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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE JUNE 10TH PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
UH, HAVE A PRETTY SHORT AGENDA, SO IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK DAY, BUT WE WILL START WITH, UH, IF
[1. After Action Report – May 6, 2025 ]
I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THEY'RE APPROVED.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
TODAY'S MEETING WITH THE PLANNING BOARD WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH THE BOARD PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL AND APPLICANT AND STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC APPEARING EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM.
TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THE PUBLIC MAY DIAL 1-877-853-FIVE 2 5 7 AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 8 6 1 4 3 4 2 6 3 2 7 POUND, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 8 6 1 4 3 4 2 6 3 2 7.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING BY PHONE.
IF YOU'RE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, A CORPORATION, OR ANOTHER PERSON, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET, YOU SHOULD REGISTER BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ONLY ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF 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'RE 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 PRINCIPLE ON WHOSE BEHALF THEY'RE COMMUNICATING.
IF YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY, AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR EMPLOYEE REPRESENTING AN APPLICANT OR AN OBJECTOR, YOU MUST REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST.
THESE RULES APPLY WHETHER YOU'RE APPEARING IN FAVOR OF OR AGAINST AN ITEM OR ENCOURAGING OR ARGUING AGAINST ITS PASSAGE TO FEED MODIFICATION OR CONTINUANCE.
LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SWEAR IN ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR STAFF WILL BE TESTIFYING TODAY.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO.
[2. PB24-0661. Commercial / Industrial/ Residential Height and Setback Regulation Modifications Citywide.]
A REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE PLANNING BOARD FILED, PLEA PB 24 0 6 61, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL HEIGHT AND SETBACK REGULATION MODIFICATIONS.ACTUALLY, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO THE BOARD DOES NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON PB 24 DASH 0 6 6 1.
WE'LL KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR THE RECORD.
[3. PB25-0747. Vendor Appointments to Land Use Boards]
ONE.PLANNING BOARD FILE 25 0 7 4 7, VENDOR APPOINTMENTS AND LAND USE BOARDS.
UM, THE CITY STILL WORKING ON PREPARING THIS ORDINANCE AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT OR ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONTINUE THIS TO THE JULY 1ST MEETING, JULY ONE.
AND YOU'LL KEEP US POSTED ON THAT MEETING, RIGHT? RIGHT.
NEXT ONE IS PLANNING BOARD FILE 21ST, WE, WE DO NEED TO TAKE, UH, MOTION AND, UM, FOR THE CONTINUANCE.
SOMEONE MOVED TO CONTINUOUS TO JULY, SO MOVED SECOND.
[4. PB24-0719. 1350 Collins Avenue]
BOARD FILE 24 0 7 1 9 13 15 COLLINS AVENUE AND BOARD MAY REMEMBER, UM, THIS WAS LAST BEFORE YOU A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THE BOARD CONTINUE IT TILL TODAY IN ORDER TO SEE HOW THEY WERE OPERATING.UM, THEY HAVE SINCE OPENED UP SINCE THE BOARD LAST, UM, HEARD THIS APPLICATION.
THEY ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THEIR DOCUMENTS.
SO I DID PASS OUT A LETTER PROVIDED, UM, BY THEM.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THE REQUEST AND THEY'RE ASKING THAT THE APPLICATION APPLICATION BE CONTINUED TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE APPLICATION, GO AHEAD.
UH, CAN I SHARE WITH YOU SOME PICTURES OR NO? YOU DON'T NEED TO SHARE PIC? NO, WE CAN.
SO I WROTE, I WROTE A SMALL SPEECH, UH, SORRY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LIKE, SORRY, IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
JAMIL DIP, CO-FOUNDER OF DE HOSPITALITY GROUP DOING BUSINESS SINCE 96 HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND WE BOUGHT THIS SMALL BEAUTIFUL LOCATION CALLED DONATELLA, WHICH IS A BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND A SUPER HIGH-END ITALIAN RESTAURANT.
LAST TIME I COULDN'T SPEAK BECAUSE SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A NIGHTCLUB BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS BECAUSE IT'S A NIGHTCLUB.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA HIGH HAVE A HIGH VOLUME ON IT AND YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND YOU CAN GO THERE.
MAYBE IT'S THE BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT.
MAYBE IN USA WE HAVE TOP CHEFS FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE PLANET, TOP MANAGERS.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, I LIVE IN MIAMI BEACH, MY KIDS STUDY IN MIAMI BEACH.
YESTERDAY I STOLE MY CAR FROM MIAMI BEACH.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE CITY.
THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE IT BY THE WAY.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR 30 DAYS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE LIKE EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, LIKE
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SOME OTHER COUNTRIES KNOW, REMOVING THAT TOURIST TRAP KIND OF OPERATION AND BRINGING GOOD QUALITY BECAUSE I BELIEVE SO MUCH IN WHAT'S HAPPENING.SO WE WANNA PUT A LITTLE BIT OF US THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A, A MUSIC PROGRAMMER, SOMETIMES A VIOLIN.
WE HAVE IT ON THE GRAND OPENING.
WE WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY WERE THERE.
NO COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
SO I'M JUST HERE TO ASK YOU FOR THE FAVOR TO, IT'S PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THE PEOPLE, THEY, I THINK INSTAGRAM, IT'S LIKE THOSE PICTURES, FAKE FLOWERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON THE PAST NOW.
PEOPLE, THEY WANNA HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
I WANNA HAVE A MEAL AND A VIOLIN AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THE PLACE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
YOU CAN GOOGLE IT AND SEE THE REVIEWS, YELL TRIP ADVICE OR GOOGLE LIKE REAL REVIEWS FROM REAL PEOPLE.
SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING OURSELVES ASKING.
SO, SO WHO, WHO'S ASKING FOR CONTINUANCE? NO, WE, WE, WE CAN, THIS CANNOT BE HEARD TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UPDATE THEIR PLANS, UPDATE THEIR APPLICATION.
OKAY, SO, SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WE'RE JUST ASKING, HE'S JUST ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONTINUE THE APPLICATION TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING.
THAT'LL GIVE HIM TIME TO UPDATE THE PLAN AND THE BOARD CAN HEAR IT THEN.
I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M NOT A LAWYER, NOT JUST ASKING TO CONTINUE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN START DOING IT.
THE ONLY THING THE BOARD CAN DO TODAY IS CONTINUE THE APPLICATION.
THE BOARD CANNOT TO VOTE TO APPROVE OR DISCUSS THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
WE'RE ONLY HERE TO DISCUSS THE CONTINUANCE OF THE APPLICATION.
YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY YOU, YOU TOLD US WHAT YOU SAID, BUT IN SEPTEMBER YOU'LL COME BACK.
UM, THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S OPERATING PROPERLY AND, AND YOU KNOW.
OKAY, SO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, IT WAS 90 DAYS.
UM, WE CAN, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE DATE THE BOARD MEETS.
THE BOARD DOES NOT MEET IN AUGUST.
RIGHT? WE DON'T, THEY DON'T MEET IN AUGUST.
YOU GUYS CAN STOP BY AND TRY THE FOOD AND SEE THE PLACE.
AND WE WISH YOU LUCK, BUT WE'LL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
AND BEFORE, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE APPLICATION, WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS? ANYONE IN ZOOM? THERE'S NOBODY ON ZOOM WITH A OKAY.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE INTO SEPTEMBER? MOTION CONTINUE.
SHE CAN I GET A SECOND, KEITH? OKAY.
[5. PB23-0606. 1759 Purdy Ave & 1724 Bay Rd]
THE FIRST ONE IS PLANNING BOARD FILE 23 0 6 0 6 17 59 PURDY AVENUE AND 1724 BAY ROAD, TRACY.OH, ACTUALLY WE NEED, UH, SURE.
I'LL GET A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THIS APPLICATION.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD LAST REVIEWED, UM, THIS SITE ON JANUARY 30TH WHERE THEY MADE MODIFICATION TO THE COP, INCLUDING INCREASING THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANT SEATS AND THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY LOAD OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CONDITION.
TWO OF THE COP REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANT APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AFTER THE, UM, FOR A PROGRESS REPORT.
AFTER THE FIRST BTR WAS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY ON MARCH 6TH, THE FIRST BTR WAS ISSUED FOR, UM, THE RESTAURANT AND THE SUBJECT SITE.
SO THE APPLICANT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, BASED UPON THAT CONDITION OF THE CEP, THE BOARD, THE, UM, APPLICANT WILL BE, OR THE PROPERTY WILL BACK BEFORE YOU, UM, WITHIN A YEAR.
'CAUSE THE CODE ALSO, THE, UM, COP ALSO REQUIRES THAT WHEN 75% OF THE BUILDING IS IN OPERATION, THEY COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD FOR A PROGRESS REPORT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO CONDITIONS ON THE TRAFFIC.
SO WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, UM, JUST FOR THIS, UM, STANDARD PROGRESS REPORT, WE DID NOTE THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A VIOLATION ISSUED TO THE, FOR THE VALET OPERATOR.
WE'RE NOT HAVING A BTR, HOWEVER, A BTR WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 8TH.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND SUSPEND THE PROGRESS REPORT AT THIS TIME.
AND JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS PRIMARILY THE UCHI RESTAURANT IN SUNSET HARBOR.
MY ADDRESS IS 3,800 NORTHEAST FIRST AVENUE, SUITE 200.
I AM HERE TODAY BEFORE YOU REGARDING THE 18 SUNSET PROJECT, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1759 PURDY AVENUE.
UM, IT'S A RECENTLY COMPLETED BUILDING.
IT'S GOT ITS FIRST MAIN TENANT OPEN, WHICH IS UCHI CO.
UM, HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU HAVE TRIED IT.
IT'S A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THE BUILDING'S LOOKING LIKE TODAY AND WHAT OUR, UH, SLATED TENANTS ARE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY COME ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AND BRING US BACK FOR OUR SECOND PROGRESS REPORT.
UM, SO, UM, AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THIS PROJECT A FEW TIMES.
WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU, UM, THREE SEPARATE TIMES.
UM, AND THE APPROVALS MORPHED THROUGH THE COVID ERA AND FINALLY LANDED ON HAVING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL OFFICE SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL OFFICE ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THE TENANTS ARE LINING UP.
UM, THE LAMBORGHINI LOUNGE IS GOING TO BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING FACING PURDY AVENUE.
THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A SALON STYLE SHOWROOM OF
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SORTS.THERE WON'T BE CAR SALES OR TEST DRIVING OR ANYTHING, UM, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE LAMBORGHINI BRANDED EXPERIENCES LOOK AT SPECIAL CARS AND POTENTIALLY ORDER CARS.
UH, UCI CO IS THE RESTAURANT THAT'S BEEN OPEN NOW SINCE MARCH.
