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The week ahead: Veterans Day, a Live Local special meeting and a full slate of committees

Two Miami Beach committees and the preservation board meet Monday and Tuesday, Surfside's commission votes Tuesday night, and Ocean Drive hosts the Veterans Day parade Wednesday.

Volunteers kneeling on grass place rows of small American flags in the ground
File photo: Veterans of Foreign Wars volunteers place flags for a Memorial Day remembrance garden in Miami Beach in May 2025. Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Ilian Borrero-Aguirre, U.S. Coast Guard / Public domain (U.S. government work), via DVIDS

Veterans Day falls on Wednesday, and the days around it are crowded with public meetings across the islands. Here is what is on the official agendas and calendars for Nov. 9 to 15. Full listings are on the events calendar.

Monday, Nov. 9

Miami Beach’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Quality of Life Committee meets at 9 a.m. in the City Hall commission chamber, 1700 Convention Center Drive. Its agenda lists more than 50 items, among them North Beach traffic congestion, the 5th Street pedestrian bridge, the draft cultural master plan, Alton Road truck traffic and diver-down flag enforcement. In Surfside, the Budget Committee meets at 5 p.m. and the Resort Tax Board at 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 9293 Harding Ave.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

The Historic Preservation Board meets at 9 a.m. on the Bass Museum’s proposed addition, art installations in Collins Park, citywide digital information kiosks, a historic designation plaque for Lincoln Road and a seawall height variance at 1835 Michigan Ave.

The Land Use and Sustainability Committee meets at 3 p.m.; its regular items include storefront design guidelines and a proposal to let the former Bikini Hostel lot on West Avenue serve as a condo sales center. The North Beach CRA advisory committee meets at 4:30 p.m. at Normandy Shores Golf Club, 2401 Biarritz Drive, on the draft five-year plan.

Sunny Isles Beach holds its second community meeting on a coastal flooding adaptation plan at 10 a.m. at its Government Center, 18070 Collins Ave. Bay Harbor Islands’ Parks and Recreation Committee meets at 6 p.m., and the Surfside Town Commission meets at 7 p.m.; its agenda includes leaving Sister Cities International and repealing 2024 setback rules.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day

Miami Beach’s Veterans Day Parade steps off at 11:11 a.m. on Ocean Drive between 5th and 15th streets. Sunny Isles Beach holds its ceremony at Heritage Park, 19200 Collins Ave., at 9 a.m.; the city says its offices are closed and its bus is not running that day. Surfside’s ceremony is at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park, and Town Hall is closed.

Thursday to Sunday

The Miami Beach City Commission holds a special meeting on the Live Local Act, the state housing law, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall. No agenda had been posted on the city’s portal as of Sunday morning. Also Thursday, the Josephine Baker historical marker is dedicated at 11 a.m. at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park, and the No Vacancy hotel art show opens.

The Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee meets at 9:30 a.m. Friday. On Saturday, Sunny Isles Beach holds a beach cleanup from 8 a.m. at the Ellen Wynne beach access, 19333 Collins Ave., and Bay Harbor Islands hosts Bay Harbor Live and an artisan market at 5:30 p.m. at 95th Street Park.

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