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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Public Comments Submitted Online for the June 11, 2020 Virtual City Commission MeetingCommission Report Commission Meeting Public Comment - June llth, 2020 June 11, 2020 2:19 PM MDT Public Comment motero@miamigov.com First Last Street Email Address Name Name Address 200 SE 15 Bob Deresz yachtyonder@yahoo.com Road, Apt 7K Miami, FL 33129 1468 SW 3rd St Apt 4 Danielle Jordan danielle.jordan1218@gmaiLcom Miami, FL 33135 Valeria Otero Va1e9512@hotmaiLcom Yami Delgado ydelgado01@gmaiLcom Andreina Espina aespina@brzoninglaw.com Nathan Goff N8man31@aoLcom 709 NW 39th Ave 14422 SW 38 LN Agenda Item Public Comment BC. 13 6959 Finance Committee N/A CA. 1 7421 Accept Donation - Wynwood Bid N/A Security System Phase Two RE. 3 7319 Revocable License Agreement - Event Entertainment Group PA. 1 7510 Personal Appearance - Rosario Kennedy DI. 1 7425 200 S Discussion - Biscayne 2019 Boulevard Comprehensive Suite 850 Annual Financial Report BC. 5 7243 4610 St Bayfront Park Croix lane Management Trust N/A N/A N/A Ultra Miami has a huge contribution to modern culture .Miami is the beautiful magic city and ultra should be a part of Miami.World cultures are united in music with ultra music Festival. 7536 Submittal -Public Comments Submitted Online for the June 11, 2020 Virtual City Commission Meeting First Last Name Name Xavier Email Address Moncada xaviermoncada11@gmaiLcom Street Address 15761 SW 75th Terrace Agenda Item Public Comment BC. 10 5547 Community Relations Board RE. 3 7319 Revocable 41 S License Georgia Collura georgiacoftura@ymaiLcom Nauraushaun Agreement - Rd Event Entertainment Group I would and my 234 petitioners would Like to see the City of Miami's Commission to engage in an honest, constructive dialogue on race. I encourage the City to engage academia, business, and government in this conversation. I would like to iterate the urgency of such a dialogue, which the protests and national riots should make evident. Me and my friends look forward to Ultra every year. We've gone to the festival the past 8 years. We go with a group of 8+ of us and each spend around $5,000 for the weekend. Between the hotels, restaurants, dubs, excursions- we have a blast and we spend money in your city. However, we went to Ultra last year on Virginia Keys and it just wasn't the same. We left last year saying that we wouldn't be returning this year if it doesn't end up back at Bayfront. We were ecstatic that it was back this year. (I made a t-shirt that said "Honey, I'm homel') Anyway, although it was cancelled, we pushed our tickets out to next year, 2021, and we're over the moon excited to come home to Bayfront. I feet for the residents across the street but I'm sorry, you just can't move to a thriving city with music and nightlife and complain about the music and nightlife. Let us come home to Bayfront for the weekend that so many thousands of us took forward to aft year tong. First Last Name Name Bob Email Address Deresz yachtyonder@yahoo.com Christine Rupp chris@dadeheritagetrust.org YuLissa Guerra Yu1i2397@icloud.com Street Address 200 SE15 Road, Apt 7K Miaimi, FL, 33129 190 SE 12 Terrace Miami, FL 33131 12203 w mite7rd mission Texas Agenda Item Public Comment BC. 13 6959 Finance Committee FR. 2 7185 Amend Code - Chapter 23 - Historic Preservation Please give a no confidence vote to the Miami -Dade Commission: Reference; Brightline/ Virgin Train. Miami Residence can not subsidizer this Failed Private Venture! They are about to vote approving 350 Million to Build 5 Stations between Miami and Aventura. PLUS: $30-$50 Million EACH Year to subsidize the Private Commuter Line. PLUS: $29 Million each year to use the Tracks. ( Bringing Tri Rail into Downtown) PLUS: The County just spent $75 million to build the Aventura Station. This totals $425 Million NOW! $59-$79 Million Each & Every Year forever! Miami Residence can not subsidizer this Failed Private Venture! The current owners are Japan -Based SoftBank with $18 BILLION First - Quarter losses this year. The original owners, made their money from the 1.75 Billion Loan from the US Government, from Construction, building the Miami Rail. Station, additional Stations etc. They Knew it wilt Fait!! Everyone Knows this Rail. wilt Fait !! No one would give them a ban since! This item amends Chapter 23, the Historic Preservation Ordinance. Dade Heritage Trust urges you, in your deliberations, to carefully consider the ramifications of these changes on efforts to preserve Miami's architectural heritage. Our architectural heritage - the symbols of our community's history - are vulnerable, meaningful and cannot be recreated if once destroyed. It should be noted that, to our knowledge, no other community within Miami -Dade County requires a supermajority for historic designation. In our role as an organization whose mission is advocacy, education and preservation, Dade Heritage Trust relies on the Commission to make the right decision for the citizens to ensure a better