross streets and
driveways, while bicyclists using the roadway usually have priority over cross traffic, because
they have the same right of way as motorists,
Stopped cross street motor vehicle traffic or vehicles exiting side streets or driveways may
block the path crossing.
S. Because of lire closeness of motor vehicle traffic to opposing bicycle traffic, barriers are often
necessary to keep motor vehicles out of bicycle paths and bicyclists out of traffic lanes, These
barriers can represent an obstruction to bicyclists and motorists, can complicate maintenance of
the facility, and can cause other problems as well.
For the above Masons, bicycle lases, wide curb lanes or shared roadways may be the best
way to accommodate bicycle traffic along highway corridors depending upon traffic conditions.
X Width and Clearance
The paved width and the.operating width required for a bicycle path are primary design
considerations. Figure 8 depicts a bicycle path on a separated right of way. Under most
conditions, a recommended all paved width for a two -directional bicycle path is 10 feet (3 m).
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should be used only where the following conditions prevail: (1) bicycle traffic is expected to be
low, even on peak days or during peak hours (2) pedestrian use of the facility is not expected to
be more than occasional, (3) there will be good horizontal and vertical alignment providing safe
and frequent passing opportunities, (4) the path will not be subjected to maintenance vehicle
loading conditions that would cause pavement edge damage, Under certain conditions it may be
necessary or desirable to increase the width of a bicycle path to 12 feet (3.7 m); for example,
because of substantial bicycle volume, probable shared use with joggers and other pedestrians,
use by large maintenance vehicles, steep grades and where bicyclists will be likely to ride two
abreast.
The minimum width of a one -directional bicycle path is 5 feet (1.5 m). It should be
recognized, however, that one-way bicycle paths often will be used as two-way facilities unless
effective measures are taken to assure one-way operation. Without such enforcement, it should
be assumed that bicycle paths will be used as two-way facilities and designed accordingly.
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A community's
request that a
public path be
closed because of
crime is met with
criers of class bias.
By Deborah Sharp
USA TODAY
MIAMI — Picture this plot
twist at a movie pitch -meeting
in Hollywood: "Rocky" meets
his match in Miami. Only this
time Sylvester Stallone plays
the bad guy.
Embroiled in a brouhaha
that locals call "StalloneGate,"
the movie star and his neigh-
bors will ask city leaders today
to close a public bike path that
borders a historic Miami
street.
Heavily used by bikers, skat-
ers and strollers as an alterna-
tive to South Miami Avenue's
scary car clog, the cut -through
also allows criminals access to
their community, Stallone and
his neighbors say.
Their proposal has Miami in
an uproar, raising cries of ev-
erything from celebrity favorit-
ism — Madonna's
mansion is on the
same block — to elit-
ism and class war.
For the 20 rich -
but -not -famous
neighbors of Stallone
and Madonna, the re-
quest to gate and
lock the path is seen
as a simple extension
of ongoing anti -crime
efforts, similar to
street closings and
barricades granted
to other neighbor-
hoods here and else-
where.
But German TV is phoning,
and tabloid reporters are
foaming, largely because of
Brickell Avenue's resident
stars. Stallone and Madonna
are "good neighbors., and
By Tony Mauro
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By Andrew Itkoff for USA TODAY
Open for now: The gate referred to as 'StailoneGate' is part of a festering controversy as to whether to close the popular bike path.
AP
Criticized: Some see celebrities Sylvester Stallone
and Madonna as the leaders in the initiative.
they're sexy and attention -get-
ting," says Dean Ziff, vice pres-
ident of the Cliff Hammock
Homeowners Association.
"But they have little to do
with what the ordinary home -
AP
owners have done here to re-
claim this street from the crim-
inals," says Ziff, who was once
accosted in his driveway by an
intruder with a knife.
Bike path proponents say
By Genevieve Lynn, USA TODAY
fears of crime are just a smoke
screen for wealthy residents
who want to create a private
enclave from a public street.
Besides, they say, everybody
in Miami is afraid of crime.
Within the last
year, Stallone's
neighborhood has
not recorded any ho-
micides or robberies.
But there have been
two assaults, two bur-
glaries and 15 larce-
nies.
"They've also
robbed people at
gunpoint in my
neighborhood, and
shot them, This is no
different than any
other neighbor-
hood," says Harry
Gaines, a retired trial lawyer
and avid bicyclist.
Gaines, who won $50,000
decades ago suing another
Florida city over sidewalk
cracks, says Miami's elected
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other neighbor-
hood," says Harry
re just a smoke Gaines,
a retired trial lawyer
filthy residents and avid bicyclist.
,eate a private Gaines, who won $50,000
public street. decades
ago suing another
say, everybody Florida city over sidewalk
Lid of crime. cracks, says Miami's elected
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Making a case: Dean Ziff, vice president of the Cliff Hammock
Homeowners Association, was accosted by an armed intruder.
officials are begging for court
seems like everything has been
action if they force joggers and
focused on me. I go with the
bikers onto the notoriously
will of my community. I can't
dangerous roadway. "The first
bully them; I don't override
time someone gets hurt, you
them. Nor do I want to,
can be certain they'll be sitting
because these people have
on the other side of a lawsuit."
been here longer than me."
With the city teetering"on
Miami Police Lt. Mike Co -
bankruptcy and negative head-
lombo says residents' earlier
lines from a corruption scan-
anti -crime activism did reduce
dal, Miami officials hardly
prostitution and drug activity
need any more headaches.
with the construction of an iron
Says bicyclist Jody White-
fence around an adjacent pub-
kus, who plans to attend today's
lic park. But the gated bike
StalloneGate debate: "If this
path may set the stage for duel -
passes, it'll be because of the
ing stars, Colombo says: "I
money of the few, not the will
think Madonna also uses it. It'd
of the many."
be interesting to see her take
Taking note of a dearth of
on this whole issue."
media attention on other area
No public word so .far from
street closings, Miami Commis-
Miami's favorite Material Girl.
sioner Willy Gort says: "I don't
With Miami's resident ac-
really believe this is 'The Poor
tion-hero the recipient, until
vs. the Rich: Not long ago, we
now, of glowing publicity for
had one of the city's poorest
charitable donations and com-
neighborhoods request a barri-
munity boosterism, "Stallone-
cade, and we did that. In this
Gate" seems a foreshadowing
case, a neighborhood issue has
of future fights.
become national news, and it's
Wednesday, Stallone agreed
obvious why: Madonna and Syl-
to move buoys posted in the
vester Stallone."
bay around his waterfront
Stallone has attempted to
home closer to ,shore and to
cast himself as just one of the
change wording on them from
22 Cliff Hammock residents,
"Keep Out" to "Shallow." ,
concerned about safety and se-
Stallone says his dock has
curity in the city where he has
been approached' by members
chosen to live with his family:
of the public. State officials say
"I'm just (one) vote, but it
the buoys violated, the law.
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As he has for years, the Rev. Tony Cummins
will say Mass on Sunday at a gym to accommodate
his growing St. Peter's Parish in Boerne, Texas.
That temporary plan probably will continue for
years more: a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday
that said local officials could invoke historic pres-
ervation laws to halt St. Peter's expansion plans.
St. Peter's Church, built in a mission revival
style in 1923, seats 230, but the parish has grown to
1,100 familles. Plans to tear down parts of the
church and increase seating were blocked by the
city's historic preservation law.
"It's unfortunate that ... the burden is on the
church, not on the city," says Cummins.
In the continuing constitutional tension between
church and state, Wednesday's Supreme Court rul-
ing represented a major shift in burden that will,
according to religious groups, cause serious dam-
age to the free exercise of religion.
The battle that has been played out in Boerne
(pronounced berme), with the church on the los-
ing side, will be repeated in dozens of scenarios as
yet unforeseen, the ruling's critics say.
