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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Public Comments Submitted Online for the July 8, 2021 City Commission MeetingCommission Report Commission Meeting Public Comment - July 8, 2021 July 9th, 2021, 7:38 a.m. EST Public Comment motero@miamigov.com First Last Street Name Name Address Agenda Item Public Comment 3980 PH. 1 9147 Cindy Snyder Hardie Traffic Calming Ave Devices John 3980 snyder Hardie Ave. PH. 1 9147 Traffic Calming Devices Remarks re PH-1 Please vote NO on this item. The attempt to circumvent procedures required for changes to the traffic flow in the so called cause of "traffic calming" runs counter to government that is fair and open to public scrutiny. The residents of neighborhoods have a right to voice their opinions and wishes in regard to what impediments are constructed on their street and adjacent to their property. After conducting three rounds of balloting, the City did not receive a sufficient response from the homeowners for a concurrence, therefore delaying the mandated completion .... So in essence residents do not consider this a sufficient problem in need of a solution. The residents have spoken, the cut through traffic and speeding are either not a sufficient problem for them to complete and return their ballot or they do not believe that the "proposed or so called remedy" will solve the problem. The call to "WAIVE THE REQUIRED RESIDENT CONCURRENCE AND EXEMPT THE BALLOTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO EXPEDITIOUSLY PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (2) RAISED INTERSECTIONS AND A GENERIC DEVICE THAT WILL SERVE AS TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST 32ND AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 5TH STREET" is indicative of the commission's lack of respect for the rights of their constituents and their input on issues which directly affect them and their property values. The resolution claims to be designed to expeditiously allow construction of what many may consider something other than desirable, or calming. If passed it would send the message that city commissioners wish to supplant the democratic process as they know better than the resident homeowners who will be affected not only temporarily by the construction but also permanently by what would be constructed, for better or worse. Please vote NO to excluding resident homeowners' input. Remarks re PH-1 The attempt to circumvent procedures required for changes to the traffic flow in the so called cause of "traffic calming" runs counter to government that is fair and open to public scrutiny. The residents of neighborhoods 9347 Submittal -Public Comments Submitted Online for the July 8, 2021 City Commission Meeting Michael Hepburn Barbara 645 NE 77th Street 1000 Bisno Venetian Way #603 DI. 2 9103 Discussion - The American Rescue Plan Act RE. 10 8944 Amend Agreement - Jungle Island have a right to voice their opinions and wishes in regard to what traffic flow impediments are constructed on their street and adjacent to their property. After conducting three rounds of balloting; three times the City did not receive the required vote from the residents for traffic calming devices. The procedure counted only ballots returned, thus representing residents authentic decisions. So in essence the residents have spoken (3 times) and now the commission is considering taking matters into their own hands and approving the project anyway. The residents do not consider this a sufficient problem in need of a solution. The residents have spoken the cut through traffic and speeding are not a sufficient problem for them to vote in favor of this project. The call to "WAIVE THE REQUIRED RESIDENT CONCURRENCE AND EXEMPT THE BALLOTING PROCESS IN ORDER TO EXPEDITIOUSLY PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO (2) RAISED INTERSECTIONS AND A GENERIC DEVICE THAT WILL SERVE AS TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST 32ND AVENUE AND SOUTHWEST 5TH STREET" is indicative of the commission's lack of respect for the rights of their constituents and their input on issues which directly affect them and their property values. The resolution claims to be designed to expeditiously allow construction of what many may consider something other than desirable, or calming. It seems that city officials wish to supplant the democratic process as they know better than the resident homeowners who will be affected, not only temporarily but also permanently by what would be constructed, for better or worse. Please vote NO to excluding resident homeowners' input. Mayor Suarez and City of Miami Commissioners, Since counties and cities all across Florida are expected to receive about $7 Billion from the American Rescue Plan... I would like to implore our City of Miami Government ensures that our people's priorities -such as quality education, affordable housing, access to health care and creation of good jobs -- including union jobs that pay a living wage are reflected in our FY20-21 and FY21-22 budgets. I also would like to ask each of you to ensure that the ARP funds are directed to those most affected by the pandemic and its economic consequences. I need you all to think about how you will ensure that ARP funds advance anti -racist, equitable policies; I am asking you all to ensure that ARP funds serve as a building block for sustained community investment; and I am asking you to ensure that the ARP funds help our essential workers. Respectfully, Michael Hepburn I have lived at 1000 Venetian Way Apt 603 for 33 years. The bottom line on my testimony today is the current management of Jungle Island is a community nuisance and does not deserve any consideration from the City of Miami to amend their payment schedule without a contract in writing Michael Hepburn 645 NE 77th Street BU. 1 8137 Status of FY'21 Current & FY'22 Proposed Budgets to terminate any sound producing event on the beach opposite 1000 Venetian Way and to terminate any sound producing event outside of its ballroom or carefully monitored bowls. As history, please know Comm Winton would have required the facility to install a sound system which would automatically turn off any sound which would travel beyond its property. The facility's owner promised to never disturb our quality of life with sound or light and Comm Winton believed them and relented. The current ownership cannot be trusted to abide by that promise as shown by their consistent broken promises to control their events so as not to disturb us . In my apartment with all openings closed at 10 pm, the pounding drums sound like they are in my room. Good morning Mayor Suarez and City of Miami Commissioners, I would like to reiterate the feedback that I received during my Community Budget Listening Tour regarding priorities that our Residents told me they would like to see funded in the FY21-22 City of Miami Budget. Here's the feedback that I received from my fellow residents in District 5. • Allocate funding for construction projects that preserve, develop, and rehab affordable housing rentals and homeownership opportunities using City of Miami -owned land. • Fire Nan McKay and Associates which is the current contractor for the City of Miami Emergency Rental Assistance Program — due to their lack of responsiveness and payment assistance execution. Then Identify another provider that will do the work right and increase funding for Rental Assistance to assist tenants with paying their rent and utility obligations. • Allocate funds to relocate the Model City Neighborhood Service Center from the lobby of the police station to a more accessible location like a city funded mixed -used development apartment building. • Mandate a percentage of the Miami Police Budget is allocated to create a "Miami Response Team" made up of licensed clinicians and social workers, who will be dispatched to deescalate/provide services to nonviolent and mental health crises calls. • Increase funding for the Senior Rental Assistance Program. • Allocate funds to create an "Illegal Dumping Tips Financial Reward" for residents who provide information that lead to the successful identification/prosecution of illegal dumpers in the City of Miami. • Re -allocate a percentage of the Miami Police Budget to cover the salaries of Four (4) Officers and a One (1) unit Supervisor to comprise the Environmental Crimes Detail. • Allocate monies to create a Tree Trimming Fund to assist Residents with low-income residents to cover the cost of trimming Trees which reside on City of Miami property but with branches that carryover into homeowners' properties. • Increase funding to improve street drainage issues located throughout multiple neighborhoods in District 5, in order to improve and reduce the number of streets impacted by serious flooding. • Increase funding to improve poor lighting conditions on multiple roadways in District 5, by investing in installing solar -panel light post options and Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lighting. • Increase funding to rectify unsafe, unsecure, and abandoned structures in District 5 and allocate funds to implement a block -by -block Beautification Program to increase the quality of life for our residents. • Allocate funds to implement recycling services for HUD Public Housing apartment residents located in the City of Miami. • Increase funding for City of Miami Summer Jobs Connect program to invest in and to employ more of our youth during the summer months. Respectfully, Michael Hepburn