Miami for all. Please keep Ultra music festival it's the best thing that has ever happened in RE. 3 7319 the U.S. for us and despite the Revocable pandemic happening I say that we License shouldn't sit and let the beauty of an Agreement - event go to an ending if we can create Event excellent measurements for this 3 day Entertainment experience to be as safe as possible. Group Let's not forget it is a great money maker too so let's bring it back as stated!! First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment RE. 3 7319 I will say keep Miami uftra festival at bayfront park is a unique event that 10035 sw Revocable goes around the world and we have the License Reynier Cordova Rcord032@fiu.edu 218th st Agreement - Privilege to have it right here in miami is miami fl amazing. I do understand the residents Event 33190 but uftra is not the only event we have Entertainment Group every year at bayfront park please keep uftra at bayfront park thank u. CA. 2 7457 I nterlocal 401 mount Please allow uftra to keep happening in Juan Sanchez Metalkannon@gmaiLcom Agreement - Vernon street Miami downtown Enforcement of misdemeanors RE. 3 7319 500E 63rd. Revocable License Please keep Ultra in Bayfront Park. This St Ocean Zach Petersen Petersenz@gmaiLcom Agreement - is essential to keep millions of tourism Marathon FL 33050 Event dollars into South Beach. Entertainment Group 6570 SW BC. 5 7243 Bring Ultra back to Bayfront for 2021 & 12th Street Bayfront Park Antonio Rad RadicalKid2468@gmail.com 2022 to help increase the tourism boost Miami, FL Management 33144 Trust bouncing back from the Pandemic. Last Name Scott Lombardo Email Address �^isiLerm Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment RE. 3 7319 3000 Coral Revocable Way, Apt License 507, Coral Agreement - GabLes, FL Event 33145 Entertainment Group I am an Attorney and Owner of a music bog called EDMTunes. I'm not some type of dangerous drugged out zombie as Ultra opponents try to paint us all as. I moved from Palm Beach to Miami in part because I experienced Ultra Music Festival back in 2012 and it opened my eyes to live music and especially the energy of Miami. Ike monitored and written about these Ultra votes for the past several years, and noticed that the same cast of characters come out of the woodwork to read their scripts provided to them by a condominium association board that all say "get off my lawn" in a variety of ways. Don't let their synchronized coordinated campaign fool you into thinking they are the majority. They screamed and yelled that they wanted their beloved Bayfront Park to be open to them at all times - and yet Bayfront Park has become a home to vagrants. Bayfront Park (and Miami in general) is a one of kind venue that is the envy of the world and Miami should show it off. Now the entire economy was forced to shut down and it destroyed businesses and government budgets. You all made Ultra become the canary in the coalmine for that shut down, and you owe Ultra and its millions of fans for that. Ultra brings exactly the type of invigoration Miami needs to get back on its A game. By approving Ultra's return you breathe life back into the festival after its worst period it will ever endure. You will give music fans around the world hope that we can put down our pitchforks, outstretch our hands (or elbows to be safe), and rejoin eachother in the unity of live music. You will also breathe life back into the hundreds of businesses that desperately need a win after being forced to take an L for the past several months. So please, Miami City Commission - do right by Ultra, do right by the millions of dance music fans around the world and let Ultra Miami show the world that we can bounce back better than ever before - and we can do it together. BC. 18 5451 Will the mandatory 14 day quarantine Alicia Collins coandaLicia@gmaitcom N/a Mayor's Council of NY, NJ and Connecticut residents on Global coming to Florida be lifted? Competitiveness Mark Bailey markbailey@miamirivermarinegroup.org Miami River PZ. 5 7291 Re. PZ.5 ORDINANCE 7291 Marine MCNP - Department of Planning Please include Group 3033 Industrial FLUM this brief summary and history NW North Interpretation (excerpted from our Letter from Mr. River Drive Andrew Dickman, ESQ, ASIP) as part of First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment the public comment and record for the City Commission meeting: June 11, 2020. Re. PZ.5 ORDINANCE 7291 Department of Planning Relevant attachments have been sent to Victoria Mendez, City of Miami; Sue Trone, Chief, Dept of Planning, City of Miami. Thank you. Mark Bailey MRMG Re. PZ.5 ORDINANCE 7291 Department of Planning ALL documents referenced below "as attached" have been entered into the record in connection with the above matter. ALL documents together are the "settlement" of the 2010 appeal of the comprehensive plan text amendments which would have eliminated any all reference to and protection of the Port of Miami River working waterfront. Below is a brief history and synopsis: From 2003 to 2010, the