UM, AGAIN, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TRYING IT OUT.
IT'S THE SISTER RESTAURANT OF UCI IN WYNWOOD.
UM, KITSON YACHT GROUP IS A LUXURY YACHT BROKERAGE, GFL ENVIRONMENTAL WILL BE OPENING SOON.
THAT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING FIRM.
UM, ARIES MANAGEMENT IS A FINANCIAL OFFICE.
UH, PREDIUM PARTNERS IS ALSO A REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL OFFICE.
AU MARS PIG WAY IS A WATCH COMPANY THAT WILL BE HAVING A RESIDENTIAL OFFICE ON THE TOP FLOOR, UM, WHICH IS, UM, INTENDED TO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE AP LIFESTYLE, UM, ORDER A WATCH, TAKE DELIVERY OF YOUR WATCH, OR JUST SPEND SOME TIME AROUND THE BRAND.
AND THEN ENDEAVOR IS A PRIVATE FAMILY OFFICE SLASH RESIDENCE THAT WILL ALSO OCCUPY THE TOP FLOOR.
THESE ARE SOME IMAGES OF THE FINISHED BUILDING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PARK IS IN THE FOREGROUND.
THIS LITTLE STRETCH OF PURDY AVENUE HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH BOTH THE COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING AND THE COMPLETION OF THE PARK.
UM, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AMAZING AND IT, AND IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE RENDERINGS THAT WE'VE SHOWED YOU OVER THE YEARS, SO IT'S VERY NICE FOR ME TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT.
UM, HERE ARE SOME VARIOUS VIEWS FROM PURDY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE LOFTS IN THE FOREGROUND AND THE SARDINIA RESTAURANT IN THE BACKGROUND.
UM, THE FINISHINGS ON THE BUILDING ARE JUST BEING COMPLETED.
THERE'S WOOD ACCENTS, LANDSCAPING ON THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, GLASS EVERYWHERE.
UM, THE BREEZEWAY IS COMPLETE AND THAT HAS THE REMOVABLE BOLLARDS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS AS NEEDED.
UM, AND UCHI CO IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
IT'S ALSO COMPLETED, UM, WITH THE POOL AND SOME ENTERTAINING AREA.
AND THIS AREA WILL BE UTILIZED MAINLY BY THE RESIDENTIAL OFFICE SPACES.
UM, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE BAY ROAD SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CITY AND THE VENETIAN CAUSEWAY IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND THEN MORE, MORE EXAMPLES OF THE FINISHINGS IN THE BUILDING.
THIS IS THE BREEZEWAY AND THAT COMPLETES THE PROGRESS REPORT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UM, AS MICHAEL HAD NOTED, THE VALET HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP GETTING STARTED, UM, WITH THE OPENING OF THE RESTAURANT, BUT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND THE BUILDING IS IN FULL CODE COMPLIANCE AT THIS TIME.
SO TRACY, I KNOW I ASKED YOU INFORMALLY, BUT THE LAMBORGHINI SPACE IS AN EVENT SPACE, SO NOT A, NOT A RESTAURANT.
IT'S NOT A RESTAURANT, IT'S NOT A CAR SHOWROOM, IT'S SOMETHING IN BETWEEN, I CALL IT A LAWN.
UM, IT'S AN, IT'S A PLACE FOR CUSTOMERS TO ENJOY THE BRAND.
UM, THEY WILL OFFER YOU DRINKS AND YOU CAN TOUCH CARS, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A CAR SHOWROOM FOR SALES.
IT'S NOT A RESTAURANT OR A, A BAR.
SO THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO GENERATE REVENUE THERE.
IT'S MAINLY A LIKE EXPERIENCE.
AND WHEN'S THAT SUPPOSED TO OPEN?
I'VE SEEN THE STICKERS ON THE WINDOWS.
UM, LAUREN GOLDSTEIN, THE PROJECT MANAGER IS NOT HERE, SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT IT, THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE INTERIOR AS WELL, UNDERWAY.
THEY HAVE THEIR PERMITS AND THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING.
I, I GUESS MY, I RAISED THIS CONCERN OF BLOCKING PURDY, UH, WITH, WITH TRAFFIC WHEN WE WAS FIRST APPROVED YES.
A YEAR AGO OR HOWEVER LONG AGO.
AND MY CONCERN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LISTEN, VALET HICCUPS HAPPEN.
I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE BTR ISSUE AT ALL.
BUT MY CONCERN IS ONCE YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A FERRARI EVENT, UH, I'M SORRY, LAMBORGHINI EVENT, UH, AT THIS PLUS UCI, IT'S GOING THERE.
AND I'M, I, I GUESS I'M, I I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE, I GUESS THE NEW TRAFFIC FLOW ESPECIALLY.
'CAUSE WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC STUDY, IT WASN'T BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THERE BEING NECESSARILY SPECIAL EVENTS AT THIS, AT THE, AT THIS VENUE, THERE WAS GONNA BE ANOTHER RESTAURANT.
UM, AND SO MY THINKING IS TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, COME BACK, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WHEN LAMBORGHINI'S OPEN, JUST TO KIND OF CHECK IN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE BOARD FEELS ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT COMES TO MIND, I'M NOT TAKING ISSUE WITH THIS BUILDING PER PER SE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THIS, THE, THE BENEFITS THAT WE GIVE TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS TO PUT AS AN INCENTIVE TO GIVE RESIDENTIAL TO, TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS A, A WORKAROUND WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE A BRAND BUYS THE RESIDENTS AND THEY HAVE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE RESIDING IN THIS PREMISES.
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PROBABLY NOBODY.MAYBE CLIENTS OR MAYBE THEY JUST USE IT AS AN EXTENSION OF THEIR OFFICE.
BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE GIVING INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTIAL, I WOULD THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE USED AS RESIDENTIAL AND NOT AS, I MEAN IN THE PRESENTATION THEY SAID IT WAS GONNA BE FOR, YOU KNOW, CLIENTS OR, OR VISITORS OR CLIENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I MEAN, THAT TO ME SEEMS MORE LIKE AN AIRBNB EXPERIENCE, WHICH I KNOW IS ALLOWED.
BUT, UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT AIRBNB, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE APPROVING THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE IS HOW DO WE PUT GUARDRAILS ON IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY USED AS RESIDENTIAL? WELL, I THINK, SO THIS ACTUALLY, THIS APPLICATION WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AS IT MIXED USE BUILDING WAS RESIDENTIAL ABOVE AND, UM, GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT USE.
THEY DID COME BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THERE WAS THREE P WAS MODIFIED TO ADD OFFICE SPACE.
SO IT DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THIS BOARD TO INTRODUCE THAT OFFICE USE INTO THE, INTO THE BUILDING.
WELL, RIGHT, BUT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE IS STILL A RESIDENTIAL ELEMENT TO THIS BUILDING.
IT WASN'T COMPLETELY REMOVED RIGHT.
IN ORDER, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO GET THE, UM, THE UM, FAR BUMPED TO 2.0 IN THE DISTRICT.
IS MY POINT IS THAT THEY DO THAT AND THEN, THEN A, A LUXURY BRAND COMES IN AND BUYS THE RESIDENCE AND DOESN'T ACTUALLY USE IT AS A RESIDENCE.
THEY USE IT AS A CONTINUATION OF THEIR OFFICE.
AND ONCE THE DOORS ARE CLOSED AND THE LOCKS ARE PUT ON THE DOORS, WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR OVERSIGHT AS TO WHETHER THERE'S AN ACTUAL RESIDENCE THERE.
THEY WOULDN'T, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET LICENSED FOR AN OFFICE USE IN THAT LOCATION IF IT'S LICENSED AS A, AS A RESIDENCE, UM, OR AN APARTMENT OF APARTMENT USE.
SO IT'S SPLIT LIKE, SO I'M SAYING IS THERE'S CLEARLY A, NOW A RESIDENCE, THEY'RE CALLING IT A RESIDENCE, BUT THERE'S NOBODY RESIDING IN IT.
AND MY POINT IN JUST SAYING IS, IS THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO INCREASE THE, WELL THEY DID IT TO INCREASE THE FAR, BUT THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE INCENTIVES WAS TO HELP THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
AND IF WE WANT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT HOUSING, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO THE FUTURE, WE JUST NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT LOOPHOLES I, YOU KNOW, SO TO SPEAK.
AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CLOSED OFF FOR THE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE, WE INCENTIVIZE.
IS THERE ANYONE IN CHAMBERS SPEAK ON THIS? ANYBODY ON ZOOM? THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HAND RAISED.
SO, UM, THEY RECOMMEND SUSPENDING, YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING.
SO THERE IS, THERE IS A CONDITION TO C-U-P-I-I DISCUSS THIS WITH TRACY TO VERIFY.
IT DOES SAY THAT, UM, UM, WHEN A DETAIL IS ISSUED FOR ANY USE ON THE PROPERTY, THAT THE APPLICATION APPLICANT HAS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD FOR PROGRESS REPORT.
SO, SO THAT'S ALREADY, SO LAMBORGHINI WILL HAVE TO DO THAT.
THAT THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA VERIFY THE CONDITION THAT TRACY ASKED ME TO, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S STATED IN THE COP NOW.
AND PENDING VERIFICATION, THEY WOULD REQUIRE TO COME BACK, COME TO THE BOARD FOR A PROGRESS REPORT BASED UPON THAT CONDITION.
ALRIGHT, SO TECHNICALLY WE CAN SUSPEND THIS ONE AND THEN YES.
THE BTR WILL TRIGGER A NEW REQUIREMENT, CORRECT? YES.
COULD WE, COULD WE THOUGH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THE BTR TRIGGERS A NEW VISIT TO THE PLANNING BOARD, GREAT.
IF NOT, CAN WE CONTINUE IT AND WE CAN CANCEL IT ADMINISTRATIVELY IF, IF WE ARE COMING BACK ANYWAYS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE I JUST, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO COME BACK, I THINK IT'S HARD TO ADD THAT, ADD THAT REQUIREMENT.
NOW WE ALREADY HAVE A CONDITION IN THE BOARD THAT SAYS WHEN 75% OF THE, OF THE, OF THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD OVER NO LESS THAN A YEAR FROM THE INITIAL ONE.
SO IT'S GONNA COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD, UM, BEFORE, UM, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR ANYWAY, BASED UPON THAT CONDITION.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, AND ABSENT ANY VIOLATIONS, SO YOU'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT A NEW BTR WILL REQUIRE.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN SOMEONE WANNA MOVE TO SUSPEND THIS ONE, PLEASE? I'LL MOVE, I'LL MOVE IT.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THANKS TRACY.
[6. PB24-0707, a.k.a PB23-0577. 230 1st Street & 81 Washington Avenue – Le Jardin Boucherie & Genzo-Omakase Room.]
