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WE HAVE SIX OF SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT.
NO UPDATES FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
TODAY'S MEETING OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IS BEING CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH THE 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 ZOOM.
THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM MAY DIAL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER, WHICH IS 888-475-4499, AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 822-7394-1924-POUND.
OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 822-7394-1924.
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF USING ZOOM, OR DIAL STAR 9 IF PARTICIPATING BY PHONE.
[SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC]
ON THOSE WHO ARE TESTIFYING, I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE CITY'S NOTICE REGARDING LOBBYIST REGISTRATION.IF YOU ARE APPEARING ON BEHALF OF A BUSINESS, A CORPORATION, OR ANOTHER PERSON, INCLUDING AS AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN APPLICANT OR AN OBJECTOR, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST.
WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ONLY ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF, YOU ARE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, PROVIDING ONLY SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, OR OTHER SPECIALIZED INFORMATION, OR YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OR OPPOSITION TO AN 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.
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.
I WILL NOW SWEAR ON EVERYONE WHO IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN CHAMBERS AND INTENDS TO TESTIFY, VIRTUAL SPEAKERS WILL BE SWORN IN ONE BY ONE BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD.
IF YOU WILL BE TESTIFYING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL BE GIVING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU.
[1. AFTER ACTION JUNE 11, 2026]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? MOTION BY MS. WUTAGAVOLI.MR. CHAIR, GIVEN THAT THIS IS A HYBRID FORMAT MEETING, I'D LIKE TO SHOW FOR THE RECORD THAT I WAS ON ZOOM LAST TIME.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT PRESENT PHYSICALLY, FOR ZOOM I WAS.
WE CAN ADD A NOTE THAT YOU WERE PRESENT VIA ZOOM, BUT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MEETING, YOU HAVE TO BE IN PERSON.
SO WITH THAT IN FRONT OF THE AMENDMENT, I ASK THE CO-SPONSORS TO ACCEPT IT FROM THE AMENDMENT.
IS THE SPONSOR AND CHAIR OKAY? I MEAN, IN A SECOND? YEAH.
OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION PASSES.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
DO WE HAVE ANY...WE DO HAVE ONE QUICK DISCUSSION.
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE THE DATE OF THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE DECIDE WHAT DATE TO MOVE IT TO IN CASE ANY ITEMS HAVE TO BE CONTINUED.
I SENT OUT SOME DATES YESTERDAY THAT THE CHAMBERS ARE AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 4TH, AND 11TH.
I DID SAY 7TH, BUT THAT IS LABOR DAY, SO THAT DATE WILL ACTUALLY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
SO IF THERE'S A PREFERENCE ON THE BOARD FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 4TH, OR 11TH FOR SCHEDULING THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.
4TH IS OKAY FOR ME? ANY OF THOSE DATES? SEPTEMBER 4TH? OKAY, SO IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY, THAT'LL BE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.
WE HAVE SAID THAT SINCE IT'S NOT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, IT DOESN'T COUNT AS PART OF THE ALLOWED ABSENCES.
SO I THINK YOU'RE ALLOWED TWO ABSENCES A YEAR.
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IF THAT'S NOT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, WE DON'T PENALIZE YOU.PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
AT THIS POINT, I MAY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABSENT THAT WEEK.
NOBODY SAID THE 11TH, YOU KNOW.
I KNOW THE OPTION WAS THE 11TH, BUT EVERYBODY SAID FOR THE 4TH, SO I JUST ASKED WITH REGARDS TO THE 4TH.
OKAY, WELL, I COULD DO THE 11TH FOR SURE.
OKAY, 11TH IS OKAY, MR. CHAIR? THANK YOU, MR. LESTER.
YEAH, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE ROSH HASHANAH, SO I THINK THAT'S OKAY.
YEAH, IT STARTS AT SUNDOWN, AS WOULD BE WHEN NO WORK IS ALLOWED.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WORKS OKAY, TOO.
SO IF ANY ITEMS ARE CONTINUED TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, THEY WILL BE CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND WE CAN PROCEED TO THE NEW APPLICATIONS IF YOU LIKE.
OR SORRY, THE CONTINUED APPLICATIONS.
SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE DRB 24-1061.
THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH DRIVE-THROUGH LANES, INCLUDING VARIANCES TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A DESIGNATED LOADING SPACE AND INCREASING THE...
WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT ARE UNDER REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE.
IF WE CAN VOTE ON THOSE FIRST.
[2. DRB25-1146, 1 OCEAN DRIVE.]
I APOLOGIZE.JUST REAL QUICK, OCEAN, THEY WOULD LIKE...
THE THAT'S DRB 25 11 46 THEY WOULD LIKE FOR THE CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 8TH 2026 MEETING THEY'RE MAKING SOME REVISIONS TO THE PLANS AND, AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT CONTINUANCE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR MOTION TO CONTINUE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, ON THE ITEM ON ZOOM OR OTHERWISE CAN I BE ADDED PRESENTER ON ZOOM NO HANDS ARE RAISED ON ZOOM I'LL SECOND IT OKAY MOTION BY MR. LESTER SECOND BY MR. PIES UH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE AYE ANY OPPOSED? NO? MOTION PASSES.
[3. DRB26-1165, 7928 BYRON AVENUE.]
OKAY, THE NEXT ONE IS 7928 BYRON AVENUE.THAT'S AN APPLICATION THAT WAS BEFORE THE BOARD LAST MONTH.
THE BOARD REQUESTED SOME CHANGES AND THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THIS MEETING.
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE CHANGED THE ARCHITECT, SO THEY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS.
SO THEY'VE REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.
MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER TO SEPTEMBER MEETING THE 7928 BYRON AVENUE.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 11TH BY MS. BUTAGAVOLI.
OH, SORRY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
OKAY, MOTION BY MS. BUTAGAVOLI, SECOND BY MR. PAEZ.
ANY OPPOSED? NO, MOTION PASSES.
OKAY, NOW WE CAN PROCEED TO THE CONTINUED ITEMS. OKAY, THIS FILE, DRB
[4. DRB24-1061, 1414 ALTON ROAD.]
24-1061-1440, NORTON ROAD, THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH DRIVE-THRU LANES, INCLUDING VARIANCES TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR DESIGNATED LOADING SPACE AND INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE SIZE FOR DETACHED SIGN, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SINGLE-STORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH DRIVE-THRU LANES.OKAY, SO JUST ONE CLARIFICATION.
THE TITLE INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A TWO-STORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.
IT'S ACTUALLY SINCE BEEN SCALED DOWN.
IT'S A ONE-STORY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.
THIS APPLICATION IS ON ALTON ROAD.
IT'S IN THE CD2 MEDIUM-INTENSITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
IT'S A 30,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A BUILDING WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT, 0.17 FAR.
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IT'S A 4,955-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING.THE APPLICANT COULD BUILD A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON THIS SITE.
SO THEY'RE BUILDING A SMALL BUILDING.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A COUPLE OF WAIVERS AND TWO VARIANCES, AND SO I'LL DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE ARE ABOUT.
INITIALLY, THE BANK IS PROPOSING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BANK OF AMERICA THAT'S ON THE SITE.
IT'S NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE BUILDING THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
IT HAS FIVE DRIVE-THROUGH LANES THAT EXIT OUT ONTO ALTON ROAD, SO IT CREATES A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN THERE WITH THESE FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC.
THE SIDEWALK THERE IS TILTED, SO IT'S NOT A VERY COMFORTABLE SITUATION IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE.
THEY WILL BE ELIMINATING ALL DRIVEWAYS ONTO ALTON ROAD, SO THERE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ALONG ALTON ROAD.
THEY WILL BE PROPOSING TO KEEP...
KEEP THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING OF THE BANK WHILE THIS NEW BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE BUILT ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE LOT.
THE NEW BUILDING WILL HAVE WINDOWS FRONTING ALTON ROAD, SO IT'LL BE FAR MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
IT'LL HAVE A WHITE BRICK FACADE, WHICH IS A HIGH-QUALITY MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING ALONG THE FACADE.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING A MURAL ALONG ALTON ROAD AND ALONG THE SIDE OF THEIR FACADE THAT FACES THEIR SURFACE PARKING LOT.
THE MURAL EXCEEDS 100 SQUARE FEET, SO IT WILL REQUIRE CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL PRIOR TO THEM BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY PAINT THE MURAL.
THE MURAL WAS DESIGNED BY ARTIST KENNEDY N'GAGA, AND IT WILL CONSIST OF COLORFUL GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND IT DOES PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT FOR THAT FACADE, AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT MURAL.
THE SURFACE PARKING LOT WILL ALSO HAVE TWO DRIVE-THROUGH ATM LANES.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENTERED FROM THE REAR OF THE LOT IN THE ALLEY ALONG ALTON COURT, AND SO THEN THEY WILL EXIT BACK ONTO ALTON COURT, SO THERE'S MINIMAL, SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO ALTON ROAD ITSELF.
PEDESTRIANS WILL HAVE A CLEAR WAY TO WALK DOWN ALTON ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER OF THE FRONTAGE STANDARDS FOR UM FOR THE LANDSCAPING OF THE CLEAR PEDESTRIAN PATH.
THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THEY RAISE THEIR SIDEWALK TO THE FUTURE CROWN OF ROAD ELEVATION.
BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERIOR LOT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE RAMPING DOWN TO THE ADJACENT LOTS THAT ARE FAR LOWER.
SO THAT CREATES A SITUATION WHERE THE SIDEWALKS HAVE TO RAMP UP SIGNIFICANTLY, AND SO THAT IMPACTS WHERE THEY CAN LOCATE THE LANDSCAPING.
THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THE LANDSCAPING BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE PARALLEL PARKING AND THE SIDEWALK.
THEY'RE HAVING TO MOVE SOME OF THE TREES BEHIND THE SIDEWALK IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THAT RAMPING TO TAKE PLACE.
STAFF IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE WAIVER BEING GRANTED BECAUSE REALLY THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION FOR THEM GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE TO RAISE THE SIDEWALK AND HAVE TO RAMP DOWN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS FOR THE OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENT.
THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THEY HAVE ONE LOADING SPACE.
THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE LOADING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR A BANK.
THE LOADING THAT IS NEEDED CAN HAPPEN IN THEIR STANDARD PARKING SPACES, OR ALTERNATIVELY, IF ON THE RARE SITUATION THAT THEY NEED A LARGER TRUCK THAN WHAT CAN USE A STANDARD PARKING SPACE, THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THE LOADING ON ALTON COURT IN THE ALLEY.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A NEED TO PROVIDE A...
FORMAL LOADING AREA THAT WOULD LIMIT THEIR, THEIR ALLOWABLE THEIR PARKING THEIR SURFACE PARKING THEY CURRENTLY ARE PROVIDING MORE SURFACE PARKING THAN IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE SO REALLY GET TAKING SOME OF THAT AWAY TO PROVIDE A LOADING SPACE REALLY DOESN'T BENEFIT THE PROJECT AND IT DOES PRESENT A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY TO THE APPLICANT AND A HARDSHIP TO THE APPLICANT SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE THE OTHER VARIANCE IS RELATED TO SIGNAGE IN ORDER TO SCREEN THEIR PARKING, THEY HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL SCREEN ALONG ALTON ROAD, SO THAT BLOCKS VIEWS INTO THE SURFACE PARKING LOT, CREATING AN IMPROVED URBAN CONDITION.
AND ALSO THAT SCREEN HAS LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF IT TO REALLY BEAUTIFY THE WALK.
SO AS A PEDESTRIAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH NICER THAN THE FIVE DRIVEWAY LANES IN A BUILDING THAT BASICALLY HAS NO WINDOWS.
SO IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE AESTHETIC CONDITION FOR THEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE A SIGN ON THAT ARCHITECTURAL SCREEN.
THE CODE LIMITS THE SIGN TO 15 SQUARE FEET IF IT'S A DETACHED SIGN ON A WALL.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE SIGN TO BE 18.3 FEET.
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OVER THREE FEET, THE VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.IT'S A MINIMAL VARIANCE, BUT IT DOES MAKE FOR A SIGN THAT FITS THAT.
ARCHITECTURAL SCREEN MUCH BETTER, REALLY DOESN'T INCREASE THE VISUAL CLUTTER, AND PROVIDES IMPROVED VISIBILITY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A HIGH-TRAFFIC ROADWAY.
SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED, INCLUDING THE TWO VARIANCES AND THE WAIVER.
AS ALWAYS, MR. MADON HAS STOLEN OUR THUNDER WITH THIS WONDERFUL DISTILLATION OF THE PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 10 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE EXACT SAME STUFF.
GOOD MORNING, GRAHAM PENN, BURKE HOWARD L.
FERNANDEZ, LARKIN TAPPANUS, 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD.
I DID WANT TO COMPLIMENT MR. MEDAN ON HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS AS WELL.
AS RAHELIO EXPLAINED, I'M JOINED TO MY LEFT BY MR. CHRISTOPHER COX FROM GENSLER.
WE ALSO HAVE RICHARD FERNANDEZ, OUR ENGINEER, CARLOS MARKOVICH FROM MY OFFICE.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE INTROS.
QUICKLY TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS AND THEN WE'LL OPEN OURSELVES UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AS RAHELIO EXPLAINED, THIS PROJECT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS SITE FROM AN OPERATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, FROM AN AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FROM A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SPHERE POINT OF VIEW.
THIS WILL BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT WE COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS REMOVING ANY VEHICULAR ACCESS.
SO IF WE COULD PUT THE SLIDES UP, I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE INTRO.
WHAT YOU CAN ALSO SEE, OF COURSE, IS THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH WILL BE A MOSAIC, WHICH WILL BE, AGAIN, BRINGING PUBLIC ART RIGHT TO THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ON ALTON ROAD.
SO JUST A BRIEF INTRO OF WHERE WE ARE.
THERE IS THE EXISTING BANK OF AMERICA BRANCH.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CVS ON 14TH.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE FROM THIS AERIAL, AGAIN, THE DRIVE-THROUGHS THERE.
POINTING LIKE A CANNON DIRECTLY AT THE ALTERNATE ROAD.
WE ARE ZONED CD2 AND JUST A COUPLE MORE VIEWS LOOKING AT THE SINGLE-STORY PROPERTY.
THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1974.
AND WE ALSO, THE BANK ALSO OWNS THE SATELLITE PARKING LOT TO THE WEST OF THE ALLEY AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AS PARKING FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE EXISTING BANK ON THE NORTH AND THEN THAT GIGANTIC WIDE, WHICH IS WIDER, AS WIDE OR WIDER THAN THE BUILDING, THE DRIVE-THROUGH ASSEMBLAGE THERE, WHICH IS VERY 1970S.
A COUPLE MORE VIEWS, AND AS ROGELIO REMINDED US, THERE ARE NO WINDOWS OF THE BANK FACING ALTON ROAD RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE...
DRIVE-THRU AREA AND WHAT THAT MEANS FROM AN AESTHETIC AND A PEDESTRIAN POINT OF VIEW.
THAT IS 50 FEET WIDE OF A CURB CUT TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE DRIVE-THRU'S.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DESIGN.
YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME WEAR OUR STUFF.
WHILE CHRIS IS TALKING, I'M GOING TO HAND OUT OUR MATERIALS.
THE AFOREMENTIONED BRICK, WHICH WILL BE THE SURFACING ALONG ALTON, AND OF COURSE THE PAINT COLOR SO THAT WE CAN SEE.
SO I THINK WE'LL TRY TO GIVE VISUAL TO A LOT OF THINGS MR. MADON HAS CLEARLY LINED OUT VERBALLY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE EXISTING SITE PLAN.
SO AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE AERIALS TO THE SOUTH, WE'VE GOT A VERY LARGE MULTI-STORY, FOUR OR FIVE-STORY BUILDING.
WE'VE GOT THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANKING, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE EXISTING BUILDING, THE SMALL ONE-STORY TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.
ALTON ROADS ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN ALTON COURT IS ON THE WEST SIDE.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT, PARTICULARLY FOR THE OWNER, AS A REQUIREMENT WAS TO KEEP THIS BRANCH OPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE WANT TO BE CLEARLY REPRESENTING PHASING THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SO YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE COLORS HERE.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, PHASE ONE, WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE THE REMOVAL OF...
THE DRIVE-THRU THAT'S BOTH PAVING AND CONNECTED CANOPY.
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PHASE ONE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW BUILDING IN THE BLUE AGAIN.
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE OWNER TO START PHASING OVER FROM THE YELLOW EXISTING BUILDING TO THE NEW BLUE BUILDING.
PHASE TWO IS THE STREETSCAPE ALONG ALTON ROAD.
SO THERE WE'RE GOING TO BE RAISING, WE KNOW THAT THE RESILIENCE CODE OF MIAMI IS TO RAISE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE FUTURE RAISING OF THE CROWN OF THE ROAD.
SO PHASE TWO BRINGS THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STREETSCAPE, THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW.
AND THEN FINALLY IN PHASE THREE IS THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING BANK AND THEN THE ADDING OF THE REMAINING PARKING AND DRIVE-THRU ATMS. SO THIS WAS A STRATEGY THAT
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TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO GET TO BOTH ON CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THEIR CUSTOMER BASE THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.HERE IS A GRAPHIC OF THE SITE PLAN.
SO IF WE CAN IMAGINE, I'LL KIND OF POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS.
THE BUILDING IN WHITE IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, SO SOUTH.
WE ARE FACING ALTON ROAD, SO WE'RE BRINGING PRESENTS TO ALTON ROAD.
WE WILL BE SEEING SOME MORE ON THE ART, BUT THE FIRST THING, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IS BRINGING THAT ART AND THAT VIBRANCY.
I THINK IT'S THE THING WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT TO THE PROJECT.
THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF OUR BUILDING, FACING ALTON ROAD, BUT ALSO FACING SURFACE PARKING.
YOU KNOW, THE STREETSCAPE ALONG ALTON IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.
IT WAS A TRICKY PIECE TO MANAGE.
WE WERE CONNECTING TO THE SOUTH TO A LOW SIDEWALK ELEVATION EXISTING.
WE WERE CONNECTING TO THE NORTH TO A LOW SIDEWALK ELEVATION.
SO THE SITE ITSELF IS RAMPING TO KIND OF WHERE THE ART IS, RIGHT, LIKE TO THE HIGHEST POINT.
WE'VE GOT A SERIES OF RAMPS THAT ARE GOING TO NEED TO BRING PEDESTRIANS FROM THE CROSSWALK UP TO OUR SITE.
BUT YEAH, AND THEN LAST, I THINK IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE SCREENING THE DRIVE-THROUGH AND THE PARKING WITH ARCHITECTURAL WALLS AND A LAYERED LANDSCAPE APPROACH.
