AMUSEMENT PARK

NO AMUSEMENT PARK

I was appalled to learn that today the city of Miami is seriously considering allowing amusement park rides in certain Miami public parks.

This is especially egregious as it applies to Bayfront Park and Maurice A. Ferré (MAF) Park (formerly Museum Park) downtown next to the Pérez Art Museum and the Frost Science Museum.

MAF Park is a carefully preserved green space, not an amusement park, and major commercial development there is the opposite of what downtown Miami wants and needs on its waterfront.

In fact, the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board, in its December 2018 meeting, voted against it.

Green space, sculpture gardens, trees and shade, and low-impact usage are appropriate usages and are mindful of the growing residential population in the neighborhood.

I strongly urge the Miami commission to vote against the ordinance change and any major commercial development of MAF Park, now or in the future. Regretfully, I am out of the country and unable to appear in front of the commission.

– Jorge M. Pérez, CEO, The Related Group

The Pérez Art Museum Miami (“PAMM”), which is immediately adjacent to the Maurice A. Ferré Park, formerly Museum Park, is strongly opposed to the proposed city of Miami ALEXANDRA VILLOCH PUBLISHER JOHN S. KNIGHT (1894-1981)

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