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS PLANNING BOARD FILE 24 0 7 0 7 2 80 FIRST STREET, TWO 31ST STREET, WASHINGTON AVENUE, LA HARDEEN, CHERIE, AND ZO OMA ROAD.AND THIS STAFF REPORT BEGINS ON PAGE M 26, THE BOARD PACKAGES, UM, THE BOARD MAY REMEMBER THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR QUITE A WHILE THIS YEAR.
UM, BACK ON JANUARY 7TH, THE BOARD APPROVED A MODIFICATION TO THE CUP IN ORDER TO ADD, UM, THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH A NEW, UM, UM, RESTAURANT COMPONENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JANUARY 7TH.
LATER THAT MONTH AND JANUARY 28TH, A PTR WAS ISSUED FOR THE OPERATION OF THE RESTAURANT ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF THE BUILDING.
UM, ON OPENING NIGHT THERE WAS A LIVE BAND PERFORMING IN THE COURTYARD AND THEY DID RECEIVE A VIOLATION FOR THAT.
WE DID SEND A CHEER LETTER TO THE APPLICANT ADVISING THEM TO APPEAR FOR THE PLANNING BOARD FOR PROGRESS REPORT IN MARCH.
UM, IN MARCH, THE BOARD HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT AND CONTINUED THE
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PROGRESS REPORT, UM, TO A DATE CERTAIN OF TODAY.UM, SINCE THAT TIME IS NOT IN OUR STAFF REPORT, THERE WAS A VIOLATION ISSUED TO THE VALET VALET OPERATOR FOR USING, UM, UM, UNAUTHORIZED, UM, METERED PARKING SPACES.
SO WE'RE ALL RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME THAT THE BOARD SET A REVOCATION HEARING FOR THE, UM, UM, FOR THE SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING, OR A MINIMUM CONTINUE THE PROGRESS REPORT TO HEAR THE OUTCOME OF THE VIOLATION.
I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THE VALET OPERATOR IS SEPARATE FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT, BUT WE CONSIDER ALL VIOLATIONS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO WE ARE, THAT'S THE WAY I RECOMMEND THE BOARD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ANY, TELL ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND SET A REVOCATION MODIFICATION HEARING FOR, FOR, FOR SEPTEMBER, OR AT LEAST CONTINUE THE PROGRESS REPORT TO THE SEPTEMBER 9TH AND THAT'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ, 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, DALE FERNANDEZ, LARKIN, AND TAP.
UM, SO AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE WERE BACK HERE IN MARCH, UM, AND AS PROMISED, UH, THERE WERE NO FURTHER EVENTS AT THE VENUE.
THIS WAS JUST A ONE TIME THING, UH, OF PART OF THE OPENING.
AND SINCE THEN IT'S, THE RESTAURANT HAS REALLY BEEN WELL RECEIVED.
I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION AND SOME SLIDES THAT I'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MICHAEL HAS RAISED AND THAT I RAISED IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO GOING TO HOW THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, WE RECEIVED A REALLY NICE EMAIL FROM GERALD POSNER WHO WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN THE, THE, YOU KNOW, PREPARATION, THE CS ON THE BOARD AT THE COSMOPOLITAN.
THEY SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS TO HAPPEN TO SOUTH OF FIFTH IN THE 20 YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN LIVING THERE.
THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN REALLY POSITIVELY REVIEWED AND THERE'S NOBODY CLAIMING THAT THE THE ROAD IS BEING BLOCKED BY THE VALET.
UM, THERE'S NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE CONNECTED WITH THIS RESTAURANT.
UM, MICHAEL DID, UH, HAVE A, A SITE VISIT, UM, AND CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE CUP REQUIRING A NOISE LIMITER.
SO YOU CAN CRANK THE MUSIC ON THE SYSTEM.
IT WON'T NECESSARILY GO UP, UM, TO A, A, A LEVEL THAT VIOLATES THE CUP.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AS MICHAEL MENTIONED THERE, THERE WAS A VIOLATION ISSUED TO THE VALET OPERATOR.
UM, WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY NOTICE OF THIS.
THE FIRST TIME WE LEARNED ABOUT IT WAS WHEN THE STAFF REPORT CAME OUT, SO THE OWNER DOESN'T GET ANY NOTICE.
ALTHOUGH, UH, THE STAFF REPORT DOES MENTION THAT IT'S CONNECTED TO THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T GET ANY NOTICE OF THIS VIOLATION.
WE HAVE NO IDEA IT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CHARACTERIZATION, UH, THAT THE SPACES WERE BEING USED, UH, WERE NOT AUTHORIZED, I THINK THAT'S A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF THE VIOLATION.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THAT FROM APRIL 1ST TO MAY 1ST, THERE WAS A PAYMENT MADE TO USE THOSE SPACES AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE VALET OPERATOR HERE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
BUT I THINK THE ISSUE WAS MORE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE CARS WERE IN THE VALET SPACES WHILE PATRONS WERE COMING TO GET THEIR CARS.
AND THEY'VE APPEALED THAT VIOLATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUE FROM THE OPERATION OF THE RESTAURANT.
VALET OPERATORS HAVE A LICENSE, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO ENFORCEMENT FROM THE, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND IF THEY CONTINUOUSLY VIOLATE THEIR LICENSE, THEIR THEIR BTR WILL BE REVOKED.
UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPER FOR THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR, UH, TO BE SUBJECT TO THE ACTIONS OF A THIRD PARTY, UM, ALBEIT ONCE WE'RE MADE AWARE OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS GOING ON, UM, WHERE WE, WE ARE COORDINATING WITH OUR VALET OPERATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH THE VALET OPERATION.
THEY HAVE PROPERLY RENTED THE SPACES THEY'VE PAID FOR THE SPACES, AND THERE'S BEEN NO QUEUING OR PROBLEMS, UM, WITH THE VALET OPERATIONS.
UH, AND I KNOW MICHAEL DID MENTION IT NOW, BUT IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THERE WAS A, A MENTION OF SOME NOISE COMPLAINTS.
UM, AND I, I'VE SPOKEN WITH NADINE, WHO'S THE GENERAL MANAGER, AND SHE'S KIND OF TRIED TO RUN DOWN THESE NOISE COMPLAINTS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE ALL COMING FROM ONE PERSON AT THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING.
UM, THIS PERSON DOES NOT ENGAGE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUOUSLY COME OUT.
THEY DON'T HEAR, UH, MUSIC THAT'S, UH, RISING TO THE LEVEL OF A VIOLATION.
THEY'RE CONSISTENTLY PLAYING AMBIENT MUSIC.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A, A PRETTY LONG HISTORY OF THIS PARTICULAR PERSON, YOU KNOW, USING THE SYSTEM AND FALSELY REPORTING THINGS AGAINST HER CONDO ASSOCIATION AGAINST THE NEIGHBORING RESTAURANT, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S EVEN AN ENTIRE YOUTUBE CHANNEL, UH, THAT THIS PERSON HAS STARTED, UM, CLAIMING FALSE THINGS ABOUT THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR.
THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR IS DISTRIBUTING FENTANYL AND THESE CRAZY THINGS, UM, THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS PERSON IS SAYING THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, THROUGH THE VIDEOS, THEY SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, WITH THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR'S MESON DESCENT, I THINK.
UM, SO WE, WE DON'T THINK THAT THESE NOISE COMPLAINTS, WHICH ARE NOT VIOLATIONS BY A PERSON WHO'S NOT CREDIBLE AND IS NOT CORROBORATED BY ANY OTHER EVIDENCE, ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS, UM, SHOULD FORM THE BASIS OF ANY FURTHER REVOCATION, MODIFICATION OR PROGRESS REPORTS.
UM, THERE'S JUST SIMPLY NOT ANY EVIDENCE.
UH, AS WE MENTIONED THE SOUND LIMITERS INSTALLED, THIS IS AN EMAIL FROM OUR ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT WHO'S OUTTA WASHINGTON DC CONFIRMING THAT OUR SOUND LIMITER IS
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IN PLACE TO KEEP MUSIC AMBIENT WITHIN THE PROPERTY LINES.UM, AND THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT, THAT THE OWNER INSTALLED IN BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.
UH, AND IF YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S EVEN, LIKE, THERE'S NO TABLES ON THAT SIDE.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT SPACE WHERE THERE'S NO TABLES, NO SPEAKERS, UH, IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY MUSIC BEING HEARD AT THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR.
UH, AND EVEN THE CODE OFFICERS THAT HAVE INSPECTED THE SITE AGREE THAT EVERY TIME THEY GO, THEY SAY THERE'S, I WALK TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, I DON'T HEAR THE MUSIC.
UM, SO WE DON'T THINK THAT THOSE NOISE COMPLAINTS ARE FORMING THE BASIS, MICHAEL, IS IT, CAN WE CONFIRM THAT IT'S ALL FROM ONE PERSON? THE COMPLAINTS? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE DIDN'T RAISE THAT AS A REASON FOR US TO CONTINUE OR ASK FOR A, UM, REVOCATION MODIFICATION HEARING.
I WENT TO THE SITE, UM, LAST WEEK, WE TESTED THE MUSIC OF THE MAXIMUM VOLUME AND IT'S WELL BELOW EVEN AMBIENT LEVEL.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS IN TERMS LEVEL.
CAN I, CAN I, UH, NUMBER ONE, I, UH, MIKE TO THE PRESENT TO THE CHAIR.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE THOUGHT YOU HAD RECOMMENDED THAT REVOCATION AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS EXCESSIVE.
I DON'T UNDER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE CONTINUING TO CALL IT A, A REVOCATION, UH, YOU KNOW, A PROGRESS REPORT.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT, UH, I I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ACCURATE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE IN ANY DANGER OF THEIR BTR FOR THAT THIRD FLOOR BEING REVOKED.
UM, AND YOU ARE STATING RIGHT IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION REVOCATION MODIFICATION HERE, RIGHT? SO, SO OUR RE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO SET THE HEARING DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY RECOMMEND THAT THE, THE CP TO REVOKED.
I, I WOULD MAKE A FIRST THING I DO IF I, IF I'M ALLOWED TO IN A MOTION, IS THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE TITLED REVOCATION.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EITHER CANCEL OR SUSPEND THAT CONCEPT.
NO, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS A PROGRESS REPORT, BUT STAFF CAN STILL, THE BOARD CAN RECOMMEND WHATEVER YOU WANT.
YOU'LL, THAT'LL BE A MOTION YOU'LL MAKE TO MAKE THROUGH THE CHAIR, MR. MARKS.
IT JUST ON THAT POINT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE POINT HERE AT THE END IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER IS GOING THROUGH A LENDING PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH FREQUENTLY WITH THE OWNER'S LENDER AND THEIR COUNSEL, AND THEY REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROGRESS REPORT AND A REVOCATION MODIFICATION.
UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S EXACTLY WHEN THESE STAFF REPORTS COME OUT, IT'S REALLY DAMAGING, UM, TO THE OWNER AND HIS ABILITY TO CONTINUE.
YEAH, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT WITH THE MOTION AT THE END.
AND THEN, SO THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT I AND MY WIFE WALKED BY, THEY WERE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT RESTAURANT ON A SATURDAY, THIS SATURDAY AT 1:00 PM AND I HEARD NO NOISE WALKING FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UM, SO I, I MEAN MY, I'VE HEARD NOTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOTHING REPORTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AS STATED BY THE CLOSEST CREDIBLE NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS, UM, THE, UM, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOPOLITAN, COSMOPOLITAN, AND IT'S BOARD MEMBER ROBERT POSNER.
SO, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT MY OWN PERSONAL, WE COME BACK, WE'RE LET YOU MAKE A MOTION.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN CHAMBERS TO SPEAK ON THIS? ANYBODY ON ZOOM? THERE'S NOBODY ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HAND RAISED.
UM, JUST, UM, CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUE HERE.
UM, I, I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING HOW THEY COME TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND WE APPROVE THESE, THESE PARKING PLANS, AND YET THEY HAVE NO, THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THE VALET PARKING.
LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS BECOMES A VALET PARKING ISSUE.
SO I THINK IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALET OPERATOR DOES GIVE THEM NOTICE OF A VIOLATION, SO THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART IS IF YOU GUYS ARE GETTING THE APPROVAL ON THIS AND YOU GUYS ARE HOLDING RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S FOR THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, TO, TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE VALET SERVICE AND TO BE INFORMED OF SOME OF THE, UH, THE ISSUES YOU GUYS ARE HAVING.
THAT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM ONCE YOU GUYS, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THE, THE, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, TO APPROVE THE, THE, THE PLANNING, THE PARKING PLAN.
AND, AND I'LL JUST ECHO KEITH'S COMMENT.
I'VE BEEN THERE MULTIPLE TIMES WHETHER I'M MEETING OR JUST STOPPING IN AND, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD ANY EXCESSIVE NOISE AND I, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO GRACIOUS.
AND I THINK THE PLACE IS A GREAT ADDITION AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LENDER.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS, SO MM-HMM
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY? THE ONLY THING ELSE, UH, TO ECHO WHAT MELISSA SAID IS JUST, IT, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IN PROJECTS WHERE THE VALET PARKING LANES AND THE SPACES THAT'S AN ISSUE IN THE APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, YOU GUYS RETAIN ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF IT.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OWNER, BUT, UM, TO ME, I, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIXED AND IT'S A NON-ISSUE AND IT'S COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE MUSIC ISSUE FROM BEFORE.
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OF, WHAT IS IT SUSPENDING? MM-HMMYOU CAN CONCLUDE IT IF YOU WANT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND ME.
DO YOU WANNA SAY SUSPEND OR CONCLUDE COMMENTS? WHATEVER YOU GUYS DO.
SHOULD WE CONCLUDE OR SUSPEND? IT'S THE SAME THING.
THE SAME THING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT IT.
CHANCE? NO, I'M ON, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT, UM, I, I MEAN, JUST MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW THE REASON YOU WANNA DO THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE THE FINANCIAL REASONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, WE WANNA TAKE THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT REGARDLESS, UM, I DON'T, I I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE HERE SINCE, SINCE WE HEARD IT LAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS MOVING FORWARD, YOU'LL BE BACK HERE.
UM, SO I, I'M OKAY WITH SUSPENDING AND, AND THROUGH THE CHAIR WE DO HAVE, UH, AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT REQUIREMENT THAT'S NEW.
SO WE'LL BE DOING ONE IN WRITING AND WHEN THE THIRD FLOOR OPENS, WE'LL BE BACK FOR A PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE THIRD FLOOR.
SO THERE'S, IT, WE'RE ON THE SCHEDULE TO COME BACK ANYWAYS, IT'S JUST MAYBE THREE MONTHS AFTER THE SUMMER PROBABLY.
WHEN'S THAT, WHEN'S THE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR PERMITS FOR THE THIRD FLOOR NOW, SO IT'S NOT READY YET, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SIX MONTHS OR SO THEY'LL BE GETTING, GETTING TO WORK ON THAT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT WEBSITE AND I CONCUR WITH YOU.
UM, ALSO I AGREE WITH KEITH AND ALSO MELISSA, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE VALET SOMEHOW BE TIED IN WITH THE OWNER OPERATOR SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT TO PENALIZE YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME BETTER COMMUNICATION AND OR EVEN A WRITTEN AGREEMENT SOMEHOW AGREE.
AND TO THE EXTENT, WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE SPACES WERE RENTED, RIGHT? IT WASN'T THAT THE RESTAURANT WAS USING PUBLIC PARKING SPACES, RIGHT? I THINK WHATEVER THE VIOLATION IS, IT'S NOT THE, THAT THE SPACES WEREN'T RENTED.
KEITH, YOU WANNA MOVE IT? YES.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU.
[7. PB21-0448. 235 23rd Street. ]
REPORT IS PLAINTIFF WERE FILED PB 21 0 4 4 8 2 35 20 THIRD STREET, AND THIS WAS LAST BEFORE YOU FOR A PROGRESS REPORT ON ON APRIL 8TH.UM, SO FROM HISTORY OF THIS APPLICATION ON JULY 27TH, A MODIFIED COP WAS ISSUED TO MIAMI LOUD HOLDINGS, LOC AS THE OPERATOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT ESTABLISHMENT CONDITION.
TWO OF THE COP ALLOWS THE SUBMISSION OF AN AFFIDAVIT TO TRANSFER APPROVAL TO THE NEW OPERATOR.
UM, THAT DOES REQUIRE A PROGRESS REPORT BEFORE THE BOARD OR SCHEDULING THAT PROGRESS REPORT PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT'S SUBMISSION AND STAFF'S ACCEPTANCE OF THAT AFFIDAVIT.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY THIS, UM, APPLICANT WAS BEFORE YOU ON APRIL 8TH FOR THE PROGRESS REPORT.
AS NOTED IN OUR STAFF REPORT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW VIOLATIONS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY, UM, SINCE THE APRIL 8TH MEETING.
PROBABLY DID KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE, ONE, UM, VIOLATION THAT WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 6TH THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN OUR PRIOR STAFF REPORT, AND THAT WAS FOR ALSO ISSUED FOR, UM, THE VALET OPERATION.
UH, BECAUSE OF THIS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE APPLICANT HEAR TESTIMONY FROM THE APPLICANT IN PUBLIC AND, UM, CONTINUE THE PROGRESS REPORT TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OR HEAR THE OUTCOME OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 3RD.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. OF THE BOARD, MICKEY MARRERO HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, AKRA THE, THE OPERATOR OF THIS VENUE, UH, AS MICHAEL SAID, AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE CON CONCLUDE, UH, AGREE THIS REPORT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW VIOLATIONS, UH, AGAINST THE OPERATOR SINCE THE APRIL 8TH MEETING.
UH, WE'RE CLOSELY MONITORING AND I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CODE.
I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD BE HERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY ARE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY IMPRESSION FROM THEM IS THAT THE OPERATION'S BEEN GOING WELL.
THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS, NO NOISE, NO QUEUING, NO ISSUES.
JUST LIKE THE PRIOR APPLICATION, AND NICK AND I HUDDLED ON THIS ON FRIDAY, WE FIRST FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN A THIRD PARTY VALET VIOLATION IN READING THE STAFF REPORT.
AND, AND I THINK, UH, MS. LATON IS CORRECT.
THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TO, 'CAUSE I, I, I WOULD'VE LOOKED INTO IT.
I ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE SYSTEM AND THE DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION ISN'T EVEN UPLOADED, SO IT'S JUST, IT'S A VIOL UP VIOLATION.
ANOTHER LAWYER FOR THAT COMPANY APPEALED IT.
I I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOW IT HAPPENED, WHAT OCCURRED.
MY CLIENT WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS THINGS THEY CONTROL, THEY'VE HAD NO ISSUES.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME HICCUPS IN THE BEGINNING WITH THE NAMING THAT CAUSED THE LICENSE TO BE SUSPENDED, WHICH THEY WERE CLOSED FOR A WHILE, BUT THAT WE GOT PAST THAT WORKING WITH MICHAEL AND STAFF, UH, AND WE, WE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU JUST CONCLUDE THE PROGRESS REPORTS HERE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD ZERO VIOLATIONS, WAS PRETTY SMOOTH FOR A FEW MONTHS PRIOR, BUT NOW THEY'VE HAD NOTHING ELSE AND WE HOPE IT CONTINUES THAT WAY.
UM, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE VALET COMPANY WHEN WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT WE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE AND STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW THE FACTS OF THE VIOLATION FORTUNATELY.
I MEAN, YOU AND STAFF, I THINK WE DEALT WITH THIS SOME PREVIOUS APPLICANTS
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THAT WERE IN FRONT OF US WHERE WE TIED THE OPERATOR TO THE LANDLORD.SO ANYTIME AN OPERATOR WAS NOTICED, THE LANDLORD STARTED GETTING THE NOTICES.
SO CAN WE DO THAT FOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ADDRESS? I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN ASK CODE COMPLIANCE TO FOR SURE DO THAT.
AND I WAS GONNA, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK 'CAUSE THAT SAME THING.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL ALRIGHT.
BEFORE WE BOARD, ARE YOU FINISHED FOR NOW? YES.
ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS SPEAK ON THIS? ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM WITH HER HAND RAISED.
UH, I JUST WOULD, UM, IN THIS SITUATION, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW OPERATION, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, NOISE COMPLAINTS AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS IN MARCH, UH, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS I'D LIKE TO HEAR BACK AND IF THERE'S NO VIOLATIONS SUSPENDED IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS ONE.
I THINK THERE WAS, THERE WAS, IT WASN'T A NOISE ISSUE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY NOISE VIOLATIONS.
IT WAS NO NOISE VIOLATIONS AT ALL.
NO, THE FIRST ISSUE WAS A, THE BTR SORT OF THE NAMING OF THE PLACE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE, THAT JUST CAME UP NOW AS THE VALET OPERATION.
AND I CAN EXPLAIN THAT FIRST VIOLATION IF YOU NEED MORE CLARITY.
SO THE ONE THE MEASURES IMPOSED ABOUT ALCOHOL AND ABOUT, UH, 50 CENTS PERFORMANCE.
OH YEAH, WE DISCUSSED THAT ONE AT THE APRIL MEETING.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE TIMING OF THE NOTICE, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE AN ACT AND IF YOU SIGN THE ACT WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY 'EM IMMEDIATELY.
