CURBED MIAMI PUBLISHES BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF HERITAGE TRAIL AT 395 SIGNATURE BRIDGE

KUDOS TO THE EDITOR FOR PRINTING UPDATE WITH ARCHER WESTERN-DE MOYA GROUP STATEMENT ON VAST PUBLIC INPUT + FDOT RULES BEING FOLLOWED TO THE "T"

“The idea that there was no public input is inaccurate. The Aesthetics Review Committee (ARC) in the RFP was put together as a result of the Settlement Agreement and actually gave the local public an unprecedented role in FDOT’s procurement (never done before), actually giving the ARC the exclusive role of shortlisting the bridge designs and also scoring the final round of proposals.

The settlement agreement did not give the ARC the authority to score proposals and only gave them the ability to "advise" FDOT on the scoring criteria, which they did, and the bridge designs. Audrey Edmonson of the County Commission actually chaired that ARC and is a local elected official who saw and, along with three other Committee members, scored all the proposed designs.

The idea that FDOT manipulated the scoring is absurd. They actually gave the ARC more authority than was ever afforded under the RFP and followed the RFP to the "T". One has to only read page 15 of the RFP to see that the ‘manipulation’ argument is on its face absurd and the process followed correctly.”