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A reference of the week's public city meetings
Miami Beach's Historic Preservation Board meets October 13 to consider a certificate of appropriateness for a Kith store renovation on Collins Avenue. The Planning Department says a digital kiosk application will not be heard that day except as a continuance request and is being re-advertised for November 10.
The Miami Beach Design Review Board meets Thursday, October 8, at 9 a.m. with five items ranging from the long-running Pier Park beach club redevelopment to padel courts at La Gorce Country Club and a city sewer pump station on Alton Road.
The Planning Board meets Oct. 6 to weigh the Reuben Brothers' Waldorf Astoria conversion of the W South Beach, the Terminal Island helipad ordinance, a code fix to restore rooftop bars at historic Collins Avenue hotels, and six other items.
Miami Beach's Private Property Adaptation Program is reopening Oct. 5 with a seawall-only application cycle, offering up to $20,000 in matching funds and a streamlined path that skips the Phase I assessment.
A reference of the week's public city meetings
The owner of the Boulevard Hotel at 740 Ocean Drive has sued its hotel operator in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, seeking eviction and an emergency injunction after more than $308,000 in rent went unpaid over three months.
A Miami-Dade couple filed suit in September 2026 against Segway, its Chinese parent Ninebot, and Best Buy after a folding electric scooter's handlebar stem collapsed while he rode it in Miami Beach, leaving him with a surgically repaired leg fracture.
The Miami Beach City Commission voted 7-0 to restore city grants to Miami Beach Pride and the Miami-Dade LGBTQ+ & Allied Chamber of Commerce, racing to spend the money before Florida's new anti-DEI law kicks in January 1.
Miami Beach's Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee reviewed ongoing efforts to partner with private parking operators in North Beach, where a city study projects a significant shortage of spaces as development expands.
Miami Beach's Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee voted Wednesday to recommend a new five-year marketing contract with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, replacing a flat fee structure with a sliding-scale compensation model and cutting the maximum incentive payment in half.
A reference of the week's public city meetings