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AECOM Section RFO No. 14 -07 -02 15 Flamingo /Lummus Neighborhood Masterplan and Streetscape Improvements Miami Beach. FL Key Personnel: Gustavo Santana The Flamingo /Lummus neighborhood encompasses more than 20 miles of City owned right -of -way in the heart of South Beach, much of which falls within the National Register Art Deco Historic District. The District is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Florida and one of the most successful revitalization projects in the world. The highly walkable Flamingo /Lummus neighborhood encompasses both a vibrant residential area and the bulk of the South Beach commercial district. Portions of the neighborhood fall within three City of Miami Beach Community Redevelopment Areas. AECOM was contracted to complete a masterplan forthe neighborhood that identifi ed and prioritized key capital improvements, some of which were based on a series of recommendations developed in several community design "charrettes" and City sponsored workshops. Our team was also tasked with developing an implementation strategy funded in part by the neighborhood's three CRA districts. A sample of capital improvement objectives included the following: • Improve the relationship between the neighborhood's namesake Flamingo Park and the surrounding blocks • Improve shade tree canopy throughout the neighborhood • Slow down vehicular traffi c on residential streets; • Improve pedestrian walkability through street corner bump -outs that facilitate shorter street crossings • Improve the walking connection to the adjacent Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay Oceanfront Neighborhood Urban Design and Streetscape Improvements Miami Beach, FL Key Personnel: Gustavo Santana, Greg Ault AECOM prepared urban design and streetscape plans for most of the recently designated National Register Collins Waterfront Historic District on Miami Beach. This project area includes many historic MiMO landmarks, such as the Fontainbleau and Eden Roc Hotels designed by Morris Lapidus. The Oceanfront neighborhood project includes improvements to the City owned public right -of- ways and several "greenway" locations between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Creek. The streetscape enhancements consist of new planting (such as native grasses, dune vegetation, specimen palms, and shade trees); new sidewalks; a bikeway; street furniture; new curbs; bollards and benches; a pedestrian plaza with specialty paving, coral stone feature walls, showers, foot washers, and drinking fountains; and milled and resurfaced street pavement, as well as pedestrian - scale lighting. Traffi c calming and pedestrian safety measures, such as landscaped "bump- outs" at street corners and specialty crosswalks at intersections, were also implemented. aeX.E .rva i I- ea Keu �'qw cow. I co.caca —��!x : ' craa A. AT s�au .w c�umox�3aai� � I r'rsES Sav oc. EXMTT NEh.CEEWIM / I aXaXEY 5¢EW LX � .3 XFEMU W CMJEiE o::. - - - -AK. — The Flamingo /Lummus neighborhood encompasses more than 20 miles of City owned right -of -way in the heart of South Beach, much of which falls within the National Register Art Deco Historic District. The District is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Florida and one of the most successful revitalization projects in the world. The highly walkable Flamingo /Lummus neighborhood encompasses both a vibrant residential area and the bulk of the South Beach commercial district. Portions of the neighborhood fall within three City of Miami Beach Community Redevelopment Areas. AECOM was contracted to complete a masterplan forthe neighborhood that identifi ed and prioritized key capital improvements, some of which were based on a series of recommendations developed in several community design "charrettes" and City sponsored workshops. Our team was also tasked with developing an implementation strategy funded in part by the neighborhood's three CRA districts. A sample of capital improvement objectives included the following: • Improve the relationship between the neighborhood's namesake Flamingo Park and the surrounding blocks • Improve shade tree canopy throughout the neighborhood • Slow down vehicular traffi c on residential streets; • Improve pedestrian walkability through street corner bump -outs that facilitate shorter street crossings • Improve the walking connection to the adjacent Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay Oceanfront Neighborhood Urban Design and Streetscape Improvements Miami Beach, FL Key Personnel: Gustavo Santana, Greg Ault AECOM prepared urban design and streetscape plans for most of the recently designated National Register Collins Waterfront Historic District on Miami Beach. This project area includes many historic MiMO landmarks, such as the Fontainbleau and Eden Roc Hotels designed by Morris Lapidus. The Oceanfront neighborhood project includes improvements to the City owned public right -of- ways and several "greenway" locations between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Creek. The streetscape enhancements consist of new planting (such as native grasses, dune vegetation, specimen palms, and shade trees); new sidewalks; a bikeway; street furniture; new curbs; bollards and benches; a pedestrian plaza with specialty paving, coral stone feature walls, showers, foot washers, and drinking fountains; and milled and resurfaced street pavement, as well as pedestrian - scale lighting. Traffi c calming and pedestrian safety measures, such as landscaped "bump- outs" at street corners and specialty crosswalks at intersections, were also implemented.