Where the court and Congress wanted localities
to give special consideration to religion in enforcing
generally applicable laws, the court now will allow
those laws to be applied without exception. "We're
glad the court agrees with us that when you have a
law on the books, it should apply to everyone, in-
cluding religious institutions," said Phillip Bell,
chair of Boerne's landmarks commission.
That sounds fair enough to many, but religious
advocates point to a long tradition of government
accommodation of religion, as well as a growing
need to welcome the diverse religious practices of
new immigrants.
The law struck down Wednesday was invoked
recently to protect a Sikh boy from enforcement
of a "no weapons" policy that would have forced
him to remove a small ceremonial dagger.
Without the law, schools no longer will have to
accommodate the Sikh dagger, or the headdress
"We conclude the statute exceeds
Congress' power. Broad as the
power of Congress is under the
Constitution, the law contradicts
vital principles necessary to
maintain separation of powers
and the federal balance."
— Justice Anthony Kennedy, for the majority
"In its place, I would return to a
rule that requires government to
justify any substantial burden on
religiously motivated conduct by
a compelling state interest... and
to impose that burden only by
means narrowly tailored to
achieve that interest."
— Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
In main dissent
worn by Sikhs or Orthodox Jews, for that matter.
"Religious parents and students may have a hard-
er time getting accommodation," says Charles
Haynes of the First Amendment Center at Vander-
bilt University.
The law struck down by Congress also was
meant to help people like the Yangs of Rhode Is-
land. The Laotion immigrants believe that bodies
are mutilated by autopsies, preventing their spirits
from passing to their next lives. Despite these ob-
jections, a medical examiner performed an autop-
sy on a 23-year-old family member in 1987.
The young man's uncle, Bill Yang, pleaded with
Congress to pass a law that would respect his fam-
By Derren Carroll
At an impasse: The Rev. Tony Cummins' parish is
so large he must celebrate Mass in a nearby gym.
ily's religious objections to autopsies.
"I wanted to prevent it from happening for ev.
eryone who worships the same thing," Yang said
Wednesday."
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act got
caught in the cross fire between Congress and the
court over congressional power. The court in-
voked its primacy in deciding the meaning of indi-
vidual liberties, telling Congress to stick to passing
laws that fulfill its duties listed in the Constitution.
As soon as the decision came down, Congress
fired back. "We cannot take no from the Supreme
Court as the final answer," said Sen. Edward Ken-
nedy, D-Mass. He urged passage of a revised law
that would satisfy the court. State laws could also
be passed.
No, Court's ruling, 1A
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► Insider trading, ads, 3B
Court recess may be today -- or maybe not
By Tony Mauro
USA TODAY
A major constitutional traffic jam
looms today if the Supreme Court, as
expected, hands down three of its
most important decisions in decades:
physician -assisted suicide, Internet
indecency, and the presidential line -
item veto.
But no one is quite sure whether
that headline writer's nightmare will
occur, because the court isn't saying
whether today will be its final deci-
sion day before its summer recess.
In a bureaucratic city where sur-
prises are bad form, the high court
closely guards its right to
surprise everyone with its
adjournment date, partly
because even its own
members are not sure un-
til the last moment wheth-
er a justice has completed
writing a decision.
The line of lawyers and
paralegals awaiting deci-
sions outside the court
grows ever longer, and
rumors race from law-
yers' offices to law
schools to newsrooms about what is
holding up the court.
In decades past, one could divine
the end of the term by finding out
when Justice William Brennan
booked passage on the Martha's
Vineyard ferry. But he stopped vaca-
tioning there, then retired.
This year, court watchers have
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Rehnquist: Has a
flight to make
had few straws to grasp
at One widely circulated
rumor had it that Chief
Justice William Rehn-
quist — who is teaching a
summer law school
course in Siena, Italy —
had airline tickets for
Rome booked for Sunday,
June 29, virtually guaran-
teeing adjournment this
week.
After the Rome rumor
began making the rounds,
panicked law clerks convened a
meeting to see if any of them had
leaked that piece of information. But
they need not have worried: Several
justices and court officials had talked
openly about Rehnquist's plans.
Another tidbit: The court has indi-
cated it would not sit on Friday, and
just before court marshal Dale Bos-
ley gaveled Wednesday's session to a
close, neither he nor Rehnquist an-
nounced that today's sitting would be
the final one for the term, which
would be a slight departure from
custom if the court planned to finish
today. That led to speculation that
the court could sit on Monday, with
or without the chief justice.
A sitting next week would mean
that the big news from the court
would be spread out. And Rehnquist
would be able to gauge reaction from
a safe remove, a continent away.
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Widespread Internet gambling on home computers in-
volving hundreds of billions of dollars could become reality
within a few years, warns a report released at a meeting of
state attorneys general in Wyoming Wednesday,
"People will have in essence a vid-
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t home and they can go and lose $500,
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tertainment," Wisconsin Attorney
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extremely difficult to regulate and
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money we're talking about is just astronomical," Doyle said.
SKYDIVER RECOVERING: Gareth Griffiths, who sur-
vived a parachute accident that killed his instructor, is ex-
pected to fully recover, doctors said. Griffiths, 21, a British
tourist, had seven hours of surgery in which doctors in Or-
lando, Fla., restored shattered vertebrae with two Cinch
rods and screws. Griffiths was hdrnessed to Michael Costel-
lo, 42-year-old parachute instructor, during a skydive on
Sunday when their parachute didn't open. They plunged
about 5,000 feet to the ground near the Umatilla airport.
Costello, who landed on the bottom, was killed.
LESBIAN SEEKS ASYLUM: A federal appeals court in
San Francisco revived a lesbian's political asylum case, say-
ing Russian prosecutors' efforts to forcibly "cure" her ho-
mosexuality amounted to persecution. The court did not
grant asylum to Alla Pitcherskaia, 35, but told the Board of
Immigration Appeals to reconsider her case. The board
had ruled that even if Pitcherskaia was confined to psychi-
atric wards and threatened with shock therapy, as she
claimed, she was not persecuted because the actions were
"intended to treat ... illness, not to punish."
Saudi bomb victims remembered
By Rick Hampson
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — The man accused of being the boss
of America's most powerful Mafia family was wheeled
into his racketeering trial Wednesday looking more
like a bewildered old man than the mob's wily avenger.
The trial of Vincent "Chin" Gigante, 69, finally began
after seven years of delays, most of them caused by his
family's claim that he is so deranged that he can't un-
derstand the charges or help his lawyers answer them.
Gigante faces a 21-count murder and racketeering
indictment. He is accused of ordering the killings of five
men responsible for the murders of Philadelphia
bosses Angelo Bruno in 1980 and Philip "Chicken Man"
Testa in 1981. He also is accused of trying to kill John
Gotti, who took over the Gambino crime family after
assassinating family boss Paul Castellano in 1985.
Prosecutors say Gigante's crazy antics are an act. If
so, his appearance in a Brooklyn federal courtroom
Wednesday was anti -climactic. But there was one dra-
matic touch: Gigante's wheelchair was pushed Into
court by his brother, Louis, a Catholic priest who was
wearing his Roman collar and black clerical suit
In contrast to a court appearance last year, when he
was disheveled and wild-eyed, Gigante was neatly
dressed in a dark blue jacket, shirt and pants. A thin
gray stubble covered his famous chin. His hair
seemed to have been combed.
Gigante looked around quizzically at first. lie dis-
27
By Michaol Schmalling, AP
Family ties: Vincent Gigante, center, is escorted by his
son Vincent Esposito, left, on his way to trial Wednesday.
played no emotion and almost no reaction when a
prosecutor described him as murderer who used
"shrewd and shameless camouflage" to fake mental
illness and "cheat justice."