MR. MADON POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE ALSO DIFFICULTIES JUST WEAVING LANDSCAPE THROUGH HERE.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE ON THE SOUTH, YOU SEE HOW WE'RE CONNECTING TO OUR NEIGHBORING SIDEWALK CLOSEST TO ALTON ROAD, BUT WE'RE BRINGING IT FURTHER WEST TO MEET THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN SHIFTING BACK AGAIN TO RECONNECT TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.
SO IT IS A STITCHING OF BOTH THE FABRIC THAT WE'RE IN, BUT ALSO MEETING TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES THE RESILIENCE CODE AND GOALS OF MIAMI BEACH.
CHRIS, BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS DRAWING, I JUST WANT TO REMIND US WE ARE DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THE PROPERTY WITH THIS PLAN VERSUS WHAT THE STATUS QUO IS.
I'LL TRY TO START POINTING IT OUT WITH MY FINGER.
I KNOW IT'S KIND OF VERBALLY DESCRIBING.
AGAIN, THIS IS LOOKING FROM ALTON ROAD TO IT.
HERE WE'RE DISPLAYING ON FULL DISPLAY ART, RIGHT? WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT AS A STRATEGY BOTH FOR DAY AND NIGHT, WHERE WE'RE LIGHTING THE ART FROM ABOVE LINEARLY.
WE'VE GOT A GLASS BOX ON THIS FACADE THAT IS THE ENTRANCE, WHERE OUR INTENTION IS TO LIGHT IT 24 HOURS, SO AT NIGHT THAT THAT ART IS SEEN WEAVING FROM THE EXTERIOR FACADE INTO THE BUILDING AND CREATING JUST A VIBRANCY FOR THIS CORNER.
I THINK YOU'RE ALSO SEEING A NUMBER OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SITE, WHICH IS RAMPING AS TO THE BEST OF AN ADA-COMPLIANT SLOPE TO THIS POINT.
YOU'RE ALSO SEEING OUR WHICH IS OUR RAMP KIND OF GETTING UP TO THE BANK'S MAIN ENTRY AND THEN A SECONDARY RAMP.
THIS IS A SECTION OUTLINING SOME OF THOSE ELEVATIONS AND STRATEGIES WHERE ALTON ROAD IS CURRENTLY VERY LOW.
BEING COGNIZANT OF THE 5.8 FUTURE CROWN OF THE ROAD GOALS OF MIAMI BEACH AND THEN GETTING OUR BUILDING UP TO DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION COMPLIANT WITH RESILIENCE CODE.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARTIST KENNEDY NGONGO WAS IS A IS AN ARTIST FROM AFRICA HE HAD A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AND FOUND HIS FOOTING LARGELY IN MIAMI SO I THINK THE STORY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE BANK TO HAVE SOMEONE LOCAL.
WE THINK IT ADDS A LOT TO THE VIBRANCY OF THE DISTRICT AND THE GOALS OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THE REALIZATION OF THIS ART WILL BE IN SMALL-FORM TILE MOSAIC.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR THE HISTORY OF MOSAICS IN MIAMI AND WILL BE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL ADD TO THE STREETSCAPE.
THIS IS A GRAPHIC REPRESENTING WHERE WE INTEND TO APPLY IT.
SO THE IMAGES IN BLUE ARE REPRESENTING ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A TILE MOSAIC.
IT'S NOT, IN FACT, COLOR REPRESENTATION, BUT YOU'RE SEEING SMALL FORMAT TILE MOSAICS AT A ZOOMED-IN SCALE.
AND THEN IN THE PLAN GRAPHIC IN RED, YOU'RE SEEING THE OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE INTENDING TO DO IT.
SO ALTON ROAD IS WHERE MY HAND IS, TURNING INTO THE BUILDING AND THEN TURNING OUT TO THE BUILDING.
THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S REPRESENTING MODERN BANKING.
THE REMOVAL OF DRIVE-THROUGH TELLER SERVICE IS NO LONGER PART OF THEIR BUSINESS.
WE HAVE, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE SITE PLAN, DRIVE-THROUGH ATMS. THE PLAN IS VERY OPEN AND FACING ALTON ROAD WITH THE GLASS BOX THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARTWORK.
YOU KIND OF ENTER UNDER THE ARTWORK AND GET INTO THEIR MAIN LOBBY.
TELLERS WILL BE AT THE BACK, AND THEN YOU CAN MEET YOUR PRIVATE BANKING.
OR CONSULTANTS IN A SERIES OF OFFICES.
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WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILED ELEVATIONS.THIS IS A FULL VIEW OF ALTON ROAD LOOKING TOWARDS THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF US CONNECTING TO OUR NEIGHBORS AT THE LOW POINTS, BRINGING OURSELF UP TO A COMPLIANT SLOPE, AND THEN GETTING UP TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AND THEN THE GLASS BOX REPRESENTING, THAT'S THE MAIN ENTRY HERE.
MATERIALITY, SO HERE IS AGAIN ALTON ROAD ELEVATION.
YOU'RE SEEING PREMIUM MATERIALS FACING ALTON ROAD.
SO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, BRICK IS THIS HATCH THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
I THINK GRAHAM'S KIND OF PLACED THAT ON YOUR TABLE.
BUT WE ARE TAKING THAT BRICK, TURNING IT 20 FEET AROUND THE CORNER TO THE HIDDEN FACADE.
WE'RE WRAPPING IT AROUND THE CORNER TO THE BANK SURFACE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TILE MOSAIC AND CURTAIN WALL PRODUCT, WHICH WILL BE IN THE MAIN FACADE.
IT'S REPRESENTED A BIT OPAQUE.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IS GOING TO BE GLASS, AND OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP THAT OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND LIGHT IT FROM BEHIND TO GET VISUAL VIEW INTO THE PROPERTY OR INTO THE BUILDING AND THE ART.
THIS IS FROM THE NORTH, SO THIS IS FROM THE FLAT LOT, LOOKING AS IF YOU WERE PARKING AND COMING TO THE FACILITY.
VISIBLE PARTIALLY FROM THE CORNER, BUT MOST OF THIS FACADE WILL BE VISIBLE TO BANKING CUSTOMERS.
LEFT TO RIGHT, THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY, THE STAIRS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN ALL THE IMAGES.
THE TIME MOSAIC IS CONTINUING, THE BRICK FACADES WRAPPING AROUND, AND THEN WINDOWS IN THE OFFICES AND A PAINTED STUCCO ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE.
THIS IS ALTON COURT, SO THIS IS THE BACK VIEW, IF YOU WILL.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF STUCCO AND PAINT, AND THIS IS AN EMPLOYEE-ONLY ENTRY AND EXIT.
LAST, I CALL THIS ONE THE BURIED FACADE, SO THIS WOULD BE THE SOUTH, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE LARGEST BUILDING.
HERE WE'RE TAKING ALTON ROAD TO THE RIGHT.
WE'RE WRAPPING THE BRICK MATERIAL AROUND THE CORNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALWAYS VISIBLE FROM ALTON ROAD.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE STUCCO FINISH.
AND THEN IN THE BURIED FACADE, WE'RE USING PAINTED STUCCO.
THIS IS A BIT REDUNDANT, BUT THIS IS THE SPECIFIC LABELING OF WHAT I'VE ALL DESCRIBED HERE VERBALLY.
SO THIS WOULD BE HEADING SOUTH TO NORTH OF THE BUILDING, MANAGING THE ELEVATION CHANGES WITH STEPPED LANDSCAPE.
MR. MADON TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR STREET TWOS AT ONE POINT ARE CLOSER TO THE BUILDING THAN THEY JOG TO THE LANDSCAPE BARRIERS AND THEY JOG BACK.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE NORTH ON ALTON ROAD HEADING SOUTH.
SO IN THIS VIEW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE DESIGN OF THE SCREEN WALLS, WHERE THE SCREEN WALLS DESIGN IS COGNIZANT OF THE CURRENT LEVEL OF THE ROAD, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE CROWN OF THE ROAD AT 5.8, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SCREEN THE ATM AND THE DRIVE-THROUGH ASPECT, AND THEN ALSO CREATE KIND OF LAYERS OF LANDSCAPE.
SO IT'S A TIERED SHRUBS, AND THEN IT'S THE GREEN BUTTONWOOD TREES.
I THINK AN IMPORTANT NOTE HERE TOO IS AT THE CROSSWALK IS WHERE WE LANDED OUR RAMP, BUT ALSO THE SIGN, WHICH IS PART OF THE VARIANCE, IS LOCATED HERE.
SO IF SOMEONE WITH AN ACCESSIBILITY NEED, I THINK IT GIVES A BIT OF WAYFINDING ADDITIONALLY TO FIND THE BANK.
SO IF YOU'RE ON THE SIDEWALK, YOU MIGHT GET CONFUSED, BUT WE THINK THAT ADDS A LITTLE WAYFINDING TO GET TO THE BUILDING FOR AN ACCESSIBLE CUSTOMER.
CHRIS, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE WALL, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WALL? YES.
THE WALL IS, IT'LL BE VERTICAL CMU.
WE'LL HAVE LIGHTS, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT IN A NIGHT SHOT, AND THEN IT'S PAINTED STUCCO IN THE SIGN.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE FLAT LOT.
LIKE, THIS MIGHT BE HOW YOU ENTER THE PROPERTY, EITHER BY CAR AND PARK.
AND THEN LAST HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE SCREEN WALLS AT NIGHT, SO THERE IS A LIT ELEMENT.
THESE SCREEN WALLS ARE SEPARATED BY APPROXIMATELY A FOOT.
THERE'S A VERTICAL LIGHT BETWEEN THOSE.
I THINK AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT THIS RENDERING PROBABLY REPRESENTS THE LIGHT OVEREXPOSED IN A CERTAIN AREA.
THE INTENT IS THESE LIGHTS ARE ASYMMETRICALLY WALL-WASHING, SO KIND OF JUST GENTLY GRAZING THE FACE OF THE WALL.
IT'S NOT INTENT TO BE LIKE A BLAST OF LIGHT IN A SINGLE LOCATION.
IT'S A LINEAR GRAZE OF THE WALL.
OKAY, SO YEAH, LET ME BRIEFLY TOUCH, I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER OUR TIME, I'LL BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE TWO VARIANCES THAT ROGELIO AGAIN EXPLAINED VERY WELL.
WE'RE REQUESTING TO WAIVE THE NEED FOR LOADING SPACE GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE USE, AND WE
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HAVE A VERY MINOR INCREASE IN THAT DETACHED WALL SIGN.THE OVERALL SIGNAGE ON ALTON ROAD BASICALLY IS, OUR BUILDING ITSELF WOULD ALLOW 56 SQUARE FEET, AND SO WE ARE UNDER THAT WITH A COMBO.
OF THE TWO OR THERE OR NEAR ABOUT MY MATH IS TERRIBLE OR ABOUT THE RIGHT ON THE LINE SO WITH THAT THAT'S OUR EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SLIDE AS I ALWAYS SAY WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE AGAIN WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE IMPROVEMENT TO THIS SITE TO THE OPERATION OF THE BANK TO THE AESTHETICS OF THE BANK AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE PEDESTRIAN REALM THAT'S LONG OVERDUE IN THIS PORTION OF ALTON ROAD SO WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND I'D LIKE TO RESERVE TIME FOR A BOTTLE THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES BEFORE WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT? I MET ON THE SITE WITH THE LEGAL TEAM YESTERDAY.
ANY DISCLOSURES? LET'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY ONLINE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOBODY ONLINE? ANYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AND THE BANK, WHAT DOES THAT WALKWAY LOOK LIKE THERE? ALSO, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THAT...
THAT LIGHTING ON THE FENCE THAT YOU TOUCHED ON, THAT RENDERING, DO IT JUSTICE, I'M GUESSING, BECAUSE IT LOOKS OFF.
YOU'RE SAYING THE NIGHT RENDERING? YEAH.
YEAH, I WOULD CALL IT OVEREXPOSED.
THE INTENT OF THE LIGHT IS TO BE A LINEAR WASH OF THE WALL.
YEAH, IT DOESN'T GIVE IT THAT IMAGE.
YEAH, I THINK THE IMAGE IS NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENTING THE LINEAR THROW OF THAT LIGHT.
MY THIRD QUESTION IS THE LOTS TO THE WEST.
I SAW BY THE TAX RULE THAT BANK OF AMERICA OWNS TWO LOTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY.
IS THAT USED FOR TEMPORARY PARKING? IS THERE A FUTURE IDEA FOR THOSE LOTS? WHAT'S THE IDEA? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE KIND OF A PART OF IT.
IT IS SATELLITE PARKING FOR THE BANK NOW, AND IT WILL BE SATELLITE PARKING FOR THE REVISED BANK.
SO THERE'S NO PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S NO TOUCHING UP OR DOING ANYTHING TO IT TO I MEAN, IT'S NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS APPLICATION, BUT WE ARE STILL USING IT FOR PARKING.
I MEAN, SO THE BANK IS NOT PROPOSING TO ALTER IT IN ANY WAY RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL SPACE BETWEEN THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
SO THE INTENT IS WE'RE KEEPING CURRENTLY AN EXISTING SCREW PINE LANDSCAPE-WISE.
ESSENTIALLY LIKE A BARRIER FOR TO KEEP THIS AREA SAFE AND THEN WE'RE LIGHTING THIS AT NIGHT ON THIS SIDE SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A INTENDED LIKE SITE OCCUPIABLE AREA AND OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP IT SAFE AND TO PROVIDE PLANTINGS ON THE ROAD THAT WOULD PREVENT SOMEONE COMING THROUGH ONE QUESTION IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU WENT FROM A TWO-STORY BUILDING DOWN TO ONE-STORY? THIS COST, I ASSUME, OR BUDGET? I THINK IT WAS THE BANK'S DECISION THAT THEY FOUND IT, THE ONE-STORY WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM AT THIS TIME.
I THINK IT WAS JUST HOW MANY BANKING ASSOCIATES THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY SAW APPROPRIATE FOR THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC HERE.
YEAH, I JUST REALLY DON'T LIKE SEEING SERVICE PARKING LOTS.
DENSE MIXED USE ZONE AREA THAT COULD HAVE HOUSING ABOVE IT OR ANY TYPE OF OTHER TYPE OF USE FOR A ONE-STORY BUILDING THAT'S MORE SUBURBAN LOOKING THAN I'LL THINK AN URBAN AREA LIKE I'LL DO RIGHT HERE.
HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED DOING A MIXED-USE BUILDING THAT HAS HOUSING OR ANY TYPE OF USE THAT COULD BE...
THE BANK HASN'T CONSIDERED THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
WOULD THEY CONSIDER USING A BUILDING OF ANY OTHER USE? I THINK THEIR INTENDED USE IS WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING HERE TODAY.
I THINK THEIR INTENT IS TO SERVE THEIR CLIENT BASE HERE IN MIAMI BEACH.
YEAH, THIS IS PRIME COMMERCIAL LOCATION.
I THINK A ONE-STORY SUBURBAN BUILDING OR A MIXED-USE PROPERTY COULD BE A LOT MORE USEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAN THIS.
YEP, IT'S THEIR LAND, IT'S THEIR PROJECT, IT'S THEIR LAND, THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT, BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,
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IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY IF IT WAS A DENSE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE MORE DENSITY IN THE AREA, BUT I THINK IT'S THEIR LOCATION WOULD BE BETTER, A DENSE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.I THINK IT FITS THE STYLE OF...
SORT OF MORE ART DECO BUT ALSO MODERN AT THE SAME TIME SO I LIKE THE DESIGN A LOT THE WALL SCREENING I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE LIKE AKHIL I SERVICE PARKING LOTS THAT MUCH BUT I DO THINK THAT AT LEAST YOU KNOW BRINGS A BETTER PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AS GOOD AS YOU CAN GET ON ALTON BUT I GUESS I'M LOOKING AT THE WALL I DON'T KNOW, IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE BARE TO ME AND MAYBE WHEN THE LANDSCAPING COMES TO MATURITY THAT IT WOULDN'T BE AS BIG OF A DEAL BUT I DON'T KNOW TO ME IT LOOKS A LITTLE BARREN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION ABOUT POTENTIALLY MAYBE BRINGING THAT ART MOSAIC THAT'S ON THE MAIN BUILDING JUST MAYBE PIECES OF THAT ON THE WALL.
THAT MIGHT JUST BRING MORE INTEREST TO AN OTHERWISE BARE WALL LOOKING INTO.
I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS THE LANDSCAPE.
AND IT'S HARD TO REPRESENT OFTEN THE LANDSCAPE IN THESE RENDERINGS, BUT THE LANDSCAPE IS QUITE ROBUST.
WE'VE GOT SEVERAL LAYERS OF BOTH SHRUBS AND TREES, GREEN BUTTONWOODS, IN FRONT OF THIS.
I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE ELEVATION THAT I'VE GOT ON THE SCREEN NOW THAT THE WALL LESS...
THE LOCATION WHERE YOU WILL ENTER THE RAMP WILL BE QUITE LANDSCAPED.
AND I THINK THAT'S BOTH ON DAY ONE, JUST ON HOW MANY PLANTS THAT WE'RE PLANTING, BUT OVER TIME IT WILL BECOME A LANDSCAPED ELEVATION.
IT'S JUST LIKE A SERIES OF WHITE WALLS FOR HALF OF YOUR PROJECT.
JUST BRINGING SOME VISUAL INTEREST THERE.
I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE YOU CONSIDER THAT WITH YOUR ARTIST.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOSAIC THE WHOLE WALL, BUT MAYBE THERE'S JUST MOMENTS OF THAT THROUGHOUT.
I THINK THAT THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY.
I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE VARIANCES YOU'RE SEEKING.
I THINK THAT THE SIZE OF THE SIGN IS APPROPRIATE, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR SOMEBODY ENTERING THROUGH THE RAMP, THAT JUST GIVEN THE LENGTH OF THE LOT, IT'S NEEDED.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT DOUBLE-LINK PARKING.
PARKING IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE HERE.
JUST CURIOUS, THE PHASES, TIMELINES? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMELINE AS TO THE LENGTH OF THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACADE, AND THEN SEVERAL PHASES.
I'D HAVE TO GET WITH, I THINK, THE OWNER TO BE COMMITTAL ON ACTUAL SPECIFICS ON THAT.
BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER A TYPICAL ONE-STORY CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE PROJECT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY I'M CURIOUS TO SEE A TIMELINE.
AND I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE ON THE VARIANCES.
I DON'T OBJECT TO THE VARIANCES, BUT I DO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT MOSAIC, AS SHE STATED BEFORE, AS WELL.
I THINK THAT IT'S A LITTLE BARE, ESPECIALLY BEING JUST WHITE OUT THERE.
SO I THOUGHT OF THE SAME THING.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR GROUP ON THE DESIGNS.
SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND JUST TO CONTINUE WITH THE FRONT WALL AND THE LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF IT, THAT MAYBE...