UHHUH, THEY DO THIS REGULARLY.
I'M COPIED ON THE EMAILS TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK WHENEVER THEY HAVE ANY, WHETHER IT'S AN ARTIST, WHETHER IT'S AN ATHLETE, UH, AND THEY'VE DONE EVENTS FOR THE CLUB WORLD CUP.
THEY DID AN EVENT RONALD DINO, UH, THIS PAST WEEK.
THEY ALWAYS NOTIFY THE POLICE.
THIS ONE, THEY MISSED IT BY A LITTLE BY A FEW HOURS, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY DID NOTIFY.
WE DISCUSSED IT LAST AT THE LAST PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
REITERATE WHAT THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS IT, IT BE BROUGHT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE JUST RECOMMEND A CONTINUANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE PROGRESS REPORT.
BUT AGAIN, THE, THE, THE ONLY REASON HE'S REQUESTING THAT AND WE DISCUSSED IT, IS BECAUSE OF THE VALET VIOLATION THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN HANDLING.
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE LAST ONE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING OPEN HERE.
NO OTHER VIOLATIONS OF AN ISSUE AT ALL.
I THINK AGAIN, BECAUSE THE NEW OPERATION IS THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROGRESS REPORT AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING COMES UP AGAIN, YOU'LL BE BACK HERE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SAVING EVERYONE A LITTLE TIME.
ANY OTHER YEAH, THAT A MOTION? ALRIGHT, CAN I, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION TO, UM, CONCLUDE THE PROGRESS REPORT.
ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[8. PB25-0740. 1681 Lenox Ave]
ON NEW APPLICATIONS.FIRST ONE IS PLANNING BOARD FILE 25 0 7 4 0 16 81 LENNOX AVENUE.
AND THE STAFF REPORT BEGINS ON PAGE 52 OF THE BOARD PACKAGES.
THIS IS THE FORMER, UM, YARD HOUSE LOCATION ON LENNOX AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A CUP FOR THE OPERATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT ESTABLISHMENT INCLUDING INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT.
A TOTAL OF 296 296 SEATS ARE PROPOSED WITH 263 SEATS INDOORS AND 33 SEATS OUTDOORS.
THE TOTAL OCCUPANT LOAD, INCLUDING BACK OF HOUSE AND PERFORMANCE AREAS IS 566 PERSONS.
AND THE PROPOSED, UM, PATRON OCCUPANT CONTENT IS APPROXIMATELY 400 PEOPLE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AS PART OF A NEW RESTAURANT OPERATION, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF, UM, LIVE PERFORMANCES FIVE TO EIGHT, UM, PER NIGHT.
THE FORMER YARD HOUSE OPERATIONS INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 403 SEATS AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY PROVIDED AS PART OF THAT OPERATION WAS ANALYZED FOR 445 SEATS.
NOW, AS PART OF THE, UM, APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT OPERATIONS FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 AM WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
THEY ARE REQUEST IN THE OUTDOOR OPERATION SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:00 AM AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS FROM 11:00 AM AND 2:00 AM NOW.
THE APPLICANT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF ISOLATING THE LOCATION OF THE, UM, OUTDOOR COMPONENT, INCLUDING RESTRICTING THE OUTDOOR SEATING TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING MOVING THE ENTRANCE FROM, UM, FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY TO THE, TO THE SIDE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOME ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE HOURS OF OPERATION, INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR, EXTERIOR HOURS OPERATING FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 11:00 AM TO 11:00 PM AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS FROM 11:00 AM TO 12:00 AM REGARDING THE, UM, THE SOUND SYSTEM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT BEFORE BTR IS ISSUED, THAT PLANNING STAFF GO OUT THERE WITH A SOUND CONSULTING AND TEST THE, THE SOUND SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE SOUND
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AND VIBRATIONS FROM THE INTERIOR ARE NOT FELT ON THE EXTERIOR, UM, AND WILL SET THE SOUND.UM, UM, SETTINGS AT THAT TIME.
REGARDING THE EXTERIOR, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, THAT THE ENTERTAINMENT BE LIMITED TO STRICTLY THE INTERIOR AND ONLY THE, UM, OUTDOOR AREA HAVE AMBIENT BACKGROUND MUSIC WITH SPEAKERS ALSO LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN, UM, HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE, THE, THE MUSIC STOP SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS, UM, AT 10:00 PM AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS AT 11:00 PM UH, WE ALSO RECOMMENDING NO SUBWOOFERS ON THE EXTERIOR AND THAT A CONDITION BE PUT IN PLACE THAT OUTDOOR MUSIC SHALL NOT BE PLAINLY AUDIBLE OR DISTANCE OF 100 FEET OR MORE IN THE PROPERTY.
ALL THESE CONDITIONS ARE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, AS IS IS TYPICAL FOR ANY TYPE OF APPLICATION LIKE THIS, THAT A PROGRESS REPORT BE SCHEDULED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE, UM, PROPERTY OPENING.
WITHOUT TURN IT OVER TO, UM, MONICA FOR A PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU GO FIRST.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT, UH, ANY DISCLOSURES ON THIS NEW APPLICATION? ANY DISCLOSURES ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS? YEAH, I, I TALKED TO, I HAVE YOU JUST STATE ON THE RECORD WHAT YOU'RE, I'M SORRY.
I YEAH, I, I I DID, I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT SO THAT I JUST HAD A QUICK OVERVIEW.
WE, UH, EMAILED BACK AND FORTH.
JONATHAN, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL WHICH SAID RUDELY DID NOT RESPOND BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY.
GOOD MORNING BOARD, UH, MONICA ENTON, MHE LAW OFFICE AT 79 50 NORTHWEST 53RD STREET.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY OUR TEAM, OUR ARCHITECT, ALYSSA CRIPPLING FROM MAC WORK, UM, DESIGNER STEPHANIE KREEN FROM STUDIO.
UM, OUR SOUND ENGINEER IS ON HIS WAY
THEY EXTEND THEIR SINCEREST APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE TODAY.
IT WAS THEIR INTENTION TO BE AT ALL OF THEIR HEARINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, DANNY'S SON HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR HIS WEDDING IN MOROCCO FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT WAS EITHER MOVE THE WEDDING OR MOVE THE HEARING.
I THINK I'LL, I CAN DO THE HEARING
SO, UM, THEY DO EXTEND THEIR REGRETS.
WE DIDN'T CANCEL UNTIL THE WAY YEAH, WE COULD HAVE SHOWED UP IN MOROCCO.
UM, SO DANNY AND CHARLES BOTH HAVE, EACH INDIVIDUALLY HAVE OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE.
UM, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT, UH, CANADA, AND IF I CAN, UH, THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT CANADA THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE, UH, ON THE BOARD.
THEY HAVE HIGH-END, HIGH SCALE.
UM, THEY'RE NOT FLY BY NIGHT, UH, RESTAURATEURS LOCALLY, THEY HAVE A LEVEL SIX AND A MALL IN COCONUT GROVE, SOPHIA IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT, AND MORE NOTABLY HERE IN MIAMI BEACH, THEY OWN BLOS.
UM, THESE ARE ALL TOP SCALE RESTAURANTS AND ENDEAVORS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE YARD HOUSE PROPERTY, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 1681 LENNOX AVENUE.
TO THE SOUTH OF US IS LINCOLN ROAD AND ACROSS 17TH STREET IS THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
CURRENTLY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED, UH, DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR SOME OTHER IMAGES YOU'LL SEE SHORTLY.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS, UH, IMAGE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THERE IS A KIND OF AN INDENT IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAT KIND OF SETS BACK A LITTLE BIT.
THAT IS THE AREA FOR THE OUTDOOR COURTYARD.
THE ENTIRE REST OF THE AREA TO THE NORTH WILL NOT HAVE ANY SEATING, ANY SPEAKERS, ANY USE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THAT.
UH, THIS IS WHAT OBVIOUSLY THE EXTERIOR ON THE NORTH LOOKS LIKE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT IS A SOLID CONCRETE WALL.
AND THIS IS WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD.
BEAUTIFUL, UM, STYLISTIC, UH, METAL, UH, GRADING.
WE THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION AESTHETICALLY TO THE AREA, BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT WE ARE REMOVING, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS IMAGE, WE ARE REMOVING THE MAIN ENTRANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY.
THE NORTHWEST CORNER, WHICH IS NEAREST THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE COMPLETELY RELOCATED IT TO THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY AND IT ACTUALLY FACES THE PARKING LOT.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PATH TO GET TO THE ENTRANCE THAT WILL NOT ONLY ASSIST WITH NOISE, BUT ALSO ANY QUEUING ISSUES, ANY PEOPLE STANDING AROUND.
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WHAT IS THE CONCEPT? THE CONCEPT IS A VERY HIGH END, HIGH SCALE, UH, SUPPER CLUB.THE TYPE THAT THAT MADE MIAMI BEACH FAMOUS IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES.
SO THEY HAVE, EVERYTHING IS CURATED FROM THIS VEIL.
UM, FROM THE DESIGN OF THE SCREEN TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE INSIDE, IT ALL COMES FROM THIS ALLURE OF THIS, UM, LACE VEIL THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THE ENTERTAINMENT IS SOMETHING THEY'VE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
AND WHO IS CURATING THE ENTERTAINMENT? WELL, IT HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OR CIRQUE DU SOLEI FOR 17 YEARS.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FLY BY NIGHT.
THEY ARE, UM, GOING TO HAVE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
THE, THE, UM, THE ENTERTAINMENT LASTS BETWEEN EIGHT TO 12 MINUTES.
UM, THERE'S ABOUT, UH, BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT THROUGHOUT DURING THE NIGHT SO THAT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC TIME, THERE'S NO QUEUING, THERE'S NO WAITING FOR ONE EVENT.
IT'S ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
WE HAVE A STAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S A SMALL STAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME ON AND OFF.
WE EXPECT THAT AS A GOOD CIRQUE SOLE TYPE STYLE PROJECT.
THEY'RE NOT ONLY GOING TO BE GOING FROM STAGE TO STAGE, BUT ALSO WALKING AROUND THE VENUE.
WE, I KNOW THE CLIENT DOESN'T LIKE THIS, BUT WE CALL THIS THE MUPPET WALL.
AND IF YOU ARE OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU WILL REMEMBER THE MUPPET WALL
UM, THIS IS THE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
THERE IS NO ENTERTAINMENT PROPOSED FOR THE EXTERIOR.
WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UH, DOUBLE DOOR VESTIBULES TO GOING INTO THE COURTYARD AS WELL AS ALONG THE SOUTH.
THE COURTYARD YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT LANDSCAPING AND AN IDEA FOR TABLES, BUT THE COURTYARD IS ACTUALLY LESS INTENSE THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE BY YARD HOUSE.