Prosecutor George Stamboulidis said Gigante, the
reputed head of the Genovese crime family, built a
"paper trail" of mental illness. "He checked into a
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Crowds moum'community iewe'
By Martha T. Moore
USA TODAY
NEW YORK — While she lived,
crowds came to hear Betty Shabazz
speak. While she lay grievously burned
in a hospital two weeks ago, hundreds
lined up to give blood in hopes of help-
ing her recovtrr. Now, as her body lies
in a pewter -colored casket in a funeral
chapel, hundreds of her admirers are
lining up to pay their last respects.
Shabazz, an educator and activist and
the widow of slain black activist Mal-
colm X, died Monday after being burned
in a fire that police say was set by her 12-
year-old grandson. She will be buried
Friday after an Islamic funeral and re-
membered in a Sunday service.
On Wednesday afternoon, as word of
the viewing filtered out on radio and
TV, those who admired Shabazz came
to Unity Funeral Chapel, where Mal-
colm Xs body lay 32 years ago. Straw
hats, baseball caps and head wraps pro-
tected them from the intense heat of a
full-blown New York summer day.
Some were dressed for church, some
wore shorts and some wore traditional
African dress. In the firsi hour, 300 peo-
ple passed by the closed casket. By eve-
ning, the line of mcurners ran around
By Doug Kanter, P
Paying respects: Mourners line up in 93-degree heat outside Unity Funeral Chapels
in Harlem on Wednesday to view the closed casket of Betty Shabazz.
the corner and down the block.
"She lived through racism. She lived
through so much hatred in her life,"
said Steven Cooper, a machinist from a
nearby public housing project. "And to
end like this, with a member of her own
family involved, is really a tragedy."
Shabazz first gained fame in the afte
math of Malcolm Xs death. But her ow
achievements, earning a doctorate an
raising six daughters, were what dre
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matic touch: Gigante's wheelchair was pushed into
son Vincent Esposito, left, on his way to trial Wednesda
court by hisbrother, Louis, a Catholic priest who was
wearing his. Roman collar and black clerical suit.
played no emotion and almost no reaction when
In contrast to a court appearance last year, when he
prosecutor described him as murderer who use
was disheveled and wild-eyed, Gigante was neatly
"shrewd and shameless camouflage" to fake men
dressed' in a dark blue jacket, shirt and pants. A thin
illness and "cheat justice."
gray _stubble covered his famous chin. His hair .
Prosecutor George Stamboulidis said Gigante, th
seemed to have been combed.
reputed head of the Genovese crime family, built
Gigante looked :around quizzically at first. He,`dis.
"paper trail" of mental illness. "He checked into
USA TODAY • THURSL,�', JUNE 26, 1997 - 3A
goes ontrial
(mental) hospital once a year for what his fellow mob-
sters called 'a tuneup,"' he said.
Gigante's gaze wandered around ,the room as he sat
silently with his hands on the defense table. His lawyers
began by telling Judge Jack Weinstein 'thai they had
had "no meaningful conversation" with their client.
They spoke to each other over and around Gigante.
Gigante, who underwent open-heart surgery, last
r' year, was accompanied to court by a heart specialist.
He sat behind him with his instruments concealed (at
the judge's insistence).in a black.piastic bag. Defense
lawyers asked for permission to break every 50 min-
utes so Gigante's blood pressure could be checked.
After one such break, Gigante returned to court
with his hand over his chest. Defense lawyer Michael
Marinacclo told Weinstein that Gigante had been giv-
en nitroglycerin for a jump in his pressure.
The break came after the prosecution's opening
statement in which Gigante was described as a sort of
AP gangland judge who ordered the deaths of mobsters
who broke the Mafia's Golden Rule: Don't Kill the Boss.
Y. Former Gambino underboss Salvatore "Sammy
Bull" Gravano, who turned on Gotti and helped send
a him to prison, will be the star witness against Gigante.
d He's one of several former mobsters who are to testify.
taI During jury selection Wednesday several potential
jurors, whose names will not be released, tried to get
e out of duty. One woman pleaded nerves, saying she
a was "just thinking about what's going on here." Anoth-
a er juror told Weinstein, "I'm a wreck."
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By Martha-T. Moore,
USA TODAY'
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Some were,; dressed'`for .church,;.some "She -lived racism..She lived Shabazz first gained fame in the after -
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Aipg,.. ,line of mourners ran around end like this, with a member of her own neighborhood residents to say goodbye.
James Goode Jr., studying to be a
medical records technician, compared
Shabazz to his grandmother, mother
and aunts, all "strong women." He
praised her for teaching at Medgar
Evers College in the Bronx, "in her own
neighborhood." Shabazz' legacy, lies' in
"letting our people know that in order to
achieve, you' must strive. She showed
the African -American community,that a
single parent can still raise her family:"
With the mourners as they, waited
were their personal memories of Sha-
bazz, too. "So many, many, many," said
Nathan Wright, -a college professor and
Episcopal priest who was a friend and
sometime escort of Shabazz.'
"Our minds ran along': the same
path," he said.. "What an inspiring and
dedicated woman she has been, and is."
Just two months ago, in April, Frank
Frink, a retired security,. guard, .was
walking down a Brooklyn street when a
car pulled up and Betty Shabazz leaned
out the window, asking for directions to
Junior's Restaurant, a well-known
Brooklyn deli.
"She said, 'Hey Mister,'. and I said,
`That's Betty Shabazz!"' Frink said as
he stood in line, "She was a jewel in the
community. I don't think anyone will
come along to replace her."
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Honoring a friend: Senior Airman Michael Kucharczak
visits a panel dedicated to his former roommate, Tech.
Sgt. Daniel Cafourek of Watertown, S.D., on a memorial
to 12 of the 19 personnel killed a year ago Wednesday
in the attack on a Saudi Arabia complex. The Eglin Air
Force Base, Fla., monument honors Egiin's victims.
TWO DADS: A Mount Clements, Mich., woman who told
two ex -boyfriends that each was the fattier of her son,
though neither was, has chosen one to be the child's legal
parent. The other man still wants visitation rights. India
Scott, mother of the 2-year-old boy, has agreed to have Dar-
ryl Fletcher named the father. He'll pay $108 in weekly
child support. Fletcher and Brandon Ventimeglia, both 26,
said Scott led each of them to believe he was the boy's fa-
ther before his July 14, 1994 birth. Scott says she does not
know who the biological father is.
PILOT IDENTIFIED: Officials in San Andreas, Calif., iden-
tified the body of a missing pilot accused of putting thou-
sands of boxes of cremated human remains in storage after
he was hired to spread them over mountains and at sea.
The decomposed body of Allan Vieira, 52, was found Tues-
day, with a suicide note saying he was sorry. The cause of
death was a single gunshot wound to the head. The gun was
found next to his body, officials said.
PERJURY CHARGES DROPPED: The last criminal
charges against former Rhode Island Gov. Edward DiPrete
and his son, Dennis, were dismissed by a state judge who
ruled prosecutorial misconduct had compromised the right
to a fair trial. Judge Dominic Cresto, previously dismissed
racketeering, bribery and extortion charges. He said prose-
cutors hid evidence, including details about the criminal
backgrounds of witnesses. The DiPretes were accused of
taking $294,000 in kickbacks for state contracts while Di-
Prete was governor from 1985-1991.
ALSO WEDNESDAY ...
► TANKER CRASH: A tanker truck carrying hazardous
chemicals overturned and toppled a utility pole in Blacks-
ville, W.Va., knocking out electricity and forcing about 300
residents to leave their homes for several hours.
► PIPE BOMBS: The Sandoval County, N.M., courthouse
was evacuated for two hours after a small pipe bomb was
discovered in the parking lot. It was the third bomb found in
the town of Bernalillo in 24 hours, officials said.
