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Home My WebLink AboutSubmittal-Public Comments Submitted Online for the September 13, 2025 First Budget HearingSeptember 13, 2025 First Commission Budget Hearing First Budget Hearing of the Miami City Commission - September 13, 2025 September 13, 2025 2:33 PM EDT Public Comment motero@miamigov.com First Last Street Nam Nam Addre e e ss 5262 Jessi John NE ca son 5th ave Agenda Item BH - BUDGE T HEAR! NG Public Comment Public Comment for the Budget Hearing I urge the City to prioritize accountability, transparency, and the protection of our neighborhoods in this year's budget. Specifically: Create an Independent Office of Inspector General — Residents deserve real oversight to ensure elected officials are held accountable and taxpayer funds are safeguarded. An independent OIG would provide the necessary checks and balances that Miami currently lacks. Strengthen the Tree Ordinance — Miami's tree canopy is one of our most valuable assets. Stronger protections must be enacted to prevent unnecessary removals, ensure enforcement, and require meaningful mitigation. Our trees are critical to reducing flooding, cooling our streets, and preserving property values. Fund the Olympia Theater — World -class cities have world -class cultural programming, and the Olympia is our jewel. If SLAM can afford to give the Flagler BID $1 million annually, then surely the City can retain ownership of this historic theater and collect at least that much in a lease agreement. This revenue can sustain the Olympia as Miami's cultural hub, exactly as Maurice Gusman intended when he donated it to the people of Miami. Katri Morri 4130 BH. 1 Please consider reducing the number of additional police officers and na s Lybye #18058 increase community and economic development funds. Even five r Ave Discuss fewer police officers would give the budget to support the community, Cocon ion - making police less required. ut Public Grove, Comme 33133 nt - Propos ed Millage & Tentativ 18175 Submittal -Public Comments Submitted Online for the September 13, 2025 First Budget Hearing e Budget FY'26 BH. 1 I would like to stress the urgent need for increased Marine Patrol #18058 presence around Biscayne Bay, especially in the Little River area, Discuss where illegal charters are rampant and unregulated businesses are ion - operating along our residential waterfronts. These activities create Public safety concerns, environmental impacts, and quality -of -life issues for 900 Comme residents. Additionally, it is important to ensure stronger code Yani Barri NE nt - compliance on the water. At present, these issues are not being na ngto 78th Propos effectively addressed by other entities, leaving code enforcement as n st ed the only avenue of accountability. However, code officers currently Millage have very limited access to our waterways, which hinders their ability & to take action. For the protection of residents, visitors, and the bay Tentativ itself, I respectfully request that additional resources and coordination e be provided to both Marine Patrol and code compliance teams so that Budget these problems can be properly addressed. Thank you for your FY'26 attention to this matter. 815 FIRST BUDGE Malag T I would like to request funding for the Olympia Theater, and to add Bian Mijar a Ave that if SLAM can give the Flagler BID $1,000,000 a year as part of HEAR! ca es coral this deal, the City should retain ownership and collect this amount in gables NG an annual lease. fl 10:00 AM. Sand Mois 5910 BH - I have several recommendations for this year's budget that will y e NE BUDGE strengthen our city's safety, health, sustainability, and cultural 6th T identity. First, I ask that you fund a park ranger position for the spoil Court HEARI islands. I personally clean one of these islands, and I've found NG evidence of illegal activities, including drug paraphernalia. A dedicated ranger is urgently needed to protect these sensitive areas and the public who enjoys them. Second, please allocate funding for more marine patrol officers. Biscayne Bay has seen preventable tragedies, reckless boating, and safety risks that demand active enforcement on the water. Our residents and visitors deserve a Bay that is safe for everyone. Third, I urge you to fund a city-wide transition to electric leaf blowers. Gas -powered blowers are noisy, polluting, and harmful to public health. Electric alternatives reduce emissions, protect workers, and align with Miami's climate goals. Fourth, we need an Urban Forester position to oversee and expand our tree canopy. Trees lower temperatures, protect us from flooding, clean our air, and make First Last Street Nam Nam Addre e e ss Judit Ande h rson Agenda Item 92 South west 3rd BH - Street BUDGE 1202 T Miami HEART NG Florid a 33130 Public Comment our neighborhoods healthier and more resilient. The City cannot achieve its canopy goals without professional leadership in this area. Finally, I urge you to prioritize funding for the Olympia Theater. World -class cities have world -class cultural programming, and the Olympia is our jewel. If SLAM can afford to give the Flagler BID $1 million annually, then surely the City can retain ownership of this historic theater and collect at least a million a year in a lease agreement. This revenue can sustain the Olympia as Miami's cultural hub, as intended by Maurice Gusman when he donated it to the people of Miami. Thank you for your time and for considering these investments in our city's safety, health, sustainability, and cultural legacy. I am in favor of retaining ownership and leasing space. This iconic building is too important to give away. I urge city commissioners to put the people of Miami first and do what's right for Miami. Enough bribery, corruption, and giveaways. BH. 1 #18058 Discuss ion - Public Dear Commissioners. I am writing to ask you to stop the proposed Comme giveaway of the Olympia Theatre to the furtherance of profiteering Mac NE 0 nt - private interest groups. This is a city facility that should continue to be Niall aula Propos owned by the city and operated in a responsible manner for the 135th y Street ed benefit of the citizens as a whole. Other citys manage to support and Millage operate such important historical venues, why is it that Miami fails in & this regard? Tentativ e Budget FY'26 Caro Smit 824 FIRST I urge you to prioritize funding for the Olympia Theater. World -class l h Galian BUDGE cities have world -class cultural programming, and the Olympia is our T jewel. If SLAM can afford to give the Flagler BID $1 million annually, First Last Street Agenda Nam Nam Addre Public Comment Item e e ss Zully Pard 0 o HEARI then surely the City can retain ownership of this historic theater and Street NG collect at least a million a year in a lease agreement. This revenue 10:00 can sustain the Olympia as Miami's cultural hub, as intended by AM. Maurice Gusman when he donated it to the people of Miami. 49 I urge you to prioritize funding for the Olympia Theater. World -class Campi BH - cities have world -class cultural programming, and the Olympia is our na Ct BUDGE jewel. If SLAM can afford to give the Flagler BID $1 million annually, Coral T then surely the City can retain ownership of this historic theater and Gable HEARI collect at least a million a year in a lease agreement. This revenue s, Fl NG can sustain the Olympia as Miami's cultural hub, as intended by 33134 Maurice Gusman when he donated it to the people of Miami. End of Report