YARD HOUSE HAD 48 TABLES ON THE EXTERIOR.
WE'RE PROPOSING 33 AND AGAIN, FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE VENUE.
WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO, UH, PROBLEMS WITH WHAT MICHAEL TALKED ABOUT WITH SUBWOOFERS.
WE ACTUALLY, THAT WAS OUR PLAN TO HAVE A LIMITER, UM, WHICH WOULD RESTRICT SOUND ON THE EXTERIOR ONLY TO BACKGROUND, ONLY TO AMBIENT LEVEL.
THE GOAL HERE IS WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THAT SEAT INSIDE, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT INSIDE, YOU HAVE A PLACE YOU CAN HAVE A DRINK, YOU HAVE A PLACE, YOU CAN HAVE A SNACK WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO GET INDOORS BECAUSE REALLY THIS PLACE IS ABOUT THE INDOORS.
IT IS NOT ABOUT THAT COURTYARD.
NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY MAKE IT, YOU'RE THERE KIND OF JUST WAITING TO GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL.
SO THIS IS WHAT, UH, YARD HOUSE LOOKS LIKE NOW, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE JUST IN GENERAL WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF TABLES.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE A LOT LESS SEATING.
YARD HOUSE WAS APPROVED FOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS 405 SEAT, 403 SEATS BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
THEY ULTIMATELY ENDED UP WITH 397 SEATS IN THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.
WE ARE PROPOSING A TOTAL OF 296, LESS THAN, MORE THAN A HUNDRED, LESS THAN WHAT THEY HAD, UM, INDOORS.
SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE A MUCH LESS IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND HERE'S A SIDE TO SIDE COMPARISON WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE NUMBER OF SEATS, UM, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THIS VENUE.
WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE LINCOLN ROAD BID, WHO I KNOW IS HERE.
WE DID REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS ON ALONG 17TH STREET, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 17TH.
WHILE THEY, LIKE, I THINK THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT, THEY DO, THEY HAVE EXPRESSED, UH, ISSUES WITH SOUND.
THEY PROPOSE CONDITIONS THAT WE, UH, RESPONDED TO.
THEY, THEY DIDN'T LIKE OUR RESPONSES, BUT, UM, NEVERTHELESS, WE'D HAD AGREED TO REDUCE OUR HOURS OF OPERATION ON THE EXTERIOR, 2:11 PM DURING THE WEEK.
UM, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD SERVICE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALTOGETHER.
SO WE HAVE, WE ACCEPT ALL OF STAFF'S CONDITIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WEEKENDS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN OPEN IN THE EXTERIOR TILL 2:00 AM AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO, UM, LIMIT MUSIC AN HOUR BEFORE CLOSING.
EVEN IF THE WHOLE PURPOSE HERE IS TO CREATE AMBIANCE WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO GET INSIDE, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT, UH, LIMITING THE HOURS OF MUSIC BEFORE CLOSING THE REMOVED FORM FROM THE ORDER.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN OURSELVES UP TO ANY QUESTION THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AND LIMIT TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
I HAVE A PRELIMINARY QUESTION.
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP? IT IS PART OF INC.
SO I AM ONE OF THEIR LAWYERS AND I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL TODAY, DO I NEED TO KIND OF WITHDRAW MYSELF? I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
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DO A LOT OF THEIR CORPORATE FILINGS.AND SO THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU, THAT YOU'RE RECUSE BECAUSE A VOTE ON THIS MATTER WOULD OKAY.
IN ORDER THE PRIVATE GAIN OR LOSS OF YOUR CLIENT.
WHICH IS, CAN I SIT HERE OR DO YOU WANT ME, DO I HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM? TECHNICALLY YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
AND, AND, UH, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A, A FORM.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? YES, WE DO HAVE SOME PRO WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON WITH HER HAND RAISED ON, UM, ZOOM, UM, JOHN COURTNEY.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
SO, UH, MY NAME'S JOHN COURTNEY.
I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE PALM VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE REPRESENT THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS SITE.
UM, I THINK AS YOU ALL RECOGNIZE, THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR AN AMPLIFIED ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT.
IT'S JUST 150 FEET FROM AN HISTORIC SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WHILE WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF NEW CONCEPTS IN OUR AREA, WE BELIEVE THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE VERY CLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN AN OPERATOR IS PROPOSING TO PUT SUCH A HIGH IMPACT ESTABLISHMENT ON THE VERY EDGE OF THEIR ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, AND IF THE OPERATOR IS WILLING TO ACCEPT ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR NOISE POLLUTION AND POTENTIALLY UNRULY PATRONS, THEN WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE, UH, OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE'VE READ STAFF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND BELIEVE THEY DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE NOT INFRINGING ON THE OPERATOR'S PLANS.
UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION IS THE USE OF A PLAINLY AUDIBLE STANDARD, UM, RATHER THAN THE IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE AMBIENT STANDARD.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, UH, OPERATORS ALREADY MENTIONED, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND, UH, AGREEMENT WITH THEM OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, ALTHOUGH IT DOES SEEM LIKE MAYBE NOW BEFORE THE BOARD, THEY ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THESE CONDITIONS, WHICH WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY.
UM, LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE SHOULD LET THE OPERATOR DO WHATEVER THEY'D LIKE ON THE SITE, BUT JUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND IF THEY FAIL TO LIVE UP TO THE PROMISES THEY'RE MAKING OR FAIL TO CONTROL THEIR NOISE, WE JUST DON'T WANT OUR NEIGHBORS TO BE THE ONES WHO SUFFER.
UH, AND THAT THERE IS A, A ROUTE FOR RECOURSE, UH, AND FOR HOLDING THEM RESPONSIBLE GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'LL HOPE YOU'LL ACCEPT ALL THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FROM STAFF.
UH, AND I ALSO HOPE THAT IF THE BOARD ENGAGES IN EXTENDED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT TODAY, THAT YOU'LL JUST GIMME THE BENEFIT OF, OF SPEAKING AGAIN TO REPRESENT THE INCREASE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
JOHN, HAD YOU HAD ANY, UM, ISSUES WITH THE PAST OPERATOR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? NO, NOT WITH THE YARD HOUSE.
UM, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, I THINK THE IDEA THAT, UM, IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT, RIGHT? THAT YARD HOUSE HAD, UH, AMBIENT MUSIC OUTSIDE, UH, AND IT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE, RIGHT? IT WAS LIKE A SPORTS BAR REALLY IS WHAT IT BECAME OVER TIME.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFERENT OP, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OPERATION.
UM, BUT NO, NO, NO PROBLEMS WITH HAVING, YOU KNOW, UM, OPERATORS IN THIS SITE.
I THINK IT'S, WE ALL LIKE HAVING THINGS CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS LONG AS THEY'RE, UM, BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR NOISE QUESTION.
I GOT YOUR EMAIL, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE HOURS THAT THE YARD HOUSE HAD.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THOSE WERE? I DO NOT KNOW, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT LIKE A LATE NIGHT ESTABLISHMENT.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS USUALLY THEY MIGHT STAY OPEN LATE TO PLAY LIKE WEST COAST BASKETBALL GAMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK IN PRACTICE THEY WERE, UM, CLOSE QUITE EARLY.
AND DO YOU, DO YOU FEEL LIKE 33 SEATS LESSENED FROM, I THINK IT WAS, WAS IT 48 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SEATS WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SOUND? WHAT IF THERE WAS SOME BAFFLING PUT UP, UM, TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THEIR HOURS OR, YEAH, I THINK THE HOURS, I AGREE.
I THINK THAT I'M LESS, IF THEY WANNA HAVE AMBIENT MUSIC OUTSIDE, THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THAT THEY'RE JUST HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY NOISE POLLUTION.
UM, BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO THAT I THINK THERE'S, SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S A LOT OF PROMISES TO PUT UP BAFFLING, AND, UM, I'M GLAD THE APPLICANT'S NO LONGER CLAIMING THAT THE SCREENS ARE GONNA BE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN THE SOUND.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK JUST WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I THINK WHATEVER IT TAKES TO CONTAIN THE SOUND IS WHAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO.
NOT SOME SORT OF POTENTIAL, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, NOT USING, FOR EXAMPLE, A NOISE ENGINEER, A SOUND ENGINEER TO, TO GET APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING.
AND THEN WHETHER THAT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE OR NOT ENDS UP BEING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT ON THE APPLICANT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THE ZOOM? DO WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER? UM, MITCH NOVIK.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL GIVE IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
MITCH S NOVIK, 37 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
I, UH, APPRECIATE WHAT I HEARD FROM MS. ENTON REGARDING DOUBLE VESTIBULE DOORS.
THAT SHOULD BE THE STANDARD AND MODEL
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FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT MIAMI BEACH.UH, NOISE, UH, MUST ALWAYS BE CONTAINED TO THE PROPERTY LINES AND I, I WISH THIS APPLICANT WELL.
IF, IF I MAY QUICKLY ADDRESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP DURING MR. COURTNEY'S, UH, SPEECH.
UH, THE HOURS THAT THE BTR WERE FOR YARD HOUSE WAS 2:00 AM THANK YOU.
WE HAVE NOBODY ELSE ON ZOOM, SO I GUESS WE CAN TAKE, UM, TESTIMONY IN CHAMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANNABEL YPI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LINCOLN ROAD.
I'M HERE TO SHARE THE SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY OF THE BID BEHIND THIS APPLICANT THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF OPERATOR THAT LINCOLN ROAD NEEDS RIGHT NOW.
IT REALLY WILL SPUR THE BUSINESS THAT WE NEED, NOT ONLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE A QUALITY PLACE TO GO TO, BUT OF COURSE OUR VISITORS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT PROCEED WITH THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE A RESTAURANT ALREADY ON MIAMI BEACH.
THEY HAVE TWO IN MIAMI, AND THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS.
SO I FEEL THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO AND PROVIDE THE SERVICE THE LEVEL THAT MIAMI BEACH WOULD ABSOLUTELY ENJOY.
SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT AND WE WANNA MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MADAM CHAIR.
WALL, BUT I'M HAVING BEEN IN RETAIL.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA STOP ANY SOUND.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UH, SOME KIND OF BAFFLING, SOME KIND OF NOISE ATTENUATION THAT'S GONNA, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA STOP THE SOUND.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO BAFFLE MUSIC OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHY FROM THE BEGINNING, WE, WE ALWAYS SAID THIS WOULD ONLY BE AMBIENT MUSIC.
THERE IS NO INTENTION TO HAVE ANYTHING ABOVE AMBIENT LEVEL MUSIC AREA.
WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER AMBIENT? BECAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHERE YOU GO AHEAD, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHOUT THE MUSIC INTERRUPT.
WITHOUT THE MUSIC INTERRUPTING.
