Directors/Alternates Present
Herbert J. Bailey/Brickell Forest
Norman Mininberg/Brickell Place I
Bruce Cotten/2000 Brickell
T. Sinclair (Tory) Jacobs/Brickell 25
Mac Seligman/Brickell Townhouse
Judge John Gale/Villa Regina
Jan Jones/The Palace
Berdie Archer/One Tequesta Point
Yvonne Oppenheimer/25 Bay Tower
Alfredo Bared/Brickell Harbour
Cathy Coates/Brickell Key One
Wanda Bee/Brickell East
Raymond Diaz/Two Tequesta Point

Henry H. Taylor, Jr., Esq./General Counsel
Ronald K. Smith, Esq./Deputy General Counsel

Natalie Brown/Communications Director

Associate Members Present
Philippe Labarre, Marie-Ange Dumont/Constructa
Megan Kelly/Swire Properties
Danny Ponce/Brickell Key Master Association
Renzo Renzi/The Sail
Brian Collins/Millennium/Four Seasons

City of Miami Present
Patricia Castro/Downtown NET
Tony Wagner/Coral Way NET
Commander Frank Fernandez, Officer Jeffrey Giordano/MPD
Clark Turner/Traffic Planning
Dennis Wheeler/Director, NET Administration
Javier Fernandez/Mayor's Office

Also Present
Marilyn Goldaber/Brickell Townhouse
Joseph A. Bier/Brickell Place Phase I
Lourdes Castroverdi/Point View
Delores James, Nancy Fuentes-Diaz/Villa Regina
Carol Lasker, Lina Pagano-Fals/Two Tequesta Point
Ramon Coliado/Coliado & Molina Architects
Ernestina Taylor/Brickell 25

The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m.

Mac Seligman moved and Jan Jones seconded that the reading of the February minutes be waived and accepted as published. Motion passed unanimously.

President's Report
Civilian Investigative Panel: BHA nominated Alfredo Bared for the nominating committee to choose the panel.

Welcome NET representatives: Dennis Wheeler, Patricia Lopez, Tony Wagner, Jeff Giordano and Commander Frank Fernandez

Coca-Cola Bike Race: Saturday, April 20, over Rickenbacker Causeway. Try to avoid during the morning hours. County Police handling it.

Welcome: Wanda Bee representing Brickell East; Brian Collins of Millennium Partners.

NET Report
Patricia Lopez ­ Bus Bench proposal meeting as a joint meeting between Coral Way and Downtown NET will be next week. Ms. Lopez advised notice is very short for BHA to effectively get the word out to residents.

Tony Wagner passed out an extensive 4-page report on NET activity and clean up efforts underway in the Brickell area.

Commander Fernandez ­ robberies on Brickell down. All is good.

Renzo Renzi, Associate Member, Presenting The Sail
The Sail is the project on 14th Street east of Brickell (behind Fortune House). Condo: 152 units, 29 stories, 1/1-/2 and 2/2 apartments.190 spaces for parking. 725 and 1050 sq. ft. apartments starting at $180,000. Some in-house retail. Will break ground as soon as permit received. Will probably take 15 to 18 months to build.

Traffic Presentation by Clark Turner, City of Miami Planning & Zoning Dept.
Under County charter, all transportation authority, including signalization and signage, resides with County and none with local governments. With the growth in Dade, the county hasn't kept pace with the growth needs. Now, City working closely with County on improvement suggestions and planning.

Update: SE 8th Street and Brickell. "A multiphase improvement plan that begins here:"
Signal timing has been changed. West bound 8th street green time extended. 9 seconds now at 36 seconds.
Signal synchronization when Bridge is up so the lights don't go to green and people fill up the intersection.
Making 8th Street 2-way. Going to make it 2-way for two blocks so that you can go to S. Miami Ave.
3 lanes eastbound and 1 lane westbound. Millennium owns property needed which they will dedicate for an additional lane (now there's only 3 total). Awaiting dedication, then 6 months to build. (Timing: in the next year)

Other areas being examined:
A study (PES: preliminary engineering study) for 7th street and I95 entrances. Will take a whileyears.
A study is also to be launched on making 8th Street two way the entire way up to 27th Avenue where it is already two-way all the way to Naples.
Miami Avenue northbound. Can now turn left or right only after crossing the bridge. Working on getting the County to change it so when going north you can go straight up to 1st and not all around.
Working on making S. Miami two-way south of the bridge.
Dupont Plaza. Everything must go through 2nd and 2nd. Working on that as it limits capacity. A two-way rather than a one-way pattern alternative is being considered.

Clark: You aren't a big city until you start thinking like a big city. What we have to do
1. First and foremost we have got to stop thinking small town. We have to "act as if" we are big. Like Atlanta. Atlanta has little to go on, but doing so well cause they're thinking big.
2. Public subsidy of cars is huge and hidden.
3. Don't let elected officials get away with continuing to think small town.

Report on Traffic Control by Frank Fernandez
Within the next month or so; "Don't block the box" being implemented plus a variable message sign on Brickell and 8th street in the next two weeks to educate drivers about the law. Violators will get a $87 ticket and moving violation on license.
Flyers to educate drivers on alternative routes.
12th Terrace meters will be bagged to open the area up between Brickell and Brickell Bay Dr.
Officers are heavily enforcing delivery trucks not illegally parking.

Meeting adjourned 7:25 p.m.