N.Y. to aid Holocaust survivors
New York state will open an office
Aug. 1 to help Holocaust survivors
and their families process claims on
dormant accounts held in Swiss;
banks, Gov. George Pataki an-
nounced. Swiss officials have agreed
to set up an independent panel to re-
solve claims to funds deposited by
Jews imprisoned or murdered by the
Nazis in World War II. Swiss officials
also agreed to begin releasing names
on dormant accounts July 23. Also AP
Wednesday, plans for a full-scale au- Patakt: Office will
dit of deposits made by Holocaust vic. open Aug. 1
tims were unveiled. The effort will
begin this fall and continue into late 1998, said former Fed-
eral Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker, who heads a
special commission set up by Switzerland and Jewish
groups. There will be "hundreds of auditors crawling
through these banks" by this fall, he said.— Susan Gvozdas
Written by John Bacon with staff and wire reports.
Contributing: Steve Marshall and Matt Mak.
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participants
By Martha Irvine
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Some wear glue cove.
ails. Others wear white.
That's the most obvious way to tell unionize
municipal workers (in blue) from the welfar
recipients (in white) who work side by Sid
scrubbing city buses. But a look at their pa!
checks reveals another big difference.
San Francisco municipal employees mak
$14 to $27 an hour, plus benefits. Welfare recip
ents hired by the city under the federal wort
fare law make $5.75 cleaning buses, folding ha
pital laundry and picking up garbage.
That is minimum wage in California, or $
above the federal minimum wage that mop
states must pay welfare recipients who are re
quired to work to get benefits.
Now activists are trying to unionize workfar,
participants and help them win pay equal to tha
received by regular municipal employees.
"It's indentured servitude when you have pea
pie working the same jobs for less," said Ilan;
Berger, a spokeswoman for the General Assis
tance Rights Union, which is leading the Sat
Francisco movement. The union has gottet
1,000 welfare workers to sign union cards.
In Baltimore, organizers said about 400 peopl(
have signed cards in a drive backed by thc
American Federation of State, County and Mu
nicipal Employees (AFSCME).
Workfare employees are often struggling tc
make ends meet, living on the street, with family
members or in subsidized housing, and feedinE
themselves with the help of food stamps.
"It's tough to make it," said Donald Dickerson,
a new member of the San Francisco union who
washes city buses two days a week for his $345
monthly welfare check.
Workfare wages are determined by counties
and overseen by states. If workfare participants
win an increase, counties would be responsible
for coming up with the extra money.
Mayor Willie Brown, a union supporter, called
the idea of union -scale wages for welfare recipi-
ents "silly." Workfare shouldn't be considered
the same as full-time employment, said Brown
spokesman P.J. Johnston.
It isn't clear legally whether municipal gov-
ernments would even have to recognize and bar-
gain with a workfare union.
"This is a new frontier," said Joseph Grodin,
professor at Hastings College of Law in San
Francisco and a former California Supreme
Court justice. "There are some unsettled ques-
tions because the status is a bit mixed,"
Earl Adkins, a supervisor at one of the'San
Francisco's bus yards, said a lot of the workfare
hires are better workers than some regular em-
ployees. "We'd be lost without them," he Said.
Still, Adkins, a unionized city employee, has
little sympathy when it comes to equal pay. "If
they don't like it, they can quit," he said.
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INDEX
1. PRESENT USE OF AREA:
- Photos
Marathon Training Map
- Schedule for Marathon
- Miami Runners Club May 20, 1997 Letter Re:
Use
- Joseph W. Beasley May 19, 1997 Letter Re: Use
Map of Metro -Dade Bicycle Path
- 1997 Metro -Dade MPO TIP Plan
2. DADE COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO CLOSURE:
May 23, 1997 Letter - Dade County to City's
Kaye
April 17, 1997 Letter - Dade County to
City's Kaye
- May 22, 1997 Memo from City's Kaye to City
Manager Marquez Re: Installation of Fence
3. THE UNSAFE ALTERNATIVE:
- Photos
„i - Paul Larsen's Report
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4. MINIMAL CRIME IN AREA:
= Crime Statistics Summary
Miami Police Printout of Calls for Service
January 1, 1996 to May, 1997
- NEW TIMES Article Re: Crime in Grove
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5. PETITIONS AGAINST CLOSURE:
- Miami Runners Club Letter Opposing
v - Copies of Petitions Given to Clerk and Not
u Included, Except in Mayor's Package
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St. George
Chicago
Marine Corps.
New York
May 3
3 miles
3 miles
3 miles
3 miles
10
5 miles
5 miles
5 miles
5 miles
17
7 miles
7 miles
7 miles
7 miles
24
9 miles
9 miles
9 miles
9 miles
31
11 miles
11 miles
11 miles
11 miles
June 7
Twilight 5K Run
Twilight 5K Run
Twilight 5K Run
Twilight 5K Run
14
13 miles
13 miles
13 miles
13 miles
21
8 miles
8 miles
8 miles
8 miles
28
15 miles
15 miles
15 miles
15 miles
July 5
8 miles
8 miles
8 miles
8 miles
12
17 miles
17 miles
17 miles
17 miles
19
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
26
12 miles
12 miles
12 miles
12 miles
August 2
20 miles
18 miles
18 miles
18 miles
9
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
16
10 miles
10 miles
'10 miles
10. miles
23
23 miles
20-22 miles
20 miles
20 miles
30
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
September 6
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
i 3
26 miles
22-24 miles
23 miles_
23 miles
20
Haven 5K
4 Haven 5K
Haven 5K
Haven 5K
27
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
10 miles
October 4
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10 miles
26 miles
11
10• miles
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�ng run day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday'
Friday
Saturday
Sunda
May 3
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
3 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 10
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
5 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 17
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
7 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 24
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or A
off
9 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 31
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
11 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 7
run 30-75 min,
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
Twilight 5K Run
walk/xt 40 min
June 14
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
13i milds'
walkhd 40 min
June 21
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8 miles
walk/xt 40 min
June 28
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
15 miles
walk/xt 40 min
July 5
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8 miles
walk/xt 40 min
July 12
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 inin
walk or A
off
17 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 19
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 26
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
12 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 2
run 30-75 min
walk or xt'
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
20 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 9
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 16
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 23
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
23 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 30
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhct 40 min
(e tember'6
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
tember 131
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
26 miles
walkhd 40 min
;ptember20
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
Haven 5K
walkhd 40 min
j tember 27
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
i
October 4
run 40 min
off
run 30 min
off
run/walk 30 min
St George
walkhd 40 min
ctober 11 I
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
ctober 18
run 30-75 min
walk or xt .
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
)ctqlAr 25
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
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long run day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunda
May 3
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
3 miles
walk/xt 40 min
May 10
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
5 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 17
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30.75 min
walk.or xt
off
7 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 24
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
9 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 31
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
11 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 7
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
Twilight 5K Run
walkhd 40 min
June 14
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
13 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 21
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 28
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or A
off
*15 miles
walkhd 40 min
'July 5
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 12
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
17 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 19
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 26
run 30.75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
12 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 2
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
18 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 9
run 30.75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 16
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 23
run 30-76 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
20 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 30
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min '
September 6
run 30-75 min
. walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
September 13
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run $0.75 min
walk or xt
off
23 miles
walkhd 40 min
September 201
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
Haven 5K
walkhd 40 min
September 27
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
October 4
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
off
26 miles
walkhd 40 min
October 11
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
October 18
+run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
whlk or xt
off
Electric Island 15K
walkhd 40 min
October 25
run 30-45 min
walk or A
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
Nov 2
run 40 min
off
run 30 min
off
run/walk 30 min
off
NY
Nov 9
run 3045 min
walk or A
run 3045 min
walk or xt
off
7-9 miles
walk/xt 40 min
Nov 16
run 3045 min
walk or xt
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
off
9-12 miles
walkhd 40 min
Nov 23
run 30-45 min I
walk or A
run 30-45 min
walk or A
off
12-15 miles
walkhd 40 min
v 30
run 3045 min I
walk or A
run 3045 min
walk or A
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15-20 miles
walkhd 40 min
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Walloways Marathon Training Program
Welcome to Jeff Gallo �'y's Marathon Training Prograr "`
* During your weekly runs, be conservative. Beginners should be running 30-45 minutes, advanced (longest run 10 miles)
i should run for 45-60 sixty, and intermediate (those who have nun a marathon before) should run 60-75 minutes.
