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FROM PAGE 2A
LIVE—ABOARDS
CITY GOES AFTER
'BOAT SQUATTERS'
In May, Suarez pitched
the Maurice Gibb Park
proposal as a crackdown
on commercial activity at
the boat ramp. He pre-
sented video footage that
showed boats frequently
picking up and dropping
off passengers on a Sat-
urday, saying it was evi-
dence of "constant illegal
and unenforceable charter
activities."
Commercial uses of the
boat ramp have been
banned since 2016.
"This boat ramp was
intended as a residential
boat launch — not a mari-
na, not a parking lot, and
certainly not a pickup and
a drop-off hub," Suarez
said at the May commis-
sion meeting, adding that
there are other locations
where people can pay to
park their boats. "We all
pay our way to live in
Miami Beach," he said.
Leon said at the May
meeting that the change
would have the biggest
effect on live-aboards.
"The consequence is we
can't get to land now," he
said. "Where are we going
to park?"
Suarez declined to dis-
cuss the ordinance with
the Herald. But at public
meetings and on social
media, he has made the
case thatlive-aboards—
whom he refers to as
"boat squatters" — dam-
age seagrass with their
boat anchors, pollute the
bay by dumping human
waste and disrupt quality
of life for residents on
land with noise and litter.
He has also flagged con-
cerns about abandoned,
"derelict" boats that ]an-
guish in the bay.
Many of the boaters
have pushed back, saying
they are good neighbors
committed to rooting out
bad actors. They have
pointed to an enforcement
effort earlier this year to
investigate whether waste
was being improperly
disposed from the boats,
which resulted in only two
citations among 39 vessels
tested.
They also cite data from
the nonprofit Surfrider
Foundation that shows
Sunset Harbour has lower
fecal matter concentration
than most other areas of
Biscayne Bay.
But Suarez has the back-
ing of a vocal contingent
of Miami Beach residents,
including neighborhood
associations for Sunset
Harbour and West Avenue
and others who have com-
plained about boaters
coming ashore at the west
end of Lincoln Road.
Commissioner Laura
Dominguez voted against
the Maurice Gibb reg-
ulations on fast reading in
May, raising concerns
about the amount of the
fines and the prospect of
penalizing boaters who
"live legally in our wa-
ters."
But she said that, while
she initially sought a com-
promise with the boaters
after the removal of the
Publix dock in December,
it has since become clear
that residents support the
crackdown. Dominguez
voted for the Maurice
Gibb ordinance on second
reading July 24.
"Our residents on land
have gotten behind this
ordinance, so it makes it
hard to fight for the peo-
ple on the boats when the
people that are paying
property taxes, are voting,
are here day in and day
out are so passionately
supporting this," Dom-
inguez said in an inter-
view.
"I'm a compassionate
person. I care about peo-
ple," she said. "This one
was really, really tough."
'FEEL LIKE WE'RE
BEING HUNTED'
The new riles and stri
enforcement are increas-
ing the physical and legal
risks that live-aboards are
taking to get to land, in-
cluding parking their boats
illegally, climbing over
seawalls and hiding ding-
hies in bushes.
After the removal of the
dock near Publix on Dade
Boulevard in December,
the city installed new
signage and cameras to
enforce a ban on docking
at public seawalls.
"I feel like we're being
hunted," said Barbie
Wynn, a retired firefighter
who has been living on a
boat in Miami Beach for
three years.
Wynn said a friend has
been dropping her off in a
dinghy at the former site
of the dock near Publix,
where Wynn then climbs
over the seawall and goes
to get groceries.
But she said the new
restrictions have prevent-
ed her from working part-
time.
Previously, she said, she
worked at a TGI Fridays
on Ocean Drive. After the
Publix dock was removed,
she sometimes resorted to
sleeping on the Maurice
Gibb Park dock when she
got off work late and no
one was available to pick
her up.
"I don't have anywhere
to park my dinghy," Wynn
said. "It's depressing. It's
hurtful. It makes you feel
like you're being discrimi-
nated against."
Novikova said she feels
"like a criminal" when she
scales the Collins Canal
seawall each day to go to
work, defying "no tres-
passing" signs and "rang-
ers and cameras every-
where to catch us."
"Every time when I
reach the shore, I just
break the law," she said.
FUNDRAISING
CAMPAIGN
In April, the live-
aboards launched a
GoFundMe campaign to
hire a lawyer to sue the
city for "violations of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964,
various state maritime
laws" and the Americans
with Disabilities Act They
have raised about
$10,000 toward a
$25,000 goal.