UM, ALSO, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, UM, AS MICHAEL ACTUALLY INDICATED IN HIS REPORT, THAT WAS BASED ACTUALLY ON THE PLANS.
WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF HAVING ANY SPEAKERS, UH, FURTHER NORTH OF WHERE THE ACTUAL RESTAURANT SEATING IS, WHICH IS MORE THAN 210 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL AREA.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE INTERIOR LANDSCAPING WITHIN THAT, UH, SCREEN.
WHILE NOT A A PERFECT BAFFLING DEVICE, IT DOES HAVE SOME ABSORPTION.
AND IN THE APPLICATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, YOU HAD A PROPERTY THAT WAS DIRECTLY ADJACENT, ONE FROM THE NEXT, THEY HAD A HEDGE.
AND I, I BELIEVE MR. MARKS EVEN SAID AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET, YOU COULDN'T HEAR THEIR MUSIC, YOU COULDN'T HEAR THEIR NOISE.
WHY? BECAUSE IT IS AMBIENT LEVEL MUSIC.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CLIENT IS PROPOSING FOR THIS CASE.
I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THOUGH, SINCE I WAS MENTIONED, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE, WE DO THIS WITH ALL OF OUR OUTDOOR SPEAKERS.
I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN SAID HE LIKES THE CLEARLY AUDIBLE, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SUCCESSFULLY, WHETHER IT'S CATCH OR THAT RESTAURANT IS ASKED THE OPERATOR TO PUT INTO THEIR OBLIGATIONS INTO THEIR VTR THAT THEY WILL HAVE IT MONITORED AT NO HIGHER THAN 65 DB.
UM, IT DOES WORK, I NOTICED IN THE SOUND REPORT, WHICH I DO LOOK AT BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT'S VALUABLE, UM, THE AMBIENT SOUND EVEN ON WEEKENDS IS ABOUT 65, 66.
SO IF YOU DO NOT EXCEED THE SOUND AROUND THEN, THEN ALL YOU'RE LEFT WITH IS TALKING.
UM, SO, UH, I JUST STRONGLY RECOMMEND, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT INTO IT, BUT I DO THINK THEY NEED A SOUND LIMITER AT 65 DB ON THE OUTSIDE.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE WHEN WE WERE TALKING, IF THIS IS FOR QUEUING, UH, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH RESTAURANTS NEAR OUR AREA IN WHICH PEOPLE TEND TO LINGER PAST CLOSING, UM, WOULDN'T 1:00 PM BE AS, UH, APPROPRIATE? BECAUSE WHY WOULD ANYONE BE THERE AFTER 1:00 PM IF THEY'RE GOING INSIDE AND WE, AND WE CAN, I I THINK MINE DOESN'T OBJECT TO THE OUTDOOR CONDITIONS CLOSING AT, UM, 11:00 PM CORRECT.
OUTDOOR SEATING DURING THE WEEK AND MIDNIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS.
MIDNIGHT WE DO, BUT, BUT I, WE DO HAVE THE WEEKEND, WE WEEKEND, WE'RE GONNA PUSH IT.
WE SHOULD PUSH IT NO FARTHER THAN 1:00 PM I, AND, AND I WOULD AGREE TO, AND, AND WE DID HAVE A CONCERN REGARDING THE 12:00 AM
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ON THE WEEKENDS, MICHAEL.UM, WE WOULD AGREE TO 1:00 AM WE THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.
AS YOU INDICATED, MR. MARKS, IT IS BASICALLY A USE, UM, TO, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A STAGING AREA BEFORE YOU GO INTO TO YOUR TABLE.
SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO CLOSING IT AT 1:00 AM.
UM, WHAT WE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IS, IS SHUTTING THE MUSIC DOWN EARLY, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY AMBIANCE THAT YOU HAVE OUTSIDE.
IT IS, UH, THE PLAINLY AUDIBLE STANDARD THAT IS USED IN THE CODE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT WAS USED IN, IN THE OTHER PROJECT THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES.
WE WILL HAVE A SOUND LIMITER, UH, AND THE, AND THE SOUND SYSTEM WILL BE REVIEWED BY STAFF BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LICENSE.
SO THEY WILL SET WHATEVER WITH, WITH, UH, WITH OUR SOUND ENGINEER.
THEY'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT LEVELS ARE AND LIMIT IT TO THAT SOUND SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT IMPACT.
YEAH, AND I WOULDN'T PUT A DECIBEL NUMBER IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA VARY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE ON THE PROPERTY.
I THINK WE HAVE THE STANDARD OF NOT OF, UM, OF A NOT TO INTERFERE WITH NORMAL CONVERSATION.
WE'RE GONNA TEST THAT END SITE AND THEN ALSO THE REQUIREMENT THAT NOT BE PLAYING THE AUDIBLE A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT WILL BE TESTED ON THE SITE.
WHATEVER THAT DECIBEL ENDS UP BEING WILL BE, WILL BE SET.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT DECIBELS OKAY.
NOW, WE, WE DID THAT AS A HOMEOWNER'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DIFFERENT THAN THE CITY, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WE DO THINK THAT IF THE BOARD, IF THE BOARD, AS YOU SUGGESTED, WERE WANTING TO EXTEND THE OUTDOOR HOURS TO, UM, ONE O'CLOCK, WE STRONGLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE, THE MUSIC STOP AT AT MIDNIGHT.
JUST, UH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE COMMENTS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WAS GONNA SPEAK? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
LET'S GO DOWN THE QUESTIONS IF YOU MIND.
SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, I KNOW IN OUR EMAIL, UM, EXCHANGE, YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS YOU TOLD THE NEIGHBORS, YOU WOULD, UH, SAY THAT NOISE WOULDN'T BE PLAIN AUDIBLE AFTER 11:00 PM 150 FEET FROM THE, FROM THE PROPERTY.
BUT YOU'RE OKAY NOW WITH WHAT THE CITY'S PROPOSING? UM, 100 FEET.
WE WERE ALWAYS OKAY WITH 100 FEET.
IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS WHO PROPOSED 150.
SO WE WERE ACQUIESCING TO THE 150.
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT 150 SINCE A HUNDRED FEET IS THE REQUIREMENT, AND 11:00 PM IS THE, IS THE REGULATIONS WE AGREED TO, TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE CONDITIONS.
UM, THEY JUST HAD MORE CONDITIONS
SO, SO AS YOUR HONOR, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S, AS MICHAEL SAID, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THAT NOISE OR ANY SOUND CAN'T BE HEARD.
UH, CAN'T BE PLAINLY AUDIBLE, A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT TIME IT IS OR, OR WHERE THE NOISE IS COMING FROM.
JUST ONE CLARIFICATION, MICHAEL.
UM, IN, IN, UM, FA YOU SAY IN ALL OUTDOOR AREAS, SOUND FROM THE SOUND SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE PLAINLY AUDIBLE, A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PROPERTY, I ASSUME WHOM THAT APPLIES FOR ANY NOISE THAT MIGHT COME FROM THE INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL? WELL, WE'RE SAYING THE YEAH.
FOR THE STANDARD FOR OUTDOORS IS THAT ANYTIME AT THE PROPERTY LINE, THE, THE MUSIC AND VIBRATIONS OKAY.
NOW, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO TEST THAT IF YOU HAVE MUSIC OUTDOORS AND INDOORS AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL, WE'LL TEST THAT SITE CONDITIONS TO MAKE SURE.
WELL, THAT'S, I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE THAT COULD BE REPHRASED THEN THAT JUST ANY NOR ANY SOUND FROM THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT COMES FROM, SHALL NOT BE PLAINLY AUDIBLE, 100 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE INTENT.
DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THOUGH.
'CAUSE I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY, ANY SOUND IS LIKE PEOPLE SPEAKING FROM THE PROPERTY.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE SOUND SYSTEM.
ANY, ANY SOUND, WELL, EVEN ANY SOUND FROM THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY I THINK BAFF, IT'S, THERE'S GUY, IF WE COULD SAY ANY, ANY, ANY MUSIC FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND THE WAY, AND THE WAY THE ORDER IS, IS DRAFTED IS IT'S ANY SOUND FROM THE SOUND SYSTEM.
I, I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING IT THAT WAY.
YEAH, NO, I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT IT, IT APPLIES.
UM, THIS TO BE LIKE A, A NIGHTCLUB VENUE WHERE YOU HAVE LOUD THUMPING MUSIC THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BREAK YOUR EARDRUMS, UM, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING FOR HERE AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING FOR THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOVE AMBIENT LEVELS, ENTERTAINMENT, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF WHAT THAT LEVEL IS.
AND WE'LL TEST THAT ON SITE TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY, UM, ARE WANNA HAVE IN TERMS OF THEIR VOLUME, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT IT DOESN'T, IT, IT'S NOT HURT OR FELT OUTDOORS.
SO JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE OKAY WITH, UH, CLOSING OUTDOOR OPERATIONS AT 12 P AM ON WEEKDAYS AND THEN THE WEEKENDS 1:00 AM AND YOU DON'T AGREE TO, YOU DON'T THINK IT, I PERSONALLY, I'M, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO CUT OFF THE MUSIC BEFORE THAT.
NO, IT JUST, IT CREATES AN AWKWARDNESS, RIGHT? SO LINCOLN, THE OTHER THING IS IF WE'RE ENFORCING THE A HUNDRED FEET BARRIER, THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT EXTRA HOUR TO THE RESIDENCE BECAUSE THEY'RE
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BEYOND THAT A HUNDRED FEET.AND SO THE OTHER THING IS THEY'RE COMING BACK.
WHEN IS THIS PLANNING TO BE OPEN? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S THE OBJECTIVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
SO ARE YOU READY? IS IT READY OR IS IT LIKE NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS.
WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD APPROVED IN MAY IN ORDER TO GET, TO START, UH, DESIGN PLANS.
BUT YES, NOW IF WE GET THE APPROVAL FROM THIS BOARD, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE HOURS, WHILE WE DID REQUEST 12:00 AM UH, DURING THE WEEK, WE DID AGREE TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD CLOSE AT 11:00 PM DURING THE WEEKDAYS.
RECOMMENDATION, WE DID AGREE WITH THIS.
WE ACTUALLY AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO AT 11:00 PM DURING THE WEEK, YOU WOULD REQUEST THE 1:00 AM THAT MR. MARKS MENTIONED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, BUT WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE MUSIC BE ALLOWED TO PLAY UNTIL THAT CLOSING TIME.
I'M FINE WITH, I SUPPORT THAT.
THE, THE ONLY THING I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK 60 DAYS AFTER YOU OPEN.
AND IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY OPENS IN THE SUMMER AND THEY'RE SUPER SLOW AND IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT'S NOT REAL, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION.
IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE HAPPENING THERE.
AND SO, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS AREN'T OPENING THIS SUMMER.