Miami River Marine Group, the Late Captain Beau Payne, and the Durham Park Neighborhood Association successfully challenged the City's rezoning properties on the Miami River from marine industrial to restricted commercial Large condominium. I was and stilt am your attorney. Also attached are the district court opinions. When the City did not prevail in court, in 2008, it used the statutory requirement to evaluate its comprehensive plan, a process called "Evaluation and Appraisal Report" (EAR), to propose EAR -based text amendments to the comprehensive plan. These amendments would have eliminated any all reference to and protection of the Port of Miami River working waterfront, as stated above. The state Land planning agency, at that time known as the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) opposed those amendments pertaining to the Port of Miami River working waterfront. DCA found these amendment "Not In Compliance" and put the City on notice of this in 2009. The DCA and the City began negotiating through mediation. In 2010, the parties entered into a Stipulated Settlement Agreement (settlement) adopted by the City on July 22, 2010 by resolution. The substantive feature of the settlement is the "Remedial Actions" which caused the adoption of extensive text amendments to the City's comprehensive plan. Those amendments are stilt in the comprehensive plan. The above referenced text amendments violate the settlement and remedial action primarily because the City is allowing "Hotel/Motel." uses on Lands designated as part of the Port of Miami River zoned marine industrial. The district First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment court cases addressed this very issue — what happens when marine industrial Land on the Miami River is "converted" to non -water depended and water- reLated. In the opinion of the court, this wilt systematically deplete available Land to maintain the Port of Miami River and introduce incompatible uses adjacent to the working river. These court opinions fall under a doctrine called "Law of the case," which essentially precludes parties from reLitigating an issue already resolved by the appellate court. In other words, the City wilt have to show why these amendments are different from the ruling in 2010. The settlement documents are (and have been submitted separately): The transmittal Letter from the City to DCA of the resolutions adopting the settlement and remedial actions; Exhibit A — DCA's statement of intent to find the 2008 text amendments "Not In Compliance'; Exhibit 1— the executed settlement agreement; and Exhibit B — the Remedial text amendments. Would Like to the City of Miami to divest resources from the police department to the community including RE. 5 7371 Mid- housing, drug rehab, after school Year Budget programs, food and job support. The Prachi Patel prachisrk@gmaitcom 86 SW 8th St Amendments - ridiculous show of police supremacy this Operating past week has been disgusting - and Budget demonstrates that too much money is being sent on resources that could otherwise be redirected for more meaningful use. First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Miami River Marine Mark Bailey markbaifey@miamirivermarinegroup.org Group 3033 NW North River Drive Agenda Item Public Comment PZ. 5 7291 MCNP- Industriaf FLUM Interpretation Commissioners and Mr. Chairman, As you know, City of Miami policy -makers and leaders have regularly spoken -out in support of a more diversified economy for our community. Ordinance 7291, before you now, as written, takes a step backwards toward that important goal of economic diversity and undermines Miami's Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan and the Port of Miami River Subelement. The Comprehensive Plan and the Port of Miami River Subelement (as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan), was agreed -to after years of litigation, a ruling by State of Florida/District Court of Appeals and, ultimately, a Final Settlement Agreement, today serves as the framework that protects the remaining working waterfront industrial parcels on the Miami River. Amending this part of the City's Comprehensive Plan to allow for more hotels, could have broad implications on the Miami River marine industry as it regains its presence on the Miami River. At this time, we request that if the proposed Ordinance 7291 moves forward, it should be further amended to remove aft working waterfront industrial -zoned parcels on the Miami River. Furthermore, there is no urgency to begin unwinding key elements of Miami's Comprehensive plan through virtual public hearings -- Florida Statute 163.3181 requires public participation in the comprehensive planning process be to the "fullest extent possible;" And, after the denial -of -approval from your Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board. And, with no stakeholder workshops. And, without Miami River Commission participation and recommendation, the City Commission should vote down or defer this proposed Ordinance 7291. Respectfully, Mark