Andrew Dively, who
lived on a boat in Miami
Beach before recently
moving to Jacksonville,
said he believes the city is
taking advantage of the
boat dwellers' lack of
f ancial means.
The city knows "that the
chances of the boaters
having enough money to
fight them in court is close
to zero," Dively said.
"Their boat is one of the
few things keeping them
from being homeless on
the streets of Miami."
In 2016, as wealthy
waterfront homeowners
clashed with boaters an-
chored near the Sunset
Islands, state law prohib-
ited anchoring in certain
areas of Miami Beach,
including near the Sunset
and Venetian islands. But
boaters were still allowed
to anchor in Sunset Har-
bour.
State legislation pro-
posed earlier this year
would have made it illegal
to anchor within 200
yards of the shoreline, but
that language was re-
moved in the version that
ultimately passed.
For now, anchoring in
Sunset Harbour remains
legal.
Miami Beach officials
have been working with
the state to establish a
mooring field, which
would regulate, but not
eliminate, anchoring in
Sunset Harbour. But Dive-
ly said he questions
whether that is the city's
tie goal.
"A mooring field could
be a humane solution if
the city were to be reason-
able with the fees," he
said. "But are you trying
to build a mooring field?
Or are you just trying to
kick the boaters out?"
Aaron Leibowitz:
305-376-2235,
@aaran_leib
FROM PAGE 1A
FERRE PARK
design procedure, accord-
ing to the city's Planning,
Zoning and Appeals Board
— should remain. In No-
vember, after a group of
residents filed an appeal,
the board voted to reverse
the planning department's
approval of the gym.
Then in May, Carollo
asked his colleagues on
the City Commission to let
voters decide the fate of
the outdoor gym. His re-
quest came in the form of
a "pocket item," meaning
it was not included on the
publicly -available meeting
agenda. Carollo said he
brought the proposal for-
ward on "an emergency
basis' to ensure there's
ough time toget it on
the August ballot
Pardo was absent from
the meeting. The commis-
sion voted 3-1 to send the
question to voters. Com-
missioner Miguel Angel
Gabela was the only no
vote, saying he was con-
cerned that Pardo was
unable to weigh in.
"Well, he's not going to
be affected because
whichever way he feels on
it, he can campaign for it,"
Carollo responded.
Pardo has taken him up
on that, penning an op-ed
this week calling the ballot
question a "sneaky at-
temptttto weaponize gov-
ernment"
e Carollo's response: "The
only weapon that I use is
the truth."
'A DIRTY TRICK'
The outdoor gym, which
consists of about 20 pieces
of green and beige exer-
cise equipment, is situated
in the park between Ka-
seya Center and the Perez
and Frost museums. From
that vantage point, park -
goers can catch a glimpse
of the Dogs and Cats
Walkway, another Carollo
Project,
But as of Thursday, the
gym remains fenced in,
with a yellow sign affixed
that reads "CAUTION
WORK IN PROGRESS."
According to Carollo,
"hundreds and hundreds"
of people want to access
the gym and are asking:
"Why do we have a fence
around it?"
A series of setbacks have
kept the exercise area
off-limits to Miamians.
After the gym was in-
stalled in October, a group
of downtown residents
filed an appeal. In Novem-
ber, the city's Planning,
Zoning and Appeals Board
voted to reverse the city
Planning Department's
approval of the gym after
determining that it was
not installed according to
proper permitting and
design procedure. Board
member Adam Gersten
said at the meeting that it
appeared that the park
proponents took "active
steps to disregard the
neighborhood's input"
Gersten said the outdoor
gym was "slapped togeth-
er dangerously without
permitting. It's just a slap
in the face to every resi-
dent in the city, and every
visitor'."
The director of the Bay -
front Park Management
Trust then appealed the
Planning, Zoning and
Appeals Board's decision,
but the City Commission
ultimately voted down the
appeal 3-2 in May, effec-
tively directing the gym
equipment to be removed.
However, two weeks
before that, at the meeting
where Pardo was absent,
the City Commission had
already decided to send
the question to voters. It is
unclear how the refer-
endum's outcome will
impact their denial of the
director's appeal.
The official ballot ques-
tion asks voters if the city
should keep the already -
installed gym equipment
in Maurice A. Ferre Park
"to enhance recreational
facilities and promote
community health and
fitness for all our resi-
dents."The question also
points out that outdoor
gym equipment is not
unusual, and can be found
many of our parks" in
Miami.