_. * Every other day you can cross -train instead of.walking. Cross Country ski machines, water ruining, cycling, and any
other mode which you fund fun and interesting (but non -pounding) will improve overall fitness.
* Stay conversational on all of your exercise sessions. This means that you should be exerting yourself at a low enough
level that you could talk. It's OK to take deep breaths between sentences, but you don't want to "huff and puff between
every word.
* Be sure to do the running portion slow enough at the beginning of every nun (especially the long one) so that you'll feel
tired but strong at the end. This conservatism will allow you to recover faster.
* Don't wait to take walls-breaksl By alternating walking and running from the beginning, you speed recovery without
losing any of the endurance effect of the long one.
* As the nuns get longer, be sure to keep your blood sugar boosted by eating a PowerBar (or equivalent) about an hour
before exercise, and pieces of a PowerBar (or equivalent) during the second half of the long nun or marathon. Drink water
continuously before and during exercise and with all food. Gradually introduce your system to the nutrients on your tong
nuns.
f* Best results will be achieved when you increase the long one to 26 miles. If your last one is only 24 miles, you must run
slowly and take a few more walking breaks during the first 5 and 10 miles of the marathon itself.
1 * When you nun a race, don't go out too hard. Again, be conservative. You do not want to get injured 3 weeks before your
marathon. Enjoy yourself~ Make it a fun event rather than a competitive onel
*Above all, HAVE FUNI
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ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA
May 20, 1997
To Whom it May Concern:
I am writing on behalf of the board of directors and members of the Miami Runners Club. We
I would like to voice our opposition to the closing of the bike path in front of Sylvester Stallone's
house. This path provides the only safe access runners, walkers, bladers and bicyclists have to
1 Key Biscayne from Coconut Grove and other areas south.
We should be encouraging everyone to get out into the streets in the name of health and fitness
not restricting the movements of those who are already doing so. The streets are for the use of
the people -all people- not just the select few who can afford to use them. We are counting on
i you to do what is right so that this will always remain so.
t Sger
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MRC Board Member
TROPICAL. PARK STADIUM{ • 7920 S.W. 40TH STREET • MIAMI, FLORIDA 3315b • (3051227.1500
97- 442
JOSEPH W. BEASLEY
3130 EMATHLA STREET
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133
(305) 358-5700 (W)
(305) 856-6336 (H)
May 19, 1997
VIA FACSIMILE
Mr. Jeff Hunter
Metro-Dade.County Bike Coordinator
Facsimile: 375-4950
Re: Proposed Closure by City of Miami of
Route to Key Biscayne Along 32Id Road
and Bric-kell Avenue
Dear Mr. Hunter:
Reference is made to my earlier conversation with you and my
wife's discussion with you concerning the above. Enclosed are
I copies of some items reflecting usage of the route for long
distance and marathon training by the Team Footworks/Galloway
Training Group. There are over 100 runners training in this
program at present. This program has been on -going for several
years. -
The first item enclosed is a map of the training course. The
running course begins at Doctors' Hospital in Coral Gables. Mile
7 of the course is at the corner in front of Stallone's Estate
(corner of 32"d Road and Brickell Avenue). From there, the course
continues onto Key Biscayne to the Seaquarium. The runners turn
l around and follow the path back to the Hospital at the required
distance. Thus, a distance of fourteen (14) miles is covered when
a runner turns around at the 7 mile mark in front of Stallone's
house. In fact, one of thq many water and Gatorade stations set up
by Team Footworks and the runners is placed at the seven (7) mile
point every Saturday once the group has reached that training
distance. The running group is divided into smaller subgroups
1 based on the runner's speed and the marathon for which the runner
_1 is training. The subgroup leaders determine the starting time from
Doctors' Hospital for their subgroup. The leaders use a starting
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Mr. Jeff Hunter
May 19, 1997
Page 2
time that will ensure the subgroup can finish the run shortly after
the sun has risen, so as to avoid running during the hotter
daylight. Thus, the slower the subgroup, the earlier the subgroup
starts. Also, the longer the training distance for the week, the
earlier the subgroup departs. It takes six months to build the
untrained runner to marathon distance under the training schedule.
The newest group commenced training three weeks ago. The new
groups will be running 9 miles this Saturday. The actual training
schedule for different subgroups differs distance -wise depending on
which marathon the subgroup is training to run. I have enclosed
two training schedules; one is for the St. George, Utah and
Minneapolis/St. Paul Marathons, and the other is for the New York
Marathon. These are examples of how the training' system is
designed.
At the present, running groups are leaving Doctors' Hospital
from 5:30 A.M. to 6:30 A.M. By June, groups will be leaving
between 4:30 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. Once the training reaches the
distances that place them at the Key Biscayne Bridge, there are
some groups arriving at the bridge by 6:00 A.M.
In addition to the Saturday morning long distance training
runs by this group, there are others in the group who are already
trained and run the longer distances on Sundays and other days.
Most of these runners train after work and at night. Additionally,
many runners park at Mercy Hospital and run by Stallone's street
over the Key Biscayne Bridge and back to Mercy on Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday evenings, as part of the training program.
The Miami Runners' Club ("MRC") also uses basically this same
course on Saturday mornings, except they start from the Parrot
Jungle for the runs. MRC runners also train from Mercy Hospital
and Coconut Grove to Key Biscayne during the week at night, as well
as in the morning. There are, of course, many runners, bikers,
rollerbladers and walkers who routinely use this area for part of
their training course early and late in the day. I personally run
through the area many times during the week, in the late evening or
early morning.
I thought this information might be useful to you in your
presentations to the Advisory Board. This demonstrates the reason
that having an unmanned, closed gate at the exit to the Key
wBiscayne Bridge is not workable.
I would also suggest that you speak to Hans or Laurie Huseby
at 666-RACE, who are the heads of Team Footworks (the entity which
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Mr. Jeff Hunter
May 19, 1997
Page 3
puts on the Miami Corporate Race, among numerous other running
events). They are among the most knowledgeable persons about
running in this area. Another knowledgeable organization with
which you can speak concerning running in the area is the Miami
Runners' Club at 227-1500. Please contact me if you have any
questions, or there is anything I can do to provide assistance in
preventing this area from being closed off to runners, bikers,
rollerbladers and walkers.
-`t
1 JWB:nc
Encs,
Yours truly,
/Js4eph Wr asley
cc w/encs.: Lee P. Marks, Esq. - Coconut Grove Village Council
Member (VIA FACSIMILE 444-0552)
j Mr. Dean Ziff - V.P. Cliff Hammock Homeowners'
Association
Hans and Laurie Huseby - Team Footworks (VIA
1 FACSIMILE 667-9760)
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long run day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday*
Friday
Saturday
Sunda
May 3
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
3 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 10
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
5 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 17
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
7 miles
walkhd 40 min
May 24
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-76 min
walk or A
off
9 miles
walkhd 40 min —
May 31
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
11 miles
walktxt 40 min
June 7
run 30-75 min..,
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
Twilight 5K Run
walkhd 40 min
June 14
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
13r milW
walkhd 40 min
June 21
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 28
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
15 miles
walkhd 40 min —
July 5
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
Ju 12
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 Inin
walk or A
off
17 miles
walkhd 40 min
JuIYI9
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 26
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
12 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 2
run 30-75 min
walk or xt '
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
20 miles
walkhd 40 min —
August 9
run 30-75 min
walk or. A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min —
August 16
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
Au ust 23
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
23 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 30
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
rim 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
Se tember'6
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
September 13
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
26 miles
walkhd 40 min
Se tember 20
run 30-75 min
' walk or xt
run 3045 min
walk or xt
off
Haven 5K
walkhd 40 min
September 27
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walk/xt 40 min
.t
October 4
run 40 min
off
run 30 min
off
runhrvalk 30 min
St George
walkhd 40 min
October 11
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or A
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
October 18
run 30-75 min
walk or xt .