Bailey Miami River Marine Group Andrew Dickman andrew@dickmanfawfirm.org 809 PZ. 5 7291 Victoria, In an abundance of caution, Wafkerbift MCNP - I'm going to submit this string of emaiLs Rd, Suite 7 Industrial FLUM on the city website. I have not Lobbied Naples, FL Interpretation the city because our Feb. refresher 34110 course was cancelled and I just Learned today that the commission on ethics called our office offering an online course (which I'm registering for today — assuming that website works). I believe communicating with you directly is not Lobbying because I'm attorney of record for the parties on the settlement that wilt be impacted by the amendments. The COVID-19 pandemic has realty caused everyone to make judgment calls. If this agenda item goes forward, First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment it will disadvantage my clients' ability to have legal representation and block their appellate rights. I'm left with no other option but to submit this since the deadline is 20 minutes from now. Please contact me as soon as possible, Andrew From: Andrew Dickman Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 4:16 PM To: Victoria Mendez (vmendez@miamigov.com) <vmendez@miamigov.com>; Cc: Matthew McConnell <matthew@dickmanfawfirm.org>; Subject: RE: City of Miami - Proposed Comprehensive e Nan Text Amendment - Fife ID 7291 In addition to the problems my clients are having with the website to upload comments, please consider what statutory requirements they have to meet in order to be considered an "affected person" per 163.3184(1)(a) Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan amendment. I realize the complexities you've worked through under the executive order for virtual meetings and trying to preserve due process and protect the health and safety of the public, but is this really such an important topic to rush through? I believe this is a city initiated text amendment. How are we supposed to deaf with the reviewing agencies after the city transmits? This is a really bad item to push through right now, Victoria. From: Andrew Dickman Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 3:54 PM To: Victoria Mendez (vmendez@miamigov.com) <vmendez@miamigov.com>; Cc: Matthew McConnell <matthew@dickmanfawfirm.org>; Subject: FW: City of Miami - Proposed Comprehensive e Nan Text Amendment - Fife ID 7291 Victoria, I represent the Miami River Marine Group and Antillean Shipping. They brought to my attention that the city is proposing the above referenced text amendments to the comprehensive plan. They provided me with a notice of the virtual public hearing on this matter scheduled tomorrow and the requirement to submit documentation by 5 pm today. To that end, I provided my clients a quick summary of the settlement and cases involving the city and the port of Miami River plus the relevant documents. I am forwarding all this to you in the interest of time since I am not able to appropriately participate in the hearing. I believe it is too important an issue to conduct this in a virtual hearing. My clients are now telling me that they cannot upload the attached fifes. I realize the governor's executive First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment order waived the physical quorum requirement but the underlying AGO did not lower the bar on the public's right to reasonably participate. I would suggest that the content of this matter is so significant that the normal use of the word "reasonable" is much higher than allowing someone to submit information and call in. I am therefore asking you to stop this hearing and more importantly Look into the substantive issues related to the text amendments. It would be very easy to exempt out those marine industrial areas to preclude motets and hotels. I have another issue with a Letter promised by Sue Trone and Francisco on the Brisas rezoning, but the text amendment is the most pressing today. You can call my cell anytime. 305-335- 1303. Thank you, Andrew From: Andrew Dickman Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 3:35 PM To: Roselvic Noguera <rnoguera@antiLtean.com>;; markbaiLey@miamirivermarinegroup.org Cc: Matthew McConnell <matthew@dickmanLawfirm.org>; Subject: City of Miami - Proposed Comprehensive e Plan Text Amendment - Fite ID 7291 Dear Ms. Noguera (Antillean Shipping) and Mr. BaiLey (the Miami River Marine Group): The attached documents should be entered into the record in connection with the above matter. The documents together are the "settlement" of your 2010 appeal of the comprehensive plan text amendments which would have eliminated any all reference to and protection of the Port of Miami River working waterfront. I've separated the documents for ease of use do to the size when scanned. BeLow is a brief synopsis. From 2003 to 2010, the Miami River Marine Group (inclusive of Antittean Marine), the Late Captain Beau Payne, and the Durham Park Neighborhood Association successfully challenged the City's rezoning properties on the Miami River from marine industrial to