* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. 4, 3, 2, 1. [00:00:06] GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 10TH MEETING OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. UM, WE ARE WAITING FOR ONE MORE BOARD MEMBER TO ARRIVE AND, UH, ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER IS OUT SICK. UM, SO WE ARE GONNA BEGIN TODAY. WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA, SO WE SHOULD GET THROUGH THE ITEMS PRETTY QUICKLY. LIO, DO YOU WANNA START? SURE. I'LL START OFF WITH TAKING ATTENDANCE. UM, AND I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT MR. SHELDON IS ABSENT. UM, AND MS. MEYER IS ON HER WAY. UH, SHE SHOULD BE HERE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 MINUTES. SO, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT, SO WE HAVE, UH, A QUORUM, UM, AND THEN I GUESS CITY ATTORNEY'S UPDATES. SURE, UH, NO UPDATES. UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA DO THE INTRODUCTION AND TELL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ONE TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY HOW TO DO SO AND REMIND EVERYONE OF THE NOTICE, UH, REGARDING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION. SO AGAIN, GOOD MORNING ALL. TODAY'S MEETING OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HAS BEEN SCHEDULED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE BOARD PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL AND APPLICANT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA THE ZOOM PLATFORM WEBINAR, THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN TODAY'S MEETING VIA ZOOM MAY DIAL 8 8 8 4 7 5 4 4 9 9, WHICH IS THE TOLL FREE NUMBER. AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 2 2 7 3 9 4 1 9 2 4, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 8 2 2 7 3 9 4 1 9 2 4. ANY INDIVIDUAL WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF THEY'RE USING THE ZOOM APP, OR DIAL STAR NINE IF THEY ARE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE. BEFORE I SWEAR. IN THOSE THAT ARE TESTIFYING TODAY THAT ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN CHAMBERS, I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE CITY'S NOTICE REGARDING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION. IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS OR CORPORATION OR ANOTHER PERSON, YOU'LL NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET, YOU SHOULD REGISTER BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ONLY ON YOUR BEHALF AND NOT ANY OTHER PARTY, OR IF YOU'RE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, PROVIDING ONLY SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR OTHER SPECIALIZED INFORMATION OR TESTIMONY IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING, OR IF YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR YOUR APPEARANCE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT OF OR OPPOSITION TO ANY ITEM. EXPERT WITNESSES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHALL PRIOR TO APPEARING DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK, THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE PRINCIPAL ON WHOSE BEHALF THEY ARE COMMUNICATING. IF YOU ARE AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR AN EMPLOYEE REPRESENTING AN APPLICANT OR AN OBJECTOR, YOU MUST REGISTER AS A A LOBBYIST. THESE RULES APPLY WHETHER YOU ARE APPEARING IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST AN ITEM, OR ENCOURAGING OR ARGUING AGAINST ITS PASSAGE, DEFEAT, MODIFICATION, OR CONTINUANCE. BLESS YOU. UH, FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TESTIFYING TODAY AT THIS TIME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND SO I CAN SWEAR YOU IN. OKAY. UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. OKAY. AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, PRESENTERS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING VIRTUALLY ELSEWHERE, YOU IN ONE AT A TIME. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. UH, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO, [1. After Action November 5, 2024 ] UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PAST MEETING. I MAKE A MOTION THAT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I SEE THERE ARE REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCES. YES. WE HAVE TWO, TWO REQUESTS FOR [2. DRB24-1038, 1265 NORTH BISCAYNE POINT ROAD.] CONTINUANCES. THE FIRST IS DRB 24 DASH 10 38. THAT'S 1265 NORTH BISCAYNE POINT ROAD. UM, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 16TH MEETING. OKAY. CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY MR. DINGER FOR A SECOND BY MS. LEWIN. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND THEN THE NEXT, UH, [3. DRB24-1040, 1500 BAY ROAD.] ITEM THAT'S BEING REQUESTED TO BE CONTINUED AS DRB 24 DASH 10 40. THAT'S 1500 BAY ROAD. UH, AND THE APPLICANT, AGAIN IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT IT BE CONTINUED TO JANUARY 16TH. MAKE A MOTION. SECOND [00:05:01] MOTION BY MR. DENDUR FOR A SECOND BY MS. OLI. AYE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, LET'S NOW MOVE ON TO [4. DRB24-1031, 4701 NORTH MERIDIAN AVENUE, UPH 21.] OUR PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED APPLICATIONS, STARTING WITH DRB 24 1 0 3, 1 47 0 1 NORTH MERIDIAN AVENUE, UPH 21. THE APPLICANT'S HERE. HI. GOOD MORNING CHAIR. GOOD MORNING BOARD. GOOD MORNING. UH, BEFORE WE START, I JUST NEED TO ASK IF ANY, UH, BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY, UM, EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS THAT, UM, THEY'VE RECEIVED? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE THAT, THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS TO ENCLOSE AN EXTERIOR, AN EXISTING COVER EXTERIOR COURTYARD AT THE PENTHOUSE LEVEL OF THIS, UH, BUILDING. OKAY. SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE EXISTING PENTHOUSE RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT'S LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOP FLOOR OF THE RITZ CARLTON RESIDENCE. THIS IS THE FORMER MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE BUILDING THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. UM, THE, THE, THE UNIT IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED INTO TWO INTERIOR SECTIONS AND THERE'S A COVERED, UM, EXTERIOR COURTYARD, UH, THAT'S EXISTING THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO IMPROVE THE UTILIZATION OF THAT AREA. THE, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THERE ARE WIND TUNNELS AND THAT THE AREA'S NOT VERY COMFORTABLE, UH, TO BE IN. SO THE APPLICANT IS SIMPLY PROPOSING TO ENCLOSE THAT SPACE. THEY'RE GONNA BE USING SIMILAR WINDOW SYSTEMS AS ARE USED FOR THE, IN THE REST OF THE BUILDING. SO IT SHOULDN'T HAVE A, ANY SORT OF A NEGATIVE VISUAL IMPACT. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY THE PROPOSAL. UM, AND STAFF, UM, DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FEEL FREE TO BRING IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION. UM, SHOULD BE, WE HAVE, CAN THE PRESENTATION BE LOCATED UP UPLOADED FOR THIS ITEM? OKAY. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE LAST ONE. THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE GOT SWITCHED. OH, THEY BROUGHT IT. OH. 'CAUSE IT WAS CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH AND NOT RE-UPLOADED AGAIN. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION, I JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DO YOU ALL, DID YOU ALL HAVE A LETTER FROM YOUR, UM, ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT OF THE RITZ CARLTON RESIDENCES, UM, APPROVING OR RECOMMENDING THIS CHANGE? YES, I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. YES, I HAVE THE FLOOR PLANS HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION. I MEAN, I COULD JUST SHOW IT IF THAT'S OKAY. OR WE WANNA WAIT. I WONDER, TOO, WE ALSO HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS THAT CAN BE LOADED OR IS THAT TOO LONG? IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE LOADED. UM, I MEAN, I COULD, I COULD START IF YOU WANT. UM, SO I, I'M GONNA SHOW IT HERE. I IF THIS IS SMALL. SO BASICALLY, AS ROGE WAS SAYING, THE PENTHOUSE AT THE, IT'S CALLED 10 PH 21 IS DIVIDED INTO TWO AREAS. THIS IS THE KITCHEN AREA AND THIS IS WHAT THE LIVING ROOM AND THE, AND THE MAIN, UM, UH, AREAS ARE. SO THIS RIGHT NOW IS CURRENTLY COVERED. WHEN IT FIRST WAS DESIGNED, I, IN MY OPINION, IT WAS BADLY DESIGNED BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS EXTERIOR COURTYARD, WHICH IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT PROPOSES A LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR THE CLIENT. UM, THIS IS THE PENTHOUSE. THERE'S A LOT OF WIND, THERE'S A LOT OF DRAFT. SO IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN HERE. ONE, IT CREATES A WIND TUNNEL. IT'S ALWAYS WINDY. UH, TWO IS, LET'S SAY YOU ARE IN THE BA IN THE, IN YOUR ROOM AND YOU WANT TO GO TO THE KITCHEN, YOU HAVE TO GO FROM A INTERIOR TO AN EXTERIOR SPACE. THE REASON FOR THE GLAZING IS NOT TO ENCLOSE IT AND THIS TO BE A LIVING AREA. IT'S JUST FOR THE WIND TUNNEL EFFECT NOT TO HAPPEN AND TO BE, TO USE THIS EXTERIOR AREA COMFORTABLY. UH, NOW EVERY TIME YOU'RE, WE'RE ADDING OR WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, WE COME INTO IF IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, UH, WE MADE A COUPLE OF, WE WALKED AROUND, WE FROM FROM STREET LEVEL TO THREE BLOCKS, TWO BLOCKS AWAY. WE MAKE ALL THE STUDIES. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE, THIS ACTUAL, THE BUILDING IS STEPPED. SO BECAUSE OF THE STEPPING YOU, YOU DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH. AND THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE DONE IS ACTUALLY GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN AS THE EXISTING FACADE. THE SAME GLAZING IS GONNA MATCH, UM, FOR THE EXISTING FACADE. SO I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, I DUNNO IF I COULD, UH, IT DID, IT DID BRING SOMETHING UP. YEAH. IS THIS OKAY? YEAH. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE UNIT, UM, PENTHOUSE [00:10:01] UNITS 2021. UM, SO WE TOOK ALL THESE AERIAL SHOTS FOR YOUR, UM, STREET VANTAGE POINTS TO SEE IF, IF YOU WERE TO SEE THE ACTUAL, UM, GLAZING. AND IT'S, THIS IS THE, THE ACTUAL FLOOR PLAN THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU. UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS JUST, UH, GLAZING THAT FOLD. THAT'S BASICALLY IT. UM, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, THIS IS FROM GOOGLE EARTH. THE, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE WITHOUT THE GLAZING, THE OPEN TUNNEL, THE, AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS WITH THE ADDED STOREFRONT, WHICH IS BASICALLY FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN, IS THE SAME GLAZING. THAT'S THE ONLY SCOPE OF WORK HERE. SO WAIT, CAN YOU POINT OUT THOSE TWO LOOK REALLY? OH, I SEE. ON THE RIGHT SIDE. OKAY. NOT BY THE RED ARROW. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS CURRENTLY OPEN. OH, I SEE. AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU, UH, I'M GONNA, WE HAD SOME PICTURES HERE OF THE ACTUAL, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING FAST, BUT IT'S NOT IN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY UNIT ON THE FLOOR THAT HAS THIS YES. YEAH. FEATURE. IT'S THE ONLY ONE. IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NICE BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE UP THERE WITH ALL THE WINS AND ALL THE DRAFT. SO RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE THE BLACK ARROW, UH, WHERE YOU POINTED TO BEFORE, WHEN OUR CHAIR, UH, ASKED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION THAT CURRENTLY IS OPENED AS REFLECTED ON THE LEFT SIDE CORRECT. OF THE, OF THE SCREEN. AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TO PUT IN THE GLAZING THAT WOULD BE, UM, SIMILAR AND NOT THE SAME AS WHAT IS SEEN IN OTHER FLOORS AS WELL AS TO THE RIGHT, CORRECT. OR TO THE LEFT OF THE, UH, AREA. YES. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, I SAW THIS LAST MONTH AND IT SEEMED VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SIMPLE. WHY DID YOU GUYS CONTINUE IT? OH, I, I THINK WE RAN OUT OF TIME. IS THAT THE NO, LIKE I THINK, UM, THERE WAS SOME, SOMEBODY HAD AN SOME, I THINK WHEN I SPOKE TO MY CLIENT, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. UM, I, I BELIEVE HE WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF, UH, GETTING THE LETTER OF APPROVAL. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OKAY. WE JUST WANTED THE BUILDING ITSELF TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. SO NOTHING CHANGED FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION DOESN'T OKAY. IT'S THE SAME ONE. AND IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE THE OLD PRESENTATION THE WHOLE TIME, SO IT'S VERY SIMPLE. ROGELIO, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAYING THAT THEY ARE IN AGREEMENT. I, I DON'T, I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THAT LETTER. DO YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF YOU? WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GET YOU A COPY. YES. YEAH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT. OKAY. UM, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT LETTER IN HAND, UM, FOR ANY KIND OF ACTION TAKEN BY THIS BOARD. UH, BECAUSE THIS BUILDING IS OWNED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST ONE SINGLE PERSON. UM, AS WE REQUIRE FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN A CONDOMINIUM, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THAT ARE EVEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE ALWAYS, IN THAT CASE, WE JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT NEIGHBORS ARE IN AGREEMENT. I THINK THE PROJECT IS, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS SIMPLE. IT MAKES SENSE, BUT I DON'T LIVE THERE. AND SO I, I CANNOT SPEAK FOR THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT DO OWN, WHICH CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, I'M DONE. YES. OKAY. UM, I THINK BEFORE WE DISCUSS, I SHOULD ASK IF THERE IS ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? EH, CAN I, CAN I BE ADDED AS A PRESENTER SO I CAN SEE IF THE HANDS ARE RAISED? OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, GREAT. I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION AND, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR THE BOARD TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION. SHAUNA. OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I AGREE ABOUT THE LETTER, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S A REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE A BUILDING PERMIT. SO WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT IT, IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WANNA APPROVE AND REQUIRE THAT, AND THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT BEFORE THEY GET A BUILDING PERMIT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO YOU KNOW IF THEY SPOKE TO THE, THE NEIGHBORS [00:15:01] YET, OR THEY DID? I, WELL, WE, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, ACTUALLY WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS FOR ABOUT ALMOST A YEAR FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY DID THE, THIS IS SUCH A, UH, AND I DO A LOT OF HOAI REVIEW A LOT OF PLANS FOR HOA, BUT, SO THIS IS SUCH A SMALL WORK THAT THEY DID SUBMIT FOR BUILDING PERMIT, RIGHT? THEY GOT THE LETTER AND THEN WHEN THERE WAS, WHEN IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMITS, THEY SAID, YOU GOTTA GO FOR THIS PROJECT. YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH, UH, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE BUILDING PERMIT AND SOME OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, BUT THEY SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED NOW BY THE DESIGN REVIEW. SOMETHING THAT'S VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. CORRECT? YEAH. UH, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, NO MATTER HOW SMALL. SO WE WERE SURPRISED, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND WE DID EVERYTHING WE HAD TO DO AND WE'RE HERE. SO, YEAH. SO, BUT WE WILL GET THE LETTER. I'M SURPRISED THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO, EVEN IF WE RIGHT. UM, I MEAN, I, I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE A SORT OF NATURAL ADDITION. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF YOU CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL AND UNDERSTAND THE REASONING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THERE ANY DIFFERENT NO, I, YOU KNOW, I DEFER TO YOU. I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL REQUIRE THE LETTER FOR THE PERMIT. IT DID NOT REQUIRE IT OF ME WHEN I WAS DOING SOMETHING IN, IN A UNIT WE HAVE IN ANOTHER CONDO, BUT IT, THAT WAS SOME TIME AGO, SO IT MAY HAVE CHANGED. SO, UH, I AGREE. SHAUNA JUST MENTIONED THAT IT'S A CHANGE. YEAH. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN, BUT WE CAN, I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. UM, BUT THAT IT'D BE CONTINGENT ON THAT LETTER BEING ON FILE FROM THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. YEAH. UM, OR THE VICE PRESIDENT. I KNOW HER NAME IS, UH, WOFF, MRS. WOFF, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT'S NAME. IT'S LAUREN. YEAH, DAVID KRANZ. I'M SORRY. DAVID. I KNOW BOTH OF 'EM. OKAY. RA CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? DO THEY HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT BEFORE, OR? I, I CERTAINLY CAN. YEAH. AS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT LEGAL ADVISOR, UH, BACK WHEN, ABOUT THREE BUILDING OFFICIALS AGO, THAT REQUIREMENT WAS TAKEN OUTTA THE BUILDING PROCESS AND THE INTAKE REVIEWS. BUT NOW IT'S BEEN REINSTATED BY NSL SALGADO. HIR KEPT IT AND THE CURRENT, UH, VINHAS STILL HAS IT. SO YES, AS PART OF THE INITIAL INTAKE, UM, THE, UM, BUILDING DEPARTMENT INTAKE WILL REVIEW FOR ALL THE DOCUMENTS, AND ONE OF THEM WILL NEED TO BE THE CONDO ASSOCIATION APPROVAL. OKAY. SO IT'LL FAIL THAT. SO I GUESS FROM WHAT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PRESENTER, WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR REVIEW PROCESS WITH THAT BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION, IT GOT FLAGGED BY PLANNING. SO IT FAILED THAT REVIEW CYCLE SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO DRV. SO ONCE THE CYCLE REOPENS, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UM, THEN THEY'LL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE PERMIT'S ACTUALLY ISSUED. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENT, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION, MOVE FORWARD, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR 47 0 1 NORTH MERIDIAN AVENUE, PENTHOUSE 21 SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON [5. DRB24-1043, 1015 STILLWATER DRIVE.] TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. DRB 24 104 3 10 15 STILLWATER DRIVE. THIS APPLICATION, UH, IS REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STORY RESIDENCE WITH AN UNDERSTORY AND A VARIANCE FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE HOME. SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AS IS PERMISSIBLE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. OKAY, SO THIS IS, UM, AN ITEM THAT WAS HEARD LAST MONTH. UH, THE BOARD CONTINUED IT TO THIS MONTH BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS OVER, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS, UH, BEING UNDERTAKEN. I BELIEVE SOME RESIDENTS HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT THE SETBACKS WERE BEING, UH, ENCROACHED INTO. UH, SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED AN AS-BUILT SURVEY AND SOME PHOTOS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. UM, THEY DO SUBSTANTIATE THAT THE HOME IS BEING BUILT PURSUANT TO THE SETBACKS. UH, THEY DID SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF SOME WOODEN STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING USED AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE REMOVED. SO THAT MAY BE WHERE THE, WHERE THE CONCERN STEMMED FROM. UM, BUT ONCE THOSE STRUCTURES ARE REMOVED, AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, THE HOME WILL BE FOLLOWING THOSE, THOSE SETBACK LINES. UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED, UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BEFORE WE BEGIN, JUST ANY, UH, DISCLOSURES OF ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS? UH, NONE THEN. OKAY. I'LL SET THE CLOCK IN 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROGELIO. GOOD MORNING. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM DENISE PRESSEL FROM THE ARCHITECTURE TEAM. HERE WITH ME IS THE [00:20:01] REST OF THE DESIGN TEAM. WE HAVE OWNERSHIP, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, TO RESPOND. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. UM, WE ARE, AS ROGELIO EXPLAINED, WE ARE DISCUSSING 10 15 STEEL WATER. UM, JUST AS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST HEARING, UM, THIS IS, THIS, UH, PAGE SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU WILL SEE A SECTION OF THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE APPRO WE HAD APPROVED IN THE PREVIOUS DRB THAT WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER, 2022. AT THAT TIME, WITH THAT CO IN EFFECT, WE WERE ALLOWED FOR A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 25 FEET. IN THIS OCCASION, WE ARE REQUESTING FOR AN ADDITION OF 20 INCHES TO THE BUILDING HEIGHT, WHICH IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH A CURRENT CODE FOR S FOUR PROPERTIES WITH UNDER STORIES THAT WOULD BRING THE BUILDING HEIGHT TO 26 FEET EIGHT INCHES. AND THOSE ADDITIONAL 20 INCHES WOULD BE LOCATED SPECIFICALLY IN THE UNDERSTORY CEILING ELEVATION. UH, PER, UM, WITHIN CODE REQUIREMENTS, WE FELT THAT THE SPACE CURRENTLY AS IT WAS APPROVED, WAS REALLY CONSTRAINED AND WE WERE CONCERNED ALSO WITH THE SPACE FOR THE INSTALLATIONS AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITHIN THE LEN AREA. SO WE ARE RISING JUST THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO FALL WITHIN, UH, CODE COMPLIANCE. IN, AT THE TIME OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE GOT SOME CALLS FROM THE NEIGHBORS WITH SOME CONCERNS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AND HOW EVERYTHING WAS, UH, FOLLOW, UH, FLOWING ALONG. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, WE DID, UH, TAKE ALL THE SIDE PICTURES. WE PREPARED AN ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, A SURVEY, EVERYTHING THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM, FROM YOUR END AND FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN ORDER TO CLEARLY DEPICT THE SITUATION AND PRESENT IT HERE TODAY. AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW THAT, UH, RIGHT AWAY. SO THIS IS THE SURVEY THAT, UH, WAS PREPARED SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. IN THE SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLEARED. WE DO HAVE SOME FORM WORK TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S A FORM WORK FOR THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB. AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT FORM WORK IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONSTRAINED NARROW LOT. AND THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR NEEDED TO CLEAR UP THE SPACE FOR, TO HAVE A PROPER STAGING AREA AND TO HAVE THE POUR OF THE APPROVED SLAB PER PERMIT. AND HE HAD ALL THE REBAR AND ALL THE MATERIAL AND FORM THE, THE BACK AREA OF THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB. THE INTENT WAS NEVER TO POUR ANYTHING BEFORE WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE DRB. AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN WORKED PER THE APPROVED PLANS FOR THE SHORING AND THE FORM WORK AND ENGINEERING SHORING PLANS WERE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR PERMITS. THE PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND AGAIN, FOLLOWING WHAT WAS APPROVED, BUT WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME CLEARANCE IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY FOR, UH, STAGING AND CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES. HERE YOU'LL SEE A ZOOMED IN, UH, AREA OF THAT FORM WORK. UM, WE ARE SHOWING IN RED THE OUTLINE OF THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB AS THE APPROVED PLANS. WE KNOW WE HAD SOME CONCERNS IN REGARDS OF ENCROACHMENT, AND WE TOOK THESE PICTURES FROM THE TOP VIEW. SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW THE SLAB IS BEING FORMED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE APPROVED PLANS. AND WE DO HAVE SOME PLYWOOD EXTENSIONS THAT ARE THERE TEMPORARILY FOR PURPOSES OF CIRCULATION AND STORING MATERIAL ONLY THOSE, UH, AREAS DO NOT HAVE ANY FORM WORK OR REBAR THAT WILL BE POURED AND WILL BE REMOVED AFTER, UH, HOPEFULLY THE POOR CAN BE PERFORMED. UM, ALSO WE PREPARED THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE. SINCE THE SLAB HAS NOT BEEN POURED YET, THE SURVEYOR WAS ABLE TO MARK THE TOP OF THE FORM BOARD. THE TOP OF THE FORM BOARD IS NOW AT 15.75. AND IF YOU SEE IN OUR SECTION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT MATCHES EXACTLY THE LOCATION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE SLAB THAT WE WERE PROPOSING. SO AGAIN, UH, THIS WAS IN ORDER TO PREPARE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION FLOWING WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE DRV. IN THE NEXT SLIDES, I WILL SHOW YOU SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES. SO WE CAN CLEARLY SEE, UH, EVERYTHING IN THE JOB SITE. WE HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE FORM WORK SHOWN TOWARDS THE BACK. AND HERE WE HAVE VIEWS FROM THE TOP. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU SEE IT FROM THE BOTTOM, IT MIGHT BE MISLEADING [00:25:01] BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO LOCATE WHERE ARE THE OUTLINES OF THE ACTUAL SLAB AND THE TEMPORARY PLYWOOD EXTENSIONS. BUT HOPEFULLY THESE PHOTOGRAPHS HELP CLEARLY DEPICT THOSE EXTENSIONS THAT ARE TEMPORARY. HERE YOU'LL SEE SOME STORING OF BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. IN THOSE TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS. WE THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE TRIGGERED THE CONCERN FROM THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. SO WE WANNA CLARIFY THE SITUATION FOR EVERYONE. HERE ARE MORE, UH, ADDITIONAL PICTURES SHOWING ALSO THAT THE NEIGHBORS HOUSE HERE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE HOW THESE PLYWOOD EXTENSIONS ARE BEING USED FOR STORING THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND MORE ANGLES. ON THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT WOULD BE, UM, A CONCERN LOOKING AT IT FROM THE BOTTOM IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF RELEASING THE TOP VIEW AND HOW THE SLAB IS GOING TO BE FURTHER TO THE INTERIOR. AND THERE ARE NO REAL ENCROACHMENTS IN THE ACTUAL, UH, FORM WORK. SO HOPEFULLY THIS INFORMATION SERVES TO CLARIFY AND WE CAN ADDRESS, WE UNDERSTAND OUR NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS OTHER COMMENTS, AND WE CAN, WE HAVE BEEN FULLY TRANSPARENT IN THE PROCESS AND WE CAN FACILITATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WE ARE EAGER TO GET A RESPONSE BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CRITICAL TIME OF CONSTRUCTION. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? WE HAVE A SECRET WITH A HAND RAISED. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. UM, SO SIR, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU START, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, I NEED TO SWAY YOU IN, SIR. OKAY. SO, UH, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THE PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. OKAY. AND I'M GONNA SET THE CLOCK FOR TWO MINUTES FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO IN THE NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, 2024 MEETING, UM, MS. MEYER WHO WAS NOT HERE, UH, OR IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HERE NOW, UM, STATED THAT IF THE DEVELOPER HAD ALREADY BUILT THE TIE BEAM OR, OR THE FORM WORK OF THE FIRST FLOOR STRUCTURE BASED ON THE HEIGHT THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN APPROVED, SHE WOULD NOT BE INCLINED TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE BECAUSE THAT INDICATED THE BUILDERS HAD A DISREGARD FOR THE PROCESS. FURTHER, SHE FELT, UM, THAT A PENNY OF SOME PENALTY OF SOME SORT IN THAT CASE SHOULD BE ASSESSED IF, IF, IF THAT WERE THE CASE. UM, ALSO THE BOARD MEMBER, I DON'T KNOW ALL ALL THE NAMES, BUT, UM, I SAW IT WAS, UH, THE, UM, FEMALE BOARD MEMBER WITH THE SCARF. I THINK SHE'S A LATIN, UM, ALSO SAID I REVIEWED THE YOUTUBE, UH, VIDEO OF BORN IN CUBA, NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING. SORRY. UM, AND, AND, UM, SHE SAID THAT IF THE, IF THE BUILDERS WERE NOT, UH, BUILDING PER THE APPROVED PLANS, THE PROJECT NEEDED TO BE STOPPED, THAT ANY APPROVAL WOULD BE REVERSED AND THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE RED TAGGED. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CHAIRPERSON, UH, SARAH NELSON ALSO, UM, EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH REGARDS TO THE PROJECT, UH, NOT BEING BUILT, UH, PER THE APPROVED PLANS. UM, AS THE PHOTOS IN THE PRESENTATION FROM THE ARCHITECT CLEARLY SHOW WHAT I SAID, THAT THE BUILDER HAD ALREADY INSTALLED THE REBAR FOR THE TIE BEAMS OF THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE SLAB FOR THE TERRACE AT THE HEIGHT THAT HAD NOT YET BEEN APPROVED OR WAS, UH, PERMITTED, WAS TRUE. UM, ACCORDING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, TESTIMONY AND THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 MEETING, UH, THE PROPOSED VARI SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED. THE BUILDER SHOULD BE PENALIZED, AND THE PROJECT SHOULD BE RED TAGGED OR STOPPED. UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO, UH, APPROVE THE, THE MOTION OR THE, THE PROPOSAL NEVER TAKES US INTO ACCOUNT. UM, IN ADDITION, UH, TO A DISREGARD FOR THE PROCESS, UM, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ALSO PROVIDED A SWORN STATEMENT AFFIDAVIT, UM, THAT WAS NOT DATED, UM, WHICH STATES THAT DUE TO LOGISTICAL LIMITATIONS ON THE SITE, IT WAS NECESSARY TO FORM THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB AND RELOCATE THE REBAR TO THAT LOCATION AS IT WAS INTERFERING WITH THE GARAGE SLAP OR AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER THE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T CARE ABOUT PERJURING HIMSELF, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANY AFFIDAVIT IN FLORIDA NEEDS TO BE SWORN UNDER OATH, UM, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY TO BE VALID, OR HE WANTS THE BOARD [00:30:01] TO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THEY PAID FOR THE LABOR TO, UM, FORM THE, THE TITHINGS, UM, AND THE SLAB, UH, FOR THE, THE TERRACE. UM, RATHER THAN GOING AHEAD AND MOVING THE REBAR TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT PHOTOGRAPHED PRO, PROBABLY ON PURPOSE, UM, THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, CLEAR SPACE FOR THE REBAR TO, TO BE RE RELOCATED, LIKE NO REASONABLE PERSON COULD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS CONTRACTOR DID NOT MOVE, UH, FORWARD WITH THE FIRST FLOOR, UH, PROJECT AT THIS HEIGHT. UM, THAT WAS NOT PERMITTED BECAUSE THEY PRESUMED THAT THIS APPROVAL WOULD BE RUBBER STAMPED. OKAY. THINK, UM, HENCE THE BUILDER HAS SHOWN IT. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME OR YOU C CAN YOU WRAP IT UP OR YOU'VE SAID WHAT YOU, YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE MADE YOUR MAIN POINTS? NO, I, I, I, I'LL MAKE, SO THAT'S NOT THE MAIN POINT. THE MAIN POINT IS THAT THE SURVEYOR WHO IS THE SUBCONTRACTOR OF THE, UH, BUILDER DOESN'T PROVIDE, UM, THE DIMENSIONS FROM THE SIDE, UM, PROPERTY LINE TO THE ACTUAL TYING, UM, UH, UNDER THE TERRACE OR, OR THERE. SO IT, THERE'S NOT INFORMATION IN THE SURVEY SUFFICIENT FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OR TO VER VERIFY THAT THE, THE BUILDING IS BEING BUILT, YOU KNOW, PER, PER THE PLANS. UM, AND THIS, THIS TERRACE BEING 16 FEET AND, AND BEING, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO, TO THE PROPERTY, UM, SORT OF GOING PAST THE, THE SIDE SETBACK, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS THAT THE BOARD PROVIDED APPROVAL FOR, UH, AN ENCROACHMENT OF THE SIDE SETBACK WHEN THERE WAS NO NOTICE PROVIDED TO EITHER, UM, NEIGHBOR, UH, OF THIS, THIS PROPOSAL. THE, THE OCTOBER, UH, 2022, UH, PROPOSAL FOR A VARIANCE WAS FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, NOT FOR, UH, ENCROACHMENT INTO THE SIDE SETBACK. UM, AND I REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE, THE, THE BUILDER'S CONDUCT AND THE LACK OF NOTICE AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE HARM THAT IT CREATES TO THE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT THIS, UH, SIDE SETBACK, UH, VARIANCE BE RESCINDED, AND THAT, UH, THE BOARD REQUIRE FOR A, SOME SORT OF A SCREEN WALL, UH, TO BE PUT ON THAT TERRACE SO THAT THE, WHEREVER THE RESIDENCE IS IN THE FUTURE FOR THE SPEC BUILD, YOU KNOW, CAN VIEW THE BAY, BUT DOESN'T HAVE A, A, A BALCONY THAT, THAT IS THREE FEET FROM MY PROPERTY, 16 FEET UP IN THE AIR, WHICH OVERLOOKS THE, THE POOL AREA COMPLETELY DEPRIVING ME OF ANY PRIVACY, UM, IN MY BACKYARD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THE MATTER. UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE? NO OTHER HANDS ARE RAISED. OKAY. I'M NOW GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION, UM, AND OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. LIO, CAN YOU MAYBE PROVIDE US, MAYBE YOU CAN START OUT WITH SOME GUIDANCE. UM, YOU BETWEEN, THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIG DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING VERSUS WHAT THE, THE NEIGHBOR IS SAYING. AND IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO A, AN APPROVED PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2022 AND MAKE ANY CHANGES, OR, I MEAN, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IT'S APPROVED. I, I THINK THE, THE, THE CHANGES IT'S APPROVED, IT'S APPROVED. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S INCORRECT, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE CAUGHT AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. WHAT WE SAW IN THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT THERE ARE SETBACKS OF 10 FEET, 10.54 FEET, UH, 11.52 FEET ON ONE SIDE SIDE TO SETBACKS, RIGHT SIDE SETBACKS, IF, IF I CAN CLARIFY MM-HMM . IT, IT ADDS TO THE POINT. SO, UH, THE SIDE SETBACKS ARE SEVEN AND A HALF, UH, AS PER REQUIREMENT. RIGHT. SO AT THE TIME OF THE NOVEMBER, 2022 BOARD, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY VARIANCES OR ANY VARIATION REQUEST ON THE SITE SET, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE COMPLYING WITH A 30%, UH, EX, UH, OVERHANG, OKAY. AND IT'S JUST AN, A CONCRETE EYEBROW AND IT DOESN'T PASS THE 30%. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REQUEST ANY VARIANCE ON THAT END. THE ONLY THING THAT WE REQUESTED WAS FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOOT FOR THE UNDERSTORY. SO WHAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT, THAT THE DESIGN IS WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THERE WAS NO, NO, BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THAT 30% ALLOWANCE OF IT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED BY, RIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, YOU ARE ALLOWED CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO ENCROACH INTO A REQUIRED YARD. SO THOSE ARE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTIONS, EYEBROWS, THINGS OF THAT, OF THAT NATURE ARE ALLOWED TO GO FURTHER INTO A SETBACK. OKAY. WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE [00:35:01] OF THE REASONS WHY IT WAS APPROVED TO BEGIN WITH MM-HMM . EXACTLY, BECAUSE IT DID FOLLOW ALL THE REGULATIONS. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE, THE SURVEY? I MEAN, DOES IT, UM, THE SURVEY SHOWS THE ENCROACHMENT, UM, IT SHOWS THE SIDE SETBACKS. I MEAN, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M READING IT, IT'S HARD TO READ. I MEAN, WE, WE DID THE OUTLINE, UH, FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE THIS CONFUSION. WE WOULD BE GLAD TO PRESENT, LIKE WE CAN MEET WITH STAFF AND ACTUALLY DO THE OVERLAY WITH OUR CAD FILES AND THE SURVEY, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO PROBLEM IN SHOWING THAT WE ARE REALLY NOT DOING ANY ENCROACHMENT OVER THAT 30%. I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE. UH, SO I, WE REALLY THOUGHT HONESTLY THAT WHAT, WHAT WAS MISLEADING WAS THOSE TEMPORARY PLYWOOD EXTENSIONS AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE A REAL CONCERN, BUT NOT THE 30%, UH, SLAB EDGE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE FULLY COMPLIANT AND WE CAN DO A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND, AND OVERLAY IT, UH, IF ROGELIO WANTS TO SEE IT. ROGELIO, HOW ABOUT THE, UM, REBAR THAT THE NEIGHBOR IS RE UH, RE UM, MENTIONING ON THE TERRACE? IS THAT A CONCERN? IS THAT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SETBACKS FROM, FROM WHAT I SEE, THE, THE SURVEY SHOWS THE EDGE, THE CONSTRUCTION EDGE, SO THAT APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY WITHIN, WITHIN THE, UM, WITHIN THE SETBACK. RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD. IT'S, IT'S GOT A LOT OF WOOD. IT'S GOT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL YOU THE EXACT MEASUREMENT JUST BY, BY GOING OUT THERE TO THE SITE AND SEEING IT. UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE COMPLIANT ONCE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS ARE, ARE REMOVED. UM, SO I, I DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR CONCERNS WITH IT NOW. UM, ONCE IT'S DONE, OUR INSPECTORS GO OUT THERE AND IF, IF THEY, THEY DETERMINE THAT IT'S NOT COMPLYING WITH THE, WITH THE REQUIRED SETBACKS, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX IT OR ELSE WE'RE NOT GONNA SIGN OFF AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION WHEN IT IS CALLED FOR MM-HMM . AND IF IT DOESN'T COMPLY, THEN THEY EITHER REMOVE IT OR COME BACK AND SEEK AN AFTER THE FACT VARIANCE WITH THREE TIMES THE FEES. MM-HMM . AND I'M ASSUMING TOO THAT AS PART OF THE FILE, THERE WILL BE THIS RECORD OF MAKE SURE TO CHECK THIS, THERE WERE SOME LABOR CONCERNS MM-HMM . OKAY. CAN I RESPOND TO, YEAH, SO THIS IS SHAUNA MEYER. I AM HERE, AND I DID MAKE, UH, COMMENTS LAST MONTH, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THEM VERBATIM, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS WHERE YOU WERE PRESENTING. AND, AND FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT I, I DO APPRECIATE THE VERY THOROUGH REAPPLICATION AND THE TIME TO RESUBMIT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND TAKE YOU AT FACE VALUE AS A PROFESSIONAL AND THAT YOU'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, HONEST AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND SO THAT'S HOW I'M TAKING THE INFORMATION AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS AT THIS TIME IN THE PROCESS TO SORT OF CREATE DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS. UM, TO ME, IT, IT SEEMS THOROUGH. I DO REMEMBER SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE, THE BEAMS WERE ALREADY POURED OR, YOU KNOW, IF THINGS WERE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED AT A LEVEL AND YOU WEREN'T SORT OF BEING HONEST WITH US THAT THINGS WERE IN PLACE, THAT WOULD BE FRUSTRATING, RIGHT. FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, I DON'T SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT. AND I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IT'S OUR ROLE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, A CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE OF EVERY STEP. LIKE WE HAVE TO, AGAIN, TAKE YOU AT FACE VALUE AT YOUR, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL WORD, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I KNOW IT, IT IS, UM, A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, AND MANY SITES HAVE FIVE FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACKS AND YOU CAN ENCROACH, YOU KNOW, 50% OR THREE FEET OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, AND THAT GETS REALLY CLOSE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS ARE TALL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF A RESULT, UH, RESULTANT CONDITION OF LIVING IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. SO, THANK YOU. THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. FROM OUR LAST MEETING REFLECT THAT, UH, THE BOARD REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE AS-BUILT SURVEY, UM, AND THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED FOR THOSE SURVEYS TO BE PROVIDED, WHICH YOU HAVE PROVIDED AND PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT. UM, SO THAT BEING THE CASE FOR ME, YOU'VE COMPLIED AND IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE WITHIN THE REQUIRED SETBACKS, UM, SIDES BACK IN FRONT AND COMPLYING WITH, UH, THE BUILDING PLANS THAT WERE PERMITTED. THEN AGAIN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS DURING CONSTRUCTION GOING FORWARD AND IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH YOUR PERMITTED PLANS, THEN ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY THE CITY [00:40:01] AND BY THE OWNER OR CONTRACTOR. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS. YEAH, LAURA? NO, I MEAN, WE, WE HIT ON THE CONCERNS OF THE, THE NEIGHBOR, RIGHT? THAT WAS WHAT YOU SPOKE TO IS THE YEAH. INCONSISTENCY THAT, YEAH, SO NO, GO FOR IT. OH, OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE VARIANCE FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE HOME AT 10 15, STILL WATER DRIVE. IT'S, IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT A VARIANCE. IT WOULD BE, UM, A WAIVER. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MS. ALI. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND BY MS. MEYER. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NOPE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, [6. DRB24-1051, 310 S COCONUT LANE.] UH, D RRB 24 1 0 5 1 3 10 SOUTH COCONUT LANE. THIS APPLICATION IS REQUESTING THE SIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR A TRUE STORY RESIDENCE WITH AN UNDERSTORY, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING RESONANCE. OKAY, SO THIS IS, UH, THE LAST OF THE CONTINUED ITEMS. UM, THE ITEM WAS CONTINUED LAST MONTH. I BELIEVE WE RAN OUT OF TIME ON THIS ONE. UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSAL. UM, SO THE, UM, THE APPLICANT, SO I, I, I GUESS I'LL GIVE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. UM, SO THIS IS A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATED AT THREE 10 SOUTH COCONUT LANE. IT IS AN UNDERSTORY HOME. UM, THE, THE DESIGN OF THE HOME, UH, INCLUDES IS OF A CONTEMPORARY STYLE, AND IT HAS THIS HALF CYLINDRICAL VOLUME ON THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT IS CLAD WITH LIMESTONE, UM, AND ACCENTED WITH SOME LANDSCAPING. UM, STAFF DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE MASS OF THE FRONT LIMESTONE, UH, UM, ELEVATION, AND WE DID RECOMMEND THAT THOSE OPENINGS BE INCREASED IN SIZE TO REDUCE THE MASS OF THE STRUCTURE, UM, AND, AND, UH, AND REDUCE THE, THE IMPOSING NATURE OF THAT STRUCTURE. UM, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT AN UPDATE, UM, UM, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, UH, COMPLIED WITH THOSE CONCERNS. UM, SO THE APPLICANT DID REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, UH, FROM 20, THE HOME FROM 28 FEET, SIX INCHES TO 28 INCH TO 28 FEET. UH, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAD. UM, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UM, WHAT'S WHAT, UH, A CODE AMENDMENT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD FOR THE RS FOUR DISTRICT. UM, AND THEN THE APPLICANT ALSO REDUCED THE VOLUMES OF THE BEAMS ON THE FRONT LIMESTONE CLOUD ELEVATION TO REDUCE THE MASS OF THE STRUCTURE, UH, SO THAT IT MAKES IT LESS IMPOSING, UH, IN NATURE. IT'S MORE OPEN, UH, GREATER VISIBILITY, UM, AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE, OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING, UM, A WAIVER, UH, FOR THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT ON TWO STORY SIDE ELEVATIONS THAT EXCEED 60 FEET IN LENGTH. UM, THEY, UM, THE, THE ELEVATION IS 68 FEET, FOUR INCHES. THEY'RE EXCEEDING THAT BY NINE FEET, TWO AND A HALF INCHES. UM, THE ELEVATION DOES HAVE, UM, UM, AREAS THAT ARE OPENING AND LANDSCAPING, UM, UM, AND IT DOES HAVE THAT OPEN SPACE, BUT IT DOES HAVE A BEAM THAT ENCROACHES INTO THAT OPEN SPACE. SO THEREFORE IT TECHNICALLY DOES NOT COMPLY, UH, WITH THE CODE REQUIREMENT, BUT IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE INTENT. IT DOES PROVIDE MOVEMENT ON THAT FACADE. YOU DON'T HAVE A FLAT, UH, A CONTINUOUS FACADE. SO, SO IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF THAT OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAIVER, UM, AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED, UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, UM, JUST MY EX PARTY QUESTION, ANY DISCLOSURES? NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL SET THE CLOCK AT 10 MINUTES, SIR. UH, GOOD MORNING. JOSE SANCHEZ PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE. I WOULD, UH, EXPAND ON WHAT OR LIO JUST MENTIONED, BUT BRIEFLY, IF WE MAY, THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD IS HERE, MR. PIERRE STI, IF THAT'S, UH, POSSIBLE. YES. WELL, GOOD MORNING, UH, EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING TO THE CITY, UH, TEAM OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. AND, UH, GOOD MORNING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. JUST A QUICK WORDS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TAKE TOO MUCH VALUABLE TIME AWAY FROM THE ARCHITECT THAT I THINK IS VERY TALENTED. I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN, I THINK, SAVING EVERY PENNY FOR THE DAY IN WHICH I WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE AND THE HONOR TO BE SITTING HERE TO PRESENT WHAT IF GOD WILLING, WILL BE ANOTHER 25 YEARS IN THIS LOCATION. UH, I HAVE ASKED THE ARCHITECT TO, UH, BE CREATIVE, [00:45:01] TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME RESPECT, RESPECT STRICTLY THE RULES AND THE REGULATIONS SO THEY COULD APPROVE. I HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS, WHICH I KNOW QUITE WELL BECAUSE I USED TO BE THE PRESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS OF THE STAR PALM AND HIBISCUS SIMON ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE ALL IN FAVOR, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECT PLAN THAT I'M GOING TO LET THE ARCHITECT TALK IN DETAILS AND WHAT THE HOUSES, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY IS DELIGHTED BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. AND I'LL GO DIRECTLY INTO, UH, THE COMMENTS. UH, IF YOU, THE PRESENTATION COULD BE UPLOADED, PLEASE. OKAY. THIS IS, UH, JUST TO REFRESH THE LOCATION ON THE WEST END OF, UH, PALM, UH, FACING, UH, DOWNTOWN MIAMI. AND THIS IS, UH, THE FRONT, UH, FACADE. UH, UH, THE MATERIALS WE COULD COME BACK TO, TO THIS, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND IF, UH, VOLUMETRIC, UH, VIEWS, UH, FROM, FROM THE TOP, UH, WERE REQUESTED PREVIOUSLY TO UNDERSTAND THE VOLUMES OF THE, OF THE HOUSE. AND HERE, UH, YOU, YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UM, BOTTOM, UH, LEFT, THAT'S, UH, WHERE WE WERE ASKING FOR A WAIVER WITHOUT, THERE WAS A DECORATIVE BEAM TYING TOGETHER THE BOTH VOLUMES, BOTH VOLUMES THAT ARE AT THE RIGHT IN THE SETBACK THAT WAS ACTUALLY REMOVED WHEN WE, UH, WE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE PLANS AND IT WAS REMOVED, WE CONSIDERED IT WAS NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. SO, UH, THAT'S NOT RE, UH, A WAIVER REQUESTED. NOW, UM, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, MAIN, UH, COURTYARD AND THE, UH, GEOMETRY OF THE, UM, OF, OF THE PROJECT WITH BASICALLY ONE PRIMARY VOLUME MODIFIED, AND THE REST IS ORTHOGONAL GEOMETRY. SO WE WOULD THINK IT'S, UM, UH, UH, RESPONSE TO THE OWNER'S BRIEF TO PRE-CREATE A PROJECT WITH CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY, BUT NOT WITH A MULTIPLICITY OF, OF CURVES OR, OR ANYTHING THAT'S EXCESSIVE. UM, HERE ON THE NEXT ONE, YOU COULD SEE THE, THE VOLUMES, BUT SEEN AT EYE LEVEL, AND YOU COULD SEE, UH, ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THE, THE VOLUMES THAT ARE AT THE FIRST FLOOR LEVEL ARE, UH, ONLY 30. I THINK IT'S, UM, 30 FEET IN LENGTH. THE VOLUME THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE, TO THE WATER SIDE, IT'S RIGHT ON THE LEFT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THEN ON THE, ON THE, ON THE FRONT, EVERYTHING IS RECESSED. SO IT'S, IT'S ONLY 30 FEET RIGHT AT THE SETBACK OF THE SECOND LEVEL. I MEAN, UNDERSTANDING, IT'S FOR AN UNDERSTORY HOUSE, AND THERE ARE SOME PROJECTIONS, WHICH IS THE, UM, UM, A, A WALL AND A, UH, SEMICIRCULAR STAIR PROJECTING INTO A SETBACK. BUT IN REALITY, YOU COULD DO BY CODE 60 FEET OF TWO STORY WALL WITH ARTICULATION, OF COURSE. BUT WE THINK THAT THIS, UH, SETBACKS HAVE, UH, AN EVEN, UM, MORE, UH, IMPACTING EFFECT ON THE ARTICULATION OR, OR ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE MASSING OF THE, OF THE VOLUMES FOR, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORS. AND, UH, ON THE, UH, OTHER SIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE, IT'S BASICALLY A, A 45 FEET, UH, LENGTH OF TWO STORY WALL. AND THEN THERE'S A ONE OR ONE AND A HALF STORY ENTRY VOLUME. BUT, UH, AGAIN, IN COMPARISON WITH 60 FEET OF LENGTH FOR TWO STORIES, WE THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, DONE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CREATE ENOUGH ARTICULATION WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS. IT'S A NARROW LOAD, 60 FEET IN WIDTH, AND WE COULD, WE COULD NOT CREATE FOUR, UH, STRONG FACADES, SO TO SPEAK. UH, THAT'S THE END ENTRANCE VOLUME WITH, WITH THE SEMICIRCULAR, UH, WALL, UH, WHICH WILL HAVE, UH, UH, PLANTERS AND, AND HANGING VEGETATION OR SOME OF THE VIEWS OF, UH, WHAT THE OWNERS WILL EXPERIENCE. BASICALLY THE, UH, ENTRY COURTYARD, UM, AC ACROSS THE UNDERSTORY. AND YOU COULD SEE, UH, THE MIAMI SKYLINE AT THE END. AND IT'S, UM, ON TOP, UH, A VIEW TOWARDS THE ENTRY AND THE ON THE COURTYARD AND A VIEW OF THE, UH, THE REAR POOL. AND THESE ARE THE, UH, OPENINGS IN THE WALL. YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST COMMENT DURING THE, UM, SUBMITTAL PROCESS, THE, THE ONE ON TOP IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE SUBMITTED. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE SECOND ONE, I THINK IF WE SHOULD NOT BE ADDING TOO MANY OPENINGS BECAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF DILUTES THE IDEA OF THE, OF THE [00:50:01] SOLIDITY OF THE VOLUME. SO I THINK THAT I, I WOULD, I WOULD EVEN HAVE, UH, PROBABLY LESS, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD COMPLY. AND, UH, THIS ALREADY TECHNICAL PLANS, UH, INDICATING THE WAIVER REMOVAL. I MEAN THE, THE FACT THAT THE WAIVER IS NOT REQUIRED. RIGHT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? I SEE NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, GREAT. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC PORTION, OPENING THIS UP TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN? SORRY. OKAY. UM, CONGRATULATIONS PIERRE. UM, AND THANK YOU. I THINK THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU MADE, UH, IT'S SUCH A VAST DIFFERENCE FROM THE OPENINGS. UM, IT LOOKS SO MUCH MORE INVITING AND LESS FORTRESSLIKE NOW, THE OPENING OF THE STAIRS AND THE LARGER OPENINGS IN THE WALL. JUST GREAT CHANGES. IT'S NOT THAT HUGE, BUT IT REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN YOU SHOW US, UM, YOUR PLANS THAT, UM, YOU HAD UP ON THE SCREEN EARLIER WHERE THE TWO VARIANCES ARE THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING YES. OR WAIVERS. AND AGAIN, I, UH, DITTO WHAT WAS JUST SAID. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAN AND MUCH IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. HERE IN THE SITE PLAN, UH, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, UM, THE, THE, THERE WAS A, A BEAM ON THE SOUTH SIDE CONNECTING THE, UH, BOTH VOLUMES, THE ONE ON THE WEST AND THE ONE ON THE EAST. IT WAS JUST A DECORATIVE BEAM, SO IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S ONE ELEMENT. UH, BUT UH, WE FELT THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY AND THAT WAS, UH, REMOVED ALONG WITH AN EYEBROW. SO THERE ARE NO WAIVERS REQUESTED THERE. IT, IT'LL BE MORE OPEN. AND SO AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED? NO, NO, NO WAIVER. IT'S JUST THE APPROVAL FOR THE UNDERSTORY. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. THAT'S ONE. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, IT'S HERE ON THE TOP. UM, WE HAVE, UM, CIRCULAR, UM, PLANE THAT, AND THE, THE POLE WAS, UM, RIGHT INTO THE, INTO THAT PLANE, IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE TOP. 'CAUSE JUST, IT IS, UH, THE AESTHETICS BECAUSE IT, IT LOOKS GOOD, THE, THE CURVE ON THE WATER. BUT THEN, UH, THE, THE POOL COULD NOT PASS THE FIVE FOOT, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR GREEN AREA UNDER THE HOUSE. SO WE JUST REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE POOL. UH, I MEAN, IT WOULD'VE LOOKED BETTER THE OTHER WAY, BUT THERE IS, THERE IS NO, UH, MECHANISM IN THE CODE TO REQUEST THIS WAIVER WE WERE TOLD. SO THAT'S IT. IT WILL BE LIKE THAT WITH A PLANTER. SO WE REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE POOL OR THE POND. IT IS IN THAT AREA, YES. THANK YOU. SURE. SHAUNA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN OR, UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING. I, I DO WANNA SAY CONGRATS. IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS MOVEMENT THAT IS THOUGHT THOUGHTFUL. UM, IT SEEMS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE SPACES, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU AND YOUR CLIENT ARE TRYING TO CURATE. UM, I WAS JUST REVIEWING THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY SUGGESTION AS YOU, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IS WHEN YOU HAVE A SITE LIKE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF THE HOUSE IS ABOUT LOOKING OUT, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE WATER AND, AND TO THE CITY, BUT YOU HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CREATE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE THE LANDSCAPE AND BRING IT IN AND, AND YOU DO HAVE A LANDSCAPE PLAN, AND THERE'S SOME THOUGHT IN THERE, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE INTEGRATED SO MUCH MORE INTO THE SPACES OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU'RE CREATING OR THE SPACES, UM, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, JUST, JUST OCCUPYING IT AT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, REALLY. UM, BUT I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR WITH THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE DESIGN. AND I AGREE, THE OPENINGS AND THE, THE OTHERWISE LARGE MONOLITHIC, YOU KNOW, CURVED WALL, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THAT LANDSCAPE. MY OTHER COMMENT, WHICH IS NOT PARTICULAR TO YOU, BUT, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS SITES IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE ADDING A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY INTO THIS ISLAND IS, AND, AND I, THERE ARE ULI, THERE IS ULI. UM, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE LOUVERS OVER THE WINDOWS ARE MADE OUT OF. I'M ASSUMING JUST STEEL, BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS STILL JUST PAINTED STUCCO. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NORTH ELEVATION. UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A CITY AND A CULTURE, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD EMBRACE MATERIALITY SO MUCH [00:55:01] MORE. SO THAT'S JUST MY, UH, MY PLEA TO YOU GUYS. . THANK YOU. YES. THE LANDSCAPING, AND PERHAPS PERHAPS WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, INTO WITH MORE DETAIL WITH THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GROWN INTO THE WALL AND, AND, UH, IT'S VERY INTEGRATED AND, AND IT, IT FEELS VERY TROPICAL. SO WE, WE WILL WORK ON THAT. AND THE MATERIAL FOR A LURE, UH, I THINK, AND PERHAPS IT'S NOT SPECIFIED, BUT IT SHOULD BE, UH, A ALUMINUM WITH, UH, UH, UH, WOOD SIMULATION NOWADAYS, YOU CAN GET A VERY GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT AND CAN, UH, WITH TURN THE TEST OF TIME IN THE WEATHERING. UM, LAURA, DID, YOU KNOW, UM, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT, BUT I MEAN, I WAS JUST COMPARING AGAINST THE, THE NOVEMBER PRESENTATION AND THE, THE CHANGES WELL SETTLED REALLY DO I THINK HELP. AND THANK YOU FOR, I THINK THE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I HAD LAST TIME WAS TO JUST SEE SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CURVED ANGLE, AND THAT WAS HELPFUL TOO, TO UNDERSTAND FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR INCLUDING THOSE AS WELL. THANK, UM, I ALSO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD MOVE IF YOU CAN AVOID A WAIVER OR A VARIANCE TO DO IT. SO THAT JUST MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER. UM, I ALSO REALLY LIKE IT, THERE'S SO MANY VERY BOXY HOME DESIGNS THAT WE SEE, AND IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN, YOU KNOW, AN ARCHITECT IS ABLE TO INCORPORATE A CURVE IN A WAY TO OFFSET THAT BOXINESS. MY COMMENT SORT OF PIGGYBACKS A LITTLE BIT ON ONE OF SHAUNA'S COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, SORT OF INTENTIONALITY AND THE OVERALL COMPOSITION. AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S CERTAINLY, WHEN I SAW THE FIRST VERSION, I WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT INITIAL CURVING SCREEN. UM, AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE LIGHTENED IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT MY CONCERN WITH IT REALLY WAS MORE, AND I, I WANNA BRING UP A PICTURE THAT, THAT SHOWS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LANDSCAPING, WHICH JUST SORT OF SHOWS. MAYBE IF YOU COULD BRING UP SLIDE 23. OKAY. IN THE PRESENTATION. WHAT, WHAT IS IT? UH, 23? IS IT, UH, IT'S OF THE 3D VOLUMES? NO, IT'S OH, THE THREE VOLUMES, YES. YEAH, THAT SORT OF SHOWS IT. UM, MY CONCERN WITH THE, THE PUNCH OUTS IS, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, AND I THINK AGAIN, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING. I WANNA FEEL LIKE THAT INITIAL STRUCTURE, UM, OR SCREEN, THAT THERE'S A RHYTHM TO IT RIGHT NOW. IT HAS A FEEL WHERE IT'S ALMOST LIKE THESE VOLUMES ARE JUST PUNCHED OUT ALMOST ARBITRARILY. AND I THINK THAT IT IS AN INTERESTING DESIGN FEATURE. I, I SHOULD ALSO SAY TOO, YOU KNOW, I WENT AND I LOOKED AT THE SITE, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY SHOW IT VERY WELL IN, IN THE PHOTOS AND THE TRANSLATION, BUT THIS IS A VERY COMPACT STREET SCAPE. