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Miami Beach is confronting a question cities across America are increasingly facing: How do you use technology to fight crime without sacrificing personal privacy?
On this episode of Power Hour, host Todd M. Schoenberger sits down with Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner for a wide-ranging conversation about public safety, automated license-plate readers, tourism, housing, flooding and the future of one of America’s most recognizable destinations.
Meiner explains why Miami Beach is exploring moving some license-plate readers onto voluntarily participating private properties following Florida’s directive affecting readers on state roads. He argues that the technology remains an important law-enforcement tool while describing the access controls and oversight he says Miami Beach uses to protect residents’ privacy.
The conversation goes well beyond cameras. Meiner discusses the city’s Spring Break strategy, reports a 16% decline in major crime, and says Miami Beach has reached its lowest homeless population on record. He also points to nine consecutive months of increased resort-tax collections and strong hotel rates as signs of the city’s economic momentum.
The Mayor addresses affordability and workforce housing, Miami Beach’s efforts to prepare for flooding and sea-level rise, privately owned seawalls, beach nourishment and the coming 800-room Grand Hyatt, which he believes could transform the economics of the Miami Beach Convention Center.
And with businesses, professionals and young families continuing to move into the region, Schoenberger asks the bigger question: Can Miami Beach continue growing while preserving the quality of life that made people want to live there in the first place?
Plus, Meiner previews another project he wants to discuss further: free water-taxi service connecting Miami Beach and Miami.
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