I DON'T, I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
I'LL BE LUCKY FOR A AND JUST FOR THE, FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO BE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE PROCESS WHO ARE LISTENING, THAT PART OF THE PROCESS IS THEY DO COME BACK AFTER THEY OPEN.
AND SO THAT WILL BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S BOTHERING YOU OR IF YOU HAVE COMPLAINTS AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN COME AND SPEAK TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
I THINK THE MUSIC SHOULD STAY THROUGH CLOSING TIME.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT ENOUGH IS THE REDUCED CAPACITY THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE LOCATION.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THERE SHOULD BE A NET NET POSITIVE FOR THE AREA.
IT'D BE GREAT TO GET SOME VIBRANCY BACK.
YOU KNOW, TO LINCOLN ROAD AND, AND, UH, ADJACENT STREETS.
UH, AND IT SEEMS TO BE A DIFFERENT OFFERING AND MORE OF AN UPSCALE OFFERING.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, TO JONATHAN'S POINT, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE RESIDENTS, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL WILL BE COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER OPENING.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MONITOR, UH, HOW THE HOURS, HOW THE MUSIC, HOW THE PROGRAMMING ACT ACTUALLY IMPACTS, UH, THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROJECT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK IT'LL BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT, UH, FOR THAT BUILDING AND FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE KIND OF PLACES WE WANNA SEE ON, UH, LINCOLN ROAD AND BEING FAMILIAR, BEING FROM CANADA.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF YOUR RESTAURANTS IN TORONTO AND, AND THE ONES YOU HAVE HERE IN MIAMI.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE VERY CREDIBLE OPERATORS.
THERE'S BEEN JUST VERY CLASSY PLACES.
UM, AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS, UH, A GREAT PROJECT FOR US TO HAVE.
AND JUST LIKE, UM, THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK WE, UH, WERE ALL ON BOARD WHEN GIVING GUYS THE HOURS OF AMAL MUSIC WITH YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION FOR OUTSIDE.
I, I, I WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE SPACE REMAINING VACANT FOR A WHILE.
IT'S IN A VERY UNIQUE PLACE ON LINCOLN ROAD.
UH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
UM, AND I ALSO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HOURS AND AND OPERATIONS.
I JUST WOULD, WOULD CAUTION YOU ABOUT ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF, I I JUST DON'T THINK METAL SCREENS WITH SOME PLANTS AND THINGS ARE GOING TO DO IT.
I BUT 33 SEATS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT? YOU HAD NO NOISE.
ARE THE DOORS OPEN BY ANY CHANCE? NO.
SO, SO THE DOORS THAT ARE, THAT CURRENTLY EXIST FOR YARD HOUSE, THOSE WILL BE EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY.
SO THOSE DOORS WILL NEVER OPEN UN UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
THE DOORS THAT WILL ACCESS THE COURTYARD ARE, IS ANOTHER DOUBLE DOOR VESTIBULE.
SO IT'LL TRACK SOUND BEFORE IT ESCAPES OKAY.
AND I'M CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE LORD KNOWS WE NEED IT.
THAT'S 1:00 AM THE 1:00 AM ON FRIDAY.
AND THAT THE MUSIC SHOULD REMAIN AND IT CAN SAY UNDERSTOOD.
WHO IS THE SECOND ON THE MOTION? I'LL I SECOND.
SHALL WE RE INVITE BRIAN BACK IN
WE COULD HAVE CALLED BRIAN AS A WITNESS.
LYLE, DID YOU LOSE THIS? DID YOU LACE THIS? GOOD JOB STILL.
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ALL[9. PB25-0754. 1601 W 24th Street – Lot Split.]
RIGHTY.LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PLANNING BOARD FILE 25 0 7 5 4 16 0 1 WEST 24TH STREET LOT SPLIT.
AND THIS STAFF REPORT BEGINS ON PAGE 67 OF THE BOARD PACKAGES.
SO THE OWNER OF THE LARGEST LOT WITHIN THE STUDY AREA, WHICH IS 1525 WEST 24TH STREET, IS THE CONTRACT PURCHASER FOR THE NEW LOT THAT WILL BE CREATED BY THIS PROPOSED LOT SPLIT AS PROPOSED.
THE NEW SINGLE STORY STRUCTURE COMPLIES WITH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1515, UM, WEST 24TH STREET, WITH THE FRONT OF THIS STRUCTURE FACING THE ADJACENT LOT.
BECAUSE OF THIS, THE NEW STRUCTURE IS WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE AND UNIT SIZE ALLOWED FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, THE NEW HOME WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE REVIEWED BY THE DRB AND AS NOTED IN OUR STAFF REPORT, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS WITH THEIR FRONTAGE ELEVATION FACING THE STREET, WHICH IS COMPRISED ONLY OF TWO GARAGE DOORS AND BLANK WALLS.
SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT ELEVATION WILL HAVE TO BE FURTHER DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE DRB APPLICATION, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION AND ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE LOT SPLIT WITHOUT, TURN IT OVER TO MR. MERRILL FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION.
UH, MR CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MICKEY MARRERO HERE ON BEHALF OF PATRICK DGI, THE OWNER OF, UH, OF THESE PROPERTIES.
WITH ME TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUE ROB ALVAREZ AND FROM KOBE CAR'S OFFICE, TAYLOR SCHU, PROJECT ARCHITECT.
CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP ON THE THANK YOU.
SO HERE'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU CAN SEE, AND, AND AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A, IT'S JUST A DOUBLE LOT.
ONE OF THE LARGEST LOTS IN THE AREA.
THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE LOTS ARE SINGULAR LOTS.
UH, AT ABOUT THE 12,000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE, OUR PROPERTIES 25,000 IN CHANGE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED LOTS, BRINGING THEM IN LINE WITH JUST, JUST GOING BACK TO THE PLATTED LOT LINES, BRINGING THEM IN LINE TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AT ABOUT 13,000, 12,000 SQUARE FEET EACH.
THESE ARE THE SURVEYS OF THE RESULTING LOTS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET.
HERE'S THE STAFF ANALYSIS THAT WE AGREE WITH.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR ANALYSIS.
OUR FUTURE LOTS ARE CONSISTENT AS NOT ONLY WITH THE AVERAGE, UH, LOT SIZE, BUT THE MEDIAN LOT SIZE.
AND OUR PROPOSED UNIT AREA WILL BE WELL BELOW, UH, THE STA THE, THE MEDIAN IN THE AREA.
SO WE MEET ALL THOSE STANDARDS.
HERE'S THE MASSING STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE EVEN AT THE MAXIMUM WE'RE STILL CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE HOMES IN THE AREA.
AGAIN, JUST MORE OF THE UNIT SIZE PROJECTIONS ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE HOMES WILL LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THIS QUICKLY 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT I HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS IS A MASSING CONTEXT OF THE AREA.
YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPOSED HOME WILL BE WELL IN LINE AND NOT OVERSHADOWING THE OF THE OTHER REMAINING LOTS.
IN FACT, OUR CLIENT OWNS THAT ONE LARGER PROPERTY WHICH WILL REMAIN, UH, AND NOT BE TOUCHED.
BUT THE RESULTING HOMES WILL BE WELL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SMALLER LOTS.
THERE IS SOME LIMITED DEMOLITION.
UH, I THINK IT'S A MAINLY A PERGOLA AND SOME OTHER SMALL STRUCTURES THAT WILL OCCUR TO BRING PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS PROPOSED FOR DEMOLITION THERE.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE SAW THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST AN OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, WE HAVE SUBMITTED DRB APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW STRUCTURES.
THOSE ARE CURRENT, THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
WE ARE MAKING MINOR CHANGES AS, AS MICHAEL ALLUDED TO, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND SOME CHANGES THAT THE OWNER HAS REQUESTED.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE GOING, UH, IN A COUPLE MONTHS TO DRB AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
BUT HERE WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING THE SPLIT AND WE BELIEVE AND AGREE WITH STAFF'S INCLUSION THAT WE MEET ALL THE CRITERIA FALL WELL BELOW THE, THE MEDIAN AND AVERAGE SIZES.
AND AGAIN, THIS JUST REVERTS THE LOTS BACK TO HOW THEY WERE PLATTED.
WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW LOT LINES, IT'S JUST THE SAME RESULTING LOTS.
AND I THINK WITH THAT WE CAN CONCLUDE.
YEAH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
TAYLOR'S HERE SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ARCHITECTURAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO THINK IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD LOT SPLIT.
ANYBODY IN CHAMBERS OTHER THAN YOU TO SPEAK? NO.
ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE'S NOBODY ON ZOOM WITH THEIR HAND RAISED.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? NO QUESTION.
JUST WHAT'S THE INTENTION? UH, MEANING YOU SPLIT IT UP AND DO ALL THE TWO HOMES? SO, SO OUR CLIENT ACTUALLY PURCHASED, HE ACTUALLY PURCHASED A LOT ACROSS THE STREET TOO.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF FAMILY MOVING INTO THE AREA.
SO THAT SECONDARY LOT WILL BE USED AS, AS OF NOW BY THE FAMILY.
BUT IT WILL MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A SINGULAR HOME AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A DRB PROCESS.
THE, THE REMAINING OTHER HALF OF THAT DOUBLE LOT HE'LL CONVEY TO A NEW OWNER AND THEY'LL JUST DEVELOP A NEW HOME THERE WITH A NEW FAMILY.
BUT FOR NOW, THAT ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO THE LARGER HOME WILL BE USED BY THE FAMILY.
BUT THEY WANNA KEEP THE OPTION OPEN OF POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SELLING THAT AS WELL.
ELIZABETH, MELISSA? NO, NO COMMENTS.
MOTION? SOMEONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
RANDY, DO YOU WANNA STAY IN CHAT A LITTLE BIT LONGER OR, WELL,
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I'M JUST SAYING ONLY UNTIL MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE HAVE A RECORD TIME HERE FOR A PLANNING BOARD MEETING AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THE LAST RECORD OR AGENDA.MR. CHAIRMAN, AFTER JUST RE OH, I'M SORRY JUST BECAUSE I STEPPED AWAY FOR A SECOND.
DID THE BOARD TAKE DISCLOSURES? UH, WE DIDN'T.
DID ANYONE HAVE A DISCLOSURE ON THIS? NOPE.
UM, AND JUST WHILE WE'RE ON THE RECORD, SO YOU'RE GONNA LET US KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSING THREE MINUTES RIGHT NOW IN JULY WITH THREE MISSING.
I'LL LET THE BOARD OF MEMBERS KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING BASED UPON ANY PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS.
AND IF WE, BUT WE WON'T ABLE TO, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER, CORRECT? IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MEETING ON JULY 1ST, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 9TH.
ALRIGHT, THEN WE'RE ADJOURNED.