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min-
0 bar 25
run 30-75 min
walk or A
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8-10 miles
walkhd 40 min
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Tuesda
Wednesda
Thursda
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30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or act
off
3 miles
walkhd 40 min
run 30.75 min
walkorxt
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
off
5 miles
walkhd 40 min
WMey
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walkor xt
off
7 miles
walkhd 40 min
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
9 miles
waikhct 40 min
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
11 miles
walkhd 40 min
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
Twilight 5K Run
walkhd 40 min
June 14
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
13 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 21
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
June 28
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
'15 miles
walkhd 40 min
Vuly 6
run 30-75 min
walk or act
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
8 miles
walkhd 40 min
Ju 12
nm 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
17 miles
walkbct 40 min
July 19
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
July 28
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
, walk or xt
off
12 mites
walkhd 40 min
August 2
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
18 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 9
rim 30.76 min
walk or A
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhct 40 min
Au ust 16
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
August 23
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
20 miles
walkbct 40 min
A 30
run 30.75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
waikhd 40 min '
S mber 8
run 30-76 min
. walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
walkhd 40 min
September 13
run 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
23 miles
walkbct 40 min
September 20
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
Haven 5K
walk/xt 40 min
September 27
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
waikbd 40 min
October 4
rim 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
26 miles
walkhd 40 min
October 11
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
walk or xt
off
10 miles
waikbd 40 min
October 1S
Arun 30-76 min
walk or xt
run 30-75 min
wkik oi•
off .
Electric Island 15K
walkhd 40 min
October 25
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
off
8-10 miles
waikhd 40 min
Nov 2
run 40 min
off
run 30 min
off
ruNwaik 30 min
off
NY
Nov 9
run 30.45 min
walk or A
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
off
7-9 miles
walkhd 40 min
Nov 16
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
run 30-45 min
walk or xt
off
9-12 mlles
walWxt 40 min
Nov 23
run 30-45 min
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* During your weekly nuns, be conservative. Beginners should be running 30-45 minutes, advanced (longest nun to miles)
should run for 45.60 sixty, and intermediate (those who have run a marathon before) should run 60-75 minutes.
* Every other day you can cross -train instead of walking. Cross Country ski machines, water running, cycling, and any
other mode which you find fun and interesting (but non -pounding) will improve overall fitness.
* Stay conversational on all of your exercise sessions. This means that you should be exerting yourself at a low enough
level that you could talk. It's OK to take deep breaths between sentences, but you don't want to "huff and pull" between
every word. '
* Be sure to do the running portion slow enough at the beginning of every nun (especially the long one) so that you'll feel
tired but strong at the end. This conservatism will allow you to recover faster.
Don't wait to take walk-breaksl By alternating walling and running from the beginning, you speed recovery without
losing any of the endurance effect of the long one. .
" ! * As the runs get longer, be sure to keep your blood sugar boosted by eating a PowerBar (or equivalent) about an hour
before exercise, and pieces of a PowerBar (or equivalent) during the second half of the long run or marathon. Drink water
continuously before and during exercise and with all food Gradually introduce your system to the nutrients on your long
runs.
* Best results will be achieved when you increase the long one to 26 miles. If your last one is only 24 miles, you must run
slowly and take a few more walking breaks during the first 5 and 10 miles of the marathon itself.
* When you run a race, don't o out too hard A y g gain, be conservative. You do not want to get injured 3 weeks before your
marathon. Enjoy yourself. Make it a fun event rather'than a competitive onel
*Above all, HAVE FUN
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Mr. aaTnes J. Kay, P. E. ._
interim Public works Drector
The City of Miami
i { P.O. Box 330708
I Miami, Florida 33233,1
Re: old cutler Roado south Dayshore Drive,
Drickell Avenue Od Rickenbacker causeway
Bikeway
Dear Mr. Kay:
It is our understanding that the Miami city Commission has directed
your department to eAct a fence and gate to cut-off the above
bikeway between Brickell Avenue and Rlckenbacker Causeway.
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Please be advised th> t the erection of thega'i`e in question
requires prior Dade Cou ty approval, which has neither been sought,
nor given. This particular transportation corridor is part of the
Dade County Bicycle Facilities Plan and has been approved by the
Metropolitan Planning organization (MPO), as part of the Metro -Dade
Transportation Plan. Moreover, this bicycle right-of-way provides
safe weekly access to thousands of bicyclists, jog;ers and roller-
i bladers, and has bean' maintained by Dade County since its
construction.
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Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact me
_! or Mr. James D. Leone �t 375-2913.
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April 17, 1997
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lames Kay, PE - Interim Director
City of Miami - Public Works Dept,
PO Box 330708
Miami, FL 33233-0708
Dear Mr. Kay;
1 •
I am concerned with the proposed complete closure of SE Brickell Ave, at its intersection with
l the Rickenbacker Cswy, entrance, -As you know, there is a dedicated bicycle path running along
this route,
• What rationale has been given to close -off this popular recreational route for
cyclistsToggers traveling to/From Itey Biscayne and A. Wainwright Park? This facility
has been used for many years. To my knowledge, we have had no reports of
bicycle/pedestrian problems ip this area,
+ The alternate that has been proposed, (a sidewalk along Federal Hwy,), is not suitable to
i accommodate most of the types of users (cycli$ts/joggers) of the existing route. 1
consider this alternate a compromise to the safety of these users, and do not foresee a
safe alternative route.
* As I understand, a guardhouse is being considered for Brickell Ave. Any structure
should be properly designed to accommodate the large amount of bicycle/pedestrian
traffic currently utilizing this route.
I
I can be contacted at 375-4507, Until I receive further information regarding this issue, I am
strongly against this proposal.
Sincerely,
ti Jeff Hunter, Coordinator
1 Metro,Dade Bicycle/Pedestrian Program
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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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Mj .City Manager
SUBJECT : Fence Installation
S.E. Brlckell Avenue at
Rickenbacker Causeway
FROM : James J. Kay REFERENCES
Interim director
Department of Public Works ENCLOSURES:
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The following represents a chronology of events leading to the installation of a
fence at approximately the intersection of S. E. Brlckell Avenue and Rickenbacker
Causeway.
March 20, 1997 - Resolution No. 97-160 is adopted directing the City Manager to
Install a fence at approximately the northerly boundary of
Wainwright Park closing off Brlckell Avenue.
April 28,1997 - Fence and "gate" installation are discussed at Coconut Grove _
Town Hall meeting in public forum. Cocoanut Grove Village
Council members and representatives from Cliff Hammock
Association engage in discussion.
May 5,1997 - Fence and gate installation are discussed at Cocoanut Grove
1 Village Council meeting. Public Works representative states that
fence and gate installation are proceeding. Village Council
adopts motion to oppose the construction and directs Tucker
i Gibbs to approach City Commission with pocket item to stop
installation of fence and gate at May 7, 1997 Commission
meeting.
May 9,1997 - Three (3) bids received as of this date for fence and gate
installation. Purchase Order issued to Murray Fence Company In
.the amount of $4,445.00.
May 20,1997 - Construction of fence and gate commences.
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Mr. Joe Carollo
Mayor - City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133.
