HomeMy Public PortalAboutLTC 181-2018 Supplemental Material - Agenda Item R9BBAL HARBOUR
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OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER LETTER TO COUNCIL
NO. 181-2018
To: Mayor Gabriel Groisman and Members of the Village Council
From: Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager
Date:
Subject:
November 19, 2018
Supplemental Material - Agenda Item R9B
The purpose of this Letter to Council (LTC) is to provide you with supplemental material
for Agenda Item R9B - Discussion Regarding the Placement of the Mobile Mats on Bal
Harbour Beach.
If you have any questions or need any additional information, please feel free to contact
me.
JMG/AC
BAL HARBOUR
- VILLAGE -
COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Village Council
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager
DATE: November 20, 2018 U
SUBJECT: Discussion Regarding the ADA Access Surfacing "Mobi Mats" at Bal
Harbour Beach
BACKGROUND
As detailed within a recent Letter to Council No. 165-2018 dated October 19, 2018, Village
staff installed two Americans with Disabilities (ADA) beach access mats ("Mobi-Mats"), at
the 96 street public beach access and behind the Oceania condominium public beach
access point. These two locations were initially chosen because they are public access
points to the beach and they provide user access to the beach without impeding the daily
beach cleaning/dressing operations. The Jetty location was not identified because access
to the beach in currently provided.
The mats are installed to provide a portable outdoor access surfacing for people with
disabilities, which bring tactical agility on unstable grounds for aging people with walkers
or canes, wheelchair -bound people, parents with strollers for the visitors of Bal Harbour
Beach. Generally other communities such as Miami Beach have installed these access mats
at public beach access points throughout the City. The Mobi-Mats are sold in one hundred
(100) foot sections at a cost of three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($3,750) per
section not including installation.
The following information provides you with general information regarding the current Bal
Harbour Beach conditions:
• Total distance from 96 street to the Jetty - 4,482 linear feet;
• Distance from the existing 96 street public access Mobi Mat installation to the
existing Oceania Condominium public access Mobi-Mat Installation - 2,821 feet;
• Distance of the Oceania Condominium Mobi-Mat location to the Jetty - 1,650 feet;
• There are 23 official beach dune crossing access points.
• Access mats must be removed and reinstalled during Storm events.
Since installation, these ADA mats have received favorable comments from the community
and several residential condominiums have inquired if they could install these mats across
the dune behind their buildings at their cost.
November 20, 2018 Council Meeting
Re: Discussion Item Mobi-Mats
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Also, staff has identified four additional locations for installations; behind (1) the Seaview
Hotel, (2)the St'. Regis Hotel/Condominium, (3)the Carlton Terrace and (4)the Bal Harbour
101 Condominiums. These new locations would provide ADA access mats at a balanced
spacing ranging between seven hundred twenty five feet (725) to eight hundred twenty
feet (820) apart along the entire Beach. The four additions would ensure individual
Oceanside building proximity to the ADA access points within an average of less than four
hundred feet (400) apart.
The installation of the new sets of ADA access mats would bring the overall number to six
(6) and the total cost inclusive of the existing mats installations to twenty two thousand five
hundred dollars ($22,500) for the entire project. Should you agree to these locations, the
new sections would be ordered and installed upon receipt by Village staff.
Since the additional locations would provide the ADA access mats along the Beach in a
predetermined spacing, we would recommend that the Village adopt the policy stance
that these installations should remain under the purview of the Village and that no
individual properties install additional sets. This policy would eliminate potential liability
concerns if these access mats were to be installed by others and ensures that all mats are
removed during approaching storm events.
CONCLUSION
Since installation, these ADA mats have received favorable comments from the
community. The inclusion of four new access mat sets would provide additional ADA
access mats at a balanced spacing ranging between seven hundred twenty five feet (725)
to eight hundred twenty feet (820) apart along the entire Beach. The four additions would
ensure individual Oceanside building proximity to the ADA access points within an
average of less than four hundred feet (400) apart. I therefore present the four additional
locations for the installation of these ADA accessible surface mats over the dune crossings
and the related issues for your general discussion and consensus.