Coconut Grove Waterfront

19 October 2005|1

November 7, 11 am

Dinner Key Marina

Issues

• Have been developing a managed mooring field for 5 years due to environmental degradation
• Permitting imminent, then seek grants for construction
• Relying on customer service since doesn't have tennis courts, pool, etc.
• Commercial demands for facility: swimming pool, gym, lounge, TV, concessions, ship store
• Sediments near dingy dock from storm water drainage

Goals

• Phase 1 outside of the spoil islands, 225 moorings for 20-55 foot vessels
• Phase 2 Coconut Grove Sailing Club area, 100 moorings
• Need to update facilities (plan calls for current location) with offices for marina and mooring field, with enough height to oversea all boats in marina
• Rebuild Seminole dingy dock (currently for free anchorage)
• Build a fuel dock (current plans near shrimp boats)
• User survey on topics such as Village use and parking issues
• New harbormaster building equipped for category 5 hurricane with weather station, could be used as a neighborhood emergency building

Facts

• Manager for 3 marinas in the city (Miamarina at Bayside, Dinner Key, Marine Stadium Marina at Virginia Key)
• Overnight, monthly and live aboard dockages
• Marina at 100% capacity
• Of 582 boats, 500 annual long term + 20 community use
• Transients run as a hotel, 1 night to 6 months
• Slips for boats from 20 – 120 feet, most are for 20 – 35 feet
• Live-aboards – 40+ feet only
• No fixed number reserved for city residents, but 70-80% get the city discount
• Up to a one year waiting list
• Public boat launch is run by the parks department and off-street parking department
• Staff of 17 including maintenance
• Bayside has more transient boaters 50%, Diner Key only 10-12%
• Boats getting more complex, now requiring two - 50 amp services, desiring wireless internet connections
• Prepared a preliminary needs analysis and programming for Dinner Key facility ($4 million, structure only)
• Parking:
• Have 285 parking spaces for 581 slips
• 115 parking spaces for live-aboards
• Code: 1 for every 2 slips + 5 additional
• Cannot build any new slips, can only reconstruct old ones

Expocenter

Issues

• Can't attract conferences because does not have break out rooms, no ballroom, carpeting
• Shows such as boat, gun and antique have a local or regional draw and do not create hotel stays
• Some shows only use 1 hall
• Was going to install retractable walls, but each cost $24,000
• Not enough parking for the events
• No area for tracker trailers and exhibitors to park

Goals

• Renovate and reposition to a smaller, up-scale conference center
• Would like to see case studies on other small conference center like Hynes
• Trying to work with the Chamber of Commerce to create a "Grove Specials" kiosk at events

Facts

• 150,000 sf, 5 halls, no breakout rooms
• 200,000 people per year (decreased from 300,000 due to rumor of closure); 285,000 at consumer shows
• 50-67 events per year, 200+ days per year
• Largest show is the home design and remodeling show in February which generates $65,000 for the City, largest attendance is for flea markets
• 750 parking spaces for the ExpoCenter
• Has not had any investment since Hurricane Andrew in 1993 and does not receive and of the hotel bed tax dollars

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