Dear Mr. Corollo:
"( I have been asked by Mr. Joe Beasly of the Coalition opposing the closing of the Dade
County Bicycle path to analyze alternative bicycle, roller blade, jogging, and wheelchair
routes. The existing bicycle path connects Coconut Grove to Rickenbacker Causeway and
Key Biscayne along SE 32nd Road and Brickell Avenue and passes by Alice Wainwright
Park. Closing the bicycle path would be accomplished with a gate recently erected near
Rickenbacker Causeway. This issue is covered in a Sunday June 22, 1997, Miami Herald
article that appeared on page I and will be the subject of a public hearing scheduled for
' 5PM on July 26, at Dinner Key City Hall.
In the Herald article Miami Vice Mayor Tomas Regalado is quoted, "If there is a safe
alternative for the joggers and the bicyclists, I will vote in favor of the gate closed all the
+ time."
j My analysis shows there is no safe alternative. The only alternative route is along
South Bayshore Drive and U.S. Highway 1. At the intersection of South Bayshore Drive and
U.S. 1, the sidewalk is blocked by poles which support the traffic signals for this busy and
complicated intersection [Photo 11. I have enclosed a series of photographs and an
engineer's scaled sketch which shows the sidewalk narrows to only 18 inches with
dangerous obstructions on both sides [Photos 2-4][Figure 1]. In addition, iron survey
markers protrude from the ground at this narrow restriction and create a special hazard
[Photo 51. This restricted area is dangerous for bicycles, joggers and roller-bladers and
impossible for a wheelchair or baby -jogger. It is likely that this restriction and obstructions
would cause bicyclers to fall and roller-bladers and joggers to trip and fall into the street
where they could be hit by a car and possibly killed. To avoid this restriction, the alternative
is to go out into the street, however, at this location you would find yourself in the busy
right-hand turn lane from South Bayshore Drive to U.S. 1. If you did decide to go out into
b.1 the street in order to get by, there is no way to get back up onto the side walk unless you
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jump the curb. There is no way that two bicyclers, joggers, etc., could safely pass at this
-� location.
A short distance from the traffic light poles there is a road sign mounted only 5' -
n 10" above the pavement [Photos 6-71[Figure 21. It is likely a jogger, bicycler, etc., would
strike his head on this sharp object. This hazard would be especially dangerous at night. I
have enclosed photos and an engineering sketch of this further obstruction.
Near the intersection of U.S. 1 and Rickenbacker Causeway the sidewalk ends and
turns into a dirt path [Photo 81. This is dangerous for joggers, bicycles and especially wheel
1 chairs, especially in wet weather.
In contrast, the existing bicycle path provides safe passage to all [Photos 9-101. There
is no way to close this path without subjecting pedestrians, bicyclers, joggers, baby -joggers,
roller-bladers, etc., to the dangers described above. These hazards would all be more
dangerous at night. In response to the Miami Herald quote by Vice Mayor Tomas Regalado,
the gate which is the issue of the hearing should be open all the time. I suggest that the
recently constructed fence remain, but that the gate be taken off its hinges and removed so
that it can never be closed.
I appreciate the opportunity to comment on this matter. Please call if you have any
questions or need additional information.
1
j Very truly yours,
LARSEN AND ASSOCIATES
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19
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1930
5362
2845
OR ELL
AV
0
0
19
W0111728-970111
1832
7522
284
SE
BRIG L
AV
0
0
19
WOOSIS29-970108
1955
$382
2
SE
BRICKEL
AV
0
0
19
W0071636p970107
1941
5882
45
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
WOOS 1894.-970108
2150
5197
2845
SE
9RICKELL
V
0
0
19
V3631777 961228
1946
538
2843
SE
BRICKELL
A
0
0
19
V3421084 961207
2024
5 2
2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
W1511710m970331
1637
24
2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
W1381825.470518
2016
382
2845
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
W1191926-970429
2054
5382
2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
V0171681 960117
1927
5382
2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
19
TOTAL
0ASE8=42
21
V0721080 960312
2008
7124
--2845
SE
BRICKELI:
AV
1
0
21
TOTAL
CASES&I
0111451--970111
8R343iEE�6
h:
+
e
22
4-3-8
--7$65
2601-Sir
__
TOTAL
CASES=l
25
W0621417-970102
1316
7411
2765
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0 O
25,
WQ781050-970314
104
473
'3007-
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
25`
W0671937r970808
2189
7524
4029
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
-kl
25
W0671472.-970308
1821
7515
2909
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
25
WO@ 41646P970325
1645
7577
27615
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
5
Y0491331 960218
1124
7513
3d29
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
µi
25
V2021934 961008
2169
758.1
2099
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
25
V2431398 960030
1127
7565
3029
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0 0
Ned
Z$
Sbiel'., Ims
A la V"^s
�Y\
Vn d U selp
Cr'
a(avms
r `1
PAGE 4
CITY OF MIAMI 06/19/97
CALLS FOR SERVICE
JANUARY
19 A THRU
MAY 1997
MOTOR
FINAL
INCIDENT
UNIT
VEH
ARREST
i
ZONAL,
NIAISER DATE
TWE
NUUBCR
NUMBER
OT
STREET
TYPE INTERSECTION
REPORT
REPORT
25
V1601949 960608
1931
5176
2999
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
25
171381287.,970518
943
7S12
3029
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
25
W1441430-970524
1110
7S11
2765
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
25
W1421744-970522
1717
7524
2765
BE
BRIOKELL
AV
0
0
25
W1482123-970528
2232
7536
2765
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
25
TOTAL
OASES=16
26
V1911173 960709
825
919
3007
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
o
Vjuvc'�fAetQ.S
26
V2071199 960725
797
928
3007
BE
BRICKELL
AV
b
0
26
TOTAL
CASES=2
cw
27
V1391721 960510
1716
4223
- 2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
1.
0
27
V0821625 960322
1S16
7508
.2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
x
0
27
V0901677 960330
1437
947
3029
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
27
W0871820- 970328
1924
4109
--2845
BE
BRICKELL
AV
1
0
'� A
27
110591794.•970226
1940
7506
--2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
1
O
Cows
27
W0621636-970308
1713
7508
2845
BE
BRICKELL
AV
1
0
27
W0601686-970301
1622
7227
2845
BE
BRICKELL
AV
1
0
27
W1002354-970410
1130
7207
-2845
BE
BRICKELL
AV
1
0
27
W1171776- 970427
1827
7212
-2845
BE
BRICKELL.
AV
1
0
27
W0071850-970320
1940
4109
-2845
BE
BRICKEL9
AV
1
0
27
V3541340 961219
1100
7507
-2845
SE
BRICKELL.
AV
1
0
27
W0081727-•970109
1810
4407
-2848
BE
BRICKELL
AV
I
0
27
V8341706 961129
1838
4427
-2845
BE
BRICKELL
BRTQr.M
AV
AV
1
0
27
V2991510 961025
1450
7512-2845
Ow
SE
BRICKELL
AV
1•
0
27
W1261723-970506
1733
7409
-2845
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
27
TOTAL
0ASES216
32
!0-511227-970220
913
7441
2999
BE
BRICKELL
AV dCeltn z/ i4
0
1
82
TOTAL
CASESs2
.
84
WO921704-970402
1718
4301
3629
SE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
84
`7109811630970403.
728
7 414
3029
BE
BRICKELL
AV
0
0
6d402 .