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE. THE ROAD CAN BARELY HOLD, YOU KNOW, TWO CARS PASSING. UM, AND THE PROPERTIES ARE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER. SO THIS BUILDING IS DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE A PRESENCE, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA HAVE. UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, I REALLY WANT, SO WHEREAS WITH MAYBE A PROPERTY THAT WAS DEEPER, IF THE, THIS CURVED STRUCTURE AT THE VERY FRONT WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH OF AN IMPACT, BUT IN THIS CONTEXT, IT REALLY WILL. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS DONE WITH, THAT IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE RHYTHM AND THE OF THE OVERALL STRUCTURE, AND THAT ALL THE PARTS ARE INTEGRATED IN A HARMONIOUS WAY. UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE A ALIGNING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SQUARES WITH ONE ANOTHER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY INTENTION, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS, IT, IT WAS HELPFUL. I LIKE HOW YOU OPENED UP THE AREA NEXT TO THE, OR AROUND THE STAIRWELL, AND ALSO THAT WINDOW ADJACENT TO IT. YOU MADE IT BIGGER. AND I THINK THAT WAS NICE. BUT THERE, I THINK THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF FINESSING FOR THE FRONT SCREENING. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST THROWING SOME, YOU'RE JUST THROWING AN OPENING TO HAVE AN OPENING AND THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN SOME GREEN TO HAVE SOME GREEN. AND THAT'S WHAT IT, THAT'S HOW IT GOES. BACK TO SHAUNA'S COMMENT ABOUT INTEGRATING THE LANDSCAPE THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE REALLY INTERESTING DETAILS AND IDEAS. AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT, IT EXPRESSED A BIT MORE COHESION THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE WITH THE, WITH THE LOUVERS AS WELL, IT, THERE, THEY JUST SEEM TO BE APPLIED, UM, AS OPPOSED TO INTEGRATED. AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE IN YOUR DRAWINGS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALSO A PATTERN WITH THE LOUVERS ON THAT, [01:00:01] ON THE, THE FRONT ELEVATION. IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO, I GUESS, OH YEAH, YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THERE, BUT I'M ASSUMING ON THE RENDERINGS YOU DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH BECAUSE OF THE SHADING AND IT'S VERY DARK. THOSE WERE JUST, THOSE WERE JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAD. AND THEN LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION TOO. AGAIN, WITH THE FRONT SCREENING, THERE ARE ONES THAT ARE COMPLETELY OPEN AND THERE ARE JUST ONES THAT ARE RECESSED. WAS THAT JUST A GESTURE TO OPEN IT UP OR TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE RHYTHM? UH, OKAY. YES. I, I AGREE. THE, THE PATTERN OF THE OPENINGS, I SEE SOME SYMMETRY THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN THERE, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE RANDOM. I, I CAN WORK ON THAT. UH, OF COURSE, UH, THE, UM, OPENINGS THAT ARE CLOSED IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PROGRAM BEHIND, SO IT'S, YOU JUST RECESS, UH, A LAYER TO PUT A PLANTER, BUT IT COULD, IT COULD NOT BE COMPLETELY OPEN. THAT'S, THAT'S THE GARAGE AND STORAGE. SO IT'S A, A COMBINATION. THE, THE VOLUME STARTS AT 47 FEET FROM THE STREET. SO I, I, IT'S, IT IS REALLY TIGHT. MM-HMM . I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE LOOK AT THAT AND TRY TO SET IT, UH, AS FAR BEHIND AS POSSIBLE, AND YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL HEIGHTS AND PLANES. SO WE, WITHIN THE, THE CONDITION THAT, THAT WE FOUND, I THINK WE, WE, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE IT, IT IS VERY TIGHT. UM, WELL, AND I, I THINK THAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OPENING. THERE IS A CERTAIN, I MEAN, YOU CLEARLY, YOU'RE PLAYING WITH VOLUMES AND LIGHTNESS AND, AND I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DI NOT ALL, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF PROPERTIES ARE LIKE THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MUSHED UP SO CLOSE TO THE STREET. SO I, I, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG AND, AND JUST WANNA HELP, YOU KNOW, FINESSE IT TO BE EVEN MORE. MM-HMM. IMPRESSIVE. YOU KNOW, AN IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURE THAT I KNOW YOU WANNA CREATE. MAYBE THIS PICTURE, THE PICTURE FROM ON THIS ONE? NO, YEAH, NO, THE OTHER ONE. YEAH, WE, EXACTLY. YES. UM, WELL, YEAH, THERE, WHEN YOU SEE IT WITHIN THE, WITH THE LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S JUST THE, THE, THE VOLUMES. BUT IN, BUT IN REALITY, IT WILL HAVE, UM, LOTS OF PLANS. IT WILL HAVE LOTS OF PLANS. BUT YES, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THE PATTERNS, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THE, UM, LET ME ASK YOU, BEFORE YOU WORK ON THOSE PATTERNS, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU REFERRING SARAH TO THE, I GUESS IT'S THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDES, THE SIDES OF THE HOME? NO, I'M REFERRING TO THE PATTERN THAT HE PUT IN, IN THIS CURVED SCREEN. OKAY. WHERE THE CUTOUTS, THE SQUARES, AND THE RECTANGLES JUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT ARBITRARY AS OPPOSED TO INTENTIONAL. AND THERE'S NOT A CLEAR RHYTHM AS YOU GO ACROSS THE SCREEN. THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE DOMINANT FEATURES ON THE STREET, AND IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IS BEHIND THOSE OPENINGS OR THOSE WINDOWS. ON THE UPPER LEVEL, THERE'S A, A TERRACE FOR, FOR TWO BEDROOMS OR STUDY. AND AT THE LOWER LEVEL, UH, THERE IS, UH, STORAGE AND GARAGE. UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT IS BASICALLY, UH, LIKE A CORE AREA, WHICH IS THE ACCESS TO THE GARAGE. BUT THE, THE, THE INTENTION WAS TO DO THEM RANDOM AND BECAUSE MM-HMM . IT, SINCE IT'S GOING TO HAVE PLANS, WE, IT, WE, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE NATURE, MORE, MORE RANDOM. UH, BUT PERHAPS IT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. AND YEAH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE FORMS ARE SO GEO STRICTLY GEOMETRIC, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY REFERENCE NATURE. IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID WANNA DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MORE NATURAL FOR THAT, THEN MAKE THE FORMS FEEL MORE ORGANIC. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE VERY, THEY'RE VERY GEOMETRIC. SO I, I THINK IT'S WORKING. YOUR IDEAS ARE WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER. YES. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I, I, I MEANT TO SAY PROBABLY TROPICAL BECAUSE THERE'S THIS, UM, DEPTH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE SHADING, UM, AND, AND WITH THE PLANTS. UM, BUT I WOULD NOT, I WOULD THINK THE INTENTION SHOULD NOT BE TO PROVIDE REGULAR OPENINGS IN, RIGHT. MY OPINION, IT SHOULD BE RANDOM. IT'S THAT, THAT CONTRAST BETWEEN, SO IF YOU WERE, THERE'S A NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE, ABOVE THE RECTANGULAR WINDOW NEXT TO THE TERRACE. UHHUH. , IS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS YOU'RE REFERRING TO, SARAH? AND THEN THE TWO LOWER OPENINGS THAT ARE APPEAR TO BE NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHERE THERE'S A FOUR AND A ONE. THAT'S THE SIDE I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AREA WHERE THERE'S A STAIR. YEAH, IT'S THE OTHER, THE ONE IS THE RECTANGULAR, YEAH, THE OPENING OR WINDOW. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, WHICH [01:05:01] ONE? I, YEAH, IT'S THAT SECTION. YOU KNOW, WHAT MAYBE COULD YOU BRING UP, IF THERE'S ANOTHER DRAWING THAT JUST SHOWS ON, ON 28 THAT SHOWS IT WITHOUT THE TREES, AND THAT MIGHT BE MM-HMM . AN EASIER WAY TO, AND THAT'S ALSO A HEAD ON VIEW, I GUESS YOU CAN SEE IT THERE EVEN IS THIS NUMBER 28? 28 IS THE CONTEXTUAL, UH, THE CONTEXT ONE. UM, I, IS IT IN MY PRESENTA? I THINK IT'S IN THE FULL PACKAGE, RIGHT? OH, WAIT, THERE, YOU JUST PASSED IT. OH, THERE. OKAY. OKAY. GO BACK. GO BACK. ONE MORE. NO, ONE MORE. GO BACK. SORRY, I KEEP GOING BACK. YEAH, IT'S AFTER, IT'S BEFORE THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY. THIS ONE. THAT'S THE SIDE, THOSE ARE THE SIDES. OH, THEN MAYBE, MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT, NO, I FEEL LIKE THIS WAS JUST FROM THE SIDE THAT, OH, THAT, THAT , I MEAN, I HAVE IT BLOWN UP ON MY SCREEN, SO I CAN SEE IT BETTER. BUT IT'S THAT PATTERN IN THE SCREENING THAT I THINK IF IT HAD, IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OF THE, THE OTHER VOLUMES OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF MOVING THINGS A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT OR A LITTLE BIT TO THE RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, SMALL TWEAKS. BUT YOU SEE THAT'S THE MAIN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE. IT'S ALSO HIGH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE WELL, YEAH, IN THIS DRAWING, IT'S VERY ABSTRACT. IT'S MM-HMM . I, I GUESS FOR COMPARISON, IT'S A REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE, THERE MAY BE A, A DIFFERENT, UH, DEPTH FROM, FROM YOU. AND WITH PLANTS, SOME OF THESE HOUSES YOU CANNOT EVEN SEE THEM. BUT IT DOES DO A GOOD JOB OF SHOWING THE LINES AND, AND, AND SORT OF THE BUSINESS AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT LINES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. YES. I'M JUST WITHOUT THE LANDSCAPING THOUGH. AND I THINK ONCE YOU ADD THE LANDSCAPING, YOU WON'T BE, THEY WILL NOT BE AS VISIBLE. OH, OH, RIGHT THERE. I WAS TRYING TO, UH, FIND THE CONTEXT OF, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE EXACT OPENINGS YOU'RE REFERRING TO. AND I GUESS THEY'RE, TO THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO REFER TO THEM, THEY'RE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TERRACE OPENING THAT THE ROUND TERRACE OPENING, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING THE SCREEN? IT'S THE ROUND SCREENING, YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE REALLY UNDERSTORY HOUSES AND MM-HMM . THEY'RE NOT SET, SET BACK AT 47 FEET, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ONE ON TOP RIGHT. AND TOP LEFT. SO I THINK, I MEAN, THE, THE HOUSE IS HIGH, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE LESS IMPOSING THAN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. YEAH. I PERSONALLY, I, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES AND, AND, AND DESIGNS IN OUR HEADS, BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT NOT BEING, UM, ORGANIZED IN, IN THEIR PATTERN. UM, I LIKE HOW IT LOOKS. AND I, I THINK EVEN WITH THE LANDSCAPING, IT'LL MAYBE BE LESS PRONOUNCED, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . TO ADDRESS MORE OF THE CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE. WELL, THERE'S ALSO A GOOD DESIGN PRINCIPLE WHERE YOU CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT'S WELL DESIGNED, AND THE LANDSCAPING IS JUST THE EXTRA, AS OPPOSED TO DESIGNING WITH LANDSCAPING AS THE MAJOR FEATURE. BECAUSE PLANTS DIE, PEOPLE WANT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY CHANGE THEM, AND THEY'RE SOMETIMES NOT AS TALL AS OTHERS, BUT EVEN WITHOUT THE LANDSCAPING, I FIND IT TO BE, OKAY. WELL, AND THESE AREN'T MAJOR DESIGN CHANGES. I MEAN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE SMALL TWEAKS. THIS IS NOT GONNA DELAY THIS PROJECT EXTENSIVELY, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL WANT TO WORK SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S ICONIC ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I, I DON'T LIKE COMPARISON, BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, A HOUSE ON 300 PALM AVENUE, WHICH IS THE ONE RIGHT BEHIND. AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, I KIND OF LIKE THE LOOK, AND I KNOW WE SPEND ALMOST ONE YEAR TOGETHER WITH THE ARCHITECT, BECAUSE THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE SOME OF AN OUT FORM. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO YOU IS THAT IT DOESN'T FLOW IN MM-HMM . IT WAS KINDA ALMOST INTENTIONAL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THAT IT'S KIND OF A, AN ABSTRACT FORM. AND YET BECAUSE OF THE LANDSCAPE, IT'S INTEGRATED AND, AND, UH, OF COURSE, WE'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK THE NEIGHBORS AROUND, I THINK WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE BRINGING TO THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING, UH, I, I, I, I, I, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST SO DIFFERENT. IT'S LIKE THERE IS A, THERE IS AN INSPIRATION BEHIND IT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GO FROM THERE, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THE SAME TIME WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. . YEAH. NO, I, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT WE'RE MORE IN AGREEMENT THAN, YOU KNOW, YOU REALIZE, BUT IN, BECAUSE TWO, WE WANNA CREATE BEAUTIFUL LANDMARKS AND STRUCTURES THAT MAKE OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY PROUD. SO, [01:10:01] AND I, AND I WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU AS THE CREATIVE, YOU KNOW, REALIZE THE VISION THAT YOU'VE HAD, AND YOU, THE OWNER, BE VERY PROUD OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT YOU'VE CREATED AND GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S JUST A FEW LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE, THAT REALLY WILL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THOSE ARE, THAT, THAT'S MY SUGGESTIONS. LET ME, A, THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD TOO. IN THOSE RECESSES ON THE LOWEST AREA, IT, WHAT MATERIAL ARE YOU USING? TH THERE, THERE WAS A, THERE, THERE ONES, THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE BROWN. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, YEAH. AND IS THAT THE SAME, THE ALUMINUM FROM THE, THE LOUVERS, THE, THE LOWER VOLUME, IT'S ALL STONE AND GOES RIGHT INSIDE INTO THE HOUSE. AND THE, THE UPPER VOLUMES, IT'S, IT'S, UH, LOWERS. IT'S ALL, I GUESS, ALUMINUM LOWERS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD BE THE DRAWINGS. WE, WE HAVE SOME, SO YOU KNOW WHAT? I WONDER IF IT'S, IT'S JUST COMING IN THE RENDERINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING TEXTURED, BUT ALL OF THE, THEY'RE ALL OPEN THERE, THERE ARE SOME WALLS IN THE FRONT ELEVATION, LIKE ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, PROMA PANELS, WOOD PANELS, UM, OH, WOOD PANELS. YEAH. IT, IT'S, SO BETWEEN THE WOOD PANELS IN THE SAME COLOR AS THE LURES, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE, UH, BRONZE OF THE ALUMINUM WINDOWS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALL IN THE SAME. OKAY. THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT IT WASN'T GONNA BE A DI ANOTHER MATERIAL OR ELEMENT, THAT IT WAS JUST GONNA BE THE SAME. SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE THE STUCCO, THE OO LIGHT AND THE DARK ALUMINUM LEVERS. YES. THAT WILL LOOK LIKE WOOD. IT'S, IT'S, IT LOOKS KIND OF DARK IN THE REINDEER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WOOD, BUT IT WILL NOT FADE AWAY. AND, AND IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME COLOR AS THE SAME COLOR. YES. SO THE, THE OUTER FRAME IS A, THE, THE CONTRASTING CONTAINER. AND THEN EVERYTHING INSIDE IS IN A DARKER COLOR. IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE A BETTER IMAGE OF THAT, OR NO? UH, LET CHECK. WELL, THIS A LIKE A PARTIAL, BUT IT'S A LITTLE, NO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN, IN COLOR LIKE THAT. I GUESS ON THE MATERIALS BOARD, I THINK THERE IS A, YEAH, THAT, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT THAT, THAT, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. AND THAT'S WHY, SO IT'S GONNA, BECAUSE IN, IN THIS RENDERING, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A DIFFERENT SHADE THAN THE LOUVERS, BUT IT COULD JUST BE THE SHADING FROM THE RENDERING. UH, YES. UH, AND I THINK IT, EVERYTHING IS IN, IN SHADE THERE. AND IT LOOKS DARKER IN THIS LIGHTING. YES. BECAUSE THE, THE SUN IS IN THE FRONT. YEAH. MY COMMENT WOULD JUST BE, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING ON THAT VIEW TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE IT TO BE SIMILAR AGAIN, TO ADD TO THE COHESION OF THE WHOLE MM-HMM . UM, JUST TO MAKE IT THE SAME COLOR. NOT TO ADD SOMETHING IN ADDITION, BUT, YOU KNOW, BLEND. OKAY. I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. AND YOU KNOW, I ABOUT ALSO THE OPENING, SO WE WILL TRY TO IMPROVE THAT. THIS INTRODUCING THIS GEOMETRY AND A TIGHT, UH, SITE. IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING. AND, AND, UM, BUT YEAH. AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST. MM-HMM . WELL, AND I LIKE THE CONCEPT TOO, OF HAVING THIS OPEN TERRACE AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WITH THIS INTERESTING ARCHITECTURAL SCREEN. LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. IT'S NICE. ALSO BRING LIKE THE COMMUNITY FEELING. YEAH. WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT HOUSES. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD ASKED YOU. I, OH, CAN YOU GET ON THE MICROPHONE? IT'S INVITING. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S WHAT I HAD ASKED, UH, THE ARCHITECT, AND THAT'S WHY I SELECTED HIM, BECAUSE I LOOK AT A LOT OF ARCHITECTS, SOME OF THEM VERY WELL KNOWN, BUT I FELT I HAD IN BOX, IT'S BOX. SO IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY FEELING. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU BELONG. IT'S JUST LIKE YOU ARE WITHIN YOUR OWN SPHERE. AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE, THE, THE, THE ENTRANCE, BECAUSE ARCHITECTURAL WISE, IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF ART, IN MY OPINION. I'M SAYING IT'S LIKE, WOW. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS THAT WARM FEELING INTO ITS TERRACE WHERE THERE, THERE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COMMUNICATE MM-HMM . I ALWAYS SAY HELLO TO MY NEIGHBORS. AND ALWAYS WHEN I SAY HELLO TO MY NEIGHBORS, I REALIZE THAT THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SAY HELLO. LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO HAVE IN, IN, IN, IN EUROPE WHERE THERE'S A COURTYARD. SO THAT'S WHAT THE FEELING TOO, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S NOT JUST, I AM BY MYSELF, BELONG WITH A COMMUNITY. YEAH. THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE FIELD WE TRY TO GET. HAVE YOU SHOWN THE DESIGN TO THE NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST? YES. I'VE, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST. SHE WAS IN EUROPE FOR A FEW MONTH, [01:15:01] AND THEN I TALK, I TALKED TO HER AND WE COULDN'T GET PHYSICALLY TOGETHER, BUT, UH, BUT SHE, YEAH, AS FAR AS I'M UNDERSTANDING, SHE'S IN FAVOR. I TALK ALSO TO ALL MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, AND, UH, THEY ALL LOVE IT. THEY, THEY ALL FOR IT. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE PICTURE OF WHERE I CURRENTLY LIVE. IT'S LIKE I WAS SAYING, IT'S, UH, VERY DIFFERENT. SO, SO YEAH. I, I THINK THEY ARE ALL, THEY'RE ALL FOR IT. NICE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? RECOMMENDATIONS? DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I ADD THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THE, OKAY. DO YOU WANNA PUT IT IN YOUR WORDS OR, I MEAN, I COULD DO THAT. I COULD SAY TO, UM, WORK WITH THE STAFF TO REFINE THE FRONT SCREENING STRUCTURE SO THAT IT, IT HAS A RHYTHM AND IS INTEGRATED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE ENTIRE FACADE LETTER. DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT? AND DID YOU WANNA ALSO ADD THE STUFF ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING OR, I THINK, YEAH, AS A FRIENDLY, UM, AMENDMENT, JUST AS YOU'RE REVIEWING SORT OF OPENINGS, UH, YOU COULD ALSO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPE AND SEE IF THERE'S WAYS TO FOCUS OR INTEGRATE THE LANDSCAPE MORE WITH THE INTERIOR SPACES. SORRY, I, THERE'S ONE COMMENT THAT RELATES TO THIS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION. IN THE REAR, YOU ALSO HAVE A PUNCH OUT WITH SOME GREEN, AND I WAS GONNA SAY, THAT DOESN'T SEEM, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL JUST WITHOUT THE PUNCH OUT THAT IT WOULD JUST, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE REAR IS VERY MINIMAL MM-HMM . AND, AND, AND I WANNA, AND I THINK HAVING THAT DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YES, YES. IT, IT, IT INTERRUPTS THAT. THE, THAT IT'S VERY CLEAN. OKAY. SO IT CAN, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, CAN WE SEE THAT SCREEN? MM-HMM . THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO? UH, ON THE LEFT AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE SOME OPENINGS THERE. NOT, NOT TOO MANY, BECAUSE WE HAVE PULL EQUIPMENT BEHIND, BUT, RIGHT. UH, OH, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER VIEW. JUST, OH, NO, THAT, YEAH, THAT, OH, THAT ONE SHOWED, THAT ONE SHOWED, UM, THIS ONE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT HAS IT IN THE WHAT? THAT COLUMN THERE WITH THE ONE THAT YOU SEEMS THAT ONE, WHAT IS BEHIND THAT SCREEN? YEAH, THIS, RIGHT. UH, BEHIND, THERE'S JUST THE GUARDING AND PULL EQUIPMENT ON ON, OKAY. ON A PLATFORM. I THINK YOU CAN SEE THERE. YEAH. IN THE BOTTOM. OH, YEAH. OH, I SEE. IT WAS TOO TIGHT TO THE FRONT. YOU DON'T EVEN ANY, YEAH, I THINK IT TIES IT IN WITH THE FRONT, UM, DESIGN TIE. YEAH. WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE. OKAY. WHATEVER. I THINK IT'S UNNECESSARY, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT THE HELL I'M GONNA DIE ON. YES, SIR. UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH, UH, TWO FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS. ONE WHERE YOU REVIEW THE LANDSCAPE AND INTEGRATE, UM, THE, THE SPACES OF THE LANDSCAPE TO THE INTERIOR SPACES, UM, WHERE POSSIBLE. AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT I THINK THE CURVED ELEMENTS WHERE THERE'S THE APERTURES AND DEFINING THAT RHYTHM AND LANGUAGE THAT TIES IT TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE. UH, TELL ME IF I'M GETTING THIS WRONG, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT IT. IT, IF IT IS RANDOM, I THINK IT PER THE COMMENTS EARLIER, THERE'S SO MUCH OF THE HOUSE THAT'S NOT RANDOM. SO JUST LIKE, WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND MAKING THOSE CURVED ELEMENTS, UM, TIE TOGETHER. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? JUST CAN ONE CLARIFICATION. SO YOU ARE WITHDRAWING THE, THE REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER FOR THE, UH, CORRECT. FOR THE OPEN SPACE. SO ANOTHER AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE WAIVER FROM THE, YEAH. AND IT'S JUST APPROVAL OF AN UNDERSTORY. DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY, OH, SORRY. DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT, THAT WE APPROVE THE REMOVAL OR APPROVE WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE REQUESTED WAIVER? YES. OKAY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, I SECOND. SECOND. I, OKAY. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. APPRECIATE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR NEW APPLICATIONS. [7. DRB23-0975, 2344 NORTH BAY ROAD.] UH, DRB 23 0 9 75 23 44 [01:20:01] NORTH BAY ROAD. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORE EDITION AND A SECOND FLOOR EDITION TO AN EXISTING TWO-STORY HOME, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS AND A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED SIDE SETBACK. OKAY, SO THIS IS, UH, AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING HOME. THE HOME WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2000, UH, IN A, IN A MEDITERRANEAN, UM, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE. UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, IN THE PLAN SUBMITTED, THE APPLICANT SHOWED TWO ADDITIONS. UM, THE FIRST OF THOSE ADDITIONS, UM, WAS CITED ALONG THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FRONT FACADE OF THE RESIDENCE. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER SEEKING TO DO THAT ADDITION. UM, SO THAT IS BEING REMOVED FROM THE APPLICATION. UM, SO THAT LEAVE IS ANOTHER, UH, ADDITION THAT IS ON THE, UM, ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, ON THE, ON THE, UM, SOUTH ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY. AND, UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING A, UH, UH, A, A SECOND STORY ADDITION TO AN EXISTING ONE STORY EXTENSION THAT HAPPENS AT THE FRONT OF THE, OF THE, OF THE HOME. UM, THE, THE EXTENSION WOULD REQUIRE A WAIVER, UM, SORRY, WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE, UM, TO REMOVE, TO REDUCE THE INTERIOR SIDE YARD SETBACK. THE INTERIOR SIDE YARDS HAVE BEEN INCREASED SINCE THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED. UH, SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO FOLLOW THE EXISTING, UH, CONSTRUCTED, UH, SETBACK LINES FOR THIS TWO STORY ADDITION. UM, SO THE, THE, UH, CURRENT REQUIRED SETBACK IS 15 FEET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UH, THAT THE ADDITION BE CONSTRUCTED AT SEVEN FEET, FIVE INCHES FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. UM, THE STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE VARIANCE, UM, GIVEN THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED UNDER A PRIOR CODE. IT IS A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY. UM, AND, AND FOLLOWING THAT LINE DOES MAKE SENSE WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOME. UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A WAIVER OF THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR TWO STORY VOLUMES THAT EXCEED, UH, 60 FEET. UM, SO THIS, THIS, UH, THIS VOLUME WOULD EXCEED THAT, THAT DISTANCE STAFF, UH, IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAIVER. THE HOME IS THERE. UM, THE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY TO ADD THAT OPEN SPACE AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, STAFF DOES FEEL THAT, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT CAN IMPROVE THE, THE, UH, THE CONDITIONS OF THAT, THAT EXPANSE, UH, USING VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. UM, STAFF SUGGESTS THAT IT COULD BE, UM, EITHER RECESS PLANES OR WALL PLANES, NICHES, OR OTHER ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS, MAYBE FALSE WINDOWS, OR MAYBE EVEN SOME SCORE LINES, SOMETHING TO BREAK UP THAT FACADE. IT IS THERE, IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH IT. UM, BUT MAYBE SOMEHOW THAT COULD BE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES CREATE A, A CONDITION WHERE YOU HAVE A LONG EXPANSE OF A BLANK WALL ON, ON THAT ELEVATION. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT IS THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO WORK WITH. UM, WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE, UH, THAT THE VARIANCE BE APPROVED AND THAT THE WAIVER BE APPROVED, UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDER. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MATT, BEFORE WE START, TWO THINGS. ONE, ANY EX PARTY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, UH, TO BE DISCLOSED AT THIS TIME? NOPE. NO. AND THEN, MATT, I THINK MO SOME OF YOUR FOLKS CAME IN LATE AND NEED TO BE SWORN IN. PLEASE DO SO. THOSE THAT HAVEN'T PREVIOUSLY, UH, BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SET THE CLOCK AT 10 MINUTES. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU DO YOUR PRESENTATION, CAN YOU JUST POINT OUT TO THE VARIANCE IN THE WAIVER THAT ROGELIO WAS MENTIONING, THAT IS PART OF YOUR APPLICATION. THANK YOU. WILL DO. GOOD MORNING. MATT AMSTER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BURKE. HOW DEL FERNANDEZ, LARKIN AND EZ OFFICE IS AT 200 SOUTH PISCA BOULEVARD IN MIAMI HERE TODAY, REPRESENTING 2344, UH, IRREVOCABLE TRUST. UM, FROM THE TRUST WE HAVE, UH, FRED CARLTON SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW, UM, WITH ME, THE DESIGN ARCHITECT, UH, JOSE LOBO. HE IS, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, RODOLFO ZEMA. AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, ROBERT ALVAREZ, UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY. UH, THESE OWNERS HAVE BEEN HERE, UH, IN THIS HOUSE FOR 20 YEARS, AND ALL THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO, TO MEET THEIR GROWING NEEDS IS A VERY MINOR, MODEST ADDITION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. UM, IT, UH, THIS IS ONLY ON THE SECOND FLOOR. IT IS FOLLOWING THE EXISTING BUILDING LINE. UH, AND WE'RE NOT ADDING TO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOME, UH, IN, IN FACT, UM, I THINK QUITE BEAUTIFULLY INTEGRATING. WE'RE COMPLETING THE HOME DESIGN, UH, AS IT FACES THE FRONT FACADE. UM, IF YOU CALL UP OUR PRESENTATION, PLEASE. THANK YOU. UH, THERE'S A HOME, AS ROGELIO MENTIONED, JUST ON THE LEFT IS THE, THE AREA THAT WE'RE ADDING [01:25:01] THAT MINOR ADDITION ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, THERE HAD BEEN, BUT IT'S BASICALLY FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PUR PURPOSES ONLY. THE, ANOTHER ADDITION AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE RECESSED PORTION IN THE COURTYARD, THAT'S NOT BEING, UM, CARRIED FORWARD AT THIS TIME. SO WE'RE ONLY HERE TODAY FOR, UH, THIS, UH, THE FRONT LEFT PORTION AT THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, WE'LL GET IN. OH, WAIT, SO IS THAT ON THERE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING? Y YEAH, JUST THE, THE TIMING OF, UH, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE A, A PICTURE SHOWING THE FRONT. SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S BASICALLY MIMICKING THE SAME DESIGN AS IS THERE TODAY, BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT FRONT TWO STORY EDITION. THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY WAIVER OR VARIANCE AT ALL. UH, THE, SO THE ONLY PURPOSE FOR THE APPLICATION IS FOR THIS SECOND FLOOR ADDITION, WHICH IS THE TOP LEFT THERE. YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE WINDOW ABOVE THE DOOR. THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY, YOU'LL SEE THIS IN MORE IMAGES. OKAY. WE'LL MAKE IT CLEAR, BUT JUST WANTED TO FOCUS THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS APPLICATION FOR TODAY. UH, NEXT SLIDE. JUST TO GIVE YOU, UH, THE LAY OF THE LAND, UH, AND IN FACT, BEST TO LOOK AT THE ONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UM, THE APPLICANT PERSONALLY, WHEN DOOR TO DOOR TO SPEAK TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS, YOU HAVE A HANDOUT OF FOUR LETTERS OF SUPPORT. THIS IS FROM THE HOME ON THE RIGHT, UM, OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE SOUTH NEIGHBOR, THE ONE THAT IMMEDIATELY ABUTS WHERE THIS ADDITION IS BEING PLACED. AND THEN THE THREE HOMES ACROSS THE STREET, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE OTHER ONES THAT WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO VIEW THIS MINOR ADDITION. UH, ALL OF THEM ARE SUPPORTIVE, UH, OF OUR BOTH APPLICATION AND OUR WAIVER AND VARIANCE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. JUST SOME CURRENT IMAGES, UH, TO HELP YOU OUT ON, ON THE LEFT SIDE, IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S THE FRONT FACADE AS IT IS TODAY. AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS SMALL ONE STORY EDITION THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT A, UH, A MINOR EDITION ON TOP. AND THAT'S REALLY THE SCOPE OF OUR APPLICATION. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOSE. HI, GOOD MORNING MEMBERS. SO THE BOARD, MY NAME IS JOSE LOBO FROM, SO DESIGN STUDIO FOR 1 0 8 SOUTHEAST EIGHTH AVENUE, FORT LAUDERDALE. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, THE NATURE OF, WELL, NOT THE NATURE, BUT THE ELEMENTS OF MEDI, UH, OF, UH, SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN, UH, ARCHITECTURE THAT, UM, THAT SIGNIFY THIS HOME. UM, ONE IS THE, THE TOWER, WHICH MAKES THE ARRIVAL OF THE HOME. THEN WE HAVE A COURTYARDS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE VERY PROMINENT IN THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE. UH, WE HAVE A FRONT AMENITY, A COI POND IN, IN THIS HOME. AND THEN, UM, WE, WE NOT, UH, WE NOTICED HOW THAT EMBRACED THE, THE FRONT EN ENCLOSURE. AND THEN, UH, WE ARE RESPECTFUL OF, OF THE ASYMMETRY THAT MAKES THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE. AND, UH, ALSO, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE MULTIPLE VOLUMES AND, AND THEIR DIFFERENT HEIGHTS. AND, UM, THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW WE PROPOSED THE HEIGHT OF THIS ELEMENT. UH, ON THE, THAT YOU SEE ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM PICTURE, IT'S, UM, IT'S ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE. AND, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY JUST COMPLETING THIS FRONT CORD THAT, UH, THAT MAKES, MAKES UP THE HOME. AND, UM, AND BY, UM, AND YOU KIND OF SEE THE ASYMETRY OF THE OPENINGS. UH, WE HAVE PLACED OPENINGS ON IN THE FRONT, THE SIDES OF THE, OF THE SECOND STORY VOLUME. AND, UM, UH, WRAPPING THE CORNER, JUST SORT OF LIKE GOING INTO THAT VERY LUSH, UH, SPACE THAT MAKES UP THE, UH, THE SPACE, THE SETBACKS BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES. UH, HERE'S, UH, SOME, UH, SOME MORE TECHNICAL, UH, DRAWINGS OF, UH, OF THE ADDITION HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW, UH, THE HOUSE ON THE, OR THE EXISTING HOUSE, UH, SEEMS INCOMPLETE AT THIS TIME. AND I WOULD, THAT SECOND STORY ADDITION, IT WOULD, UH, JUST, JUST MAKE IT WHOLE. UH, ALSO, UH, NOTICE THAT, UH, THE FRONT COURT, UH, HOW WE'RE EMBRACING THAT AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LEVEL, UH, ROOFS. AND HERE IS, UM, AT YOUR REQUEST, UH, UH, WE ARE SEEING THE, UH, THIS IS THE, THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE INTERIOR SETBACK. UH, AT THE TIME OF, UH, THAT THE HOUSE WAS BUILT, THE SETBACK WAS SEVEN AND A HALF FEET. AND, UM, [01:30:01] AND NOW, UH, THERE'S A 15 FOOT, UH, SETBACK REQUIRED, BUT, UM, BUT IT, BUT, UH, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE DO THAT ADDITION ON THE SECOND FLOOR, IT WOULD BE JUST AWKWARD. AND THEN, UH, FOR THE WAIVER REQUEST, WE, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE THE 60 FOOT, UM, CODE REQUIREMENT. BUT, UM, BUT AS YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE SPACE THAT WE WOULD, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER REMOVING, WHICH IS AT, AT THIS POINT IS, IS, IS, IS ONE OF THE, UH, ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE HOUSE. AND THEN, UM, HERE WE CAN SEE, UH, THE SOUTH ELEVATION IN, UH, TOP IS THE EXISTING, UM, THAT'S ALL THE LANDSCAPE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS EXISTING. AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU SEE THE PROPOSED IN WHICH WE, UH, WE, WE SEE THE, UH, THE ADDITION AND, UM, AND THE, UM, FENESTRATION OF THE, THE TWO WINDOWS. UH, WE'RE CARRYING SOME OF THE BANDS THAT ARE COMING AROUND FROM THE FRONT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. THIS ALSO IS A GOOD REFLECTION OF THE VARYING HEIGHTS OF THE BUILDING. UM, OUR ADDITION IS LOWER THAN THE PORTION JUST TO THE LEFT OF IT. AND, UH, ROUGHLY THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE FURTHER BACK, FURTHER TO THE LEFT. UM, BUT IN THE CENTER, YOU SEE A SECOND PORTION, THE HOW HOME WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH A TOWER THAT'S MUCH FURTHER RECESSED. THAT IS NOT AT THE SIDE ELEVATION AT ALL. IT'S VERY FAR BACK. UM, SO, UM, VARYING HEIGHT ELEMENTS HERE, UH, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BREAK UP THE MASSING WITH THIS ADDITION. AND THEN HERE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS SLIDE, WE CAN SEE THE, THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE THAT, UH, THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES. AND, UM, YEAH, THERE'S, IT'S MADE UP OF, OF TREES AND PALM TREES AND, AND SHRUBS. AND, AND IT IS REALLY, UM, IT'S REALLY JUST A SPACE, A CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE TWO HOMES THAT, UH, DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT ANY, UH, THE ADDITION OF THE HOUSE WILL NOT AFFECT, UH, VERY MUCH THE, UM, THE VIEWS OR EXISTING SPACES ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY. YEAH, IT SERVES AS A EXISTING BUFFER FOR ALL THESE YEARS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE, THESE TWO NEIGHBORS, BOTH, UH, OUR PROPERTY OWNER AND THE NEIGHBORS LANDSCAPING ARE, AGAIN, THIS EXTENSIVELY THE BUFFER THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE TO HELP, UH, SCREEN THIS ADDITION SINCE IT ALREADY SCREENS THE HOME ITSELF. AND HERE'S A RENDERING OF, UH, OF HOW THE FIRST RENDERING THAT WE SHOWED YOU IN WHICH WE ARE SHOWING THE ADDITION. YEAH. SO JUST TO, UM, IN SUMMARY, WE'RE HERE REQUESTING THIS MODEST, UH, ADDITION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING BUILDING LINES. UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, UH, OWNERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, BUILD ADDITIONS WHERE THEY CAN, TO THEIR HOMES TO MAKE THEIR PROPER USE, MAKE THAT ADDITION BE, UM, COMPATIBLE AND HARMONIOUS WITH THE EXISTING HOME, WHICH I THINK THIS ACTUALLY HELPS COMPLETE. I THINK IT'S A BETTER DESIGN WITH THIS RATHER THAN THE CURRENT, UH, EX EXISTING CONDITION. UM, WE AGREE WITH ALL OF STAFF'S, UH, COMMENTS, UH, INCLUDING WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ELEMENT ON THE ADDITION ON THE SOUTH, UM, AND WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS COMPLIED WITH. SO WITH THAT, WE, UH, REQUEST APPROVAL OF BOTH THE WEAR VARIANCE IN THE WAIVER AND THE DESIGN. AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? I, I SEE NO HANDS ARE RAISED. OKAY, GREAT. I'M NOW CLOSING THE PUBLIC PORTION AND OPENING IT UP TO THE, UM, BOARD FOR, FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. SO TO CLARIFY, I THINK WE BOTH HAVE THE QUESTION WHAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHAT YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON DOING IS THE, IS EXPANDING THE WIDTH OF, I GUESS, THE CENTER SECTION OF THE HOUSE. CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT, ALTHOUGH IT'S ON, IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION, YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING IT. RIGHT. OKAY. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE PROVIDED A REVISED SET TO STAFF THAT MAKES IT CLEAR WITH A NOTE THAT THE TWO STORY FRONT, UM, ADDITION IS FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. SO WHEN, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A REF, WHEN YOU APPROVE, UH, APPLICATION, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THE PLANS. SO, AND THOSE CARRY FORWARD INTO BUILDING PERMIT FOR REVIEW. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ITEM TO BE ON THOSE PLANS THAT YOU ARE, WOULD HOPEFULLY APPROVE TODAY [01:35:01] THAT THOSE, UH, ARE ESSENTIALLY ONLY FOR THIS SECOND FLOOR EDITION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AND NOT FOR THE CENTER TWO STORY EDITION. OKAY. ALTHOUGH THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IT, THAT IT'S OKAY THAT IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THAT, OKAY. