GO Bond Neighborhood Project
► August 27, 2007. The BHOA has received word from Gerald Osborne (Traffic Manager from the City
of Miami Beach) that the Traffic Calming - Pilot Program is moving forward. At this point, the City of
Miami Beach has gotten "sign-offs" from the Miami Beach Fire and Police Departments to install the
devices. County approval is in the works. Again, the pilot program runs along Prairie Avenue from 28th
Street to 40th Street. A copy of the traffic study is available here. Letters will be mailed to all affected
residents on the street and signoffs from them will be required in order for the program to move
forward. The traffic calming devices (speed humps) will be installed on the street for 6 months, then
another traffic study conducted and the results compared.
► July 20, 2007. John Corey met with Kieth Mizell the project manager for the Bayshore GO Bond
project to get an update of the improvement schedule. The construction drawings are still at the 60%
level. The drawings are slated to be 100% complete by February 2008 then a 3 month bid process
would occur. No date was given when construction would start. Since the community meeting on
February 23rd, 2007, some items have been added and/or being considered:
Additional GO Bonding may be necessary to finish all slated GO Projects, but 3 or 4 neighborhoods to
be completed first so residents can see what improvements actually look like before they would have to
vote on additional bonding.
► March 21, 2007. Members of the BHOA attended a community workshop sponsored by the CMB to
go over the Traffic Calming Pilot Program. It will implemented in the next few weeks and will run from 3-
6 months followed by another traffic study. Please note that if these measures do slow traffic and
reduce volume, the CMB will need to get 2/3 of the residents to "sign off" on the permanent installation
of these devices. The BHOA strongly supports the CMB's efforts to curb traffic and speed in our
neighborhood. If the devices are approved by the community, then the devices will also be incorporated
into the BODR improvements in the neighborhood.
► March 5th, 2007. John Corey met with Maria Echeverry and Kieth Mizell to discuss the traffic
calming devices in the GO Bond improvement project. Evidently, the traffic tables that are proposed in
the 60% drawings are traffic devices that could be permitted easily. All agreed that those measures
would do little to slow or curb traffic flow through the local residential streets. A "pilot" program that is in
the works on Prairie Avenue was then discussed. A traffic study was performed by Kittelson &
Associates on Prairie Avenue from 28th Street to 40th Street. The report analyzed the devices proposed
on the 60% drawings and found that the traffic tables are not aggressive enough. (Click here to see a
copy of the report.) The CMB Transportation Department will conduct a pilot program on this stretch of
Prairie Avenue using speed cushions. These devices are actually raised "humps" forcing the traffic to
slow and reduce volume. The CMB knows that Prairie Avenue acts as a "cut-through" and is looking to
reduce this activity. The pilot program is in the permitting stages with Miami-Dade County and should
be implemented for 6 months starting in the end of April 2007. Another traffic study will be performed at
the end of the 6 months. This information will then be used to modify the traffic calming devices that
are implemented as part of the GO Bond. The BHOA will stay active in the selection of the traffic
calming devices.
► February 26th, 2007. John Corey and Mihaly Lenart met with Keith Mizell to go over the 60%
drawings. The meeting was relatively quick, but provided some insight on the project, especially on the
proposed traffic tables. As can be seen in the construction drawings, the traffic tables are at-grade 10'
long textured bands that are intended to slow traffic. This device (at $10,000 a pop) seem relatively
expensive and provide little speed reduction. A meeting with Maria Echeverry from the CMB
Transportation Department was suggested to discuss the possibility of making the traffic calming
devices more aggressive.
► February 15th, 2007. The CMB Capital Improvement Office met with the community to discuss the
60% construction drawings. The GO Bond is moving forward and construction is slated to start
sometime mid-2008. The meeting was quick and not real detailed unless you wanted to peruse 500
pages of construction drawings. The 60% drawings are available on-line and to access follow this
link: http://www.cmbprojects.com/drawbay1-8a.html or contact Keith Mizell in the CIP office who is the
project coordinator for Bayshore.
► July 21, 2006. Mihaly Lenart and Gary Hunt met with Keith Mizell from the CIP office of the City of
Miami Beach. These are their findings from the meeting...
The GO-Bond project is about 4 years behind schedule at the 30% level. While the original 1999
budget didn't change, the costs went up tremendously. Yet, the city is confident that additional funding
will be available to keep the scope outlined in the Basis of Design Report (BODR) about 2 years ago.
The budget for the planning and design is already spent and/or contracted. Nothing is being spent yet
on the construction. The budget allocation and the proposed solutions for various items (water, sewer,
storm water, utilities, traffic calming, landscaping, etc.) as described by the BODR are binding and you
have little, if any, flexibility to change them. Any significant change has to come from other resources,
like the $1.4 mill. Quality of Life program or the mitigation fund.
The CIP office has instructed the neighborhood that at the 60% level, there will be another round of
meetings to gather neighborhood opinions. This is currently forecast to occur by years end.
Remember to sign up with the BHOA so you won't miss out adding your ideas.
To see the GO Bond projects that are planned for Bayshore click on the link below...
www.cmbprojects.com/projectbay1-8a.html
of Miami Beach) that the Traffic Calming - Pilot Program is moving forward. At this point, the City of
Miami Beach has gotten "sign-offs" from the Miami Beach Fire and Police Departments to install the
devices. County approval is in the works. Again, the pilot program runs along Prairie Avenue from 28th
Street to 40th Street. A copy of the traffic study is available here. Letters will be mailed to all affected
residents on the street and signoffs from them will be required in order for the program to move
forward. The traffic calming devices (speed humps) will be installed on the street for 6 months, then
another traffic study conducted and the results compared.
