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City of Miami Beach

Meeting

Monday, March 27, 2023

What happened

Statura summary

The real action was land use, not the headline politics. The biggest live package was the pair of voter enacted incentive items for office uses in the C PS1 district and the pair for replacing transient uses in the R PS4 district, plus the Washington Avenue overlay co living amendments. Read together, the Commission had in front of it a coordinated attempt to swap lower value or more controversial use patterns for office, housing, and longer term occupancy through both Land Development Regulation changes and Comprehensive Plan text changes. That matters because when both the zoning code and the comp plan move together, the city is not just tweaking standards, it is trying to lock in a redevelopment direction that owners, lenders, and neighbors will have to price into deals. The other substantive thread was operating cost and mobility. The city also had a proposal to give a 50 percent credit in the Miami Dade County corporate discount transit pass program, a direct commuter subsidy mechanism rather than another study, and a housing fund reallocation that would recapture $296,795.88 in HOME funds and redirect them toward affordable housing acquisition. On the district and corridor side, the 41st Street Business Improvement District item and the exclusive franchise waste contractor RFP were the quiet power plays. One would shift corridor improvements onto assessed property owners if approved by a majority of them, and the other would consolidate waste service through a single contractor, which is efficiency for administration but a market narrowing for haulers and a pricing issue for multifamily and commercial accounts. The rest was mostly referrals, state legislative messaging, and spring break positioning.

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. Voter enacted incentives for office uses in C PS1 district, Comprehensive Plan amendment
    Pending

    This would amend the 2040 Comprehensive Plan text to support voter enacted office incentives in C PS1, which is the policy level move needed before those incentives become durable redevelopment rights.

  2. Voter enacted incentives for office uses in C PS1 district, LDR amendment
    Pending

    This companion zoning amendment would implement the office incentive framework in the code, translating a voter approved concept into standards that property owners can actually use.

  3. Voter enacted incentive for replacing transient uses in R PS4 district, Comprehensive Plan amendment
    Pending

    This would change the Comprehensive Plan to back incentives for replacing transient uses in R PS4, signaling a policy preference for conversion away from short stay activity.

  4. Voter enacted incentive for replacing transient uses in R PS4 district, LDR amendment
    Pending

    This zoning amendment would operationalize incentives to replace transient uses in R PS4, which shifts value toward owners willing to reposition properties into the city preferred use mix.

  5. Washington Avenue overlay, co living amendments
    Pending

    This would revise co living rules in the Washington Avenue overlay, a targeted corridor intervention that affects what kind of residential product can pencil there.

  6. 41st Street Business Improvement District
    Pending

    The resolution would create a 10 year special assessment district, subject to approval by a majority of affected property owners, meaning corridor upgrades would be funded by those owners rather than the general tax base.

  7. Corporate discount transit pass program credit
    Pending

    This would provide a 50 percent credit in the Miami Dade County corporate discount transit pass program, directly lowering employee commuting costs for participating employers and workers.

  8. HOME funds recapture and reallocation for affordable housing acquisition
    Pending

    The city would recapture $296,795.88 in HOME funds from a prior allocation and redirect the money to acquire properties for affordable housing units, moving dollars from an old commitment into actual site control.

  9. Exclusive franchise waste contractor RFP
    Pending

    This authorizes an RFP for a single contractor to handle residential multifamily, commercial, and recycling collection and disposal, consolidating service procurement and reducing competition in that market.