IT INCORPORATES SOME OF THE MOSAIC AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS LANDSCAPING SO THAT THE MOSAIC CAN BE SEEN IN CERTAIN SPOTS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
ONCE IT'S FULLY GROWN, YOU MAY NOT SEE THAT WHITE WALL AT ALL.
SO IF YOU DO PUT MOSAIC IN IT, YOU OBVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON THE BUSHES AND THE SHRUBS THAT MAY BE HIDING IT.
AS TO MY QUESTIONS, THERE IS A...
APARTMENT BUILDING TO THE WEST OF THE SITE HAS AND CURRENTLY THE BANK HAS INGRESS
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TO THE DRIVEWAY FOR THE TELLERS THROUGH THE ALTON ROAD COURT AM I CORRECT IN THAT CORRECT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE EXIT, EXIT IS THROUGH ALTON.SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUILDING APARTMENT BUILDING BEHIND THE SITE? NOW THAT THERE'LL BE ENTRANCE AND EXIT THROUGH ALTON ROAD COURT BEHIND THEIR APARTMENT BUILDING.
WELL, MYRA, WE CAN PUT UP THE AERIAL.
RIGHT NOW, ASIDE FROM THE DRIVE-THROUGH, RIGHT, THE EXIT FROM THE SITE IS NORTH ON ALTON COURT ANYWAY, RIGHT? SO THE ONLY WAY YOU WOULD BE LEAVING IF YOU WERE GOING TO LEAVE, SAY YOU PARKED IN THE NORMAL PARKING.
THAT'S ON THE WEST OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, YOU WOULD LIKELY JUST GO NORTH AND LEAVE.
WELL, YOU CAN'T GO SOUTH BECAUSE THE COURT GOES ONLY NORTH.
SO YOU WOULD MAKE A RIGHT AND GO NORTH.
SO ALL THOSE CARS ARE STILL ALREADY LEAVING ALL THAT, AND IT'S NOT CHANGING THAT AT ALL.
AND, OF COURSE, ANY OF THE PARKING THAT'S ON THE SATELLITE LOT IS THE SAME, THAT THEY WILL BE GOING NORTH THROUGH THERE.
SOME PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC NOW GOES THROUGH ALTON COURT ANYWAY.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, NO, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY SPECIFIC OUTREACH TO THAT BUILDING.
BUT IN OUR OPINION, THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THEM AS WELL, GIVEN THE WAY THAT THE OPERATION IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED AND THAT THE PARKING IS BEING INCREASED ON THE SITE SO THERE'S LESS LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE PARKING IN THE ALLEY.
AND, OF COURSE, THE INTRODUCTION OF ALL THE NEW LANDSCAPING, ET CETERA, THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT, YEAH, IT'S NOT REALLY CHANGING THE ORIENTATION MUCH AT ALL BECAUSE MOST CARS STILL GO NORTH AND LEAVE ON ALTON COURT.
BUT THEY WILL BE CURRENTLY THERE IS ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING FOR GETTING THE DRIVEWAY THROUGH ALTON.
IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL ONLY BE THROUGH ALTON ROAD COURT.
THERE'S NO WAY TO GET ON THE PROPERTY NOW FROM ALTON ROAD.
THE DRIVE-THRUS ARE EXIT ONLY, SO YOU JUST HAVE THOSE FIVE DRIVE-THRUS JUST PUSHING OUT.
INCLUDING PARKING, PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST THERE FOR VISITING THE BANK.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET IN HERE FROM ANYWHERE BUT THROUGH WEST, FROM OUR PARKING LOT ON WEST.
YOU CAN COME THROUGH AND OBVIOUSLY PARK ON THAT SATELLITE LOT OR FROM ALTON COURT.
SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE PEOPLE ENTERING THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE JUST REMOVING THE EXIT ON ALTON FROM ALL THOSE DRIVE-THRUS.
AND THE APARTMENT BUILDING IS MORE TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, THESE GUYS ARE RIGHT HERE.
SO WE HAVE AN APARTMENT THAT'S RIGHT AT OUR NORTHERN TIP.
BUT TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S US, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE ON THE WEST.
OKAY, BECAUSE THE MEMORANDUM SAYS THAT THERE'S AN APARTMENT BUILDING TO THE WEST.
SO IT COULD BE THE APARTMENT BUILDING.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RAISING THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE OF FUTURE RAISING OF ALTON ROAD TO THE CROWN BEING 5.8.
I THOUGHT, AND THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION TO THE CITY, I THOUGHT LOWER ALTON, AND ANDRES MAY KNOW AS WELL, HE FOLLOWS ALL THIS.
I THOUGHT LOWER ALTON ALL THE WAY TO MICHIGAN AND MAYBE CHASE AVENUE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE BY FDOT.
AND NOW THEY'RE PROCEEDING WITH MIDDLE ALTON, WHICH IS FROM 41ST MORE OR LESS TILL 51ST, 47TH, WHATEVER.
SO ALTON ROAD WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THIS PART OF ALTON ROAD, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, 11, MAYBE 9, 10 YEARS AGO.
AND SO THAT IS COMPLETE, BUT THERE IS PLANS IN THE VERY DISTANT FUTURE TO KEEP GOING UP AS NEEDED AS SEA LEVEL RISE CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE CITY.
CORRECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE 2037 IS WHEN THEY'RE GEARING UPPER ALTON SO AND AND I THOUGHT THAT THEY AT LEAST WITH THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF ALTON THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT INCREASING THE CROWN OF THE ROAD EVEN THOUGH THE CITY MAY HAVE A DESIRE FOR ALTON TO INCREASE THE CROWN THE F DOT IS SAYING WE DO NOT INCREASE THE CROWN EVEN THOUGH WE ARE INCREASING THE STORM SEWER DRAINS DIAMETERS OKAY, SO YOU'RE BASICALLY FOLLOWING WHAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING, NOT WHAT FDOT IS REQUESTING, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE ROAD.
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CORRECT.SO THE CITY HAS STANDARDS THAT THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE US TO MEET.
THE CITY STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN ROADS, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE AN EVACUATION ROAD, BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE IN A RESIDENTIAL ROAD.
AND THE CROWN OF THE ROAD IS ALSO AFFECTED.
THE NUMBER THAT IS CHOSEN IS AFFECTED BY WHEN THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.
SO IF IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT 10 YEARS IN THE FUTURE, THEIR FUTURE GROUND-AND-ROAD NUMBER WILL BE A HIGHER NUMBER THAN SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, THAT ONE OF YOUR VARIANCES OR WAIVERS IS FOR SIGNAGE, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS SIZE.
I THINK IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
SIZE BUT I DID NOTICE THERE WERE THREE SIGNS ON THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT YOU SHOWED A 017 A 022 AND A 023 ONE FACES ALTON ONE FACES THE PARKING LOT AND ONE FACES I BELIEVE ALTON COURT DOES THE CODE ALLOW FOR THREE SIGNS ON ONE BUILDING THAT SAYS OCCUPIED TWO PROPERTIES BASICALLY THE CODE THE CODE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE A SIGN ON EACH FACADE SO THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ONE ON THE FACADE AN ALTERNATE ONE FACING THE PARALLEL AND THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED A DETACHED SIGN AS WELL.
AND SO THE VARIANCE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DETACHED SIGN THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON THAT, PUT ON THAT STREET SCREEN.
ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE DESIGN.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SCREENING WALL.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A DETAIL OF THE LIGHTING THAT YOU CAN SHOW US? NOT AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, I DON'T.
IS IT A CONCEALED FIXTURE? BECAUSE FROM THE RENDERING, THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I NOTICED INITIALLY WAS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE SHINING INTO PEOPLE'S EYES AS THEY'RE DRIVING ON THE ROAD SOUTH, OR IS IT GOING TO BE INDIRECT AND JUST SHINING AT THE OTHER WALL SO IT GIVES IT THE GLOW? YEAH.
SO I'LL TRY TO VERBALLY DESCRIBE IT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE WALLS NOT AS CONNECTED PLANES, BUT ESSENTIALLY OVERLAPPING PLANES.
APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT GAP BETWEEN THESE WALLS AND THERE WILL BE AN OVERLAP BETWEEN THESE WALLS IN THE ORDER OF A FOOT ALSO WHERE WE WILL ESSENTIALLY CONCEAL A LINEAR LIGHT ALONG THE YOU KNOW THE EXPOSED VERTICAL LENGTH OF THAT SO I THINK AS A AS A PEDESTRIAN IF YOU'RE ACUTELY LOOKING THROUGH THE PASSAGE YOU MAY SEE A FIXTURE BUT THE OVERLAP WILL LARGELY CONCEAL THE VISUAL OF THE LIGHT AS RELATES TO THE LIGHT, THE INTENT IS THAT IT'S NOT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THESE FACADES WE SEE ARE JUST BLASTING LIGHT OUT.
IT IS AN ASYMMETRICAL WALL WASH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A LENSED FIXTURE THAT IS INTENDED TO THROW LIGHT ONLY ON A VERTICAL FACE.
SO THE LIGHT WILL BE AIMED ON THE FACE OF THE WALL, NOT THE PEDESTRIANS OR THE ROADWAY.
OKAY, YEAH, I JUST WOULD HAVE CONCERNED IF THERE WASN'T A DIFFUSER OR SOMETHING THAT IT IS AFFECTING PEOPLE DRIVING AND MAYBE DISTRACTING.
THE IDEAS ABOUT BRINGING SOME OF THE MOSAIC ONTO THESE SCREENING WALLS COULD BE A NICE IDEA JUST TO CARRY IT THROUGH.
I'M JUST HAVING TO BREAK UP THE MONOTONY OF A WHITE WALL.
AND I LOOKED AT THE PLANTING, AND THEY DO HAVE SOME ROBUST, BUT MAYBE THE FIRST PANEL IS.
SIGNAGE PANEL CAN STAY PLAIN, BUT THEN THE MOSAIC IS SORT OF TEASED A LITTLE BIT THROUGH.
IT'S NOT A FULL CLADDING OF THE ENTIRE WALL, BUT BRINGING A LITTLE COLOR AND MOVEMENT ALONG THE WALL THERE AND CONNECTING THE SITE.
I THINK THAT'S A NICE SUGGESTION.
IT'S YET MORE MOVEMENT THAN COLOR.
SUGGESTION IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT TO APPROVE DRB 24 10 61 14 14 I'LL TURN VOTE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADDITIONAL ART TOWARDS THE WALL IN THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY YEAH, THAT'S JUST FOR THE END.
OKAY, SO INCORPORATE THE MOSAIC THAT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR THE FACADE EXTENDED ONTO THE STREET SCREEN SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF STAFF SO THAT WE CAN.
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NO, YES, NOT A LOT.YEAH, I THINK THAT WE CAN PROPOSE A SUBTLE INCORPORATION INTO PARTICULARLY THE EARLY PANELS THAT MAY NOT BE CONCEALED BY THE LANDSCAPE AND AN HOMAGE TO MAYBE SOMEONE PICKING UP THAT MOSAIC.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BUTACAVOLI, SECOND BY MS. LEWIN.
OKAY, AND THEN WE'LL NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE VARIANCES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH VARIANCES.
WAIVERS WELL THE WAIVERS GETTING KOREAN OKAY OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LEWIN SECOND BY MR. LESTER ON THE VARIANCES TO APPROVE THE TWO VARIANCES ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE, AYE ANY OPPOSED NO MOTION PASSES THANK YOU SO MUCH OH BEFORE WE BEFORE I FORGET ROGELIO AND ALEJANDRO WE THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE DRAFT ORDER REGARDING THE PLAN REFERENCE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S...
WE'LL CORRECT THE TYPO IN THE ORDER.
IT'S JUST THE LISTING THE CORRECT ARCHITECT AND PLAN NAME.
OKAY, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME.
OKAY, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT APPLICATION.
[5. DRB25-1099, 935 2ND STREET.]
YEAH, AND THE NEXT APPLICATION IS DRB 25 1099 935 SECOND STREET.THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE-STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, INCLUDING VARIANCES FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND LOT WIDTH, AND INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO BE BUILT ON A VACANT SITE.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS IN THE RPS 1 ZONING DISTRICT AND THE SOUTH OF 5TH NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IS SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS AND THREE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES.
I THINK IN THE STAFF REPORT WE SAID ONE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THREE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS SITED ON A NARROW SUBSTANDARD LOT MEASURING 40 FEET WIDE BY 100 FEET DEEP, TOTALING 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROJECT PROPOSES A TOTAL OF TWO UNITS, ONE PER FLOOR, ON THE SECOND AND THIRD LEVELS.
THE GROUND FLOOR CONTAINS FOUR TANDEM PARKING SPACES, AN ENTRANCE VESTIBULE, AN ELEVATOR, ENCLOSED STAIRS, A TRASH ROOM, AND ANCILLARY STORAGE SPACES.
THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS EACH CONTAIN ONE APARTMENT UNIT OF 1710 SQUARE FEET WITH TWO BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHROOMS AND A LARGE FRONT AND REAR BALCONIES.
THE SHARED ROOFTOP TERRACE FEATURES BUILT-IN PLANTERS WITH IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING AND ALUMINUM TRELLISES FOR SUN PROTECTION.
THE BUILDING HAS A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, ITS FRONT SOUTH ELEVATION FEATURES CYPRESS COLORED WOOD CLADDING THAT WRAPS THE GROUND FLOOR GARAGE, THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS AND THE ROOFTOP PARAPET.
THE LARGE FLOOR TWO CEILING IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOWS WITH CHAMPAGNE COLORED ALUMINUM FRAMES ARE RECESSED INTO THE WOOD CLADDING ON THE UPPER FLOORS.
A WHITE STUCCO EDGE OUTLINES THE SECOND FLOOR SLAB, ADDING CONTRAST BETWEEN THE WOOD ELEMENTS ABOVE AND BELOW.
FRAMELESS GLASS BALCONIES RAILINGS MAINTAIN VISUAL TRANSPARENCY AND LANDSCAPE VISIBLE ABOVE THE PARAPET SOFTENS THE ROOFTOP TERRACE.
THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS SIMPLER, FINISHED IN WHITE SEMI-SMOOTH STUCCO WITH RECESSED WINDOWS.
AND A GRAY ROUGH STUCCO STAIR AND ELEVATOR CORE WITH REVEALED JOINTS.
THE WEST SIDE USES THE SAME WHITE STUCCO AND RECESSED WINDOWS, BUT IT IS FURTHER ANIMATED BY RECESSED BALCONIES WITH FRAMELESS GLASS RAILINGS AND WARM WOOD-CLAD WALLS.
STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN, WHICH IS IN CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING VARIANCES.
VARIANCE NUMBER ONE IS A LOT AREA VARIANCE.
TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT AREA REQUIRED IN THE RPS 1 ZONING DISTRICT BY 1,750 SQ FT, WHERE 05,750 SQ FT IS REQUIRED AND 04,000 SQ FT IS EXISTING.
THE SECOND VARIANCE IS A LOT WITH VARIANCE, A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT REQUIRED IN THE RPS 1 ZONING DISTRICT BY 10 FT, WHERE 50 IS REQUIRED AND 40 FT IS EXISTING.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS AN UNDERSIZED LOT NON-CONFORMING IN BOTH LOT SIZE AND LOT WIDTH.
THE LOT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANTED IN THIS MANNER AND THEREFORE IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING LOT.
THE LOT IS MADE UP OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE TWO ADJACENT PARCELS, LIKELY THE BACKYARDS OF THEIR HOMES ON THOSE PARCELS.
HISTORIC PARCEL MAPS INDICATE THAT THIS CONFIGURATION EXISTED PRIOR TO 1941.
THIS REGULATION WOULD PREVENT THE APPLICANT FROM DEVELOPING
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THIS PARCEL.THEREBY CREATING A SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP AND A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY.
THE ADJACENT PARCELS ARE SIMILARLY UNDERSIZED, SO NEGATIVE IMPACTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FROM THE GRANTING OF THE PROPOSED VARIANCES.
GIVEN THAT THE SITE COULD OTHERWISE NOT BE DEVELOPED, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE PROPOSED VARIANCES.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGONE ANALYSIS, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED WITH THE CONDITIONS INCLUDING AND REQUESTED VARIANCES SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE DRAFT ORDER.
AND NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THE ARCHITECTS ARE ONLINE BY ZOOM.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THEIR PRESENTATION, ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES? OKAY.
ARE YOU THE OWNER? ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER? OKAY.
DO YOU MIND COMING UP, AND THEN CAN YOU INTRODUCE WHO THE ARCHITECT IS GOING TO BE, WHO I SHOULD LET SPEAK? OKAY, SO WHO SHOULD I, DO YOU KNOW, I SEE SOME NUMBERS ON HERE.
ALONIS MOREJON, AND THEN I SEE A PHONE NUMBER.
ALONIS, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO PRESENT.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
IF YOU'RE PRESENTING THIS APPLICATION, YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES.
GREETINGS TO THE BOARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD STAFF FOR THE SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR OFFICE WILL BE PRESENTING ONE PROJECT ON THE CITY OF MIAMI.
I WOULD LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT VERY BRIEFLY.
THE ADDRESS OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE 935 2ND STREET, MIAMI BEACH.
AND THIS IS A THREE-STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH TWO UNITS AND A ROOFTOP.
ADONIS, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE, A VISUAL PRESENTATION TO LOOK AT WITH SOMETHING UPLOADED? YES.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO MOVE SLIDES, PLEASE INDICATE NEXT SLIDE.
SO YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT LOCATION.
THIS PRESENTATION SHOWS THE CONTEXT AND THE SYSTEM CONDITIONS.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROPOSAL, ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
AND THEN WE HAVE FLOOR PLAN SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS TO WE CAN GO TO THE NEST.
THESE PLANS ARE SHOWING THE MAPS.
WHERE WE CAN SEE THE PARCEL AT THE SOUTH OF THE MIAMI BEACH.
WE ARE LOCATED ON RPS 1, NOT A HISTORIC PART OF THE MIAMI BEACH, AND THE FUTURE WILL REMAIN AS RPS 1.
IN A CLOSER LOOK, WE CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THIS.
THIS LOT WOULD BE VERY NEXT TO SOUTH POINT BEACH, SOUTH POINT PARK, LESS THAN ONE MILE TO SOUTH POINT PARK AND REALLY CLOSE TO THE MIAMI BEACH MARINA.
WE HAVE ALSO SOUTH POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
LOT BUT IT HAS A GREAT LOCATION ON THE MIAMI BEACH.
SO HERE ARE SOME AREA VIEWS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT AND THE LOCATION OF THIS BAYTOWN LOT.
WE HAVE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE LOT.
WE HAVE ONE STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH A TRADITIONAL PITCHED ROOF.
THERE'S OTHERS THREE, FOUR AND FIVE STORIES MULTI-FAMILY
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BUILDINGS.BUT WE ONLY HAVE, AS WE CAN SEE IN THE NEXT PAGE PLEASE, WITH A CLOSER.
