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City of Miami Beach

Meeting

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

What happened

Statura summary

The real mover on this agenda was Lincoln Road. Commissioners had two linked items teeing up the same play: send a $4 million FY 2023 General Fund surplus allocation to the June 29 Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee budget briefing for improvements on the 100 block of Lincoln Road, and direct the administration to negotiate an improvement and maintenance agreement for that stretch. Read together, that is the City moving from concept to money and operating terms on a block that needs water, sewer, streetscape, public safety, and beach access work. The practical takeaway is that the fight is no longer about whether Lincoln Road gets attention. It is about who shapes the design, maintenance obligations, and timing before the budget hardens. The other substantive cluster was land use and operating rules, but most of it was still in pipeline form. Big zoning items covered North Beach use regulations, Ocean Terrace hostel prohibition, convenience stores on Lincoln Road, residential office rules in CD2, Alton Road overlay changes, and workforce and affordable housing FAR incentives. Those matter because they change who gets to build, lease, or operate where, but the posture here is still legislative setup, not final market certainty. On the capital side, the City also had a not to exceed $101.7 million arts and cultural facilities bond authorization, SHIP housing allocations including first time homebuyer, rehab, and rental development funding, and a city purchase of a Byron Avenue condominium unit, all signs that public dollars are being steered toward housing and cultural assets at the same time the City is tightening entertainment, alcohol, and use rules. The rest was a long tail of studies, referrals, grants, and policy statements that signal direction more than they change anyone's balance sheet today.

Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

  1. Allocate $4 million from FY 2023 General Fund surplus for 100 block of Lincoln Road improvements
    Pending

    This referral sends a surplus funding decision to the June 29 Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee, putting real money behind water, sewer, streetscape, public safety, and beach access upgrades on Lincoln Road.

  2. Lincoln Road improvement and maintenance agreement negotiations
    Pending

    This resolution directs staff to negotiate the operating terms for improvements and maintenance on a section of Lincoln Road, which is where cost responsibility and control over the finished product will get defined.

  3. Five year FY 2023 to 2027 Consolidated Plan and One Year Action Plan for FY 2023 federal funds
    Pending

    This adopts the City's federal housing and community development spending framework, which sets the pipeline for how CDBG and related funds are deployed over five years and in the current action year.

  4. State Housing Initiatives Partnership fund allocations for FY 2023 to 2024
    Pending

    This allocates $612,688 in SHIP funds across first time homebuyer assistance, home rehabilitation, a rental development project, and administration, steering limited housing dollars toward direct affordability tools.

  5. FAR incentives for workforce and affordable housing
    Pending

    This referral to the Planning Board starts the process for land development and comprehensive plan amendments that would use FAR incentives to produce workforce and affordable housing, a meaningful shift in development economics if it advances.

  6. North Beach comprehensive use regulations
    Pending

    This ordinance would rewrite use rules in North Beach, affecting what kinds of businesses and projects can locate there and signaling a broader reset of the area's entitlement framework.

  7. Ocean Terrace overlay hostel prohibition
    Pending

    This ordinance would prohibit hostels in the Ocean Terrace overlay, removing one lodging model from that district and narrowing future hospitality options there.

  8. Conditional use regulations for convenience stores in the CD3 district on Lincoln Road
    Pending

    This ordinance would subject convenience stores on Lincoln Road in CD3 to conditional use review, adding a discretionary gate that gives the City more leverage over tenant mix and operating impacts.

  9. General obligation bonds for arts and cultural facilities, up to $101.7 million
    Pending

    This authorizes issuance of up to $101.7 million in GO bonds for arts and cultural facilities, a major financing step that commits city backed borrowing capacity to cultural capital projects.