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WAS OKAY? ANY COMMENTS? I, I GUESS I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND SORT OF, SINCE YOU TALKED HOLISTICALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MEDITERRANEAN, UM, ARCHITECTURE AND THE COMPONENTS OF IT, AND YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS THIS AS A HOLISTIC PROJECT. THERE ARE PLANS THOUGH, TO RECONFIGURE AT THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING AND DO THAT ADDITION, OR IT'S JUST BEEN SEPARATED OUT, OR THAT THE RE THE LARGER RECONFIGURATION IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S NOT GONNA, SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT. CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE? YEAH. FRED CARLTON 2344 NORTH BAY ROAD. UM, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO I ASKED HIM TO DRAW IT, BUT IT'S SO LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE THAT, UH, IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING I'M GONNA CONSIDER DOING AT THIS TIME. SO, CAN I ASK, IS THIS CURRENT ADDITION THAT YOU ARE DOING, IS THAT 451 SQUARE FEET ADDITION? CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND COMING TO US WITH JUST THAT 450 SQUARE FOOT EDITION AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CARRYING THE LINE FORWARD. IT'S WITHIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT. I DON'T WANT THIS TO COME BACK AND BITE ME. BUT IF THERE IS SORT OF THIS LARGER RECONFIGURATION OF THE PROJECT PLAN, THEN I WOULD FEEL SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALLOWING THE VARIANCE TO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A RELIEF IN THE ELEVATION. AND SO IF THERE'S LARGER CHANGES HAPPENING, I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU COULD MAKE THE STYLE AND THE ARCHITECTURE, UM, OF THE CURRENT HOUSE, YOU KNOW, MATCH THAT. BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE GOAL, THEN I, I HAVE NO ISSUES. YOU KNOW, IT STRUCTURALLY, UM, SPATIALLY, FORMALLY, IT MAKES SENSE JUST TO CONTINUE THAT SECOND FLOOR OUT, EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT'S NOT THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, CODES. BUT I ASSUME THAT IF SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE YOU DECIDE TO BUILD OUT THAT FRONT, IT WOULD TAKE THEM OVER THE UNIT SIZE AND THE LOT COVERAGE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AS A BOARD. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE US, NOR THE WISH OF THE OWNER. SO I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMENT, THE EXISTING REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE, UM, AND WAIVER ARE WITHIN, UM, REASON AND THE ADDITION IS VERY NICE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I MEAN, I'LL AGREE WITH THAT. UM, IF THIS COULD JUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, I JUST NOTICED THAT LIKE ALL OF THE SECOND STORY, UH, WINDOWS, OR NOT WINDOWS, BUT DOORS HAVE LIKE THAT BALCONY RAILING, AND I REALIZE THIS IS LIKE A CLOSET OR SOMETHING, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BALCONY, BUT, UM, MAYBE LIKE A JULIET SORT OF LIKE JUST THE CLOUDY, THE IRON WORK AROUND THE WINDOW MAY, MAY BENEFIT FROM A CONTINUOUS YEAH. FROM SOME BALANCE THERE. UM, NOT NECESSARILY NEED THAT, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A NICE TOUCH TO ADD. UM, BUT NO, OTHERWISE I THINK THIS LOOKS NICE AND I THINK THIS HELPS THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE OVERALL. THANK YOU. YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE ADDITION. I AGREE WITH MATT ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEN IMPROVE UPON IT. UM, AND I LIKE SEEING HOW, YOU KNOW, LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO ADAPT TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE. SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. IT'S VERY NICE AND I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW, STICKING TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN THEME, IT DOESN'T REALLY BOTHER ME AT ALL THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO DEEP ON THE SIDE WITH THE, THE SOLIDITY OF THE EXTENSION. UM, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION OR WERE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? I, I'M JUST, WE DON'T SEE A SECOND FLOOR PLAN. UM, YOU KNOW IT, WELL, THE SECOND FLOOR PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS BASED ON THE RECONFIGURATION WITH THE OTHER ADDITION. SO IS THERE A SECOND FLOOR PLAN THAT WE UNDERSTAND? LIKE, YOU KNOW, YES, IT WAS SHOWN IN THE RECON, THE WHOLE RECONFIGURATION AS A CLOSET [01:40:01] AND A, A BATHROOM, BUT I DON'T, IS THERE A SECOND FLOOR PLAN? I CAN, IT'S, IT'S ALL THERE. SO IT'S G CLOSETED IN, UH, DRESSING ROOM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, WITH DO WE NEED TO THE VARIANCE TO STIPULATE IN THE, IN THE MOTION THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT THE SECOND STORY OR BE SPECIFIC THAT IT JUST INCLUDES THE SECOND FLOOR EDITION, NOT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT, THAT IT INCLUDES ONE THING BUT NOT THE OTHER. THE, BECAUSE THE, THE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE SEEING IS FOR BOTH SECTIONS. YES. WE DO NEED TO UPDATE THE, UM, THAT THE PLANS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE THAT WERE PROVIDED, UH, IN THE SUBSEQUENT UPDATE THAT ARE DATED, UH, LET ME GET THE DATE HERE. 10 13, 20 24. GIMME ONE SECOND. SORRY. UPDATED ON, OH, NO. DATED, UH, THAT IT, THAT THE, UM, APPLICANT SHALL BUILD SUBSTANTIALLY ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS, UH, DATED OCTOBER 13TH, 2024, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE DATED OCTOBER 10TH. AND IN OUR, UM, DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, UM, MEMORANDUM THAT YOU PREPARED IT UNDER VARIANCE REVIEW, SHAUNA AND, UM, WAIVER, UM, REVIEW, IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME AND THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING OR VOTING ON. YOU WANT ME TO READ IT? OKAY. A VARIANCE. UM, SO THE PROJECT IS, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT, UM, FOR 2344 NORTH BAY ROAD, WHICH INCLUDES A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE SEVEN FEET, SEVEN FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED INTERIOR YARD SETBACK OF 15 FEET. IN ORDER TO CON CONSTRUCT A SECOND STORY ADDITION ON THE INTERIOR SOUTH YARD AT SEVEN AND A HALF FEET FROM THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE, AND A, UH, VARIANCE, UM, TO INCLUDE, UM, THE INTERIOR SIDE SETBACK VARIANCE FOR A SECOND STORY ADDITION TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HOME SO THAT IT CAN CONTINUE WITH THE SAME SETBACK AS THE EXISTING HOME WHERE THE ADDITION IS BEING ADDED TO. SO IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD NOW? YEAH, SO JUST THE, THE ONLY CHANGES WOULD BE THAT UPDATING IT SO THAT THE PLANS REFLECT THOSE, THE REVISED PLANS SUBMITTED ON OCTOBER 13TH. UM, AND THEN WE WILL, WE WILL REVISE THE ORDER BECAUSE THE ORDER DOES MENTION, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY EDITION AND A SECOND FLOOR EDITION. UH, WE WILL REVISE IT TO STRIKE OUT THE TWO STORY EDITION PORTION AND JUST LEAVE IT TO MENTION A SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO AN EXISTING TWO STORY HOME. AND DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE VARIANCE SEPARATELY FROM THE APPROVAL OR, UH, YES. OKAY. YEAH, ACTUALLY, YOU, YOU CAN COMBINE THE TWO IF EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH BOTH. IT'S A VARIANCE AND A WAIVER. YES. YEAH. IF I MAY, JUST FOR CLARITY, I KNOW YOU'RE REFERENCING AN OCTOBER 13TH SET OF PLANS MM-HMM . I KNOW IT WAS IN NOVEMBER THAT WE SUBMITTED THEM. MAYBE THE DATE ON THE PLANS SAYS OCTOBER 13TH. YES. SO I JUST WANT YES, IT'S THE DATE ON THE PLAN SAYS OCTOBER 13TH. OKAY. SO WHEN OUR STAFF OPENS IT UP, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE DATE ON THE PLANS, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE UNIFORM. OKAY. SO I, I KNOW IT WAS SUBMITTED LATER. MAYBE, MAYBE THAT, MAYBE FOR THE RECORD WE CAN SAY THAT THERE'RE SUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 22ND. SURE. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THERE'S A, THAT WE'RE SUBMITTED ON TWO STAFF FOR CLARIFICATION THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE OCTOBER 13TH OR THE RIGHT SET OF PLANS, THIS IS THE SET OF PLANS THAT SAYS THE TWO STORY, UH, ADDITION IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT. IT IS ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY. AND, AND ONE MORE THING I THINK TO CLARIFY AND MAKE THIS EASIER IN THE TITLE, RIGHT, THE SUBJECT OF OUR REQUEST, IT'S PAGE ONE OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTION YOU [01:45:01] COULD JUST CROSS OFF RIGHT TO A STRIKE THROUGH YEAH. OF MM-HMM . THE TWO STORY EDITION. YEP. THAT'S EXACTLY, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO. YEAH. AND SO, UH, IT WAS EMAILED ON NOVEMBER. I HAVE NOVEMBER 22ND. NOVEMBER 22ND, OR YES, NOVEMBER 22ND. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. LEMME DOUBLE CHECK THAT, THAT'S WHEN I WAS, SO THE MOTION WAS, SORRY, NOVEMBER 20TH. NO . THAT'S FINE. SO THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AS PRESENTED IN TODAY'S MEETING, UM, WITH A WAIVER AND A VARIANCE TO ADD A SECOND STORY ADDITION TO THE SOUTH FRONT OF THE HOME, INCLUDING, UM, FOLLOWING THE SAME SIDE YARD SETBACK THAT EXISTS IN THE CURRENT HOME. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. DID, DID WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? A OKAY. THE VARIANCE PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. YEP. THAT WAS WITH THE DESIGN AS WELL, AND THE DESIGN EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. YEP. PERFECT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. OKAY. MOVING ON TO, EXCUSE ME. OUR FINAL APPLICATION, [8. DRB24-1047, 1974 MARSEILLE DRIVE.] UH, FOR TODAY, D RRB 24 1 0 4 7 19 74 MAR DRIVE. THIS APPLICATION IS REQUESTING THE SIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR A NEW FIVE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING WITH A, WITH ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING RESIDENCE. OKAY. THE APPLICANT'S HERE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO THIS, UH, THIS SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON NORMANDY AISLE ON AN INTERIOR PARCEL. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A FOUR STORY 12 UNIT RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING WITH GROUND FLOOR PARKING AND A SHARED ROOFTOP AMENITY. UM, THE PROJECT PROPOSES 12 ONE BEDROOM UNITS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 800 SQUARE FEET IN THE AREA. THE GROUND FLOOR HAS 11 PARKING SPACES, AN ENTRANCE FOYER WITH AN ELEVATOR, TWO SETS OF STAIRS, AND AN ENCLOSED TRASH ROOM. UM, EACH FLOOR HAS, UH, EACH OF THE RESIDENTIAL FLOORS HAS THREE UNITS THAT ARE ORGANIZED AROUND A CORRIDOR THAT RUN ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED OPENING. UM, THE LOT IS A STANDARD LOT. IT'S ABOUT 9,099 SQUARE FEET. UM, THE BUILDING IS OF A CONTEMPORARY STYLE THAT HAS A MORPHOUS SHAPED STUCCO GRIDS, UM, UM, THAT PROJECT BEYOND THE BUILDING'S WALLS AND FRAME THE BALCONIES IN A CURVE LINEAR FASHION. UM, STAFF, UH, IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DESIGN. UM, HOWEVER, THE ONE, THE ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF DOES HAVE IS FOR THE GROUND FLOOR. UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE SCREENING ALONG THE GARAGE LEVELS TO MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTS DON'T IMPACT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, UM, UM, AS VEHICLES MOVE AROUND AND THEY PARK AND ALL AND SUCH. UM, SO SINCE IT IS AN INTERIOR LOT, UM, AND SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDER. UM, THERE ARE NO WAIVERS OR VARIANCES FOR THIS PROPOSAL. AND BEFORE WE PROCEED, UH, ANY EX PARTY COMMUNICATIONS? NO. SEEING NONE. AND HAS EVERYONE ON YOUR TEAM BEEN SWORN IN? YES. YOU ALL BEEN SWORN IN ALREADY? YEAH, JUST THE THREE OF US. YEAH. YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU DIDN'T COME IN LATE. WE WERE LATE. WE WERE LATE. YOU WERE LATE. YEAH. PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YEAH. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU. SORRY. AND I'LL SET THE CLOCK AT 10 MINUTES AND THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. UH, WELL, WE ARE, UH, PRESENTING TODAY, UH, SANDBOX. UM, AS MENTIONED, IT IS LOCATED, UH, ON, UH, MARCEL DRIVE. UM, IT'S, UM, A FIVE STORY BUILDING. IT HAS 12 APARTMENT UNITS AND 11 PARKING SPACES. UM, THE, UM, WELL NO GENERAL LOCATION IS 1 9 7 4, UM, MARSHALL DRIVE. THE ZONING UNITS ARE, UM, UH, FL FL ONE, UH, THE FLOOD ZONE. UM, IT'S AT EIGHT P AND THE LOT COVER, UH, THE LOT AREA. IT'S 9,009, CORRECT FEET. CAN YOU PUT THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? I CAN'T. OH, OKAY. THERE GO. OKAY. UM, PAGE UP, PAGE TWO. NO, [01:50:02] TAKE THIS. SO THERE, THERE'S THEN THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. UM, WELL, THE IDEA FOR THIS DESIGN COMES FROM THE, THE BEAUTIFUL TEXTURES THAT WE GET FROM THE SUN, UH, AT THE BEACH. AND THE IDEA IS TO INCORPORATE THAT IN, IN THE SHAPE THAT WE SEE IN THE BUILDING, UM, WITH, UM, NATURAL COLORS AS WE WERE, UM, CHECKING ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS, TRYING TO WORK WITH LIGHT COLORS AND, AND MORE CONNECTED TO WHAT WE HAVE AND THE, THE, THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY. UM, WE WANTED TO PLAY WITH THAT SUN TEXTURE AND SHAPES. UM, THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THIS ORGANIC FORM AND WE PLAY WITH IT THROUGH, UH, THE ENTIRE, UM, EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS, UH, UH, UM, A HAND SKETCH WITH THE MAIN IDEA, THE, THE ORIGINAL IDEA WHERE YOU CAN, UM, PLAY WITH THE ORGANIC SHAPES, BUT IN THE SAME TIME, UH, PREPARE THE UNITS WITH LIKE RE UH, RECTANGULAR SHAPES THAT IT'S MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR, FOR THE, UH, OWNERS. UM, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, UM, THIS, UM, PROPOSAL WITH THREE APARTMENTS IN EACH LEVEL. SO WE HAVE IN THE GROUND FLOOR ONLY THE PARKING AND THE A, THE ACCESS TO THE APARTMENTS, UM, IN THE, THE NEXT LEVELS THEY HAVE THE SAME, UH, TYPICAL LAYOUT ON WITH THREE UNITS, ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM, EACH, UH, WITH A, AN AVERAGE OF 800 AND SQUARE FEET EACH. UM, AND THE CONTEXT HELP US TO WORK WITH THE ENTIRE FACADE WITH THE FOUR FACADES BECAUSE, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE MULTI-FAMILIES BUILT AROUND, SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE IN, IN THE SHORT TERM. AND WHAT WE HAVE ALSO IS IN THE BACK, IT'S A BUILDING THAT ALL THE, THE PARKING AREA, IT'S OPEN. SO WE KIND OF HAVE PRETTY MUCH LIKE A GOOD, UH, OPENING AROUND OUR BUILDING. SO WE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO, TO, UH, GET INVOLVED IN THE FOUR FTS OF THE BUILDING. THAT'S THE FRONT VIEW. UM, BASICALLY, UH, WE TRY TO PUT THOSE, UH, ORGANIC AND, AND CURVE, UH, LINES VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY TRYING TO, UH, PLAY WITH, UH, WHITE STUCO, UH, SUN COLOR, ROUGH TOCO TO KIND OF IMITATE THE SUN TEXTURE AND, UH, THE, ALL THE WINDOW FRAMINGS AND THE, THE, THE CASE OF THE STAIRS, UH, MAKING IT IN, IN A BROWN METAL. WHAT, WHAT'S THE NAME? ALUMINUM. ALUMINUM, UH, YEAH, BUT WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE CORNER? THE DARK. IT'S IN THE LAST DARK OR HAZELNUT. HAZELNUT. HAZELNUT, UH, BROWN COLOR METAL FRAMES THAT WILL GIVE A LITTLE DARK COLOR FOR, FOR ALL THE FRAMINGS. UH, BUT NOT THAT, UH, DARK, IT'S KIND OF INTERMEDIATE. UH, WE HAVE A OPEN CORRIDORS THAT'S PART OF, UH, COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, THE, THE FAR AND ALL THAT. UH, WE LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A CROSS VENTILATION THROUGH THE BUILDING AND WE CREATE THIS CENTRAL, UM, GARDEN VERTICAL GARDEN. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S NOT MEANING TO BE, UH, LIKE DENSE. EXCELLENT. UH, IS THE REAR VIEW, THE REAR VIEW THE SIDE, THE, THE SIDE VIEW, UM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE CORRIDOR AND THIS MESH THAT IS IN A CENTRAL PATIO THAT WILL BE WITH OUR KIDS AND ALL THIS, UH, LOCAL PLANS THAT CAN, UH, HELP WITH THE, WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE, OF, OF THE BUILDING. SO LIKE THE CORRIDORS ARE OPEN, THE RAIN HAPPENS THAT, UH, HELPS TO CONTAIN THE RAIN, NOT GOING ALL SPLASHING THE CORRIDORS AT THE SAME TIME. IT HELPS THE PLANTS TO GROW THERE. THEN THE TROPICAL PLANTS AND, UH, IT CREATES, CREATES A MORE FRESH, UM, ENVIRONMENT. GO TO THE SAMPLE EMISSION. MM-HMM . ANOTHER ONE. ANOTHER ONE. THOSE ARE LIKE, WELL THE, THE FINISHES, UH, AND WELL THE, THE, THE BRAND OF THE MESH, [01:55:07] THAT'S THE ROOFTOP. UM, WELL IN THE, IN THE GROUND FLOOR, BASICALLY IT'S ALL PARKING. THAT'S, UH, WHAT CAN BE FIT, FIT THERE. UM, WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF ONE PARKING SPACE, BUT WE GET TO MAINTAIN THE, THE, THE ON STREETT PARKING. WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING TO HAVE THE, THE NEW DRIVEWAY AND, AND, AND MAINTAIN THE, THE ON STREETT PARKING THAT WE HAVE THERE IN, IN THIS MOMENT. THERE WE GO. AND, UH, WELL THIS IS A TYPICAL, UH, FLOOR PLAN FOR, FOR THE UNITS. THEY'RE ALL, LIKE, ALL THE LEVELS ARE THE SAME. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY'RE VERY MUCH, UH, SQUARED TO FEED LIKE, UH, A FUNCTIONAL SPACE FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE. AND WE CREATED, UM, BALCONIES LIKE, UM, MORE LIKE PATIO, LIKE, UH, WITH A NICE AREA FOR HAVING, UH, SOME, UH, EXTRA GREEN, UH, PLANTERS. UM, YEAH. AND, AND THE ACCESS TO A ROOF IS MINIMUM. IT'S MORE FOR MAINTENANCE THAN, THAN ANYTHING ELSE. UM, WELL HERE IS LIKE A SKETCH OF THE INTENTION OF THE CROSS VENTILATION AND, AND HAVING ALL THIS SITUATION WHERE THE, THE, WITH THAT MESH AND CREATING THIS FRESH, EH, AIR COMING THROUGH THE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY FOR SUMMER AND THE, AND THE, THE IN INCIDENT OF THE NATURAL LINE, RIGHT? THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT'S, UH, PART OF THE, THE FLYER OF THE, OF THE PROVIDER OF THAT, UH, TYPE OF MESH IS FOR REFERENCE. AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, GREAT. I'M NOW GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION, OPEN THIS UP, UH, TO THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION. UM, I SHOULD SAY IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. YOU'RE VERY BUSY IN NORTH BEACH, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, I CAN, I CAN START, UM, IF YOU DON'T, I, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THERE'S SO MANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE THAT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE. UM, AND I, I LIKE THE SORT OF ORGANIC, UM, THE ATRIUM, THE FLOWY, UM, NATURE OF IT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY NICE CONCEPT. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE PRESENTATION THE OTHER DAY, UM, CAN YOU PUT IT ON, I THINK IT'S PAGE SIX THAT HAS YOUR, YOUR SKETCH, THE ONE BEFORE IT? YEAH, THAT ONE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M ALWAYS DOING WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS IS SAYING I LOVE TALKING TO THE ARCHITECT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR IDEA WAS AND THEIR VISION, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WHAT THEIR VISION WAS IS THEN GOT REALIZED IN THAT WAY. UM, UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOVE THIS SKETCH THAT YOU DID, AND IT, IT JUST, IT'S THESE VERY BEAUTIFUL FLOWING LINES. I CAN SEE THE DIRECT REFERENCES AND THEN, BUT THEN WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL DESIGN, UM, THE SHAPES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU ENDED UP TRANSLATING IT INTO RESEMBLED LESS THIS SORT OF LONG FLOWY LINES OF THE SAND AND MORE. AND IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE, THE, I THINK IT'S PAGE 11 MORE ALMOST LIKE FUNNELS. THEY WERE THE SKETCH, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT IS VERY HORIZONTAL AND FLOWY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN TRANSLATION YOU ENDED UP WITH THESE FORMS THAT ARE VERY VERTICAL AND A LITTLE BIT MORE RIGID. AND I WOULD, AND IT, IT, IT'S STANDING IN CONTRAST TO THE GENERAL FLOWY LINES THAT EXTEND AROUND THE PERIMETERS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENT FLOOR LEVELS. SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY SORT OF GENERAL OV OVERARCHING SUGGESTION TO REALLY EXPLORE THAT ORIGINAL, LIKE, PUSH THAT CONCEPT. 