CLOSER LOOK YEAH THIS IS THE SITE AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ONLY ONE ENTRANCE, ONLY ONE FRONTAGE ALONG THE SECOND STREET AND WE CAN SEE WITH BETTER DETAIL THE TWO ONE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND ON THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE WE CAN SEE THE TYPICAL TWO TO THREE STORIES, FOUR STORIES SINGLE-FAMILY MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE ZONE.
AND NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK IN ELEVATION, WE CAN SEE NOW THE PROPOSAL FOR THE ARCHITECTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UNDERSTORY AREA ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING THE TWO UNITS ON THE SECOND AND THE THIRD FLOOR THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE ELEVATION AND THEN A ROOFTOP.
A DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT BETWEEN THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE WE HAVE ADJACENT TO THE LOT, BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND ON THE REAR OF OUR LOT TO THE NORTH SIDE.
THIS IS AN AREA VIEW WITH A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSAL.
AS WE CAN SEE, WE ARE USING THE ROOFTOP WITH A CONTINUOUS LANDSCAPE PLANTER.
THIS WOULD BE AN INTROSPECTIVE ROOFTOP JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING.
WE ARE TRYING TO USE THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS ADJACENT.
NOT TO OPEN TOO MUCH THE SITES TO RESPECT THE PRIVATE RESIDENTS ON THE SITES AND ENHANCING THE FRONTAGES TO THE SECOND STREET AND THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY WITH A GLASS STOREFRONT ALONG THE SECOND STREET.
THIS IS AN AREA VIEW FROM APPROXIMATELY ALTON ROAD.
NOW WE CAN SEE THE INTENTION OF CONTINUING WITH THE LANGUAGE OF A MODERN ARCHITECTURE WITH VERTICAL WINDOWS AND CREATE A LANDSCAPE FROM THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
AND CREATE A MODERN FACADE IF YOU SEE IT FROM THE ALTON ROAD AND THEN WE CREATE AN EMPHASIS TO THE SECOND FROM THE SECOND STREET LET'S GO TO THE NEXT THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM THE SECOND STREET THERE'S A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE HERE WITH THE WOOD COMPOSITE WOOD FRAME AND FRAMELESS GLASS AND IMPACT RESISTANCE TO THE FRONT THAT WILL CREATE A PRETTY EMPHASIS ON THE FRONTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE ARE PROVIDING FOUR PARKING SPACES THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY CONCEALED WITH A WOODEN ROLL-UP DOOR IN TANDEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING CONCEALING THE LANDSCAPE THE THE PARKING FROM THE SIDES YOU CAN SEE THERE CLEARLY SAY SEE THE THE SECOND AND THE THIRD FLOOR UH THE THE TWO UNITS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND THE ROOFTOP WOULD NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC VIEW YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING CONDITION ON THE ON THE LEFT OF THE PAGE NEXT HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS WE CAN SEE WE'RE USING MATERIALS AS I WAS SAYING, COMPOSITE WOOD FOR THE FRAMING, FRAMELESS GLASS.
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ARCHITECTURAL EXPOSED CONCRETE WITH JOINTS TO CREATE SOME MODERN STYLES ALONG WITH THE ART DECO, VERTICAL WINDOWS, SLABS, RECESS.WE'RE USING ALSO WHITE STUCCO AND WE TEXTURE WHITE STUCCO ALSO TO CREATE SOME DETAIL INTO THE FAÇADE.
THESE ARE THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE INTENTION OF MINIMIZING THE PERFORATIONS TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE SIZE.
SO IT IS A STRONG INTENTION TO MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY.
THIS IS A PAGE FOR THE SPECIFIC WE CAN NOW NEST.
SO HERE'S A RULES PLAN AND HERE'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE VARIANCE REQUEST WHICH IS REALLY SIMPLE.
VARIANCE NUMBER ONE WOULD BE A REQUEST TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FROM WHAT IS REQUIRED OF 5,750 SQUARE FEET TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET EXISTING.
VARIANCE NUMBER TWO IS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FROM 50 FEET TO 40 FEET WHICH IS EXISTING.
HERE ON THE ROOF WE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A SMALL TRELLIS ONLY, VERY LIGHT STRUCTURE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONLY THE ELEVATOR BULKHEAD AND STAIRS ROOF GOING UP TO THE ROOFTOP AND FACING THE SECOND STREET WE ARE TRYING TO ALSO MAINTAIN A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE ALONG THE SECOND STREET AND USING THE PLANTERS TO PROVOKE THE PRIVACY, RIGHT, TO MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY.
AND IT'S A CONTINUING PLANTER AND WE HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE A POOL DECK WHICH IS THE OTHER NEIGHBOR WE HAVE ADJACENT TO THE NORTH AND WE ARE NOT USING THAT PART OF THE ROOF, WE ARE USING IT ONLY.
FOR IT'S A NON-ACCESSIBLE ROOF WITH ROOFTOP NEXT THIS IS A GROUND FLOOR PLAN AND WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT ON DETAIL HOW THE TANDEM PARKING SPACES ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED AND HERE WE CAN SEE THE THE RAMP AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE NOT OF THE LOT WE'RE CREATING A RAMP TO ACCESS TO THE RAISED DECK THAT TAKE YOU TO THE ELEVATOR AND TO THE FIRST HABITABLE FLOOR ON THE SECOND AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO A REAR YARD WHICH IS GOING TO BE ALL LANDSCAPE SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPE IN ALL THE PROPERTY FACES NEXT AND HERE'S HOW THE ROOF TERRACE WOULD LOOK LIKE A LOT OF LANDSCAPE CONCEALING THE THE ROOF TERRACE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING NEXT AND HERE ARE SOME SOME OF THE SECTIONS SO WE CAN SEE HOW THE THE THE CRIME OF ROAD WILL BE THE FUTURE CRIME ROAD WILL BE RAISED AND HOW ARE WE RACING THE MAIN DECK THAT TAKES YOU TO THE ELEVATOR TO THE BASE TO THE DESIGN BASE FLOOR AND THEN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS SET AT 36 FEET WHEN THE LIMIT WOULD BE 40 FEET NEXT AND HERE IS A LONGITUDINAL SECTION WHERE WE CAN SEE WHEN IT SAYS LOBBY THERE IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING, THAT WOULD BE THE DECKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH WITH THE RAMP IN ONE OF THE SIDES AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TANDEM PARKING AND WE HAVE BICYCLE RAMPS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE MORE MINUTE JUST
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TO WRAP THIS UP.NO, AND THAT'S IT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE PROJECT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER.
CLOSERS WE HAVE SOME WE DO HAVE SOME HANDS RAISED IF WE WANT TO OPEN THE BOOK HERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THE FIRST ONE IS A PHONE NUMBER THREE ZERO ONE THREE ZERO FIVE TWO ONE FIVE SIX SIX NINE FOUR OH HAND WAS JUST REMOVED ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
OKAY, WE HAVE TARA PANACHONI TARA, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, TARA PANCHONE, 227 MICHIGAN.
I'M DIRECTLY NORTH OF THIS PROJECT, HOMEOWNER, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE FACT THAT THIS...
I DON'T KNOW, AM I ECHOING ON YOUR END? YES, YOU ARE.
HOW IS IT NOW? I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS PROJECT IS IN THE DIRECT MIDDLE OF THE STREET, FLANKING TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON EACH SIDE, WHICH WOULD CAUSE, YOU KNOW...
AN OBTUSE SITUATION TO BOTH OF THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR THE THREE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE UH THE OTHER THING IS IS THAT THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING PUSHED BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE LOT AND ON THE AIR CONDITIONERS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY OVER THE PROVECK OF 227 MICHIGAN WHICH WOULD CAUSE A NUISANCE WITH NOISE AND ALSO IT WOULD NOT BE VERY NICE TO LOOK AT FROM AND THE DESIGN FROM ALTON ROAD, IT LOOKS A LITTLE AWKWARD OVER THOSE SINGLE PANELS, SINCE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
CLAUDIA, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
CLAUDIA DEMONTE, 927 2ND STREET, MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 33139.
WE ARE AT 927 2ND STREET, ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THE PROPERTY, WE ARE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THIS PROPERTY WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT SETBACKS, WILL CAUSE NOISE, WILL DAMAGE OUR LIGHT AND AIR, AND WILL HAVE LOSS OF PRIVACY.
IT'S GOING TO DEVALUE OUR PROPERTY.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO LITERALLY REACH ACROSS AND PUT OUR HANDS OUT AND TOUCH THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S GOING TO BLOCK EVERYTHING FOR US, BASICALLY RUINING OUR LIVES.
AND IT'S NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT.
TOTALLY OVERSIZED AND THE WAY THEY'RE MEASURING WHERE THE PLANTINGS ARE GOING TO BE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO OVERHANG IS DELUSIONAL.
WE'RE EXTREMELY UPSET AND TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THIS COMING TO THIS LITTLE SQUARE OF WHAT'S LEFT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THIS AREA.
IS THAT IT? I THINK WE COULD ALSO SAY THAT THE LANDSCAPING ON THE EAST SIDE...
SORRY, SIR, CAN I SWEAR YOU IN? CAN YOU SWEAR? CAN YOU SWEAR IN? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I GUESS THE ADDRESS IS THE SAME, BUT YOUR NAME? MY NAME'S WILLIAM MCGOWAN.
IT'S 927 2ND STREET, MIAMI BEACH.
YEAH, ONE OBVIOUS THING IS THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED AS PALM TREES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL HANG OVER DIRECTLY, HANG OVER OUR PROPERTY, AND BLOCKING THE LIGHT AND THE DEBRIS COMING
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FROM THE LANDSCAPING.WILL BE ALL OVER OUR PROPERTY.
THAT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, THE THREE-AND-A-HALF-FOOT SETBACK, THE 42-INCH SETBACK SEEMS EXTREMELY...
SO I THINK THAT LOOKING AT THE DRAWINGS AND WHAT'S PROPOSED, IT DWARFS OUR PROPERTY AND THE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE ALSO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO CONSIDER MORE.
THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH THE EXISTING PROPOSAL AND PRESENT THOSE PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT IS FORMALLY UNDERSTOOD AND IN WRITING.
THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.
CINDY, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH? YES.
CINDY ESQUIVEL, 140 JEFFERSON AVENUE.
I LIVE AT THE COURTS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED TODAY.
I DID APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE THE AERIAL VIEWS, BUT ONE THING, I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DESIGNER REVIEW BOARD AS I CAME A LITTLE BIT LATE AND I DID GET THE TAIL END OF THE PRESENTATION.
MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE SETBACK.
IS IT THREE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE FENCE SIX INCHES FROM THE LINE? THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO, IS THIS ZONE FOR COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY? FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THAT VACANT LOT WAS A SINGLE HOUSE, SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY PRIOR.
THERE ARE, AS YOU DEPICTED IN THE DRAWINGS AND THE PICTURES, THE PRESENTATION I GOT AT THE TAIL END, IS THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF...
SECOND MICHIGAN HAD FOUR FAMILY HOMES.
IT NOW HAS THREE IN A VACANT LOT.
THE OTHER ONES DEPICTED, WHICH IS MY BUILDING, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY AS A CONDO.
AND THEN YOU HAVE FROM SECOND STREET GOING EASTBOUND FROM ALTON TO WASHINGTON, YOU HAVE A TOWNHOUSE MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS TRI-LEVEL ON SOME AND TWO ON THE OTHER.
AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A CONDO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THESE OTHER TWO VACANT LOTS THAT WERE DEPICTED, THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AND ONE WAS ALREADY BUILT, THOSE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
SO MY CONCERN HERE IS THIS IS NOT A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
I THINK THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD THERE WERE SINCERE BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THERE ARE TWO CONCERNS THAT I WOULD HAVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
IS THAT THAT IS A VERY LARGE STRUCTURE IN A SMALL SPACE, IN MY OPINION.
IT'S ALSO, THE DESIGN IS FOR THREE UNITS.
SO MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, HE CLAIMS THERE'S PARKING UNDERNEATH.
WE ALREADY HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM ALREADY WITH VERY LITTLE PARKING ON SECOND AND VERY, VERY LIMITED PARKING BECAUSE OF ALL THE DESIRE AND NEED FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA ON MICHIGAN.
SO I ASK THAT THIS PARTICULAR.
PROPERTY, PERHAPS THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE RELEVANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND THAT'S WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED ON 2ND STREET.
THE CALLER, PLEASE STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS, HELLO, MY NAME IS CLARK MITCHELL.
205 MICHIGAN AVENUE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE.
CLARK, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO OUR AWESOME MAYOR AND OUR AWESOME COMMISSIONER.
BUT IN ADDITION, I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID.
AND I HAVE GONE DOWN TO THE CITY AND I SPOKE TO KARA BOYLES AND REGILIO, AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE ZONING WAS CHANGED FROM RM1 TO 3001.
AND I DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING A HEARING ON THAT AND THEN THE SETBACK UH AS UH AS CONCURRING WITH MY NEIGHBOR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOT UM THIS THING'S
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GOING TO BE RIGHT IN OUR FACE AND I WAS SET BACK SIX INCHES FROM MY PROPERTY LINE SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS THIS THING THREE UH 42 INCHES FROM THE PROPERTY LINE INCLUDING THEIR FENCE SETBACK AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THE AREA HAS RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ALREADY.AND IT'S BEEN, IT WAS BUILT IN 1936.
SO I HOPE IT STAYS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THE OTHER THING IS THE ARCHITECT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAVE NEVER REACHED OUT TO US, HAVE NEVER COME BY AND KNOCKED ON A DOOR JUST TO SAY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? AND I'M OPEN TO BUILDING ON THE LOT.
I MEAN, THIS PLACE NEEDS TO GET DEVELOPED.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.
AND I'M HAPPY FOR IT TO HAPPEN, BUT I'D LIKE THEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR CONCERNS, AND I HOPE THEY ABIDE BY THAT.
I WELCOME THEM TO DO WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO OUR DOORS AND TALK TO US.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO SAY ALL THESE CHICKENS DOWN HERE, THEY'RE NOT MINE.
ROGELIO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL MAYBE TO THE PS-1 MULTIFAMILY, WHAT IS IT? AND THEN ALSO BASED ON THE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT CALLED IN, WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED SETBACKS? ON THE SIDE, FRONT, AND REAR BASED ON THE SIZE OF THIS LOT.
SO I GUESS, FIRST OF ALL, CAN WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
THAT IS IN THE SOUTH OF FIFTH AREA.
THE ZONING IS CALLED THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS DISTRICT, AND R STANDS FOR RESIDENTIAL, AND 1 IS THE LOWEST INTENSITY.
SO IT IS A MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR...
FOR AN APARTMENT BUILDING ESSENTIALLY.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO UNITS, SO THAT WOULD BE AN ALLOWABLE USE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY, AT LEAST GOING BACK TO THE PRIOR ZONING CODE IN 1989.
THE SETBACKS THAT ARE REQUIRED HERE ARE ON THE SIDE INTERIOR SETBACKS, THEY'RE FIVE FEET.
THERE'S A, ON THE FRONT, THERE'S A BUILD TWO LINE OF FIVE FEET, AND THE PROJECT COMPLIES WITH BOTH OF THOSE.
THEY'RE NOT SEEKING ANY VARIANCES OF THE SETBACKS.
IT'S FIVE FEET ON BOTH SIDES AND FIVE FEET IN THE FRONT.
AND THEN ON THE REAR, IT'S 10% OF THE LOT DEPTH, SO THIS WOULD BE 10 FEET.
AND DOES THE PROJECT COMPLY WITH THOSE? THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIRED SETBACKS.
WITH THE SIDE SETBACK FRONT AND REAR? CORRECT.
SO THE ONLY VARIANCES THEY'RE SEEKING IS FOR THE LOT SIZE.
ANY OF THE IMMEDIATE LOTS IN THIS VICINITY, IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, WOULD LIKELY NEED.
REDEVELOPED, THEY WOULD LIKELY NEED A SIMILAR VARIANCE BECAUSE ALL OF THE LOTS IN THIS AREA ARE UNDERSIZED.
SO THE LOT SIZE IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSED FAR IS 4,506 SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY, BUT THEN IT SAYS MAXIMUM FAR.
YES, THEY ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FAR.
SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE FAR? CORRECT.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH THE LOT SIZE? THE CODE THERE IS A MINIMUM REQUIRED LOT SIZE FOR THIS ZONING DISTRICT WHICH IS, THEY HAVE NOW 4,000 BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS 5,750, SO IT'S A SMALLER LOT.
THE SAME FOR THE LOT WIDTH, WHICH THE REQUIREMENT IS 50 FEET AND THEY ARE 40 FEET.
SO THEY NEED THESE VARIANCES TO DEVELOP.
ALSO IN ROGELIO'S PRESENTATION, I RECALL THAT APPARENTLY THIS LOT.
HAD SOME OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY ADJACENT TO IT THAT WAS BROKEN OFF AND I GUESS SOLD FOR SOMETHING ELSE, WHETHER IT BE THE BUILDING IN THE BACK, WHICH IS A FIVE-STORY BUILDING, THE ONE THAT MRS.
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PASSIANI WAS REFERRING TO, OR THE BUILDING TO THE WEST, WHICH IS A MULTIFAMILY ONE-STORY, BUT THAT WAS BUILT IN 3536.MAY HAVE BEEN EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO.
YEAH, WHAT IT APPEARS IS THAT THIS LOT WAS ORIGINALLY THE REAR YARD OF THE TWO LOTS FACING COMMERCE STREET.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING UP THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE LOT? IN RELATIONSHIP? MICHIGAN AVENUE.
SO IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS THE REAR YARD OF THE LOTS FACING MICHIGAN AVENUE ORIGINALLY, PROBABLY 100 YEARS AGO.
I'M SORRY, MICHIGAN IS TO THE EAST.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT OLD LOT MAPS GOING BACK TO THE 1940S, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LOT WAS SPLIT OFF AT SOME POINT.
IN THE 1940S AND CREATED AS A SEPARATE LOT.
SO THEY TOOK THE REAR YARDS OF THOSE TWO HOMES THAT WERE EXISTING SINCE THE 1930S AND MADE A SEPARATE LOT THAT WAS UNDERSIZED, AND THAT RESULTED IN ALL OF THE LOTS BEING UNDERSIZED.
THIS PREDATES OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS.
THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WAS DONE WITHOUT A FORMAL REPLATTING PROCESS.
PEOPLE USED TO JUST CUT THE LAND, DO A SURVEY, AND SELL IT.
AND SO BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER FORMALLY REPLATTED, WE CAN'T CONSIDER IT A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING LOT.
IF IT WAS A LEGALLY NON-CONFORMING LOT THAT HAD BEEN PLATTED PURSUANT TO THE REGULATIONS AT THE TIME, THEY WOULDN'T NEED THIS VARIANCE.