] 34
yf,
PAGE 5
06/19/97
CITY OF
MIAMI
CALLS
FOR
SERVICE
JANUARY
106 THRLI
UAY 1997
MOTOR
FINAL
INCIDENT
UNZTI
VE"
ARREST
'IGNAL
NWOER DATE
TIME
NUMBER
NUMBER
CT
STREET
TYPE INTERSECTION
REPORT
REPORT
34
V0841512 960324
AtH
1319
7512
a-,-
3116
'Sol
BE
er
BRICKELL
A wril
AV
-AV
0
0
0
34
V0701600 960310
2889
1644
461
7521
P432
-2845
___ 2760A
SE
ORICKELL
AV
0
0
24
bi
3A
JA7*" 1 Ili, 961005
W1291318-970509
Vale
-3441-
1037
7532
2
-2845
9601
01!-eltT0KEl:b:
SE
Se
6RICKELL
eR!6KEL:Lr
AV
0
0
34
34
V0441464 9-"H4-107
V0061385 960106
1103
7511
7512
god!
3029
Be
BE
a ---
SiiRELL
AV
0
0
34
TOTAL CASES=13
38
W1451662,*970525
1643
7524
3029
BE
BRICKELL
AV
a
0 $(A.5,r�doos
38
38
V0461724 960'215
W0931261w970403
1655
951
7423
7513
-2045
3029
BE
BE
BRICKELL
BRICKELL
AV
AV
a
0
0
0 PCs, 50-kr
38
V3291548 961124
1758
7522
3029
BE
BRTCKELL
AV
0
0
aa
TOTAL CASES=4
VZ91122? 961 & 859 ?519 2661 GE PIQTCKML- AM-
44
-TOTAL\CAZE8=l
.51 'K 281030 8 40 7535 2845 BE SRIQKXLI AV 0 0
51 T A
*L � ASES=
V 2111 030 8 4
TOTAL XCAS
V 1 961004 110
S2 V 2 961003 1102 7513 2045 BE BRICKELL AV 0 0
$2
TOT CA ES=l
TOTAL GASESc144
10 or REPORT, RECORDS READ
F"Lc
--------------------
I I !
MESSED 144
m
"1 know of a couple of me Invasions on my
street, a number of cars stolen. Maybe we
should put a thence around Coconut Grove.^
., Good Fences, Gad Neighbours
Sly Stallone is just a family man who wants some peace
and quiet, and he intends to get it
.1 By Paula Park
xpea. «�ara � the M;,mf fib' c«n-
mission meeting today (1huroday).
1 At issue Is the controversy that has
0 Dome to be known as SSttaattllonegate.
j Commissioners will face this question:
Should the city allow a neighborhood of
waft Individuals to block sooes4 to thdr,
7Ue attest Hader oanakleratfon is an hauler
slue, 20Woot Amtch of Brkixl Avenue just
south of the Rkicenbadker C newty's toll
booths. Among the prominent kadi Ull$Iv6
Sylvester
SsbuMooee..anaiogtheacim hee Madonna �t
Iron fence would seal up a footpath through
the northern end of the avenue, which Is a
aFdeaacenteretioff South Miami Avenue at
32od Road.
Motorists use the staeet to get to the cW&
water5oat Alice wainwright Park; cyclists
and joggers use It as a way to reads the Rick-
enbacker while avoiding heavy traffic on
South Miami Avenue. But residents, Stallone
In particular, claim the neighborhood has
j become such a magnet for alone that permit -
newly dosing the gate
f wens the path is ow
essary to ensure their
eddy. ' ids is an acts
where the residents
don't feet they will be
safe walking with their
kids," says Rosario
.Kennedy, the lobbyist
nbonobe-
I fore the commission.
'To Uaia day they are
afraid to use Alice
Wainwright Park. Deny day they we strange
faces." To bolster her argument, Kennedy
points to Police am statistics showing that
79 maim i nfiadioos were committed in the
'neighborhood' during 1996. The figures
xeWibos-
is wide open todebafe. to be accurate, but theterm
The area Kennedy delineates begins just
southo(MemHospiw0mvVitaiieftm
ffM BM
800 sport
st.Beae's home) and Includes the parking
lob and grounds o(Viaatya. to that udghbor
hood last year, alas people were tabbed and
four laughed. Pollsalw,teorcted 44 thefts,
bmtem bur¢uies, and eight autos reported
dolenormoovemi
AaoRtr het bf sladisfin' prepared last week
by Miidd poGoe st Neva 7iarec's request, t els
a very u1i&rmt story. According to those Sg-
neighbors live In a Verl-
able oWs of tranquillity. In hart owing to
their own efforts to prevent crime by per
Road
-
waft Trdlithe icOnly. to F r�esidentsat �and park
use. FAbrced by police 24 bours a day."), to
restrict parking nearWainwright Paris, and to
knee In a large hammock within the park. in
addition. the neighborhood association —
the Cliff Hammocks Homeowners Associa-
tim — employs oftduyy Miami police off"n
to patrol the area attar dark, and It plans to
finance and construct a guardhouse at the
32nd Road entrance. But Kennedy Insists
that residents deserve even more protection.
" nxy led that leaving the gate open defeats
tux purpose of the she says.
'Why go to the expense of building this
thing, of tudog tbemselves, inhere is bow
and egress through the backr
For all the concern, however, reports of
crimes committed speacatty along Brkicelf
Avenue between 32ad Road and the Rkcken-
backer Causeway show that during the lest
eighteen months, only one house has been
)AUNIQUE IAOK.
VOLUNTEERS
r>EmEn.
THRmSToR$�
tree t N. 0. Miami flea
Hwy, Cuder Ridge
few opponexf Joe Bwdey
Oan'ttanaa Idr !x Astiriat attatsq des ueslq at tfvs f ib of sir psu�ssM 6+a
burgWised (twice, in the same month), and
wright [ ask). Four people were murdered In
one family menaced by violence. No one tsar
Coconut Grove. None on Bridrel Avenue.
been mugged, robbed, raped, or beaten by
*uWm sneaking into the neghborhood: in
Fourteen people were raped in the sma.
None on Brkkel Avenue. Nearly 250 rob.
fact, the only 5&8veateft crime reported
berl s took place. None on Brida ll Avenue.
since January 1996 occurred at Stailone's
more than sm people were assaulted. None
own home, when one of his security guards
on BrWA Avenue. A total of 537 cars went
allegedly shot and stabbed another guard
reported stolen or recovered. None on
this pastJub'.
'ne stuff I'm familiar with on my own
BrickellAveswe.
Madonna's home (3029 Brickell Ave.)
street Is not there," says Joe Beasley, a
attracted its share of annoyances. Twice
Coconut Grove lawyer and marathon runner
police received reports of a auspicious Per -
who is leading a ragtag collation of cyclists,
son or trespasser at her address during
Joggers, walkers, and skaters apposed to the
19K Police also responded to a report of a
gate closure. 'I know of a couple of hone
domestic quarrel that did not lead to vio-
invasions on my street, a number of cars
lence (two more domestic quarrels have
stolen. My wife was robbed—arguapnintitr•—been'repottedinZhefu*
front of our house We know of other people
five months of
1997). Her home security alum sounded
who've had the same things happen. Maybe
twice. though police found no evidence of
we should put up a fence afbubd Coconut.
Intruders. They did, however, mapond to
Grove."
one report of an unspecified theft.
Beast a anecdotal evidence Is supported
• The only bigla voh me crime on the avenue
by official police records measuring crime in
is illegal puking: Miami police issued 28 du -
Coconut Grove as a whole — roughly the
teats in 19K all of them at the park. R don't
area from U.S.1 to Biscayne Bay between
think they should be parked illegally thee,'
the Rickenbacker Causeway and Le Jeuae
alknep Joe Beasley. alxd that isn't something
Road. In the Grove during 1996, 3747 sari•
youlrepohviugbyfendagoff the shed tonm-
ous crimes were committed. Seven of them
nert1f Stallone wants to have a plea where
— two burglaries and fen thefts from veht
peoRi ;sal Dome around, there's Star Island
des — occurred on Bridkell Avenue (four of
and b(hrr islands, where you've got one way
the five vehicle break �ni gogttfred a�N!Yia- iq jkcid gne �?+kpa!t'; ® '
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