restricted commercial Large condominium. I was and stilt am your attorney. Also attached are the district court opinions. When the City did not prevail in court, in 2008, it used the statutory requirement to evaluate its comprehensive plan, a process caned "Evaluation and Appraisal Report" (EAR), to propose EAR -based text amendments to the comprehensive plan. These amendments would have eliminated any all reference to and protection of the Port of Miami River working waterfront, as stated above. You Lobbied the state Land planning agency, at that time known as the First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment Department of Community Affairs (DCA), to opposed those amendments pertaining to the Port of Miami River working waterfront. DCA found these amendment "Not In Compliance" and put the City on notice of this in 2009. The DCA and the City began negotiating through mediation and you fought successfully to intervened in this process. In 2010, the parties entered into a Stipulated Settlement Agreement (settlement) adopted by the City on July 22, 2010 by resolution. The substantive feature of the settlement is the "Remedial Actions" which caused the adoption of extensive text amendments to the City's comprehensive plan. Those amendments are stiff in the comprehensive plan. In my opinion, the above referenced text amendments violate the settlement and remedial action primarily because the City is allowing "Hotel/Motel." uses on Lands designated as part of the Port of Miami River zoned marine industrial. The district court cases addressed this very issue — what happens when marine industrial Land on the Miami River is "converted" to non -water depended and water -related. In the opinion of the court, this wilt systematically deplete available Land to maintain the Port of Miami River and introduce incompatible uses adjacent to the working river. These court opinions, in my opinion, fall under a doctrine called "Law of the case," which essentially preludes parties from reLitigating an issue already resolved by the appellate court. In other words, the City wilt have to show why these amendments are different from the ruling in 2010. The attached settlement documents are: 1. The transmittal Letter from the City to DCA of the resolutions adopting the settlement and remedial actions; 2. Exhibit A — DCA's statement of intent to find the 2008 text amendments "Not In Compliance'; 3. Exhibit 1 — the executed settlement agreement; and 4. Exhibit B — the Remedial text amendments. I wilt attempt to communicate your concerns with the City Attorney and request that the City exlude the Port of Miami River from the proposed amendments. Best regards, Andrew Andrew Dickman, Esq., AICP DICKMAN LAW FIRM (239) 434-0840 www.dickmanLawfirm.org First Last Name Name Email Address Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment I oppose Resolution CA 1. As demonstrations are taking place across Florida and the rest of the country, any step to further surveil and invest in police infrastructure is a step in the wrong direction. While I understand this is a donation from the BID, the City should have the grounds on which to negotiate other ways of putting over $100,000 to good use in improving the CA. 1 7421 area that do not threaten to further 3000 Accept Donation funnel people into the criminal legal Meena Jagannath meena@movementlawlab.org Biscayne - Wynwood Bid system. Instead, those monies would Blvd Ste 106 Security System be better used towards projects that Phase Two address the root causes - a tack of housing, insufficient job opportunities/training, inadequate education. The proposed uses of the funds are short-sighted and wilt only contribute to the problems that bring about crime in the first place. As a government, you have the ability to shape our city into a place with more democracy and opportunity for all. This is one place you should start. First Last Name Name Email Address Roselvic Noguera rnoguera@antiLlean.com Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment Roselvic Noguera, Antillean Marine Shipping, 3038 NW North River Drive, Miami, 33142. I'm speaking today on ITEM PZ5 proposing the amendment of the Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan, by ADDING TWO (2) POLICIES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT AND AMENDING THE INTERPRETATION OF FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND USE TO ALLOW HOTEL/MOTEL USES IN CITY OF MIAMI LAND DESIGNATED AS INDUSTRIAL. Based on the protection granted by the state taw and based on the protection granted by the Miami River — Sub Element (which is a component of the Comprehensive Plan Policy PA-3.1.1. through PA-3.1.11.), we request the exclusion of any D3 property or any other designated property of the port of Miami River from this amendment. The Miami River Sub Element states that the City shall protect the Port of Miami River from 3038 NW encroachment by non water -dependent North River PZ. 5 7291 uses. As you know, the Miami River - Drive, MCNP - Sub Element is the product of years of Miami, Industrial FLUM Litigation and the Final Settlement Florida Interpretation Agreement, that were triggered by the 33142 adoption of amendments (Like the one presented today) without: 1. The corresponding evaluation of data and analysis (one of the reasons why the PZAB denied the amendment proposal). 