BUT BECAUSE WE CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE OF A FORMAL REPLAT PROCESS, THEY NEED A VARIANCE FOR IT BEING UNDERSIZED AND NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH.
SO ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO BUILD ON THIS LOT WOULD REQUIRE THIS VARIANCE.
AND BECAUSE THE LOT IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET, WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE THE ALLOWED FAR, ALLOWED IN A LOT OF 4,000 SQUARE FEET? SO WE BASICALLY JUST MULTIPLY THE LOT SIZE TIMES 1.25.
SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
WE MULTIPLY IT BY 1.25, AND YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
AND LOT COVERAGE AND UNIT SIZE? THE LOT COVERAGE, WE DON'T HAVE LOT COVERAGE REGULATIONS IN THIS DISTRICT.
WE JUST HAVE SETBACKS, WHICH THEY COMPLY WITH.
AND THEN THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE, THERE IS A MINIMUM UNIT SIZE.
I BELIEVE IT'S 550 SQUARE FEET, BUT THEY COMPLY WITH IT.
LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
AND OPEN SPACE, REALLY? THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OPEN SPACE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING.
IT DOES ALLOW YOU TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT ON THE ROOF AND SOME OF THAT IN THE REAR YARD, AND SO THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THAT REGULATION.
SO THE UNIT SIZE IS 550 SQUARE FEET? THE MINIMUM.
EACH UNIT IS 1,700 SQUARE FEET.
SO THE FACT THAT THEY EXCEED THE UNIT SIZE IS NOT A PROBLEM TO PLANNING? CORRECT.
SO ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE IN THIS DISTRICT IS 700 SQUARE FEET, AND THERE'S NO AVERAGE.
SO THEY EXCEED THE MINIMUM OF 700, SO THEY'RE FINE.
REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING ON THE PALMS ARE BEING DESIGNED FOR THE EAST SIDE.
THE HOMEOWNER WAS MAKING A COMMENT REGARDING HOW THAT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY AN ISSUE FOR THEM.
I HAVE TWO HOMES THAT HAVE PALMS AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY FALLING.
MY NEIGHBOR'S PALMS ARE CONSTANTLY FALLING ON MY LOT AND MY PALMS ARE FALLING ON THEIR LOT AS WELL.
SO I COULD UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF THE HOMES THAT ARE THERE WITH THESE PALMS BEING.
PUT UP BECAUSE THE FRONDS WILL FALL ONTO THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT FOR SURE.
I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION TOO, ROGELIO, BECAUSE THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL.
AND I MEAN, I DEFINITELY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE NEIGHBORS HERE, BUT IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THIS ISN'T, THIS IS LARGELY PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND THIS ISN'T REALLY WITHIN OUR, OUR PREVIEW
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TO DENY, AND I THINK THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A, THIS IS A CHANGING NEIGHBORHOOD.YOU KNOW, IT'S LARGELY MULTIFAMILY IN THIS LITTLE CORNER NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO THE DESIGN AND HOW TO RELATE IT TO JUST SEEING NOW, WHICH, YOU KNOW, COULD ALSO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, AND THEY MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I DO AGREE WITH ANDRES ABOUT THE PALMS. I MEAN, IT'S...
IT'S KIND OF TOUGH RIGHT BECAUSE YOU WHAT ELSE CAN YOU PLANT THERE IN THAT THAT SMALL AREA UM BUT PERHAPS YOU KNOW I I ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO BE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS I I YOU KNOW I'M IT WAS UPSETTING TO HEAR I GUESS THAT THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T DONE HERE UM BUT MAYBE THERE CAN BE TALKS WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF THE PALMS OR WHATEVER IS PLANTED THERE.
I'M STRUGGLING TO THINK WHAT ELSE WOULD REALLY FIT WELL THERE THAT WOULDN'T ALSO BE A NUISANCE.
BUT, YEAH, SO THAT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ON THE PALM ISSUE.
MAYBE WE COULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUIRE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BE PROACTIVELY MAINTAINING THE PALMS SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
MAYBE THAT'S BEYOND OUR PURVIEW AS WELL.
I THINK THAT SPEAKING TO THE DESIGN, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, I DO LIKE THE BUILDING.
I THINK THAT THE DESIGN IS VERY NICE.
I APPRECIATE THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THOUGHT WAS THERE TO KIND OF BREAK UP MONOTONY AND PROVIDE INTEREST ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
I HAVE TWO COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
I GUESS THE FIRST ONE IS IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M CONCERNED THAT BOTH THE NORTH AND SOUTH HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT REALLY HOUSES A DRASTIC CHANGE AT THIS POINT.
BUT I ALSO AGREE ABOUT THE 10 COMMENTS ABOUT...
SECOND COMMENT IS REGARDING THE PALMS. THAT WILL PROVE TO BE A NUISANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT I PUT IN A VEGETATIVE WALL OR SOME TYPE OF GREEN BUFFER THAT WON'T INTRUDE ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
SO MAYBE A CLIMBING VINE OR SOME TYPE OF PLANT BUFFER THAT WON'T, I GUESS, OVERHANG ON THE...
THAT WOULD BE LIKE A VINE ON THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING? PROBABLY.
BINDING THE SOLID BUILDING OR SOMETHING VEGETATIVE.
GREEN WALL? GREEN WALL, EXACTLY.
BOTH SIDES? I WOULD SAY BOTH SIDES BECAUSE BOTH MEMBERS ARE LOSING THEIR ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE.
I MEAN, NOT ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, BUT THEIR VIEW OF GREEN SPACE.
SO I THINK JUST HAVING A CLEAN, STUBBORN WALL VERSUS A VEGETATIVE GREEN WALL WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
SO, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IS IT ZONED MULTIPLE OR IS IT SINGLE FAMILY? MULTIPLE.
BUT GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT MS. LUTON HAS SAID, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH HER AS WELL.
SO, I DON'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN.
THEY COULD HAVE DESIGNED IT THIS WAY AS A...
JUST PUT ONE UNIT INSTEAD OF TWO AND IT WOULD LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
YEAH, THIS IS JUST A TRICKY ZONING IN AN AREA WHERE THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED.
AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR BETWEEN THE LOT AREA AND THE LOT WIDTH, IT CAN'T BE BUILT WITHOUT THOSE.
SO IT WOULD ALWAYS BE VACANT WITHOUT THAT.
I LOOKED AT IT AND I STUDIED IT AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT ASKING FOR IT.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE GATE IN THE FRONT FACADE TO THE BOARD.
IF THERE WAS TOO MUCH WOOD IN THE FRONT FACADE, WOULD IT BE NICE TO CHANGE THAT TO A DIFFERENT MATERIAL? OR DO WE LIKE THE CONSISTENCY OF THAT? THAT WAS ONE QUESTION.
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IT'S COVERED.THERE'S A REAR YARD SPACE THAT'S COVERED.
AND IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S OPEN TO, AND I'M ADDRESSING THIS TO THE ARCHITECT IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING, IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S OPEN TO THE LOBBY.
ARE THERE ANY DOORS OR ANYTHING, OR IS THE BACKYARD THAT'S COVERED, IS THAT AN OPEN SPACE WITH THE BIKE STORAGE AND SO FORTH? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES, IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION.
CAN WE GO UP TO THE FLOOR PLANS? SLIDE 11.
THERE, THERE, THAT'S OVER THERE.
YES, THERE IS NO GATE THAT PREVENTS THE RESIDENTS TO GO DOWN TO THE REAR YARD.
IT'S ALL OPEN, COMPLETELY OPEN AND WITH FREE MOVEMENT.
AND THE ONLY GATE WE HAVE IS A MAN GATE AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE PROPERTY LINE THERE.
THAT'S THE ONLY ACCESS CONTROL AND OF COURSE THE ROLL-UP DOOR FOR THE PARKING.
WHICH IS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING? YEAH, WHICH IS ON THE FIVE FEET FRONT OR BACK.
HAVE YOU USED THE ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE METHOD YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR THE SIDEWALLS? THE STUCCO VERSION OF THAT AND HAVE YOU SEEN IT SUCCESSFULLY DONE YES WE HAVE UH TWO OR THREE WAYS UH TO DO IT ACTUALLY WE HAVE BEEN USING UH LIKE A CLADDING UH MATERIAL FROM COSENTINO DECKTON COULD BE LOOKS LIKE A BIG CONCRETE SLABS THAT IS GOING TO BE A CLADDING TOOL TO THE WALLS AND IT'S SEAMLESS I MEAN WITH AT LEAST WE TRY TO TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A LIKE AN ARCHITECTURAL UH ROUGH CONCRETE UM YEAH UM SO I I I THINK I WANT TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE AS A BOARD SEE THIS PROJECT TODAY BUT THE RESIDENTS SURROUNDING THE PROJECT LIVE WITH IT THE REST OF THEIR LIFE FOR AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DESIGN AND TAKE OFF FROM WHAT ADAM MENTIONED JUST SO MRS. PASI ONLY THAT LIVES TO THE NORTH IS CONCERNED WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING PROPOSED RESIDENTS THE HEIGHT IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE BUILDING THAT IS TO THE NORTH WHERE SHE'S AT.
THAT IS A FIVE-STORY BUILDING CURRENTLY, AND THIS ENDS UP BEING A THREE-STORY WITH A ROOFTOP AND I'M SURE WITH HIGHER CEILINGS, BUT IT IS NO HIGHER THAN THE FIVE-STORY BUILDING TO THE NORTH.
AS TO MS. DEMONTE THAT LIVES ON 2ND STREET, CONCERNS ABOUT THE SETBACK, AS WE HEARD FROM ROGELIO MADAN, THEY ARE MEETING THE SETBACK.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIDES, WHICH IS FIVE FEET, THE FRONT, WHICH IS 10 FEET, FIVE FEET AS WELL, I'M SORRY, AND THE BACK, WHICH IS 10 FEET.
THEY ARE NOT ENCROACHING INTO THOSE SIDE AREAS.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ENCROACHMENT INTO THOSE AREAS.
AS TO THE DEBRIS FROM THE PALMS ON THE SIDE, IT'S A TALL BUILDING COMPARED TO THE SITE THAT MR. MONTI LIVES IN.
SO, IN ORDER TO BREAK UP THAT WALL OF THREE STORIES, YOU NEED TO PUT SOMETHING HIGH TO BREAK UP THE WALL, AND PALMS DO THAT.
IF YOU PUT UP A TREE IN A FIVE-FOOT SETBACK, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT.
IT DEPENDS ON THE PALM THAT THEY PLANT, BUT THEY DO FALL, AND THEY FALL ALL OVER MIAMI BEACH INTO OUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD FROM OUR OWN PALM FRONDS.
NEIGHBORS INTO MY PUMP, INTO MY YARD.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS OR
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THAT EVEN THE CITY CAN ADDRESS.AS TO THE COMMONS FROM MISS ESQUIVEL THAT LIVES IN THE COURTS, THE COURTS WAS DONE BACK IN THE EARLY 90S, FINISHED SOMETIME IN THE 90S AS WELL.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL...
AREA, AS WELL AS WHAT MR. MITCHELL SAID.
WE ARE NOT INCREASING, OR THIS PROJECT IS NOT BEING ALLOWED TO INCREASE ITS UNIT SIZE, OR ITS LOT COVERAGE, OR ITS SETBACKS.
IT'S JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, AT SOME POINT BACK IN THE MAYBE 20S OR 30S, THE LOT THAT THIS PROPERTY OCCUPIES THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO US WAS SOLD OFF WITHOUT.
GOING THROUGH THE CITY AND SO THIS LOT ENDS UP BEING SMALLER THAN ANY OTHER LOT THAT WOULD REASONABLY BE BUILT AND DEVELOPED ON SO WE HEAR YOUR CONCERNS YOU ARE IN A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA IT IS NOT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS YOU HAVE MANY MULTI-FAMILIES SURROUNDING YOU AND UNFORTUNATELY AS TIME GOES, THERE'LL BE EVEN PROBABLY YOUR OWN LOTS MAY END UP BEING SOLD AND DEVELOPED BY YOU OR BY SOMEONE ELSE TO A MUCH HIGHER DEVELOPMENT THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY OCCUPY TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST.
AS TO THE DESIGN, I AGREE WITH ADAM.
I THINK WHEN I LOOK AT THE FRONT, IT'S A NICE DESIGN, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH IN MY FACE.
IT'S TOO MUCH OF A BLOCK OF WOOD.
SO IF SOMETHING CAN BE BROKEN UP THERE, MAYBE WITH THE GARAGE DOOR THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM, I THINK, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE.
I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT, BUT IT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A WOOD BLOCK TO ME.
AND I THINK SOMETHING WITH THE GARAGE DOOR COULD MAYBE SOFTEN IT UP.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE DESIGN TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING IN MY POINT OF VIEW.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE OWNERSHIP REVERT BACK TO SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS REGARDING LANDSCAPING? NO.
REQUIRE THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL BUT WE CAN REQUIRE THAT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THE ARCHITECT IS STILL ON OR THE LADY THAT'S PRESENTING HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNERS HERE TODAY CAN CAN WE REQUEST THAT THEY CONTINUE TO ANOTHER MEETING IN THE FUTURE AND COME BACK IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES AS A WHOLE SO FAR IT WAS ONLY ADAM AND I WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE FRONTAGE.
COME BACK WITH A REVISION TO THE FRONT THAT IS LESS BLOCKING OF WOOD.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
WE CAN REQUIRE IT, OR THE ARCHITECT HAS TO REQUIRE DEFERMENT TO CONTINUANCE TO ANOTHER MEETING.
NO, NO, IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE APPROVING IT AND YOU'D LIKE THE ARCHITECT TO MAKE CHANGES, THAT'S WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO A FUTURE MEETING.
YEAH, AS OPPOSED TO DENYING THE APPLICATION.
CAN WE INCLUDE REVIEWING THE LANDSCAPING ON THE SIDE LOT? SURE.
AND RECOMMENDING THAT THEY SPEAK WITH NEIGHBORS.
I WOULDN'T INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT SPEAKING WITH NEIGHBORS.
CHAIR, CAN I SHOW A RECOMMENDATION IF POSSIBLE? SURE.
SO THIS IS A I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAMERA CAN ZOOM INTO MY LAPTOP HERE.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A POSSIBLE DESIGN THAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THE PALM FRONDS FROM FALLING ONTO.
I KNOW EVEN THE BARREL TILE ROOFS GET CRACKED WHEN THESE PALMS FALL ON THEM.
SO HERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO DESIGN.
AS WELL AS WHAT AKIL SAID ABOUT RUNNING STAINLESS STEEL CABLE AND VINES AND THINGS.
THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THIS IS PLANTED VERSUS... IT'LL BE CHEAPER THAN A VEGETATIVE WALL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE THAT MUCH CHEAPER. WELL, THE OTHER SIDE DOESN'T HAVE THE RAMP, SO THERE'S NOWHERE TO PLANT ANYTHING. RIGHT.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALSO LOOKING BACK THERE. IT'S A CABLE
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WITH A CLIMBING BIND TO CREATE A BUFFER. NOT NECESSARILY A WHOLE BUFFER, BUT IT BREAKS IT UP AND MAKES IT...IS YOUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ONLINE? I HAD MENTIONED TO THE OWNER THAT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT SHOULD BE HERE.
YEAH, I MEAN, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I THINK THAT THOSE CYPRESS TREES DO NEED A LOT OF SUN. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM... THEY'RE GOING TO GET SUN. THEY'LL GET SUN THERE TODAY, BUT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT SOMETHING IS BUILT TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST, THERE WILL BE NO SUN ON THOSE WALLS, ON THOSE SIDES. BUT THAT MAY BE A YEAR FROM NOW. IT MAY BE 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS FROM NOW. BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, IT SOFTENS THE MOTION. AND THE CONSIDERATION IS TO THE LOWER SCALE, THE LOWER SCALE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, I THINK. SO THIS CAN'T BE ON THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A RAMPING ON THAT SIDE? YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT. YEAH, GET SOMETHING ELSE ON EACH OF THE SIDES TO SHOW SOME ACCOMMODATION OR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST AND WEST. IT CAN BE TOWARDS THE REAR PORTION OF THE WEST SIDE BEYOND THE WALKWAY. OKAY. WHICH IS WHICH IS I THINK WHERE THE PALM TREES WERE PROPOSED YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE THAT SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE FOR A FUTURE MEETING TO BE SET BY THE OWNER OF DRB 25 1099 AT 935 2ND STREET. YEAH. AND.
CAN WE PUT IT TO A DATE CERTAIN BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD REQUIRE. OKAY. AND THEY CAN MOVE IT FORWARD. IF WE NEED MORE. OKAY. TO THE SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER 11TH. SEPTEMBER BECAUSE AUGUST. WE'RE NOT MEETING, SO SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2026, AND WHEN THEY COME BACK TO LOOK AT THE FACADE, SPECIFICALLY POSSIBLY THE GARAGE DOOR, AND THE LANDSCAPING ON BOTH SIDES, THE EAST AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
AND I'M SORRY, YOU HAD A RECOMMENDATION ON THE, SO THE GARAGE FOR IT TO BE.
AND I PERSONALLY, I LEAVE THAT UP TO THE ARCHITECT.
THAT'S HIS, I FEEL IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY AND JOB, HIS BUILDING, HIS DESIGN.
BUT TO ME, ADAM MADE A MENTION, MAYBE IT CAN BE DONE WITH THE GARAGE DOOR.
TO ME, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH WOOD IN THE FRONT.
IT'S TWO BONES, SO SOMETHING TO BREAK UP THE WOOD.
WHETHER IT BE IN ANOTHER LOCATION, ADAM MENTIONED THE GARAGE DOOR, I AGREE.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE, AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME DIRECTION TO THE ARCHITECT.
MOTION PASSES THE ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING THANK YOU CAN I ASK FOR PROOF THAT THE LANDSCAPING CAN OVERHANG ON THE ROOF? WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR DISCUSSION.
I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN.
MR. CHAIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT IS 11 O'CLOCK.
OKAY, AND WE JUST LOST ONE MEMBER.
[6. DRB26-1161 FKA DRB24-1072, 299 72ND STREET.]
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CAN YOU READ THE NEXT SLIDE? THE NEXT SLIDE IS DRB 261161, FKA DRB 241072, 29972ND STREET.FILE REQUESTING MODIFICATION TO APPROVE THE APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FIVE-STORY COMMUNITY COMPLEX WITH PARKING GARAGE, LIBRARY, COMMUNITY CENTER, AQUATIC CENTER, FITNESS CENTER, RETAIL, MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS, AND JOGGING TRACK.
SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS, DESIGN ELEMENTS, LANDSCAPING, AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
OKAY, SO THIS IS FOR THE NORTH BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON 72ND STREET IN WHAT IS CURRENTLY A PARKING LOT.
THE PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON MAY 15TH.