Michael Feuling, one of
the residents opposing the
outdoor gym, said the
ballot question language is
like "asking a kid if he'd
like ice cream for break-
fast. Of course he would."
The gym equipment
question is a binding refer-
endum rather than a straw
ballot, meaning that if it
passes, any future effort to
remove the gym equip-
ment would need to go
back to voters, according
to Carollo.
"It's just a dirty trick,"
said Feeling, who lives in a
condo that overlooks
Maurice A. Ferre Park.
"Who would vote no on
that?"
Carollo said the gym's
adversaries are "a small
group of elitists, some of
which are racist, that don't
want Blacks or Hispanics
to come to that park."
But Feeling said the
opposition is based on the
fact that, according to its
master plan, the park was
designed
to be passive,
mea
ning it is free of sports
fields or facilities.
"And Carollo has just
totally ignored it and with
o community input,"
Feuling said. He also
countered Carollo's argu-
ment that only a handful
of neighbors oppose the
gym, pointing to a petition
from earlier this year with
over 1,000 signatures
calling for Carollo's re-
moval from the Bayfmnt
Park Management Trost.
(When Feuling presented
the petition at a meeting in
June, Carollo claimed that
"scores of people" who
signed the petition live
outside of Miami.)
The Downtown Neigh-
bors Alliance also an-
nounced its opposition to
the referendum Thursday.
Pardo called the refer-
endum a "backhanded
maneuver" by Carollo and
said he did not follow the
proper procurement proce-
dures to install the gym
equipment —which Pardo
said residents never want-
ed in the first place.
As for the ballot ques-
tion language, Pardo said
it is "deceptive and
wrong" because it doesn't
reflect neighbors' push -
back against the gym
equipment, nor does it
acknowledge that the
Planning, Zoning and
Appeals Board voted to
reverse the city planning
department's approval. He
said the park situation is
the latest example of Car-
ollo misusing his position
as chairman of the Bay -
front Park Management
Trost. He believes Carollo
should step down from his
post in the agency.
"It's demagoguery,"
Pardo said.
While the outdoor gym's
opponents are vocal, there
are members of the com-
munity who support it.
Carollo presented their
positive commentary at a
meeting in April by show-
ing an 11-minute video
featuring about 30 park -
goers, as well as Grammy -
award winning jazz mu-
sician Arturo Sandoval,
praising the gym and the
value it brings to the park.
Carollo dismissed his
critics, saying that if his
name wasn't attached to
the outdoor gym, "They'd
be saying what a wonder-
ful, great thing it is. But
everything we've done
there, they criticize."
Tess Riski @tessriski
CITY OF MIAMI FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE
FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
Notice is given that the Gity Commission of the City of Miami
will conduct a public hearing to consider imposing Solid Waste
special assessments for the provision of Solid Waste services
within the City of Miami for the Fiscal Year commencing October
1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025.
The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. an September 7, 2024, In
the City Commission Chambers of Gity Hall, 3500 Pan American
Drive, Miami, Florida, far the purpose of receiving public
comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property
owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file
written objections with the City Commission within twenty (20)
days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the Gity Commissioners with respect to any matter
considered at the hearing, such person will need a record al
the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record
is made, Including the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to he made. In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation or
sign language interpreter to participate in this proceeding
should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305] 250-5361, TTY
users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service), at least seven (7)
days prior to the date of the hearing.
The assessment for each parcel of property will be based on
each parcel's classification and the total number of billing
units attributed to that parcel. The total Solid Waste estimated
amount to be assessed and collected for the Fiscal Year
dng October 1, 2024, Is $29.168 million, while the
full rost of Solid Wastes is
approximately $51.808
million. The following table reflects the proposed Solid Waste
assessment schedule:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
USE CATEGORIES
Single Family & City -
Defined Multi -Family
RATE PER EACH
DWELLING UNIT
$440.00
Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment ordinance, Initial
Assessment Resolution, and the preliminary asent roll
are available for Inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of
Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida.
Unless proper steps as initiated in court of
mpetent jurisdictionto se relief within
twenty (20] days from the date of City Commission
action at the above hearing (including the method
of apportionment, the rate of assessment, and the
imposition of assessments], such action shall be
the final adjudication of the Issues presented.
The assessments will he collected an the same hill
s ad valorem taxes. Failure to pay the assessment
will result in either the commencement of
foreclosure proceedings or cause a tax certificate
to be issued against the property which may result
in a lass of title.
If you have any questions, please contact the
City of Miami at (305) 416-1570, Monday through
Friday between 8 30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
TODD B. HANNON
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
Ad No. 43556