Directors/Alternates Present
Herbert J. Bailey/Brickell Forest
Norman Mininberg/Brickell Place I
Bruce Cotten/2000 Brickell
T. Sinclair (Tory) Jacobs/Brickell 25
Jorge Iglesias/Brickell Mar
Mac Seligman/Brickell Townhouse
Judge John Gale/Villa Regina
Paul Lewin/Brickell Bay Club
Veena Panjabi, Jan Jones/The Palace
Berdie Archer/One Tequesta Point
Yvonne Oppenheimer/25 Bay Tower
Enrique J. Viciana, MD/Bristol Tower
Nelda Rodriguez Pedrosa/The Imperial
Michael Silva/Brickell Biscayne
Celestino Pena/Brickell Harbour
Ronald K. Smith, Esq./Deputy General Counsel
Natalie Brown/Communications Director

Associate Members Present
Rebecca Gibbs, Rev. Sally Campbell-Evans/First Presbyterian Church

City of Miami Present
Patricia Castro/Downtown NET
Tony Wagner/Coral Way NET
Commander Frank Fernandez, Carlos Belasino/MPD

Also Present
Marilyn Goldaber/Brickell Townhouse
Joseph A. Bier/Brickell Place Phase I
Mike Glogower/The Palace
Alfredo Bared, Steve Greenberg/Brickell Harbour
Lourdes Castroverdi/Point View
Lily Saoerz/H & C

It was moved and seconded that the reading of the January minutes be waived and the minutes accepted as published. The motion passed unanimously.

City of Miami Police Report/Downtown NET
Frank Fernandez, Commander of the Coral Way/Brickell area, reported that on Monday, Feb. 25th there will be a Town Hall Meeting about Brickell Traffic, starting at 11 a.m., at the First Presbyterian Church.
over please

To alleviate trouble now, the signalization at Brickell and 8th Street has been changed to help flow and they are working on getting the bridge light signals changed.

Coral Way NET Report: Tony Wagner
Mr. Wagner reported that a lot of interventions have been made lately in the area involving graffiti clean up and median clean up of trash. NET is working with Brickell Forest Condo on the median on 25th Rd. west of Brickell where new trees and no parking signs will be added. The NET staff continues its drive-throughs with Mac Seligman to survey the neighborhood and identify problems that need addressing. Mr. Wagner will get the answer to a question raised as to what the cycle is for grass cutting. Is it by the number of days or aligned with the need?

Motion by Norm Mininberg that the Chair request that all cell phones be turned off during meetings. The motion passed unanimously.

Associate Member First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Sally Campbell and Rebecca Gibbs reported that the church is now open everyday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They are offering a Concert Series: "Lunchtime Oasis," every Friday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. On Wed., there is a mid-day church service and a yoga class at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. Looking into child care and other community needs.

City of Miami Public Works Director Al Dominguez
Brickell Avenue Landscaping. The project is nearly done, but still have to put a visual screen in front of the pump station on 25th Rd. The medians are fully irrigated. For the $300,000 project (money secured mostly from impact fees), close to a mile of new irrigation, new sod, tree work and new plant material was added .
Curbing of medians on 15th Road (Coral Way to South Miami Avenue) is done. Looking to curb swale areas as well.
On Brickell Bay Drive, lighting, palm trees and new grass have been added. Looking at adding speed humps to slow down traffic. Humps also serve as crosswalks.
By order of the City Manager's office, irrigation and lighting are required when considering improvements to medians.
The Dept. of Public Works is trying to coordinate with developers to agree to and pay for the needed sewer improvements their projects will necessitate.
Flooding Concerns. When rains came, Coral Way & Brickell Ave. and 15th & Brickell were flooded due to construction debris blocking drainage. Steps have been taken to clear debris
A suggestion was made to eliminate parking on 12th St. east of Brickell to Brickell Bay Drive while construction activity continues since the combination of parking & construction trucks & equipment block the flow of traffic.

Bruce Cotten, Nominating
Bruce Cotten moved and Ron Smith seconded, that the current board officers be reelected to another one year term. It passed unanimously.

Brickell Harbour presented a list of 10 improvements they would like made on 15th Rd. in the block from Brickell east to the Bay. The list was passed to Mr. Dominguez for feasibility and funding study.

Next Meeting: Villa Regina, March 20, 2002, 6:00 p.m.