THE APPLICANT THEN CAME BACK ON APRIL 16TH PROPOSING SOME CHANGES.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE CHANGES TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO THAT INCLUDED CHANGES TO SOME OF THE MATERIALS, SOME OF THE...
THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF THAT WAS ALL APPROVED HOWEVER THE BOARD CONTINUED THE SITE PLAN AND THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES WHICH IS INTENDED TO SCREEN THE PARKING GARAGE TO THE JUNE 11TH MEETING THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO THIS MEETING AND THEY HAVE SINCE MADE SEVERAL REVISIONS TO THE PLANS BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD CALLED FOR ACTIVATION OF THE OPEN SPACE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY AND VISIBILITY OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE SEATING AND COMMUNITY GATHERING OPPORTUNITIES IN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF THE SITE, AND STUDY THE COLOR OF THE ART ON THE GARAGE SCREENING, IN PARTICULAR THE GREEN COLORS.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED SOME REVISED PLANS.
THE REVISED PLANS ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE BOARD.
THEY INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL SEATING AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST, CENTRAL EAST, AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE OPEN SPACE THAT FRONT COLLINS AVENUE.
THEY REMOVED SOME OF THE SMALLER SHRUBS AND TREES IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE, WHICH IMPROVES THE VISIBILITY TO THE RETAIL AREA AND TO THE SEATING AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE RETAIL AREA.
HOWEVER, THEY DID KEEP THE LARGER SPECIMEN TREES, WHICH PROVIDE SHADE TO THE USERS OF THOSE SEATING AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, THEY PROVIDED SOME RENDERINGS THAT SHOW THESE SEATING AREAS SO IT'S VERY CLEAR THE BOARD HAD SOME QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THESE AREAS WOULD LOOK AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THERE WILL BE DIRECT VIEWS TO THE RETAIL AREA ON THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE SITE THE SEATING AREAS WILL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PATRONS OF THOSE OF THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST WANTING TO ENJOY THE PARK AND IT PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT SO I THINK THE COMMENTS WERE WELL RECEIVED AND I THINK IT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES THE SITE PLAN REGARDING THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES AND THE GARAGE SCREENING, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THREE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO REPLACE THAT PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED GREEN COLOR.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE TWO LARGE TRIANGLES THAT HAD A LIGHT LIME GREEN COLOR.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED THREE SHADES OF BLUE, RANGING FROM A DARKER TO A LIGHTER.
STAFF IS MOST COMFORTABLE WITH OPTION TWO, WHICH IS A MIDDLE SHADE OF BLUE.
THAT FITS IN WELL WITH THE REMAINING SHADES OF THE MURAL AND PROVIDES A COHESIVE LOOK.
OVERALL, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE AND THE REST OF THE CHANGES PROPOSED FOR THE SITE PLAN, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES? NO.
I'M THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OFFICE.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 72ND STREET COMMUNITY COMPLEX PROJECT TODAY.
WE HAVE HERE IN PERSON TODAY THE WATER MAKER, GENTS AND ARCHITECT, DESIGN TEAM WITH WOLFBERG ALVAREZ AND LANDSCAPE TEAM, CGA.
AND THEN WE HAVE ONLINE THE ARTIST, ATELIER MAFFEDINI.
JUST TO RECAP WHAT HILARY MENTIONED, AGAIN, IN 2025, MAY OF 2025, UNDER DRB 241072, THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED AND APPROVED WITH A FEW COMMENTS.
WHEN WE CAME BACK IN APRIL OF 2026, THE PROJECT WAS, THEY ASKED US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ART AND LOOK AT THE ACTIVATION OF THE OPEN SPACE, IMPROVE SOME OF THE CONNECTIVITY AND VISIBILITY TO THE PROJECT, AND LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE SEATING.
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WITH THAT SAID, THE PURPOSE OF US BEING HERE TODAY IS JUST ONLY TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. AND WITH THAT...SO OUR PRESENTATION, I WANTED ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE YOUR COMMENTS WERE REALLY HELPFUL AND ACTUALLY HAVE REALLY HELPED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN FOR THE SITE PLAN.
SO OUR PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON ADDRESSING YOUR COMMENTS AND ALSO CONTINUE TO SHOW HOW WE'RE BALANCING ALL THE SITE CONSTRAINTS, THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS HOW THE GOAL FOR THE PROJECT TO CREATE A VIBRANT.
A SITE PLAN WITH CONNECTED SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO HERMAN HAS ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS SLIDE, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
SO THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN SHOWING THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN WE PRESENTED.
IT'S ONLY FOCUSING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE CURRENT SITE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED ADDED SEATING.
THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE.
SO ON THE SOUTH WE HAVE ADDED A SEATING AREA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE WITHIN THAT THE ISLAND AND IN THE CENTER OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE WE ALSO ADDED A SEATING AREA BELOW THE CANOPY OF THE TREES AS WELL AS AN ADDED SEATING AREA ALSO ACCESSIBLE OFF THE RUNNING LOOP AND ALSO ACCESSIBLE FROM COLLINS AVENUE.
ON THAT NORTH SECTION WE'VE REMOVED FIVE SMALLER TREES THAT WERE NOT IN GREAT CONDITION IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THAT SEATING AREA TO BE ADDED AND INCREASE VISIBILITY.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE TREES.
I WANTED HERE TO SHOW HOW THE EXISTING CANOPY, WHICH WILL BE REMAINING, WILL ALLOW FOR VISIBILITY INTO CURRENTLY THE PARKING LOT, WHAT WILL BE THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD.
WANT SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT THE EXISTING STONE WALL WILL BE REMOVED SO THAT WILL ALSO INCREASE VISIBILITY INTO THAT FIELD.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE ENLARGED SITE PLAN OF THE SOUTH AREA AND HERE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT IS ALL THE AMENITIES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WE HAVE THE TREE CANOPY THAT WE'RE PRESERVING.
WE ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE SEATING AREA AT THE STEP OF THE EGRESS STAIR, THE MONUMENTAL EGRESS STAIR.
WE ALSO HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS AN EXISTING PROPOSED RETAINING WALL, WHICH WILL BE A SEAT WALL, WHICH WILL LINE THE WEST EDGE OF THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE 30,000 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD.
AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A BUILT-IN SEAT WALL WHICH WE'VE INCORPORATED INTO THE EDGE OF THE FACADE.
THE SEAT WALL WILL BE FOCUSED IN THE DIRECTION OF COLLINS AVENUE AND MULTI-PURPOSE, ALLOWING FOR VIEWS AND VISIBILITY OF THE ACTIVITY.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM RIGHT, A LITTLE...
HARD TO FIND BUT IT'S BICYCLE PARKING AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS THAT SEATING AREA ON THE SOUTH THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE LOCATED BEFORE TWO BELOW TWO RELOCATED TREES AND THEN IN A CENTER SEATING AREA WITHIN THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD SO HERE'S THIS VIEW IS SHOWING US LOOKING IN THE DIRECTION IN THE WEST DIRECTION WITH COLLINS AVENUE TO OUR BACK AND 72ND STREET TO OUR LEFT.
HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU CAN SEE THE ADDED SEATING AREA WHICH IS FOCUSED AND DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD.
THE SEATING AREA WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FROM DIRECTLY FROM THE PLAZA AND WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SIDEWALK.
BEYOND THAT SEATING AREA YOU HAVE THE STAIR THE ELEVATED PLAZA PLATFORM, SORRY, A SEATING AREA WHICH IS INTEGRATED INTO THAT EGRESS STAIR.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT, ON THE SIDE OF THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, YOU HAVE THAT SEAT WALL, RETAINING WALL, WHICH IS A SEAT WALL AS WELL.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT, YOU'VE GOT THE BUILT-IN SEATING AREA ALONG THE EDGE
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OF THE BUILDING.HERE WE HAVE THE NORTH ENLARGED PLAN OF SITE PLANS.
AGAIN, SHOWING SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE JUST REVIEWED CONTINUING UP INTO THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE SITE PLAN.
ON THE TOP NORTH, AS ROGELIO MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT THE SPECIMEN TREES, THE TWO SPECIMEN TREES THAT WE WILL BE MAINTAINING.
BUT WE HAVE REMOVED TWO, WE HAVE REMOVED FIVE OF THE TREES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THIS AREA.
IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE THAT SEATING AREA.
NUMBER TWO IS THE ELEVATED PLAZA STEPS, AGAIN INTEGRATED INTO THAT MONUMENTAL EGRESS STAIR, BUT ALLOWING FOR ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND GATHER AND REALLY EXPERIENCE THE SURROUNDING ACTIVITIES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE CONTINUATION OF THAT RETAINING WALL SEAT WALL, WHICH REALLY ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SPECTATE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, BUT ALSO FOR THE USERS OF THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD TO REST AND RELAX.
NUMBER FOUR, AGAIN, IS THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD CONTINUED INTO THE NORTH.
AND THEN NUMBER FIVE IS THE PLAZA.
IT'S A 2,760 SQUARE FOOT PLAZA WITH SEATING AREA.
THE AREA HAS ROOM FOR TABLES AND CHAIRS AND SEATING, REALLY TO COMPLEMENT THE RETAIL SPACE THAT IS ADJACENT.
NUMBER SIX, AGAIN, MORE BICYCLE PARKING ON THAT NORTHERN AREA OVER HERE.
AND THEN NUMBER SEVEN, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT BENCH SEATING AREA, WHICH IS REALLY NESTED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED VEGETATION.
THE RUNNING LOOP AND THE TREES AROUND IT SO IT'LL BE A REALLY NICE SHADED AREA FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE A REST AND RELAX.
IT'S ALSO ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SIDEWALK FROM THIS PATH RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN NUMBER EIGHT IS THE RUNNING LOOP.
AGAIN IT'S A 10-FOOT WIDE RUNNING LOOP THAT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SITE AND ENCOURAGES JOGGING, WALKING, AND JUST OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST WITH COLLINS AVENUE TO OUR BACK, 73RD STREET ON THE RIGHT.
THIS VIEW REALLY FOCUSES ON HOW THE RUNNING LOOP INTERSECTS WITH THE PLAZA ENTRANCE, THE LANDSCAPE, THE TWO EXISTING TREES THAT WILL REMAIN, AND THE VISIBILITY OF THE RETAIL SPACE AND THE PLAZA ACTIVITY.
THIS IS A VIEW STANDING ON THE RUNNING LOOP LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST AGAIN WITH 73RD ON THE RIGHT AND COLLINS TO OUR BACK.
HERE WE HAVE THAT EGRESS, MONUMENTAL EGRESS STAIR AND TO THE RIGHT ADDED SEATING AREA WITH BENCHES AND THE RUNNING LOOP WITH THE SEAT WALL ADJACENT TO IT FOR USERS AND CITY CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND TAKE A RESPITE FROM THEIR ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH WITH 73RD TO OUR BACK AND COLLINS AVENUE ON OUR RIGHT.
AGAIN, THE TWO SPECIMEN TREES AND THE VIEWS OUT TO COLLINS AND THE BANDSHELL BEYOND.
THIS IS THE PLAZA FOR 184 OCCUPANTS, ALLOWING FOR TABLES AND CHAIRS AND REALLY FOR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD PURSUE WITHIN THE SPACE AND THE FIELD.
AGAIN, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE STARBUCKS OR SOME SORT OF RESTAURANT THAT COULD OCCUPY THOSE RETAIL SPACES.
AND THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING NORTH FROM THE RUNNING LOOP.
TO THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THAT MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD WITH THE SEAT WALL THAT FOLLOWS AND TURNS TO THE EAST.
YOU HAVE COLLINS TO YOUR RIGHT, 73RD IS BEYOND.
SO THIS IS THAT, AGAIN, THAT MONUMENTAL WHOLE STAIR WITH THE BUILT-IN PLATFORM FOR ALLOWING FOR SEATING AND PEOPLE TO GATHER, THE RETAIL SPACE TO THE LEFT, ACTIVATING THAT PLAZA WITH TABLES AND CHAIRS STREWN THROUGHOUT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PORTION OF OUR COMMON ADDRESSING OUR COMMENTS, OUR SITE PLAN COMMENTS.
SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE SCREEN COLORS.
ONLINE, I BELIEVE SHE'S ONLINE, TO SPEAK TO THE DESIGN.
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SO ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT THE ART WAS, THE COMMENT WAS TO EXPLORE THE COLOR SCHEME FOR THE ART, PARTICULAR TO THE GREEN COMPONENT IN THAT TRIANGLE PIECE.OUR RESPONSE WE STUDIED, THE ARTISTS STUDIED ALTERNATE COLOR OPTIONS AS ROGELIO HAS MENTIONED.
WE DID MAINTAIN THE OVERALL COLOR PALETTE OF THE BLUES BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ONE, MAINTAIN THE ARTIST'S VISION BUT ALSO STAY WITHIN THE CONCEPT THAT SHE HAD ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR THE WATERWAYS AND REFLECTION.
SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ALLOW ELENA TO SPEAK TO HER PROPOSED OPTIONS.
HI EVERYBODY, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT OUR EXPLORATION OF POSSIBLE COLORS.
JUST AS A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY, THIS IS AN ART SCREEN FOR THE GARAGE OF THE PROJECT THAT TRANSFORMS THE FACADE INTO A PLAYFUL...
UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE INSPIRED BY WATER AND MOVEMENT.
WE HAVE VIBRANT AQUA TONES AND ENERGETIC PATTERNS THAT ANIMATE THE ARCHITECTURAL SURFACE, TURNING THE BUILDING INTO AN ENGAGING VISUAL PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL DAY, NEXT AND NIGHT.
THE DESIRE WAS TO, TO CREATE ALTERNATIVES AND CONSIDER THEM SO THAT WE COULD PROPOSE SOMETHING TO REPLACE THE GREEN COLOR OF THE TWO TRIANGLES.
AND WE RAN THREE ALTERNATE SCHEMES IN THE SHADES OF BLUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER SHADES OF BLUE THAT STILL CONNECT TO THE IDEA OF THE COLORS AND WATER AND VIBRANCY OF THE FAÇADE.
THIS IS THE DAY VIEW AND NEXT THE NIGHT VIEW.
OPTION TWO, IT'S A MEDIUM COLOR SHADE OF BLUE AS WELL.
THIS IS A DAY, NEXT, NIGHT VIEW.
AND FINALLY, A THIRD SCHEME ON THE LIGHTEST SIDE OF THE AQUA COLORS.
THIS IS A DAY VIEW, NEXT, THE EVENING VIEW.
AND THIS IS AGAIN TO EXPLORE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING? SORRY? ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING? NO, NOTHING.
ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
NOW, WE'LL NOTE THAT BOARD MEMBER ASIYON IS...
STILL ONLINE IS ONLINE SO HE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED ONLINE OKAY NO NO THE PUBLIC HEARING SUPPORT AND SAY IT'S DEFINITELY A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT I THINK WE NEED THAT MUCH IMPROVEMENT BEFORE, BUT I STILL THINK THIS DRASTICALLY HELPS US UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY THE RETAIL COMPONENT AND HOW IT WILL LOOK WITH PEDESTRIANS HERE.
AND I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE AND COMPLIMENT THAT YOU GUYS ADDED THAT DETAIL WITH ACTUALLY SHOWING A STOREFRONT AND HOW IT WILL BE USED AND MUCH IMPROVED.
CHANGES OR COMMENTS TO SAY ABOUT IT, I DEFINITELY THANK AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ADDED THIS DETAIL BECAUSE NOW I CAN FULLY GRASP AT HOW THE SPACE WILL LOOK.
I MEAN, YEAH, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD TO IT.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY NICE IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR INCORPORATING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEATING.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, THAT WAS A BIG COMMENT OBVIOUSLY FROM LAST TIME.
AND I THINK THAT THE FLOW WORKS A LOT NICER.
AND I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT VARYING TYPES OF SEATING AND MOVABLE.
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AND I THINK THAT ALL WORKS REALLY NICELY.BECAUSE YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS THE STONE WALL BEING REMOVED FROM WHERE THE FIELDS ARE.
WAS THAT WHAT YOU HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED? OR IS THAT LIKE AN EXAMPLE? SO IS IT JUST OPEN WITH TREES? OKAY, VERY NICE.
OKAY, YEAH, AND THEN I GUESS SPEAKING TO THE ART, JUST I'LL SAY MY PREFERENCE HERE.
I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE ORIGINAL ART, SO I THINK THAT THE ORIGINAL ART IS STILL MY FAVORITE, AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS MY SECOND FAVORITE.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.
I HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE COLOR, BUT OPTION TWO IS...
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE GREEN.
BUT IF IT CHANGES FROM THE GREEN, THEN OPTION NUMBER TWO IS ALSO VERY NICE.
I THINK, HOWEVER, I STILL PREFER THE ORIGINAL.
AS TO THE ADDITIONAL SEATING, I KNOW THAT WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL SEATING.
AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL SEATING INCORPORATED INTO THE PARK.
MY CONCERN IS HOW THE SEATING IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE HOMELESS.
AND WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT AREA, AT LEAST WE DID.
WE'VE HAD HOMELESS SLEEPING IN THE SLIDES OF THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND ACROSS THE STREET.
PLAYGROUND BETWEEN DICKENS AND HARDING.
WE'VE EVEN ENCOUNTERED A PERSON THAT WAS DEAD ON THE BASEBALL FIELD WHEN WE OPENED UP THE PARK IN THE MORNING.
AND THIS WAS SOME YEARS BACK, BUT THE AREA HAS IMPROVED.
HOWEVER, IT'S NOT IMPROVED TO THE POINT WHERE I STILL DO NOT HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE HOMELESS USE.
SO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, YOU NEED TO WORK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION OR THE CITY IN MAKING SURE THAT IT DOES NOT BECOME A HAVEN LATER ON FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
AS TO THE WALL, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE WALL LAST TIME.
I THINK IT'S LIKE A CORAL ROCK WALL OF SOME SORT, AND IT'S NOT VERY HIGH.
IT'S MAYBE TWO FEET HIGH, AND IT RUNS ALONG COLLINS AVENUE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THAT WALL BECAUSE IF YOU'RE USING THAT FIELD WITH A BALL, THAT BALL IS GOING TO RUN, AND I'M AFRAID THAT IT'S GOING TO RUN INTO COLLINS AVENUE.
THERE IS A PICKET FENCE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING.
IT'S FURTHER TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE.
THAT WALL WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE PLAY FIELD.
ANYTHING FROM OVER THERE? OKAY.
FOR THE RECORD, I LIKE THE GREEN AS WELL, BUT I DO LIKE DESIGN NUMBER TWO AS WELL.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE SEATING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
MIAMI BEACH HAS DONE GREAT FOR ELIMINATING HOMELESS.
IT SAYS THAT AT OUR LAST RECORD, WE HAD 93 IN THE TOTAL CITY, SO THAT'S A RECORD LOW.
