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The Miami Beach residents living around Flamingo Park would like Miami-Dade County Voters to know that a new Fire Station is possible without taking our greenspace.
Miami Beach City Administration recommended the 833 6th Street site for Fire Station 1 – but the City Commission has failed to inform county voters. Flamingo Park is NOT the recommended site.
833 6th Street is a viable, funded, fully designed, engineered, and permitted, construction-ready site. In fact, long awaited construction was slated to begin two months ago – but instead, we find ourselves fighting for our park AND our fire station – and we are asking County Voters to Vote No on 403.
No on 403 is:
a vote to SAVE our parks.
a vote FOR resiliency.
a vote FOR greenspaces and AGAINST the heat island effect.
a vote FOR saving millions of taxpayer dollars and AGAINST legislative waste.
a vote FOR delivering a state of the art Fire Station 1 as soon as late 2026.
It is also a vote to avoid:
- Disruption of field and track for at least a year (this is the home field for Miami Beach Senior High Football, Soccer, Track, and Field)
- Further delays of 2-2.5 years before construction can even begin on new Fire Station 1.
- Increased cost to taxpayers ($20mm and counting)
- Permanent loss of greenspace, otherwise protected by County Charter (which sets a terrible precedent in not only Miami Beach, but in Miami Dade County as a whole)
This process started nine years ago – and we are well past the time to build this new Fire Station. The City should move forward with the existing 833 6th Street site, and leave Flamingo Park intact.
Facts:
In 2015 the Miami Beach Commission gave the directive to the administration to find a new site for the aging Fire Station 1.
In November 2018, Miami Beach residents voted to approve the $439 million General Obligation Bond program, which included replacement of Fire Station 1.
Through an extensive process, considering multiple potential sites and varying viewpoints from all stakeholders, the City landed on a site at 833 6th Street, which is an existing non-contributing building in the local Flamingo Park Historic District. (This term is important in the world of preservation – in historic preservation law, a contributing property is any building, structure, object or site within the boundaries of the district that contributes to its historic associations, historic architectural qualities or archaeological qualities of a historic district. This building is NOT contributing.)
The City (in conjunction with residents) also went through an arduous process to ensure a new home was found for the Rainbow Intergenerational Learning Center and Child Care Program, which is currently housed at 833 6th Street. Rainbow is approved to be temporarily relocated to Flamingo Park (with plans to find a permanent location and ultimately restore the park in alignment with the original Flamingo Park Master Plan) at 1245 Michigan Avenue. The new permanent location, as well as the temporary location, will bring the facilities up to current regulations, and provide for a better facility for the children in our community who need it most.
(https://www.instagram.com/saveflamingopark?igsh=M3djbWI4NnpzemRt)
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