► July 20, 2007. John Corey met with Kieth Mizell the project manager for the Bayshore GO Bond
project to get an update of the improvement schedule. The construction drawings are still at the 60%
level. The drawings are slated to be 100% complete by February 2008 then a 3 month bid process
would occur. No date was given when construction would start. Since the community meeting on
February 23rd, 2007, some items have been added and/or being considered:
- 1) Prairie Avenue will be reduced in width from 28th Street to Dade Blvd (part of this is part of the
High School drop off lane mitigation). Straightening out of Prairie at 28th is being looked at for
traffic calming measure as well as allowing Par 3 to have more land and allowing for longer
fairways.
2) 28th Street is currently 23 feet wide. The Miami Beach Bike Master Plan requires this street to
have the bike lane to connect through mid-beach. The road is slated to be widened to the south
to accommodate bike riders. The actual car traffic lanes will be reduced to 10 feet each, but 5
feet will have to added to the road width for the bike lanes. An additional traffic table (traffic
calming device) will be added on 28th Street.
3) Additional traffic tables are being added on Chase Ave, Royal Palm Ave (between 40th and
37th) and 28th Street (mentioned above).
4) Removal of parking and extra asphalt at Par 3 in anticipation of reworking Par 3 start toward
Youth Center.
Additional GO Bonding may be necessary to finish all slated GO Projects, but 3 or 4 neighborhoods to
be completed first so residents can see what improvements actually look like before they would have to
vote on additional bonding.
► March 21, 2007. Members of the BHOA attended a community workshop sponsored by the CMB to
go over the Traffic Calming Pilot Program. It will implemented in the next few weeks and will run from 3-
6 months followed by another traffic study. Please note that if these measures do slow traffic and
reduce volume, the CMB will need to get 2/3 of the residents to "sign off" on the permanent installation
of these devices. The BHOA strongly supports the CMB's efforts to curb traffic and speed in our
neighborhood. If the devices are approved by the community, then the devices will also be incorporated
into the BODR improvements in the neighborhood.
► March 5th, 2007. John Corey met with Maria Echeverry and Kieth Mizell to discuss the traffic
calming devices in the GO Bond improvement project. Evidently, the traffic tables that are proposed in
the 60% drawings are traffic devices that could be permitted easily. All agreed that those measures
would do little to slow or curb traffic flow through the local residential streets. A "pilot" program that is in
the works on Prairie Avenue was then discussed. A traffic study was performed by Kittelson &
Associates on Prairie Avenue from 28th Street to 40th Street. The report analyzed the devices proposed
on the 60% drawings and found that the traffic tables are not aggressive enough. (Click here to see a
copy of the report.) The CMB Transportation Department will conduct a pilot program on this stretch of
Prairie Avenue using speed cushions. These devices are actually raised "humps" forcing the traffic to
slow and reduce volume. The CMB knows that Prairie Avenue acts as a "cut-through" and is looking to
reduce this activity. The pilot program is in the permitting stages with Miami-Dade County and should
be implemented for 6 months starting in the end of April 2007. Another traffic study will be performed at
the end of the 6 months. This information will then be used to modify the traffic calming devices that
are implemented as part of the GO Bond. The BHOA will stay active in the selection of the traffic
calming devices.
► February 26th, 2007. John Corey and Mihaly Lenart met with Keith Mizell to go over the 60%
drawings. The meeting was relatively quick, but provided some insight on the project, especially on the
proposed traffic tables. As can be seen in the construction drawings, the traffic tables are at-grade 10'
long textured bands that are intended to slow traffic. This device (at $10,000 a pop) seem relatively
expensive and provide little speed reduction. A meeting with Maria Echeverry from the CMB
Transportation Department was suggested to discuss the possibility of making the traffic calming
devices more aggressive.
► February 15th, 2007. The CMB Capital Improvement Office met with the community to discuss the
60% construction drawings. The GO Bond is moving forward and construction is slated to start
sometime mid-2008. The meeting was quick and not real detailed unless you wanted to peruse 500
pages of construction drawings. The 60% drawings are available on-line and to access follow this
link: http://www.cmbprojects.com/drawbay1-8a.html or contact Keith Mizell in the CIP office who is the
project coordinator for Bayshore.
► July 21, 2006. Mihaly Lenart and Gary Hunt met with Keith Mizell from the CIP office of the City of
Miami Beach. These are their findings from the meeting...
The GO-Bond project is about 4 years behind schedule at the 30% level. While the original 1999
budget didn't change, the costs went up tremendously. Yet, the city is confident that additional funding
will be available to keep the scope outlined in the Basis of Design Report (BODR) about 2 years ago.
The budget for the planning and design is already spent and/or contracted. Nothing is being spent yet
on the construction. The budget allocation and the proposed solutions for various items (water, sewer,
storm water, utilities, traffic calming, landscaping, etc.) as described by the BODR are binding and you
have little, if any, flexibility to change them. Any significant change has to come from other resources,
like the $1.4 mill. Quality of Life program or the mitigation fund.
The CIP office has instructed the neighborhood that at the 60% level, there will be another round of
meetings to gather neighborhood opinions. This is currently forecast to occur by years end.
Remember to sign up with the BHOA so you won't miss out adding your ideas.
To see the GO Bond projects that are planned for Bayshore click on the link below...
www.cmbprojects.com/projectbay1-8a.html
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Timeline (below) Construction Drawings