2. The analysis of other Plan policies and the state Law, to determine consistency. 3. Following the process stated in Florida Statutes 163.3181 that requires public participation and request the Local agency to provide the public with all the information and opportunities to comment on the proposals. The Port of Miami River is so vital to the City, that it should not be discuss at a 'Virtual." public hearing since it makes extremely difficult for Antillean and its attorney, Andrew Dickman, to participate. The proposed amendment, is not in -Line with the goal of the Port of Miami River Sub -element which is the protection and preservation of the working waterfront and could involve irreversible negative impacts on the Miami River Marine industry. First Last Name Name Email Address allain Mcguffie foundation@wishinabottle.net Street Address Agenda Item Public Comment June 4, 2020 Our Streets are Filthy! For years, the garbage problem in the streets of Little Haiti has been growing Larger and larger. Illegal dumping has reached a very high and dangerous level and has become one of the main issues in the community. Regular weekly trash pick-up is almost nonexistent, and trash accumulates all week long. Monday morning walks to the bus stops are nauseating at best due to piles of trash on every corner. When searching on google 'THE 10 WORST Neighborhoods In Miami For 2020' the first source found is https://www.roadsnacks.net/worst- neighborhoods-in-miami-f1/ ranking BC. 26 5453 Little Haiti #3. When searching on 129 NW 61st Urban YOUTUBE THE 10 WORST st miami FL Development Neighborhoods In Miami" the first Review Board source found is https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pvyQRdoGIFU ranking Little Haiti #6. This shames me as a proud Haitian American living in Little Haiti. The visual picture of sanitation in Little Haiti does not reflect its proud and growing community. Please help petition our elected Little Haiti District 5 Commissioner Keon Hardemon, and Mayor Francis Suarez to prove that our neighborhoods matter by adding a more frequent collection of garbage, more bins to be available in public spaces, more No DUMPING signs, and larger penalties to those who do not respect the laws by continuing dumping garbage in our First Name Steve Brian Last Name Phillips Email Address stevephiLs3@gmaiLcom Andrews briancandrews@gmaiLcom Street Address 4020 Woodridge Road 300 South Biscayne Blvd End of Report Agenda Item SR. 1 5939 Amend Code - Chapter 40 - Elected Officers Retirement Trust BC. 5 7243 Bayfront Park Management Trust Public Comment City of Miami elected officials should be eligible to get no more of a pension than other City employees and the vast majority of those that elected them. Non-contributory pensions have been vastly reduced in the private section and those in the public sector, like the military, are based upon time served. To be eligible to receive a pension after seven years for a "part-time" job and the amount that is being considered is unbelievable. And the seven years is an amendment to the existing eight years to accommodate a particular elected official who happens to be the sponsor of this item. Really? Do none of you see something distasteful about that? If any change is to be considered, a more appropriate mechanism would be a 401k type plan with elected officials contributing together with some reasonable matching percentage by the City and a vesting schedule.... like the majority of City residents/taxpayers have. The project City budget shortfall of $22 minion wilt increase by about $1 minion/year. Not appropriate, not fair to taxpayers, a "conflict of interest" and simply put, just not right! VOTE NO! I was extremely disappointed in the poor judgement shown by whomever decided to move forward with a fireworks show on the same night there was civil unrest in our City. To embrace a "show must go on" mentality as lives and property were being threatened and destroyed by a small group of unruly opportunists who had hijacked a larger, peaceful protest just blocks away, was simply the wrong call. No consideration was given to the dangerous, unfolding situation in Downtown that night, or the fear and panic the sound of explosions added to an already tense and unpredictable night. White I understand the intent was to honor first responders for COVID-19, the timing was horrible, and so was the advance communication. I reached out to my Commissioner to express my displeasure and Mr. Russell told me it was the doing of the Bay Front Park Management Trust and it's leadership. The Bayfront Park Management Trust must do better as many Downtown residents are losing trust in their ability to manage and protect this important park and green space.