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Miami Beach commissioners will consider a temporary moratorium on street renaming requests while the city overhauls its naming ordinance procedures, with a deadline of November 30, 2026.
Commissioner Joseph Magazine is pushing to allow a private helipad on Terminal Island, where the U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach is located, by amending the city's land development regulations.
Miami Beach commissioners will hear first reading Wednesday on a proposal to allow 150-foot buildings and nearly double the allowable floor area on the long-vacant Alton Road corridor — a decision that, unlike past FAR increases, goes to the Commission alone, not the ballot box.
Miami Beach commissioners are weighing a proposal that would allow the city's four Charter Officers to place ordinances on commission agendas without requiring an elected sponsor.
Miami Beach commissioners take a first reading Wednesday on a deal that would extend the city's ground lease at 1691 Michigan Avenue through roughly 2132, unlock a $50 million office expansion above the parking garage, and ultimately go to voters in a citywide referendum.
Miami Beach commissioners will consider letting the Rhythm Foundation use a vacant city-owned storefront at 7605 Collins Avenue for six months at $1, after a redevelopment project forces the nonprofit out of its current office.
Miami Beach commissioners will consider approving Boucher Brothers Pier Park's plan to demolish and replace the aging Nikki Beach concession site with a two-story, high-end beach club — on public land, with multiple regulatory hurdles still ahead.
County commissioners on June 16 cleared the final procedural step toward condemning the roughly 10-acre PortMiami fuel depot — the move the Journal warned was looming — after Mayor Daniella Levine Cava walked away from a $400 million purchase. With only Raquel Regalado opposed, the vote sets up a constitutional fight already playing out in two courtrooms.
Eight ways to spend the weekend in Miami Beach, from Juneteenth at the Bandshell and rooftop cinema to World Cup beach art, solstice sound healing, classic cars and a Sunday hip-hop show.
Miami Beach's first detailed FY2027 numbers landed at Wednesday's Finance committee. The administration proposes holding the tax rate flat, but a structural shortfall of $7.9M to $17.7M remains, the five-year capital plan tops $1.3 billion, and only about half of next year's $256M in capital requests can be funded — all before a November ballot measure that threatens future revenue.
A reference of the week's public city meetings
Efraim Diveroli voluntarily dismissed Brown Harris Stevens and Association Law Group — both without prejudice — but his defamation case continues against the two Continuum condo associations and their president, all of whom had moved to dismiss the complaint.
Three Miami Beach committees meet this week. The first detailed FY2027 budget-and-millage numbers land Wednesday, the city floats a homegrown alternative to the state's Live Local Act on Monday, and a cluster of ethics and transparency measures advances — all at the committee stage, none a final vote.
Miami-Dade's Condominium Special Assessment Loan Program has reopened after a months-long pause, offering up to $50,000 in zero-interest loans for building repairs. The June 30 application deadline is fast approaching.
Miami Beach commissioners split Friday over whether to fund nearly $1 billion in water, sewer, and stormwater work through utility rate increases or a voter-approved General Obligation bond — then voted 3-0 to send the full Commission a menu of options rather than pick one.
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