AGAIN, I DEFINITELY, THE SEATING AND NOW THE VIEWS, WE CAN SEE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN THE NORTHEAST THERE.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
IS THERE, BETWEEN THE RUNNING TRACK AND THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER, IS EVERYTHING IN FLUSH CONDITION AND IS THERE MATERIAL CHANGE? SPECIFICALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT THE RENDER ONE AND RENDER TWO.
CAN WE BRING BACK THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ONE OTHER POINT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP TO THE BOARD.
CAN WE BRING UP PAGE EIGHT AND NINE OF THE PRESENTATION? WHILE WE WAIT, THERE IS A MATERIAL CHANGE BETWEEN THE RUNNING LOOP AND THE SIDEWALK.
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THERE'S ALSO A TRANSITION CHANGE BETWEEN THE MATERIALITY FOR THE PLAZA AND WHERE THEY KIND OF INTERSECT WITH THE RUNNING LOOP.SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INTERSECTION WAS CLEARLY DEFINED.
SO THE CORNER SWATH IN THE TRACK IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT...
MATERIAL INDICATING WHERE YOU CROSS OVER THE TRACK, TRYING TO GUIDE PEOPLE TO CROSS OVER THE TRACK TO THE STAIRS.
YEAH, IT HAS A KIND OF A FRAMED OUT SECTION.
HOW DO I GO BACK? I'M PRESSING THE BUTTON, BUT IT'S NOT GOING BACK.
THE ARROW KEY? ARE YOU PRESSING THE ARROW KEY ON THE LAPTOP? THERE YOU GO.
SORRY, IF YOU GO TO THE PLAN, YOU CAN HEAR.
SO THAT BAND IN THE CORNER IS A DIFFERENT MATERIAL IN THE TRACK.
AND I GUESS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS, IS THERE A NEED FOR THAT FOR THE OTHER STAIR, OR ARE YOU TRYING TO DIRECT PEOPLE FROM THE SIDEWALK TO USE THAT TO COME IN? EVEN THOUGH THE STAIR GOING UP IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, SO LIKE AROUND WHERE THE NUMBER 7 IS.
I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE PLAZA ENTRY.
THIS IS MORE OF A SECONDARY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT INTEGRATING.
I LIKE THE MOVE TO DO THAT, I THINK.
OTHERWISE, PEOPLE SORT OF STAND THERE LIKE, DO I? RIGHT.
THE OTHER THING I NOTICED IS IN THIS RENDERING, THIS VIEW OF THE CORNER, WHICH IS RENDER 1 ON PAGE 8, THIS IS THE ONLY VIEW THAT I SEE 10-FOOT SPACING LIGHT POSTS.
AND DOES THE TRACK HAVE THIS EVERYWHERE? DO WE SEE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE? I'M JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE AN EVENING SITUATION AND...
IS THIS A LOT OF LIGHT RIGHT AT THE SIDEWALK HERE, ALMOST TAKING AWAY FROM WHAT'S BEHIND IT IN A NIGHTTIME SITUATION? I JUST NOTICED THAT, AND I KNOW YOU NEED LIGHTING ON THE TRACK, BUT COULD IT BE LOWER LIGHT, AND COULD THOSE BE MORE OF A PATH LIGHT TYPE SITUATION? BUT ALSO, I'M ASKING, ARE THEY ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING? WHAT IS...
WHAT IS GOING ON IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC? THEY DO CONTINUE AROUND THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
YES WE'VE GOT, WE DO HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER LIGHT.
WE DO NEED IT IN ORDER TO MEET THAT JUST SAFETY.
IF WE WERE TO CHANGE TO SOMETHING A LITTLE LOWER, LIKE A BOLLARD, WHICH WE HAVE LOOKED AT, YOU ARE INCREASING, OR ADDING MORE.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE BOLLARDS BECAUSE THE LIGHT SPREAD IS SMALLER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT.
IT ALSO INCREASES COST, SOMETHING WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE POLICE HAD APPROACHED US.
DURING THE DAY, YOU GUYS SPOKE ABOUT THE HOMELESS.
DURING THE DAY, WHEN THESE SPACES ARE ACTIVATED AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS TEND NOT TO COME OUT DURING THE DAY.
IN THE EVENINGS WHEN THE POLICE HAVE SET IN THIS AREA, THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS THE MOST PREVALENT.
SO THEY HAD ASKED US TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT PRODUCING TOO MUCH LIGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE INTERFERED WITH THE TURTLES, YOU KNOW.
HIGHER UP ABOVE ON THE LOWER AREAS THEY ASKED US TO KIND OF LIGHT IT UP SO THAT WHEN THE PATROL CARS COME THROUGH IF THERE ARE ANYBODY YOU KNOW SLEEPING ON A BENCH YOU KNOW THEY COULD ADDRESS IT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES THE THE THE POLICE ACTIVITY IN THE EVENING IS NOT FOOT TRAFFIC IT'S MORE VEHICULAR SO THEY DRIVE BY THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT YOU KNOW UH ILLUMINATED IF IF I MISSED ANYTHING WHEN WE MET WITH THE OFFICER YEAH THE I THINK WHAT THE POLICE HAD SAID IS THE, THE BEST DETERRENT IS LIGHTING AND JUST BEING ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE STREET.
THE STREET WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING PAST.
SO I THINK ILLUMINATION IS REALLY THE KEY.
BALANCING WITH THE TURTLE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
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IS THERE A WAY TO LAYER THE LIGHTING? THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE ON THE...I JUST HAVE A THING WITH POLE LIGHTS.
I WANT THIS TO BE AS ATTRACTIVE CORNER AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN I SEE THESE, I THINK LIKE IF THESE COULD BE BOLLARDS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER LIGHTING BEHIND.
RECESS LIGHTS OR POLES AND ACTUALLY BRINGS MORE ATTENTION TO THE COMMERCIAL SPACE BEHIND IT.
I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE NICER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOLLARDS THEN ARE IN EVERYWHERE ELSE AROUND THE WRAP AND IT'S THAT.
OR DO YOU SWITCH BACK AND IS THAT WEIRD TO HAVE THAT IN A RUNNING PATH, HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LIFE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST FOCUSED ON THIS VIEW BEING LIKE.
WHY ARE WE PUTTING LIGHTS AT 10 FEET WHEN YOU STEP BACK FROM ACROSS THE STREET? YOU'RE GOING TO THEN, THOSE WILL GLARE IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE THERE.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, I MAYBE SUGGEST THAT'S LOOKED AT.
YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AREA, MAYBE PUTTING SOME BOLLARDS IN THAT CORNER SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
I KNOW THERE'LL BE WARM LIGHT TRYING TO GET RID OF LIGHT POLES EVERYWHERE.
DO YOU FEEL A CONFLICT WITH THE RETAIL BEHIND? I THINK BOLLARDS WILL WORK BETTER.
I THINK LOW BOLLARDS, AS LONG AS THEY CAN WASH ENOUGH LIGHT ON THERE, I THINK LAYERING OF LIGHTING IS ALWAYS MORE SUCCESSFUL, AND BOLLARDS WORK FOR THAT.
BUT I'LL LET YOU GUYS WORK ON THAT.
IT SEEMS, AS I STUDIED THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY THE TRIANGLES REALLY CHANGED, RIGHT? OKAY.
YEAH, JUST THE COLORS OF THE TWO TRIANGLES CHANGED.
THERE'S ONLY US, SO WE CAN VOTE.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE COLOR OF THE TRIANGLES? OR DO WE LEAVE IT UP TO YOU? OUR DRAFT RECOMMENDATION SAYS OPTION TWO, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE THE ORIGINAL COLOR BETTER, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO VOTE.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU JUST VOTE PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, IT'LL GO TO OPTION TWO.
HOW MANY WANT GREEN AND HOW MANY WANT OPTION TWO? I GUESS THAT'S THE TOSS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH EITHER.
BETWEEN LET THE APPLICANT DECIDE BETWEEN...
IF IT INFLUENCES YOU AT ALL, THE ARTIST PREFERS THE GREEN.
LET THE APPLICANT DECIDE, AND THEN WE CAN OFFER OPTION TWO, BUT LET THE APPLICANT DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WELL, THE ARTIST IS GOING TO DECIDE ON GREEN.
IF ANYBODY'S OPPOSED TO GREEN, IT'S JUST THE TIME TO SPEAK UP.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE DRB 26-1161 AND DRB 24-1072 AT 299 72ND STREET WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOW THE ARTIST TO SELECT THE COLOR.
OF THE MURAL TRIANGLES WE VOTED ON GREEN OKAY YES AND THAT WE CONSIDER DIFFERENT LIGHTS IN THE NORTH EAST PATHWAY AND POSSIBLY BOLLARDS IN THAT AREA THAT'S I ALSO HAD ONE THING TOO, THAT AT THE RETAIL SECTIONS THAT THEY LOOK INTO ADDING...
WALL SCONCES FOR LEGS TOO, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE ENTICING, LIKE ENTRY RATE FOR THE RETAIL SPOT.
SO WALL SCONCES, WALL SCONCES, LEG FIXTURES.
AND REALLY THE BOLLARD SUGGESTION MAY ALSO APPLY TO OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE WALKWAY OR THE RUNWAY, THE TRACK.
YEAH I THINK SO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE ELSE IT MAY BE APPLICABLE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST MAKE THE
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NOTE AND THEN THEY WORK WITH STAFF YES SO BASICALLY CONSIDER BOLLARDS AT THE ENTRY POINTS INTO THE INTO THE WALKWAY YEAH SO THE, THE WALL SCONCES IS FOR THE RETAIL AREA OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS BUTAKA WALLY WE HAVE A SECOND BY MISS LEWIN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES RIGHT DELAY SO MUCH HOW DID THEY I MEAN THIS IS FINALLY YEAH JUST TO CONFIRM F FPL HAS NOT AGREED TO UNDERGROUND THE WIRE ON HARDING, RIGHT? OKAY.YEAH, AS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING, THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION AT ONE POINT.
IT WAS TOO MUCH TO, AND THE SYSTEM THAT YOU SEE NOW, THE 14 POLES THAT YOU SEE NOW THAT WERE INSTALLED, WHAT, FOUR YEARS AGO? THAT WAS THE PRODUCT OF WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR US TO PROCEED WITH.
AND THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A MAJOR EVACUATION ROAD.
THEY NEED TO COMPARE THE COST TO THE INCOME THEY'RE GETTING FROM ALL THE PROPERTIES ON MIAMI BEACH.
AND MAYBE IT WON'T LOOK AS BAD.
AND AS MANY PEOPLE MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH PERMITTING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL OF THAT, FPL DOES NOT STAY BEHIND.
[7. DRB26-1167, AKA DRB22-0833, 301 WEST SAN MARINO DRIVE.]
LET'S CONTINUE THE NEXT ITEM.THE NEXT ITEM IS DRB 261167, AKA DRB 22083, TIER 1 WESTERN MARINO DRIVE.
THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY RESIDENCE, INCLUDING VARIANCES TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR A ROOF DECK THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO FURTHER REDUCE THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR A ROOF DECK TO EXCEED THE HEIGHT AND OPENINGS REQUIREMENTS FOR FENCES, TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD AND INTERIOR SIDE SETBACKS TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE, TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM WALKWAY AND STEP WIDTH TO ALLOW WIDER STEPS IN THE REQUIRED YARDS, AND TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED FRONT SETBACK AND EXCEED THE MAXIMUM WIDTH FOR THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY, AND INCLUDING MORE ONE OR MORE WAIVERS.
OKAY, SO THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BACK IN 2022.
THE DRB AT THAT POINT APPROVED A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON THIS LOT, INCLUDING SEVERAL VARIANCES AND SEVERAL WAIVERS BACK IN 2022.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW, THE HOME IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE APPLICANT IS WISHING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE HOME.
AND SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE BEFORE THE BOARD TO ASK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL VARIANCES AND SOME DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO THE DESIGN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.
SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE HOME IS A RELATIVELY NARROW LOT.
IT'S LOCATED ON WEST SAN MARINO DRIVE.
THE TYPICAL CORNER LOTS ON SAN MARINO DRIVE HAVE A WIDTH OF 60 FEET.
50 FEET SO IT IS A IT IS A NARROW LOT IT COMPLIES WITH THE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS BUT JUST BARELY UM SO IT'S, IT'S JUST THERE AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY RECEIVED A LOT OF THE VARIANCES THAT THEY RECEIVED BACK IN 2022 AND IT'S AND IT'S A BIG PART OF THE REASON AS TO WHY WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THESE ADDITIONAL VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING UM SO THE APPLICANT IS UH FIRST REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THE PROPOSED FENCE AND WALL DESIGN THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE OPEN PICKETS WITH MINIMUM SPACING OF THREE INCHES ABOVE FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT.
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SO THE CODE REQUIRES THAT WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING A FENCE ON THE SIDE YARD AND THE REAR YARD, THAT IF YOU'RE MEASURING THAT FENCE FROM THE FUTURE ADJUSTED GRADE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE SIDEWALK ELEVATION, BY RIGHT YOU CAN BUILD FOUR FEET SOLID, AND THEN ABOVE THAT YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE PICKETS.THE CODE ALLOWS FOR THE DRB TO WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT SO THEY CAN HAVE THE FENCE BE FULLY SOLID.
IN THIS CASE THE ADDITION THE SURROUNDING YARDS AND THE SURROUNDING LOTS ARE BEING RAISED TO THE FUTURE ADJUSTED GRADE SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THESE WAIVERS WE DON'T EXPECT ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT CODE PROVISION IS REALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW LOT THAT IS BEING RAISED HIGHER THAN THE OLDER LOT SO THAT THERE IS SOME GREATER COMPATIBILITY IN THIS CASE THERE ARE NO COMPATIBILITY ISSUES SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THOSE WAIVERS AND THAT'S FOR THE LOT HAS DIFFERENT TYPES OF FENCING AND DIFFERENT GATES THAT ARE PROPOSED THROUGHOUT.
SO THIS IS FOR SPECIFIC MODULES B, C, AND D, AND THE GATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE SOLID WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE REQUIRED REAR YARD AND SIDE FACING A STREET.
SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THAT WAIVER FOR ALL PORTIONS OF THE FENCES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SOME DESIGN CHANGES.
THEY'RE PROPOSING INCORPORATION OF WIDER WINDOW HEADERS IN BLACK PAINT SIMILAR TO ALUMINUM, NEW GLASS RAILINGS FOR THE BALCONIES TO REPLACE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BLACK ALUMINUM RAILINGS, THE NORTH FACADE WITH A NEW WALL IN BLACK TILE COVERING THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED OPEN FRAME AT THE ROOF LEVEL, AND THE NEW FOUR-PANE SLIDING GLASS DOOR WINDOW CONFIGURATION AT THE SECOND LEVEL.
THE REASON THE, THE REVISED DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS.
SO THERE WAS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SYNTHETIC WOOD CLADDING THAT WILL BE REPLACED BY A BLACK TILE.
THERE'S A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PAINTED GRAY STUCCO THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH A LIGHT GRAY PAINT SIMILAR TO MICRO CEMENT AND OXIDIZED MICRO CEMENT.
AND THEN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PAINTED ABBEY STONE STUCCO IS TO BE REPLACED BY AN OXIDIZED MICRO CEMENT, ALSO BY A MICRODIZED MICRO CEMENT, AND LIGHT GRAY PAINTS SIMILAR TO MICRO CEMENT.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED OXIDIZED METAL AND GALVANIZED WIRE PAINTED IN BLACK FOR THE FENCE FINISH.
SO THEY'RE CHANGING THE MATERIALS FOR THE FENCES, AND THEY'LL DESCRIBE THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE THE CHANGES, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
AS FAR AS THE VARIANCES GO, THE FIRST VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS REGARDING THE ROOF DECK.
THE ALLOWABLE, HATTABLE ROOF DECK.
IS REQUIRED TO BE SET BACK 10 FEET THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT A PORTION OF THAT ROOF DECK BE SET BACK TWO FEET SIX INCHES UM GIVEN THE NARROWNESS OF THE LOT IF THEY PROVIDE THAT FULL SETBACK THERE WOULD BE A VERY THE THE DECK WOULD BE OF MINIMAL WIDTH AND THIS IS GOING TO BE IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THIS EXPERIENCE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES OF THE FRONT SETBACK AND THE SIDE INTERIOR SETBACK.
AND THIS IS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A CARPORT IN THE FRONT.
THE CODE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A CARPORT IF IT'S MADE OF CANVAS AND PIPE.
THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE TYPE OF CARPORT.
SO THEY'RE REQUESTING SETBACK VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A FRONT SETBACK OF ONE FOOT SIX INCHES.
AND A SIDE INTERIOR SETBACK OF FIVE FEET FOUR INCHES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A A MORE MODERN ARCHITECTURAL CARPORT THAT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE DESIGN AND ENHANCE THE DESIGN OF THE HOME AND PROVIDE SOME COVERED PARKING THAT THE DESIGN OF THE HOME CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE GIVEN THE NARROWNESS OF THE LOT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A A GARAGE ON THE SITE.
THEN THEY'RE REQUESTING ANOTHER VARIANCE RELATED TO THE WIDTH OF WALKWAYS.
THE CODE ALLOWS FOR THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF WALKWAYS TO BE 44 INCHES, AND IT DOES ALLOW FOR THOSE PORTIONS TO BE INCREASED TO 5 FEET.
IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A WALKWAY THAT HAS A WIDTH OF 8 FEET 2 INCHES, AND THE WIDTH OF THE WALKWAY IS ON THE SIDE FACING A STREET, WHICH IS THE LONGEST FACADE.
AND SO THE PROPOSED WIDTH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE FACADE.
THE LIMIT OF FIVE FEET DOES PRESENT A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY TO THE APPLICANT BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE A WALKWAY THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE WIDTH OF THAT FACADE.
SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THAT VARIANCE.
THE NEXT VARIANCE IS RELATED TO THE DRIVEWAY.
GIVEN THE NARROWNESS OF THE LOT, THEY WOULD BE LIMITED
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TO HAVE A WIDEWAY WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 15 FEET.THEY ARE PROPOSING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE THAT WIDTH AT 23 TO 23 FEET 10 INCHES AND SO GIVEN THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TO TWO SPACES WITH THE WHERE THE CARPORT IS LOCATED THAT IS A THAT IS A REASONABLE REQUEST AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE SO THEY ARE THEY ARE REQUESTING FIVE VARIANCES IN TOTAL STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THOSE FIVE VARIANCES STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER.
SO WE CAN, BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER, ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES? AND WERE YOU SWORN IN THIS MORNING? YES.
I'M THE ARCHITECT OF THIS PROJECT.
I BELIEVE PILAR CAME AFTER THE SWEARING-IN ORIGINALLY.
ARE JEWS FAIR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THE EXPLANATION THAT ROGELIO HAD.
YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT REALLY WE'RE NOT.
THE BUILDING IS BUILT, THE HOUSE IS BUILT.
