Your voice apparently matters. There are several community meetings and charrettes going on in different municipalities asking for the public feedback on important issues or projects.
Anti-development commissioner hosts forum
Coral Gables Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick is hosting a citizens’ forum called “Cranes, codes and collaboration” to discuss the development booming all around the City Beautiful.
Slesnick, who ran on a reduced development campaign and was the sole dissenting vote against the controversial Paseo project on U.S. 1, mailed an invitation to Gables residents to join her from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Thursday, Feb. 18, to talk about promoting smart development, reducing traffic and parking impacts and “advancing community benefits,” which is shorthand for “what’s in it for us.”
You can RSVP to [email protected] or call 305-460-5326 to get more information.
Pat Keon and FIU roll out sea level rise series
The other lady on the Coral Gables dais, Commissioner Patricia Keon, is partnering with FIU to offer a discussion sereries on sea level rise, which the city is trying to address with a community vulnerability assessment to identify our at-risk infrastructure and propose adaptation and mitigation strategies to deal with the projected effects.
As part of an effort to raise awareness among residents and business owners, the 
series will focus on potential future impacts, public policy implications, climate-responsive design of resistant built infrastructure and much more.
The once-a-month chats begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at City Hall, 405 Biltmore Way, with Dr. Todd Crowl, director of FIU’s Southeast Environmental Research Center, who will provide an overview of causes and local impacts of sea level rise.
In March, the series moves to the Coral Gables Museum on Aragon Aveue, where Dr. Ryan Stoa will discuss the public policy implications of sustainable development in Florida and in April public policy implications of sustainable development in Florida. In April, FIU students from different schools — architecture, engineering, computer sciences, biology, law and public health — will design resilient and sustainable infrastructure for the future.
And here you thought Coral Gables was all about old houses and canopied streets.
For more information, please visit www.coralgables.com/sustainability or call 305-460-5008.
North Beach charrette invites resident input
The public has been invited to participate in a three-day charrette process for the future development of North Beach, where residents recently defeated a 
plan to upzone Ocean Terrace.
Through Wednesday, anytime between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., residents can stop by the design studio at the Byron Carlyle Theatre, 500 71st Steet, to see the plans evolve and provide input. This is a unique opportunity to talk with the design team as ideas are developed.
Some of those early plans will be on display at an “open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday (tonight). Residents and interested parties will be able to review the community input, the draft plans and illustrations and give feedback.
On Thursday, the “work-in-progress presentation” is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the North Shore Youth Center, 501 72nd Street, where people can see all the work presented so far.
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Carlos Gimenez all of a sudden cares so much that he shows up in a crime scene where a 6 year old child got shot and killed in an apartment complex located at NW 12 avenue and NW 103 St. Now Carlito why all of a sudden would you show up at a crime scene? A photo op so the media can mention that you were there? You think we are that stupid that we can’t see the obvious?
I don’ t know what is worst Carlos Gimenez or the local media? This is exactly what is wrong with America. Let’s start a revolution and make the media and journalists irrelevant, because indeed they are. The great institution of freedom of the press is no longer. When you are no longer independent to keep people with power like politicians in check, then it is time to go.
Any leases of land on Miami Beach always turn out to be a windfall for the friends of Mayors n Commissioners since 1997.c
There is an important meeting at the North Shore Youth Center,501 72nd Street,at 7p.m on Tuesday Feb:22nd
to find a location for Sabrina Cohen’s Wellness Center.
It is sensibly NOT going into Allison Park after the residents successfully pushed back
The Sabrina Cohen Foundation says it requires 10.000 square feet for this building. Can it disclose how its fundraising is going?
Meanwhile the City is scrambling to satisfy the imperatives of this unproven non profit organization.
A 99 year lease for eighteen dollars a year is all drawn up.
Sites under consideration are the North Shore Public Library, 53rd and Collins, 69th and Harding, Shane,Harding and 72nd street,key sites in North Shore Park and so on.
Check out what,why and and who is behind this big push to give away scarce and valuable City land in North Beach.
Sabrina Cohen’s Wellness Center is essentially a commercial health services enterprise wishing to be housed on pristine, beachfront public property for free. The services to be provided are duplicative of these same services available at other local, bonafied health institutions; and even if there is a need for greater availability of these services, they do not need to be housed on public property. Reportedly the entire venture will be funded by the Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation. Fine, but before you give away public property, and entrust any untested group with such responsiblities; let’s take a look at their track record. Check out the Forms 990 filed for the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, the volume of funds they have been dealing with, the percentage of income going to administration ; and contrast this will the proposed salaries to be enjoyed by Sabrina and her associates, and then decide for yourself.
http://990finder.foundationcenter.org/990results.aspx?990_type=&fn=Sabrina+Cohen+Foundation&st=FL&zp=&ei=&fy=&action=Find
This meeting has been cancelled.
“City of Miami Beach staff have been in contact with representatives of The Sabrina Cohen Foundation.Please be advised that at this time the Foundation has suspended its efforts to pursue a site for the Wellness center in Miami Beach.”
The Commission badly burnt its fingers with this hot potato and has decided to drop it for now.
Last September,seven Commissioners voted unanimously to give away Allison Park to a private entity without proper notification and input from residents .The ramifications of this ill-judged decision might now jeopardize the vote for approval of the Convention Center hotel on March 15th.. Residents are organized,united and have defeated this Commission’s North Beach initiatives . “People who vote” have become involved and many have lost confidence in this Administration.
Your help is invaluable.
Sincerely,
Jackson Rip Holmes
North Beach citizens have come out in force to rail against the political machine. They have shown us what being an involved, committed citizen is all about. People need reminders that when they do get involved, they can stop over-development and the rape of their neighborhoods and quality of life.
NEVER trust Mayor and Staff
in there Relentless for Progress