'CAUSE THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A DISTINCTIVE STATEMENT, INTEGRATE THAT MORE AS A WHOLE. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE THE VIEWING CORRIDORS AND [02:00:01] EVERYTHING, WHICH AGAIN, LIKE THIS, THERE'S, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION. WHOEVER LIVES HERE IS GONNA HAVE A FANTASTIC VIEW. I, I ACTUALLY AGREE MM-HMM . UM, WE SIMPLIFY THE SHAPE MORE LIKE, UH, THINKING, UH, IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS MM-HMM . AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY CAN ACTUALLY, UH, APPLY THE IDEA AND, AND MAKE IT LIKE, UH, AND, AND NOT CREATING, UM, I, I AM WEIRD, UNEVEN THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE HOW, HOW IT GONNA BE CONSTRUCT, LIKE IF, IF THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING ALL LIKE TOO MUCH, UM, DIFFERENT SHAPES. THAT'S WHY WE WERE SIMPLIFYING THE CURVES, UH, TRYING TO CONTINUE WITH THE DM BECAUSE I LOVE THAT TO MAKE IT LIKE SUPER ORGANIC. BUT I, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN PULL IT OFF IF IT, IF YEAH, BECAUSE IS THIS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE OR WHAT IS THAT? THAT THAT WILL BE CONCRETE. YES. AND CAN'T YOU FORM? I MEAN, MAYBE I'M CONCRETE AND INTO WELL, YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. DEPENDS. I MEAN, THAT'S IT, IT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S SORT OF CONFL. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS I WANT IT TO BE IN THIS SHAPE. IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS, MAYBE IT'S ALSO, 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THESE FUNNEL SHAPES COMPETING WITH THE, THE GRILLS AT THE CORNER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS, IS, IS COVERING THE STAIRWELL, BUT IT'S, AND THEN YOU HAVE WITH THE, THE, THE LINES OF, OF THE, THE GLAZING, THERE'S JUST A, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OF THINGS THAT ARE CONFLICTING HERE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN IF THE, IF THE GLAZING FOLLOWED THE CURVATURE OF THE LINE, BUT THE GLAZING IS STRAIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME TWEAKS THAT ARE, THAT I, I WANT, I WANT THIS IDEA TO BE REALIZED. AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING THAT ARE SORT OF COUNTERACTING THAT, UM, THAT THAT'S WHY WE PLAY HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY KIND OF LIKE FLAT TO MAKE IT MORE EASY UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. YEAH. THAT'S WHY THE, THE SLAB HAS THE CURVES ALREADY HORIZONTALLY. RIGHT. AND, AND VERTICALLY WITH, WITH ALL THOSE, UH, SHAPES. RIGHT. I ALSO, I MEAN THERE IS THAT, WHICH I THINK IS A MAJOR DESIGN CONCERN. I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS THE FIRST TIME, BUT I'M NOTICING IT NOW. DO YOU HAVE THE BICYCLE RACKS AS MM-HMM . THE DECORATIVE ELEMENT THAT, THAT LINES THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRONT, UH, NEXT TO THE PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE? UH, IT'S REQUIRED. YEAH. I HAVE TO SAY, I, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A BIG MISTAKE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT THAT'S INVITING PEOPLE TO STEAL BICYCLES. PEOPLE LOVE STEALING BICYCLES IN MIAMI BEACH, AND I WOULDN'T PUT THAT, I MEAN, IF I LIVE THERE, IT WAS REQUIRED THOUGH. UM, AND THEY REQUIRED TO PUT THOSE, UM, YEAH, BUT I MEAN, CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE INSIDE? NOT THAT IT'S, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE TO DISPLAY BICYCLES ON THE OUTSIDE OF A, I THINK IT WAS TRAFFIC BUILDING, TRAFFIC LOBBY. THERE, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT SHORT TERM BICYCLE PARKING BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE FRONT AND BE, BE ACCESSIBLE. MM-HMM . BUT COULD YOU PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL OR LIKE, I THINK THEY HAVE IT THERE TOO. SO IT MAY BE HOW MANY SPACES ARE REQUIRED? IT MAY BE A SPACE CONSTRAINT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. IT'S PRIMARILY FOR SHORT TERM WOULD BE FOR VISITORS COMING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS VISITOR PARKING. UM, LET ME LOOK AT THIS PRECISE REQUIREMENT. THERE, THERE IS BICYCLE PARKING RIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT WALL. RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE. MM-HMM . IT'S JUST CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE I THINK, AGAIN, IT LIKE INTERRUPTS THIS DESIGN. BUT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION, I'M SURE THAT THE HOME, I WOULD THINK THAT THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE PARKING THEIR BIKE ARE GONNA PARK IT ON THE INSIDE. AND ONLY WHEN THE INSIDE IS TOTALLY FULL WILL THEY USE THE OUTSIDE. AND THE OUTSIDE IS REALLY, UM, A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC USE FROM TRAFFIC. FROM TRAFFIC. THE APARTMENT, IT'S THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY BE LOCATED IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE LOCATION NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE USE. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FACING ATTACHED THE STREET ATTACHED TO, BUT IT, BUT IT SHOULD BE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT. SO THE ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL ARE FINE. YEAH. COULD YOU JUST ADD MORE ON THE, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I MEAN, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA PUT FOUR BICYCLES THERE. I WOULD GUESS THAT, WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW YOUR EXACT RESTRAINTS, BUT ON ANOTHER PROJECT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY, BUT THEY WANT A TWO FOOT BY SIX FOOT AREA AND A SIX FOOT ACCESS IN FRONT OF IT. LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE DEDICATED TO BICYCLE PARKING. SO I WOULD GUESS THAT THE, AS COMPACT AS YOUR FIRST FLOOR PLAN IS, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE IT EVEN TO PUT IT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE WALL, THEN THEY CAN'T HAVE THE OTHER PARKING RACKS THAT THEY HAVE THERE. SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT'S A SPACE CONSTRAINT AND THAT, I THINK IT'S A, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU INCORPORATED IT LIKE THAT. I WOULD WITH SARAH THOUGH. YOU HAVE A GOOD POINT. AND I WOULD SAY MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO USE THOSE [02:05:01] REALLY THICK CHAINS AND BE ABLE TO WORK IN WHATEVER SYSTEM YOU HAVE. SO THAT WOULD BE NICE. AT ONE POINT I LIVED IN A SMALL APARTMENT IN NORMANDY AISLE AND I HAD MY BIKE LOCKED OUTSIDE AND IT, IT, IT, IT DID NOT SURVIVE . SO THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND THE IDEA, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT ALSO IS JUST AWKWARD TO HAVE THE FRONT FACADE OF YOUR BUILDING, YOU KNOW, A MAIN DECORATIVE ELEMENT. BE FOUR BICYCLES AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY'RE GONNA SIT AND GET RUSTED AND BE A BAND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? AND ALSO, WHAT DO THOSE RAILS LOOK LIKE WHEN THERE'S NO BICYCLES ON IT? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY THESE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURAL METAL FEATURES OR ARE THEY JUST INDUSTRIAL LOOKING RAILS? I'M GONNA SORT OF COUNTER CONTRADICT YOUR COMMENT, BUT LIKE, I LOVE THE GRITTINESS OF IT. LIKE, TO ME, THE WAY THIS IS, YOU STILL HAVE PARKING, IT'S STILL OFF STREET, BUT IT'S OPEN AIR. YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, REDUCED THE FOOTPRINT THAT IS COOLED, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE CLIMATE. AND TO ME, LIKE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ADDRESS OF A PROJECT WE REVIEWED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY EVEN HAD LIKE THE ROUNDABOUT KIND OF IN THE DRIVEWAY AND EVERYTHING WAS REALLY PUSHED BACK AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY DIDN'T WANNA ENGAGE THE URBAN PUBLIC. SO , I MEAN, I, I'VE HAD BIKES STOLEN TO, UH, BOSTON. PEOPLE LOVE TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S ALSO JUST SORT OF LIKE THE WILLINGNESS OR THE GRITTINESS OF THE CITY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THAT. UH, I DON'T WANNA CUT YOU OFF, SARAH. I, I ALSO JUST WANNA COMPLIMENT THE, THE APPROACH TO THE DESIGN. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OR DO YOU WANNA KEEP, UH, COMMENTING YOUR QUESTION? NO, I MEAN, I, I, I, I DON'T, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SAME REASON. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANNA TAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT BUILDING THAT'S INSPIRED BY THE SAND DUNES AND PUT SOMETHING GRITTY ON THE FRONT OF IT. WE, WE CANNOT, UH, PUT IT ON THE SETBACK, RIGHT? LIKE, LIKE IN THE SIDE SETBACK TO CREATE SOME AREA FOR THOSE BIKES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE, LIKE NO MORE SPACE TO PLAY WITH. UH, AND THE SIDE SETBACK, LIKE IN ON THE GRASS TO CREATE ONE. UM, I LOOK AT THE RACK. I DON'T THINK THE RACK ITSELF WOULD BE ENCROACHING, JUST, IT'S NOT AN ALLOWABLE YARD ENCROACHMENT. SO IF YOU HAVE A FEW INCHES TO GIVE ON YOUR SIDE SETBACK, YOU COULD INCORPORATE IT THERE. NO, NO. IT'S REQUESTING FOR, FOR AN ENCROACHMENT. HOW MANY, HOW MANY BICYCLE RACKS DO THEY, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH BICYCLE STORAGE DO THEY HAVE? THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL. FOUR PER BUILDING, OR ONE PER 10 UNITS. SO THIS IS 12. SO, UH, FOUR PER FOUR, THEY WOULD NEED FOUR SHORT TERM. AND THEN THE LONG TERM REQUIREMENT IS ONE PER UNIT. SO THEY WOULD NEED 10 LONG-TERM SPACES. SO THAT'S 14, SORRY, 12. 12 LONG-TERM SPACES. SO THAT'S 16, UH, 16 TOTAL. 16 REQUIRED BICYCLE SPACES. IF YOU PUT THE, UM, MM-HMM . THE SCREEN BACK, THAT WAS ON BEFORE. THERE'S A SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING. UM, WHAT? NO, THE ONE YOU WERE ON THE FIRST ONE. THE FIRST ONE, YEAH. THE ONE YOU WERE ON THERE, UM, ADJACENT TO THE STAIRCASE THERE, IS THERE AN AREA THERE WHERE YOU CAN PUT A BIKE RACK? THERE ARE THE REMAINING, UH, BIKES ARE THERE. THEY ARE THERE. OKAY. YEAH. ON THE OUTSIDE. ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT, NOT ON THE, NOT BEHIND THE WALL, BUT WE HAVE IN THE WALL, LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL AND ON THE FLOOR AND FACING THE SIDE YARD, THEY HAVE, UM, CIRCULATION. 'CAUSE YOUR TRASH IS ACTUALLY COMING ACROSS THERE SO TIGHT. WE'RE SUPER TIGHT. YES. YEAH. SO I, I GO BACK, I THINK THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE THERE THAT HAVE A BIKE ARE FIRST GONNA GO INTO THE COVERED AREA. AND, AND SO LEAVING THE UNCOVERED FRONT AREA, UH, FOR LAST CHOICE, YOU KNOW, SO IT MAY NOT GET LIKELY. AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOOSE THAT, UH, LINE, RIGHT. UH, RACKS BECAUSE SMART MEANS THEY'RE NOT THERE. IT'S MORE AESTHETIC THAT THAN, THAN STANDARD ONE. YEAH. SMART, SMART IDEA. DO YOU HAVE, UM, BETTER THAN JUST DIDN'T SWAPPING A BIKE RACK IN THE FRONT OF THAT WALL? DO YOU HAVE A V UM, A PICTURE THAT SHOWS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE BIKE? NO, NOT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THAT FAMILY IS FROM THE MANUFACTURER. PAGE 22 ON PAGE 22 OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE YOU GUYS JUST HAVE YOUR EXPLODED AX ON AND YOU HAVE THE GROUND FLOOR, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BIKE. YOU'RE WANTING TO SEE JUST WHAT THE FOUR VERTICAL LINES LOOK LIKE. YEAH. SARAH WAS SAYING, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE BIKE? UM, THE RACKS IN THE [02:10:01] FRONT FACING THE FRONT OF YOUR, IF YOU GO TO PAGE 22, YEAH, NO, UH, GO BACK TO YOUR EXPLODED. YEAH. ZOOM IN THERE. I MEAN, IT'S A BIT ABSTRACT AS A DRAWING, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE THE OTHERS ARE. IT WOULD BE UNDER THE STAIRS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE RACKS LOOK LIKE WITHOUT A BIKE IN IT. LIKE SHEET 11, NUMBER 11. YEAH. UM, PAGE 11 MAY GIVE A BETTER VIEW OF WHAT THE FRONT BIKE RACKS WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN EMPTY. THERE'S BIKES ON THAT. OH, I KNOW THERE'S, IS THAT PAGE 11? THIS IS 11. YEAH, PAGE 11. WE DON'T SEE THE, THE PAGE NUMBER. I'M SORRY. OH, IT'S A FRONT VIEW RENDERING. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU, WHAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT. IT'S A PICTURE OF, UH, THERE, THERE, THEY'RE THERE. YOU JUST ASKED IT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. THERE WAS ONE RIGHT AFTER THAT WAS MAYBE CLOSER THERE. THAT OKAY. YEAH. I WAS ALSO LOOKING AT THE, THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE GARAGE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SEEING IF THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WALL. I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF JUST SORT OF THE INSIDE OF THE WALL AS OPPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE, THE, WE ALREADY HAVE THERE, LIKE WE HAVE IN THE FRONT AND INSIDE THAT SAME WALL MM-HMM . AND A FEW MORE IN THE LIKE, UH, OF THE REGULAR, UH, BAG RECS IN THE, LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE FLOOR. RIGHT. AND THAT ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, THE, THE, THE FREESTANDING ONE HOLDS 10, YES. MM-HMM . AND THEN, SO THERE'S FIVE ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEN FIVE ON THE INSIDE. YES. SO THAT'S 20. NO, WE HAVE FIVE INSIDE. FIVE, EH, OUTSIDE. THAT WILL BE 10 PLUS FOUR ON THE FLOOR, FIVE IN THE FLOOR, FIVE IN THE FLOOR. DEPENDS HOW LONG THE FIVE AND FIVE. SO WE HAVE 15 TOTAL. THE FLOOR, THE, THE CURVY FLOOR ONE ONLY HOLDS FIVE. YEAH. YES. YEAH. I MEAN I, I I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO PUT IT THERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS. WE CAN, WE CAN LIKE TRY TO PAINT IT WITH THE SAME SUN COLOR THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE, THE ROCKS TO GO BEHIND THAT. LIKE TO, TO KIND OF CAMOUFLAGE THE, I MEAN, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, RAHA, WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING THAT PEOPLE DO? OR IS THIS A NEW REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN SEEING? HMM. UM, I, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE MORE OR LESS BEEN INCORPORATING IT INTO BIKE ROOMS IN THE INTERIOR. UM, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY COME IN FOR PERMITTING, THEY ALL SEEM TO FIT THEM INTO A, INTO A BICYCLE ROOM IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. I, I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE ON THE FACADE LIKE THIS. SO, AND THEY PUT A BICYCLE ROOM ON THE FIRST IN THE PARKING, IN THE PARKING AREA MM-HMM . YEP. THAT FITS THE, THE AMOUNT OF BIKES AND YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE UP THE PARKING SPACES, IS THAT? YEAH, WE CAN'T. AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE CODE, SO NOW WE HAVE A WIDER SETBACK THAT RESTRICTS EVEN MORE MM-HMM . THE, THE SURFACE TO WORK WITH, I WOULD SAY, OF THESE UNDERSTORY BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING RECENTLY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ONE MM-HMM . UM, THAT I CAN THINK OF. AND SO THEREFORE HAS THE HIGHEST BICYCLE PARKING REQUIREMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING THE, THE DIFFICULTY THAT THEY'RE HAVING, THEY, THEY TEND TO BE IN SMALLER LOTS, UH, MAYBE 6,000 SQUARE FEET OR 7,000 SQUARE FEET INSTEAD OF THIS ONE. IT'S ABOUT 9,000 SQUARE FEET. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. BUT MY CONCERN TOO IS THAT THIS IS GONNA COME UP AGAIN. I MEAN, I JUST DON'T WANT A NICE APARTMENT BUILDING LOOKING LIKE AN INTERMODAL HUB. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. WE, WE CAN, UH, FIND ANOTHER WALL LIKE IN THE MM-HMM . PROBABLY IN THE REAR, IN THE REAR STAIRCASE. WE HAVE LIKE, SORRY, STOP TOUCHING IN THE ONLY, ONLY FOUR HAVE TO BE IN A PROMINENT LOCATION NEAR, NEAR THAT'S VISIBLE. SO THE REST OF THEM CAN BE LOCATED ANYWHERE. SO, AND WHEN YOU SAY, SO THE ONES ON THE INSIDE OF THE WALL, THAT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED VISIBLE, LIKE IT HAS TO BE ACTUALLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. UM, VISIBLE. UM, LET ME READ THE TERM AGAIN. HIGHLY VISIBLE LOCATION NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE USE. SO NEAR THE STAIRS, UH, WHERE SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING NEAR THE ELEVATOR, THAT, THAT WOULD BE HIGHLY VI VISIBLE TO THE, TO THE, UH, ENTRANCE OF THE USE. YEAH. SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AGAIN. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO [02:15:01] ONTO THE PROPERTY TO STEAL THE BICYCLE , YOU KNOW? I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH. THAT CREATES A SITUATION. THAT CREATES A SITUATION. SO I, IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE WHERE A GUEST WHO'S COMING TO VISIT CAN FIND THE LOCATION OF THE BIKE RACK EASILY. RIGHT. USUALLY IT'S SORT OF ON THE SIDEWALK OR THE SWALE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN PROBABLY, UH, USE, UH, ONE OF THE, THE WALLS IN THE, LIKE IN THE, IN THE TRASH, UH, AREA. MM-HMM . PROBABLY WE CAN FIT A FEW THERE. OKAY. WE STILL HAVE THE ONES INSIDE, LIKE THE WALL AND MM-HMM . AND IT'S NOT AS GOOD USE OF SPACE, BUT MAYBE IF THERE'S RACKS THAT LAY THE BIKE FLAT AGAINST THE WALL, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT DOESN'T USE THE SPACE AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE. I DON'T KNOW ANY ANYWAY. OKAY. I THINK, WELL, I THINK THAT WE CAN FIX, FIX THAT. YEAH. SOMETHING. OKAY. SORRY SHAUNA, DID YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I WAS INTERESTED IN, SORRY, NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK TO RENDER. CAN YOU JUST GO TO ONE OF YOUR RENDERINGS OF THE BUILDING? OKAY. YEAH. THAT, UH, GO. WELL THIS THE ONE AFTER. SO WHEN I WAS FIRST LOOKING AT THE RENDERINGS, I THOUGHT PERHAPS IT WAS A SORT OF A THAT'S A REAR, THIS IS FINE. BOTH, EITHER ONE OF THOSE WILL WORK. I WAS, LOOK, I THOUGHT THAT THERE MAYBE WAS SORT OF, UM, A THICKNESS IN THE, THE FLOOR PLATE WHERE THE STUCCO STEPS OR, YOU KNOW, BUT IS IT JUST A LIGHT? I CAN'T TELL FROM THE RENDERING. SO MAYBE IF YOU GO TO THE OTHER ONE, 'CAUSE IT LOOKS HERE, IT LOOKED LIKE NOT THAT LINE THAT YOU SEE, LIKE, YEAH, WELL THE IDEA IS TO, UM, TO HAVE THE LED STRIPE LIGHT TO, UM, REINFORCE CURVE, HIGHLIGHT THE SHAPE DURING NIGHT HOURS. SO IT IS JUST THE LIGHT. IT'S NOT LIKE A, A, A STEP OR A THICKNESS. NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE THE, THE LIGHT. IT'S BASICALLY TO, TO KEEP SHOWING THE, THE, THE FORM AND THE, THE SHADE. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THE MOVE. I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THE LIGHT IS GOING TO READ LIKE THIS. I MEAN, AT NIGHT IT WILL, BUT I DON'T THINK IN THE DAY WE'RE GOING TO, UM, PERCEIVE THAT SORT OF LIGHT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN A RENDERING IT'S EASY TO SHOW IT AS A, AS A LINE. BUT, SO I, I GUESS I WAS HOPING THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY, I, I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO ONE OF SARAH'S EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT REINFORCING SOME OF THAT ORGANIC FORM, THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY SORT OF, YOU WERE CARVING AWAY, YOU KNOW, AT, AT A THICKNESS. SO LIKE WE, WE CAN ADD SOME, SOME SORT OF, UH, VOID, UH, TO INCORPORATE THE LIGHT AND DURING THE DAY YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SHADE OF THAT VOID. WHAT NO, SHE, YEAH. IF SHE DID SOME KIND OF RELIEF OR A, A CHANNEL, YOU'D SEE KIND OF A SHADOW OR A YEAH, I THINK I, YEAH, JUST GO GO BACK TO THE RENDERING THAT'S RIGHT. NEXT TO THE, YEAH, SO HERE I JUST LIKE, AGAIN, AND I UNDER, I LIKE THE MOVE. I THINK THE IDEA THAT THE BUILDING'S CURVING AND MOVING AND ADDRESSING THE STREET IS THE SIDE. YOU GUYS HAVE THESE, BUT WE'RE NEVER GONNA PERCEIVE IT LIKE THIS. SO IF THERE, IF IT IS A SHADOW LINE OR REVEAL OR SOMETHING TO, TO REINFORCE THAT LINE, I, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LIGHT. YEAH, PERFECT. IF IT'S ALSO A LIGHT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EASY TO, TO LINE. UM, IF YOU COULD GO FORWARD, I THINK TWO SLIDES, UM, TO THE SIDE VIEW MAYBE ONE MORE. UM, YEAH, THIS WILL WORK. UM, SO YEAH, LIKE EVERYONE'S BEEN SAYING, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE CURVATURE OF THE BUILDING AND UM, I'M KIND OF SEEING LIKE A HONEYCOMB ESQUE FEATURE TO IT. UM, WHERE I FEEL LIKE IT'S NEEDED STILL IS WITH THIS ELEVATOR SHAFT ON THE LEFT, IT'S BECOMES THIS VERY ANGULAR BOX, WHICH I REALIZE NEEDS TO BE A RIGHT ANGLE, BUT WHICH WAS, I THINK SARAH'S FIRST COMMENT, UM, WAS MAYBE CONTINUING THAT BROWN, UM, THE CLADDING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE USING TO COVER, LIKE MAYBE, MAYBE CONSIDERING BRINGING THAT OUT SO THAT IT LIKE STEPPED TEARS AND YOU INCORPORATE SOME CURVATURE THAT MASKS THAT, LIKE VERTICALLY TO SEE THE, THE CURVY SHAPE. YEAH. I FEEL LIKE WE, WE JUST SEE THAT HONEYCOMB SAND SHAPE ON THE FRONT AND THEN THE CURVATURE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THEN WE HAVE THIS KIND OF STARK MM-HMM . ELEVATOR SHAFT ON THE SIDE, AND MAYBE NOBODY'S REALLY SEEING THAT, BUT IT JUST STUCK OUT TO ME IN SOME OF THE, THE RENDERINGS. UM, MAYBE JUST BRINGING THAT BROWN FORWARD AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COVER IT ENTIRELY, BUT, UM, I THOUGHT IT COULD BENEFIT FROM [02:20:01] THAT. UM, MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT, AND MAYBE THIS IS A COST OR SPACE RESTRICTION, IS, UM, WITH THE ELEMENT OF SAND, KIND OF THINK ABOUT WATER. SO I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BENEFIT FROM SOME SORT OF WATER FEATURE, WHETHER THAT'S WHERE THE BICYCLE RACKS WERE, WHICH I DON'T, I DON'T MIND WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, BUT, OR MAYBE AT THE FRONT SOME SORT OF LIKE, UH, WATER FLOW COULD, COULD BE, UH, A NICE ADDITION TO, BUT OVERALL I THINK IT'S A GREAT DESIGN. THANK YOU. ON THIS WALL. YEAH. MAYBE BY WHERE THE ADDRESS, UM, IS ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. YEAH. THAT, THAT WALL'S A LITTLE, THERE MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE. I'M NOT SURE. BUT, UM, THE WALL TO THE LEFT IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING, UM, THERE, YEAH. YEAH. THERE'S A POLE, LIKE A DOUBLE LAYER OPPOSITE OF TO THE BIKE RACK. YEAH. LAURA, CAN I ASK YOU A CLARIFYING QUESTION? CAN YOU GUYS GO TO YOUR ISOMETRIC VIEW WHERE WE CAN SEE THE FRONT AND THE SIDE TOGETHER? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. YEAH. WHEN YOU SAY BRINGING THE, UH, BROWN AROUND, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL LOURES THAT SORT OF ENCASED THE STAIRS? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED HONEYCOMB TOO, SO THE SORT OF THE ORGANIC SHAPES THAT ARE GOING FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR THAT SORT OF FEEL CARRY THAT DUNE FORWARD. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT WRAPPING AROUND THE SIDE? UM, I MEAN, I WAS INITIALLY TALKING ABOUT THE BROWN, BUT, OR THE, THE FIRST THING YOU MENTIONED, THE HORIZONTAL LINE WORK, BUT I MEAN, EITHER I THINK COULD BENEFIT FROM THERE BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE THOSE, THOSE, UM, STUCCO PIECES THAT ARE CURVED ARE ONLY ON THE FRONT. SO MAYBE IT WOULD WORK TO CONTINUE THEM AROUND ON THAT SIDE. UM, I JUST THINK SOMETHING TO MAYBE PLAY WITH THE NATURAL FORM ON THAT SIDE IS NEEDED. UM, JUST CAN BE A SURE IT'S A FLOOR PLAN. YEAH. JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LINEAR LINE THERE. I WAS GONNA SAY TOO, YOU ALMOST, THE REST OF IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND, AND SEXY AND SO MANY CURVES, AND THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A BORING MORE PLAIN THING. AND I, I AGREE. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO ARTICULATE. UM, AND THE ELEVATOR SHAFT DIDN'T PARTICULARLY BOTHER ME, BUT THE REST OF IT JUST HAS SUCH CONTRAST, UM, WITH THE SHAPES AND THE LIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THAT, THAT JUST KIND OF SEEMS A LITTLE BLANDER. I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S THE LIGHT THOUGH AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SHADED. UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A TOUGH CROWD. I THINK HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING AND, UM, YEAH, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IT. I AGREE. I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THE, UM, LIKE SARAH SAID AT THE BEGINNING. UM, BUT I, I KNOW YOUR CONSTRAINTS, UM, ARCHITECTURALLY AND I'D RATHER SEE A RENDERING THAT'S REAL INSTEAD OF THINGS GET WATERED DOWN IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO THANKS FOR BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT, . THANK YOU. LET ME, CAN YOU, UM, GO TO BACK TO THE REAR VIEW? I THINK IT'S SLIDE, IT'S ONE OF THE RENDERINGS, THE REAR VIEW RENDERING. OKAY. BECAUSE WHAT I WANNA DO IS BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME SUGGESTIONS OF WHERE YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT THE ORGANIC FORMS IN THE, IN THE CURRENT LINEAR. AND I THINK HERE THIS SHOWS REALLY IF YOU LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE GLAZING AND, AND YOU HAVE THESE K LINEAR FORMS THAT, THAT I THINK REALLY MAKE THE BUILDING STAND OUT AND THAT WE'RE REALLY ENJOYING. AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS VERY RIGID, GEOMETRIC RIGHT ANGLE OR GLAZING, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF THE WINDOW FRAMES WERE CURVED AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE ISSUE TOO WITH THE, UM, THE SCREENING. AGAIN, IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE THESE COVAL AREA FORMS AND THEN THEY'RE INTERRUPTED IN A WAY BY THESE VERY RIGID, YOU KNOW, 90 DEGREE ANGLED MM-HMM . YEAH. I THINK THAT WE CAN PLAY WITH THE, WITH THE, THE, THE CURVE LIKE THE, THE FUNNEL THAT YOU MENTIONED TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, UNEVEN AND DIFFERENT IN LIKE PLAYFUL AND INCORPORATE THOSE IN THE REAR FACADE. SOME, SOME ALSO ON THE SIDES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL CHANGE A LOT ALREADY. MM-HMM . YEAH. WELL, AND TO SORT OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UM, WHAT LAURA WAS SAYING AND, AND WITH THE, WITH THE, WELL EVEN JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF FLOW, YOU KNOW? YES. AND WHETHER IT'S SAND OR WIND OR WATER, THAT THESE LINES JUST SORT OF FLOW. UM, WHEREAS NOW THEY'RE, THEY START OFF FLOWING AND THEN THEY GET INTERRUPTED AND THEN THEY START. AND SO YEAH. I LOVE, I LOVE IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE. THE CONSTRUCTOR IS GONNA CURSE ME FOREVER, BUT YEAH. NO, I MEAN WE, WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE VERY RECENTLY, SO YEAH. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY YEAH, I'M EXCITED. UM, YEAH, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . YEAH. I, I COMMEND YOU. I THINK IT'S A VERY PRETTY DESIGN, THANK YOU, UM, FROM ALL FOUR SIDES. [02:25:01] IT'S NOT KEEPING, UM, JUST GIVING AN INVITATION OR A PRETTY ARCHITECTURE IN THE FRONT. UM, BUT IT'S NICE AND IT APPEARS TO BE A NICE ENVIRONMENT ONCE YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING AND YOU COME OUT INTO THOSE TERRACES. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK, UM, LAURA'S SUGGESTION OF SOME WATER FEATURE IN THE FRONT, IF POSSIBLE MM-HMM . UM, AND, UM, MAYBE THE, UM, ANGLES, UM, TOWARDS THE ONE SIDE THERE, UM, WHERE THERE WAS JUST A, A PLAIN WALL. UH, BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK IT'S A VERY PRETTY DESIGN AND, UM, I COMMEND YOU THAT YOU DIDN'T COME TO US WITH A WHITE BOX, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH COULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN A LOT CHEAPER TO BUILD, A LOT FASTER TO BUILD . UM, SO THANK YOU. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU NOTICED . HOW, HOW COME YOU DECIDED NOT TO DO THESE? THE FORMS? I THINK THEY LOOK TO ME LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE TRIANGULAR THINGS ON THE OTHER FACADES OR LIKE ON THE BACK, YOU ONLY DID IT ON THE FRONT AT THE BEGINNING. WE WERE THINKING LIKE TO CREATE, UH, FIXED PLANTERS ON THOSE, UH, BALCONIES LIKE IN THE REAR FACADE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAKE IT THOSE CURVE AND PLAIN WITH THE, WITH THE GLASS RAILING AND THE, THE CONCRETE OR TOCO SHAPE. UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK ON THAT, THAT THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT I HAD AT THE BEGINNING AND IT MAY HELP WITH ALL THESE, UH, AND, AND EVEN ORGANIC SHAPE FORMS. AND SHAUNA DO, I MEAN DO, TO ADDRESS HER CONCERNS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE SHAPES MORE LIKE THE ORIGINAL SKETCH. DID YOU HAVE ANY EXPERT THOUGHTS ON THAT? WELL, IF I UNDERSTOOD THE, I MEAN, SOME OF THE FIRST STEPS, LIKE THE SAND DUNES, I UNDERSTOOD THOSE FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE SHELL STRUCTURES THAT, YOU KNOW, SINGLE STORY STRUCTURES ARE MUCH EASIER TO CONSTRUCT WHEN YOU GET TO MULTILEVEL LIKE THIS. I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WENT VERTICAL. UM, AND I WOULD JUST ASSUME THAT THE VERTICAL ORGANIC ELEMENTS THAT ARE APPLIED AT THE FACADE ARE ONLY ON THE FRONT DUE TO COST . BUT, UM, SO I, I, I THINK OUR ADVICE IS TO SEE IF AND WHERE YOU CAN ADD MORE OF THAT LANGUAGE TO THE REAR. ESPECIALLY LIKE IF SOME OF THOSE SHAPES WERE APPLIED AT THE REAR HERE, IT WOULD GET RID OF, I THINK YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOXY WINDOW FRAMES, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I, A LONG, WHATEVER THAT ELEVATION WAS, THE LONG ELEVATION WITH THE ELEVATOR. SO LEMME SEE WHEN I GO BACK TO THE SKETCHES. UM, LIKE IT'S A VERY BAD SKETCH. BUT ANYWAY, , THE, THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT, UH, BUT BOTTOM LEFT, UH, THAT WAS THE IDEA TO, TO, WITH THOSE, UM, WITH THOSE SHAPES TO, TO PLAY MORE, WITH MORE MOVEMENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT WE CAN KEEP WORKING ON THAT. AND AS I SAID, THEN WE WILL FIGHT WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO GET OUR RESULT . YEAH, THAT'LL BE AWESOME. EVEN ANY TWEAKING YOU COULD DO, THAT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO, THEY WOULD NOT NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD. SO CAN, SORRY, CAN I MAKE A, A MOTION? YEAH. TO APPROVE WITH FRIENDLY, UM, NOW AMENDMENTS? YEAH. FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS AND TO, TO WORK WITH STAFF. UH, THE ONE WAS TO LOOK AT THE ORGANIC, YOU KNOW, CURVES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE FRONT FACADE AND SEE HOW THEY COULD BE PROLIFERATED ALONG THE REAR INSIDE, UM, FACADE THAT HELP TO BLEND THE VERTICAL SHAFT OF THE ELEVATOR AND THE, UM, SORT OF VERTICAL LINES OF THE WINDOW FRAMES. I'LL LET YOU, UH, ADD THE OTHER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT , IF YOU WANTED. WELL, WHAT DID, WAS THERE ANY CONSENSUS ON THE BICYCLES, THE BICYCLE RACK? UH, YES. WE, WE CAN, WE CAN REMOVE THE ONES IN THE FRONT, UH, IT RELOCATED WITH THEM AND, AND ADD A WATER FEATURE PROB PROBABLY IN THE SAME WALL. YEAH. I MEAN, I'D BE OKAY WITH THE LANGUAGE OF YOU LOOKING, YOU KNOW, AT THE BICYCLE RACKS AND IT'S POSSIBLE ON THAT THEN. YES. YEAH. I, I, YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT. YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, AGAIN, WE REALIZE THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE NEW RESTRICTIONS AND, BUT YEAH, IF YOU COULD EXPLORE AND SEE IF A WATER FEATURE WOULD MAKE SENSE OR MOVING THE BICYCLE RACKS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, THAT WE ALL AGREED THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE MUSTS WOULD BE EXPLORING WAYS TO REALLY MAKE LESS 90 DEGREE ANGLES AND MORE OF THE ORGANIC FLOWY LINES, UM, AND THEN EXPLORE OTHER WAYS FOR, [02:30:01] FOR THE OTHER THINGS. DOES THAT SEEM APPROPRIATE? YEAH. AND, AND EVEN, AND AGAIN, AS AN EXPLORER, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANNA REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF, I GUESS IT'S THE PEDIMENT ALONG THE TOP. I, I DON'T KNOW. UM, JUST AS FAR, I DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS. THAT MAY BE BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATOR, THE ONE ON THE TOP YOU'RE REFERRING, YOU DON'T FALL OVER. YEAH. OKAY. THE PARA IS THAT ENOUGH DIRECTION. YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY. LIO, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE, WE GAVE YOUR STAFF ENOUGH DIRECTION ON HOW TO I'M COMFORTABLE, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF ORGANICS SHAPES ON THE SIDES AND REAR FACADES. UM, AND IN PARTICULAR TO SCREEN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, UH, IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE 90 DEGREE ANGLES. YEAH. AND TO LOOK AT THE, THE GLAZING AND THE, THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE SCREENING TO LOOK AT THE SCREENINGS. I CAN'T TELL FROM YOUR PICTURE. IS THE SCREENING CURVED OR IS IT OH, OKAY. I, THE SCREENING APPEARS TO BE CURVED TO ME, SO, OKAY. SORRY, THAT WAS HARD TO TELL. UM, AND THEN EXPLORE, UM, ADDING A WATER FEATURE TO THE FRONT FACADE. UM, DO WE WANT A FIRM REMOVAL OF THE BICYCLE PARKING FROM THE FRONT FACADE OR, OR IS THAT MORE OF AN EXPLORE? I DON'T, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T GO FOR THAT. I, I, I PERSONALLY, I DON'T, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME TO HAVE THE BIKE RACK THERE. IF THEY CAN FIND SPACE INSIDE WHERE THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THE BIKES THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH CODE, THEN FINE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE BETTER INSIDE, THEY'RE PROTECTED. BUT OTHERWISE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SPACE FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. MY ONLY CONCERN IF, IF TRAFFIC NEEDS TO REVIEW IT AGAIN AND GET A, LIKE, AND YOUR REVISION FROM, THEY, THEY WOULD WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RACKS ARE THERE. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE CONCERNED WITH THE, YEAH, LET'S BE REALISTIC ABOUT BIKE RACKS THOUGH. THEY'RE GOING EITHER BE SLAMMED IN FRONT OF A BUILDING, THE UGLY BIKE RACKS THAT YOU BUY WHEREVER, OR PEOPLE TIE 'EM TO THE POLES. POLES AND OTHER THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD REWARD SOME CREATIVITY AND SEE IF IT'S WORTH, IT'S VERY, IF IT'S A DISASTER, YOU'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF A NEAT CONCEPT AND I IT ATTACHED TO THE WALL. YEAH, NO, I THINK, LISTEN, I THINK I, I COMMEND YOU FOR TRYING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE SHOULD LET HIM GO FORWARD AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. SO THEN NOT A MUST, BUT NO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RIGHT. TO EXPLORE. CORRECT. AND, AND ADDING ADDITIONAL ORGANIC MOVES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. IT, IT CAN GET TO A POINT IN MY, IN MY, MY THINKING THAT IT GETS TO BE TOO MUCH. AND SO YOU DON'T WANT TOO LITTLE, YOU DON'T WANT TOO MUCH, BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK MAYBE YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE, BUT I WOULDN'T GO OVERBOARD BECAUSE THEN IT REALLY IS, I, IN MY OPINION, DETRACT FROM THE, UM, I AGREE ARCHITECTURE THAT YOU BROUGHT, THE DESIGN THAT YOU BROUGHT. IT'S VERY PRETTY. THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE? YOU ALSO MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE LIGHTING FOR THE REVEAL. YEAH. I, I THINK IF THEY CAN EXPLORE, UM, A RELIEF OR YEAH. A REVEAL MM-HMM . AT THE LIGHTING. YEAH. AND THAT'S SO TO EXPLORE THE BIKE RACK, THE ORGANIC FLOW, THE LIGHTING, THE WATER FEATURE, POSSIBILITY OF LOCATION, UH, WAS THERE ANY OTHER, OKAY. I THINK THOSE WOULD BE, AND EXPLORE WITH THEM. GO WITH STAFF FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE LIGHTING AND THE'S? THE, IT WAS THE LINEAR LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE FLOOR PLATE. THEY'RE SHOWING A LINEAR LIGHT. OKAY. AND SO WE'RE SAYING CAN THAT HAVE A REVEAL OR SOME SORT OF A CHANNEL OR SOMETHING TO YEAH, A CHANNEL SO THAT IT'S A SHADOW SO THAT WE'RE NOT DEPENDING ON SEEING THE LIGHT. OH, GOT IT. OKAY. TO SCREEN THE ACTUAL LIGHT FIXTURE ITSELF. WELL, TO DEFINE THE CURVE, THE MORE TO DEFINE THE CURVE SO THAT YEAH, MORE SO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK TO ENHANCE THE CURVE YEAH. THAT'S THERE. IF, IF THE LIGHT WERE NOT, IF WE'RE NOT PERCEIVING THE LIGHT, THEN THERE'S A SHADOW LINE OR SOMETHING. YEAH. OH MY GOD, THANK YOU. GOT IT. OKAY. DID I TECHNICALLY MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NOPE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO Y'ALL. THANK YOU. NICE JOB. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, IS THAT, UM, JUST [FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: January 16, 2025] ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR? I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, UM, MEETING INVITES FOR NEXT YEAR'S MEETINGS. AND IF NOT, WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE [02:35:01] SOME INVITES IN A CALENDAR. UM, THE MEETINGS WILL BE AT A DIFFERENT TIME OF THE, OF THE MONTH. THEY WILL BE ON THURSDAYS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE PLANNING BOARD WILL BE MOVING TO BE THE FIRST OF THE FOUR LAND USE BOARD MEETINGS OF THE MONTH. BECAUSE THE CODE DOES REQUIRE IN MANY SITUATIONS, UM, THAT PROJECTS BE CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING BOARD PRIOR TO BE BEING CONSIDERED BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. UM, SO THIS IS IN AN EFFORT TO FACILITATE, UH, AND STREAMLINE PROCEDURES FOR APPLICANTS, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR PROJECT APPROVED WITHIN THE SAME MONTH. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND THEY CAN'T GO TO THE DESIGN REVIEW REVIEW BOARD UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONTH. UM, SO ROGELIO, NOT ALL PROJECTS GO TO PLANNING AND THEN TO DRB, JUST SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THE PROJECTS, IT'S, IT'S IF THEY HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH TYPICALLY ARE THE LARGER PROJECTS OR THE PROPOSING USE THAT'S IMPACTFUL OF SOME SORT. UM, FOR ON THIS AGENDA, THERE WEREN'T ANY SINGLE NO PROJECTS ON THIS AGENDA, HAD TO GO TO THE, TO THE PLANNING BOARD. UH, BUT ON OCCASION IT HAPPENS AND IT, AND IT SLOWS 'EM DOWN. SO, SO IT'S AN EFFORT TO STREAMLINE. SO THE NEW MEETINGS ARE NOW GONNA BE THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH? IS THAT IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY. THURSDAY TWO CASES IN MOST CASES. IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY. THERE'S A FEW SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A HOLIDAY OR SOMETHING AND IT, AND IT HAS TO BE MOVED AROUND. OKAY. UH, BUT GENERALLY IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. OKAY. UM, SO WE'LL SEND OUT, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED A CALENDAR OR AN OUTLOOK INVITE, WE, WE WILL SEND THOSE OUT. UM, SO THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 16TH OF JANUARY. 16TH OF JANUARY. OKAY. GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A HAPPY HOLIDAY. THANK YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. YOU, WE HAVE LUNCH, BY THE WAY, IN THE BACK, UH, FOR EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.