IT COMPLIES WITH SETBACKS ON THE INTERIOR, ON THE STREET SIDE, ON THE FRONT, AND THE REAR.
IT COMPLIES WITH HEIGHT, IT COMPLIES WITH LOT COVERAGE, OPEN SPACE, IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THAT.
WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYTHING RELATED TO THE MAIN ZONING REGULATIONS.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CHANGED, BASICALLY PAINT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING TO CHANGE THE DESIGN.
AND THEN THE FENCES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING TO...
PORTION ONLY WHICH COVERS THE SIDE AND THE REAR WHERE THE POOL IS WE'RE ASKING FOR THE FENCE TO BE SOLID ALL THE WAY TO THE SEVEN FEET SEVEN FEET IS THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT BUT THREE FEET IS FOUR SOLID AND THREE UH WITH PICKET LIKE LIKE HE EXPLAINED WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT PORTION COVERING THE POOL TO BE SOLID AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ROOF DECK TO BE SLIGHTLY BIGGER, WE'RE TALKING 30 SQUARE FEET BIGGER.
DID YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOAD UP JUST TO...
MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO...
SHOULD I GO HERE? YEAH, YOU CAN CONTROL IT.
YOU CAN CONTROL IT THERE? YEAH.
SO, BASICALLY, I MEAN, THE FIRST THING IS NOT REALLY A VARIANCE.
IT'S A REVISION TO THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DRB MATERIALS AND COLORS.
BUT, AGAIN, THE WINDOWS ARE THE SAME.
THE HOUSE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
WE'RE NOT MODIFYING WINDOW OPENINGS.
I MEAN, HE MENTIONED THE WINDOW FRAME.
YES, THE FRAME, BUT THE WINDOW SIZE IS THE SAME.
THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE, TO THE VOLUME OF THE HOUSE.
SO, AND THE HOUSE IS BUILT, YEAH, 80, IT SAYS HERE 75%, BUT IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE 85%. THE HOUSE IS PRACTICALLY FINISHED.
YEAH, IF YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE COLORS, THIS IS THAT TILE.
IT MIGHT BE BEST IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PAGES, SO KEEP GOING THROUGH IT.
OKAY, FOR INSTANCE, THIS CORNER AT THE ENTRANCE...
WHERE YOU SEE THE DARK OBVIOUSLY.
OKAY YOU CAN SEE THERE THE CORNER AND.
OKAY, AND THE NORTH SIDE WHICH IS ON TOP
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OF THE SECOND FLOOR? THAT'S THE MASTER BEDROOM WHICH YOU SEE LOOKING TOWARDS THE POOL.SO ABOVE THIS SLIDING DOORS OF THE MASTER BEDROOM IS WHERE THAT...
AND WE ARE ALSO CHANGING THE METAL THAT IT WAS BEFORE FOR GLASS.
IN ALL THE BALCONIES AND WE ARE CHANGING THE COLORS THAT WAS BEFORE AND WE ARE UPDATING A LITTLE BIT THE DESIGN AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE I KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY THEY'RE SO BASICALLY IT'S DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MATERIALS, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLORS, NOTHING MAJOR.
PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
WE ARE GOING TO USE BASICALLY THESE COLORS AND THE BLACK.
THE REASON I EXPLAIN, I'M TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE APPLICATION IS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT REALLY THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT ALTERING THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE IN ANY WAY.
YEAH, THIS IS THE EAST WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SAME COLORS THAT I SHOWED YOU.
AND THE FENCE ON THAT SIDE, THAT IT HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT SOLID BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR THAT IS IN CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.
WE CAN SHOW THE CONSTRUCTION, SHOW THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ESTATE.
MAYBE KEEP GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VARIANCES THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING TO COMPLETE THE PRESENTATION.
OKAY, SO THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IS NOT A VARIANCE, IT'S A REVISION.
TO THE EXTERIOR FINISHES, WHICH WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
AND THEN THERE'S FOUR VARIANCES.
THERE'S FIVE ITEMS, BUT FOUR VARIANCES, CORRECT? SO THE FIRST VARIANCE IS THE ROOFTOP DECK.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT 30 SQUARE FEET BIGGER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE AREA THAT WE GREW.
WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE ROOF.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE THAT WE ARE NOT LIKE APPROACHING OR LIKE BOTHERING ANY NEIGHBOR BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME MARINO DRIVE.
THEN VARIANCE NUMBER TWO IS THE FENCES.
LIKE I EXPLAINED BEFORE, WE LIKE TO SURROUND THE POOL WITH SOLID ALL THE WAY TO THE SEVEN FEET, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE SEVEN FEET.
THE STAFF APPROVES AND IT GIVES MORE PRIVACY FOR THE HOMEOWNER AND MORE PRIVACY FOR THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
THEN VARIANCE NUMBER THREE IS THE CARPORT THAT ROGELIO WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THAT IS THE ONE PLACE WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR A SETBACK.
SO IT'S A METAL STRUCTURE, VERY MODERN IN DESIGN, AS YOU CAN SEE.
YEAH, IT'S MORE UP CLOSE, ACCORDING TO THE DESIGN.
AND THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UNDER A SEPARATE PERMIT WITH THE STRUCTURAL CALCULATIONS, WITH EVERYTHING TO...
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, IN THERE, SO IT'LL BE PROPERLY STRUCTURED.
AND I THINK IT ENHANCES THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE HOUSE.
AND IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A LOT BETTER THAN A DIRTY CANVAS FULL OF LEAVES, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE WIDTH OF THE STAIRS,
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OF THE WALKWAY FROM SAN MARINO TO THE HOUSE, WHICH LIKE HE SAID IS THE LONG PART OF THE, THIS IS 50 BY 120, SO THIS IS THE LONG PART, THIS IS ON THE 120 SIDE.AND THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 60 INCHES AND WE HAVE A...
CAN YOU SHOW THE DESIGN OF THE...
YEAH, SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE FLOOR PLAN WE HAVE DIFFERENT SLABS OF DIFFERENT WIDTHS, YOU KNOW, GOING LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS, AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS EIGHT FEET WIDE.
YEAH, AND IT'S MORE PROPORTIONAL WITH THAT.
BUT THEY VARY, THEY VARY FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET.
BUT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IF WE BELIEVE IT'S JUST A BETTER.
AND THE LAST THING IS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE CARPORT ON THE DRIVEWAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE WIDTH ON THE PAVED PART OF THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU SEE WHERE THE, YOU SEE THE DRIVEWAY, YOU SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THAT CURVED AREA, THAT'S THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL TO THE 20 FOOT TOTAL WIDTH ALLOWED.
NOW, EVEN GOING TO THE 24 FEET, WE'RE RESPECTING THE OPEN SPACE REGULATION, SO WE MEET THE OPEN SPACE.
WE'RE NOT VIOLATING ANY OF THAT.
WE CAN INCREASE TO 24 FEET AND STILL COMPLY WITH THE OPEN SPACE.
BY THAT PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THOSE SLABS.
THOSE ARE BUILT AS YOU WANT THEM? YES, THOSE ARE BUILT ON A SINGLE BEAM ON THE CENTER THAT CAN'T DELIVER TO BOTH SIDES.
THEY'RE OPEN IN BETWEEN EACH SLAB, SO THE RAIN GOES THROUGH IT.
BUT YOU BUILT IT IN HOPES WE WOULD APPROVE IT.
IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL HAVE TO CUT HIM.
DO WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR THE WAITING ROOM? IF ANYBODY ONLINE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ON ZOOM.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK? NOPE.
YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THAT'S OKAY.
I COMMEND YOU ON THE DESIGN BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY ON A LOT OF THAT SIZE.
VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE CIRCULATION, TO HAVE WALKWAYS, TO HAVE ANYTHING, TO HAVE THE HOUSE.
I PERSONALLY LIKE THE DESIGN VERY MUCH.
I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COLOR CHANGES AND THE MATERIAL CHANGES, NOR THE RAILINGS ON THE BALCONIES.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO COVER THE CAR FROM THE HEAT THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING AND THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS EXPERIENCED HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT DRIVEWAY A LITTLE BIT WIDER IN ORDER TO ALLOW YOU TO WALK OUT OF THE CAR INTO THE HOME.
AND I LIKE THAT IT'S NOT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING THAT'S REQUIRED OR GREEN SPACE REQUIRED.
SO I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM AND I LIKE THE DESIGN AND THE SELECTIONS VERY MUCH.
I WAS JUST FLIPPING THROUGH SOME OF THE APPROVED RENDERINGS AND THEN THE NEW RENDERINGS.
ARE YOU CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE? LANDSCAPING PLAN AT ALL OR IT COULD SOME FOR EXAMPLE THE SOUTH VIEW IT SEEMS LIKE SOME PALMS HAVE BEEN LOST AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS THAT JUST SO YOU CAN SHOW THE HOUSE AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE HOUSE MORE, BUT THE LANDSCAPE IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF VEGETATION.
OKAY NICE, OKAY? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT HOUSE DOES NEED SOFTENING WITH THAT WITH THE PLAN AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS DESIGNED TO LIKE INTEGRATE THE GARDEN WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
YEAH, THE LANDSCAPING IS KEY TO THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE.
OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM IT WAS JUST TAKEN
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OUT SO WE COULD SEE THE NEW HOUSE.I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE COLOR CHANGES OR THE MATERIAL CHANGES.
KIND OF DEFER TO YOU DO YOU THINK THAT THE PAINTING OF THE CEMENT PAINTING IS YOU KNOW THAT'S GONNA HOLD UP AND LOOK NICE I'D LIKE THE COLORS I THINK THAT I I MEAN I THINK THE MATERIAL QUALITY I MIGHT BE PAINT STUCCO SO OR MICRO CEMENT SO I THINK IT'LL HAVE A NICE TEXTURE TO IT UM YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY BLACK IS ALWAYS TOUGH IN THE SUN SO THAT THOSE THE BLACK PAINTED AREAS ARE THE THE ONES TO WORRY ABOUT IT'S FALLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT THEY WANT TO TAKE THE RISK WITH IT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH THE PLANTING.
CHANGES AND FINISHES LOOK GREAT.
VARIANCE NUMBER THREE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE ISSUE THERE? BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT.
WELL, VARIANCE NUMBER THREE IS THE CARPORT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE CITY ALLOWS, AND THIS IS A VERY SILLY RULE THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR YEARS, THEY ONLY ALLOW A CANVAS COVER WITH, LIKE, LITTLE ALUMINUM POSTS, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TERRIBLE.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT, BUT JUST MORE SOLID, STRONGER, AND IT WILL NOT DECAY LIKE A CANVAS.
A CANVAS IN A FEW MONTHS, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, YOU KNOW.
SO, BECAUSE THE HOUSE NEEDS SHADOW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CARS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT STRUCTURE.
HAVE THOSE TYPE OF STRUCTURES BEEN USED BEFORE? I'VE NOT SEEN A STRUCTURE OF THAT TYPE BEFORE.
I'VE SEEN VARIANCES BE ISSUED FOR A MORE TRADITIONAL CARPORT WITH FOUR SOLID COLUMNS AND A ROOF.
I'VE NOT SEEN ONE FOR LIKE A PREFABRICATED STRUCTURE SUCH AS THIS.
BUT YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT? YES.
JUST FOR BACKGROUND, THE REASON THE CITY HAS THAT REGULATION THAT IT BE CANVAS AND PIPE IS BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, IF ANY WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE DON'T WANT PERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DEMOLISH AND REPAIR IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO THE ROAD.
GIVEN THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS HERE, THERE'S A MODULAR STRUCTURE THAT IF IT'S REMOVED, IT COULD BE PUT BACK, AND THE ACTUAL SUPPORT COLUMNS ARE SET BACK PRETTY FAR BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IF WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN, THIS TYPE OF A STRUCTURE ALLOWS THAT TO HAPPEN WITHOUT TOO MUCH INTERFERENCE.
SO STAFF WAS OKAY WITH THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE.
YEAH, IT'S A NICE DESIGN, NICE CHANGES.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
I THINK THE ROOF DECK IS, IF YOU WANT A LITTLE ANGLE, YOU CAN GET A CHAIR THERE.
IT IS A LOT OF INVESTMENT WITH THAT LITTLE THING.
THE WALL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT RETAINING WALLS AND THESE FENCE WALLS BEING DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE NEIGHBORS.
YOU'RE SAYING THE ADJACENT, IT WON'T BE 16 FEET ON ONE SIDE FOR ONE NEIGHBOR OR SUPER TALL? NO, THE FOUR HOUSES ARE BRAND NEW.
YEAH, AND IT COMPLIES WITH THE TOTAL HEIGHT, WHICH IS SEVEN FEET ABOVE FUTURE GRADE ELEVATION.
THE STAFF REPORT SHOWS THAT THERE'S OLDER HOMES.
THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER REFLECTS.
THESE ARE JUST HOMES THAT ARE STILL BRAND NEW, SO IT HASN'T BEEN.
THE NEW DATES HAVEN'T BEEN REFLECTED, BUT IF YOU GO OUT THERE, IT'S ALL BEING REDEVELOPED.
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YEAH, NICE PROJECT.SO CAN WE APPROVE THEM ALL AT ONCE, OR IT HAS TO BE INDIVIDUAL? THE DESIGN REVIEW SHOULD BE ONE MOTION TO APPROVE, AND THE VARIANCES BE DONE ONE BY ONE.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE DRB.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
THE VARIANCES FOR THE ROOF DECK, THE COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE, FRONT SETBACK.
THE COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE INTERIOR SIDE SETBACK AND THESE STEPS AND WALKWAY LEADING TO THE HOME I'LL SUCK AT THAT OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BOUTICA HOLY SECOND BY MR. PIUS ALL THOSE AND THAT'S TO APPROVE ALL OF THE VARIANCES ONE MORE ONE THROUGH FOUR SORRY ONE THROUGH FIVE OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
OH, MR. ASUN HAS HIS HAND RAISED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.
YEAH, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCES AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GIVING A VARIANCE FOR A ROOF.
I WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING WITH WITH THAT LATER ON AFTER THE VOTE SAME SITUATION WITH UH LOOK AT THE THE PROPERTY OF THE MULTI FAMILY ON SECOND WHERE THEY DID A ROOF DECK AND THAT SITUATION THAT ROOF DECK WAS VERY ADEQUATE FOR THAT PROPERTY UM WHICH IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE ON ON THESE HOMES SO HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME PROGRESS WITH THAT I WOULD JUST I'LL JUST MENTION THAT WE TRANSMITTED THE LETTER TO COMMISSION WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD UM SO IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION IF THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE, TAKE THAT ON SO, ROGELIO, CAN YOU SEND US OR ALEJANDRO EMAIL US A COPY OF THAT MEMO? THANK YOU.
YEAH, WE'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU.
IS IT SCHEDULED TO GO TO COMMISSION FOR READING OR? IT WOULD BE UP TO A COMMISSIONER TO SPONSOR AN ITEM.
[8. DRB26-1169, FKA DRB21-0760, 2444 PRAIRIE AVENUE.]
THE 444 PRAIRIE? DRB 26, 1169, 2444 PRAIRIE AVENUE.THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO APPROVE THE APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS AND TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM WIDTH FOR WALKWAYS, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS.
OKAY, SO THIS IS A HOME THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE DRB IN MARCH OF 2022.
IT WENT TO THE DRB BECAUSE BACK THEN IT WAS REPLACING A PRE-1942 HOME, AND BACK THEN IF YOU WERE REPLACING A PRE-1942 HOME, THE REPLACEMENT HOME HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE DRB.
THE HOME HAS SINCE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY CHANGES TO THE DESIGN.
THE DESIGN FOLLOWS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE DRB.
HOWEVER, ONCE THEY WENT TO MEASURE THE SITE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOME, THE MEASUREMENTS WERE OFF BY A FRACTION OF AN INCH.
SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO REQUEST A REDUCTION OF THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS BY 0.15 FEET.
THAT'S ONE AND 13 SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH.
AND THAT'S FOR THE REQUIRED SUM OF THE SIDE YARDS.
THIS IS JUST AN ERROR IN THE CONSTRUCTIONS.
IT WOULD BE A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY, HARDSHIP TO MAKE THE APPLICANT MOVE THAT BY SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT.
SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE.
THE OTHER VARIANCE THAT IS BEING REQUESTED IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE JUST HAD IN THE LAST APPLICATION FOR A WIDER WALKWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED BY 9 FEET 8 INCHES OR 116 FEET 8 INCHES.
INCHES THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF A WALKWAY OF 44 INCHES FOR THE WALKWAY GOING
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INTO THE FRONT OF THE HOME WITHIN THE REQUIRED FRONT SETBACK AGAIN, GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE HOME THIS IS THIS MAKES SENSE FOR FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND FOR THE DESIGN OF THIS HOME AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THE TWO VARIANCES THAT THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE TWO VARIANCES SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER.I APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION.
CARLOS MARGICH WITH ALL OFFICES OF BURKHA, RIDDELL, FERNANDEZ, LARKIN, AND ZIPANEZ, OFFICES AT 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD.
I'M JOINED TODAY BY CHRIS PINTO FROM INSIGHTFUL CONSTRUCTION, THE ARCHITECT EDUARDO CHAMASH, AND MY COLLEAGUE MICKEY MARRERO AND ZACHARY FINE.
THIS IS A VERY, I THINK, WHAT I THINK IS A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION.
IF I COULD GET THE POWERPOINT UP.
244 PRAIRIE, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE NEW BAYSHORE PARK, A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR CITY.
YOU SEE HERE, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS.
AS RAHUL NOTED, THIS PROJECT CAME BEFORE THE DRB IN 2022, I THINK, AND GOT APPROVED, AND IT WAS THEN GOT A BUILDING PERMIT, WHICH WAS APPROVED AS WELL, BUILT.
AND INADVERTENTLY, THERE WAS ABOUT, I THINK, ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF.
DEVIATION ON THE SOUTHWEST WALL THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE, WHICH CAME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT PROPERTY LINE, WHICH REQUIRES US TO COME HERE.
THE OTHER VARIANCE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE SHORTLY, IS FOR THE WALKWAY.
THE WALKWAY WAS BUILT AS APPROVED ON THE MASTER PERMIT.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT DOES NEED A VARIANCE, EVEN IF IT WAS APPROVED AT THE BUILDING PERMIT.
SO WE ALSO NEED A VARIANCE FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.
KIND OF JUST RUSHING THROUGH IT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION.
THIS IS THE DRP ORDER FROM 2022, GRANTING THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR THE PRE-42 HOME, THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT HOME.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE WALKWAY AT THE FRONT IN THE RED BOX.
IT'S WIDE, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF A SPACE FOR THE DOOR TO COME IN FROM THE FENCE.
IT DOESN'T RAMP UP, SO IT CAN'T BE QUALIFIED AS AN ADA EXCEPTION FOR THE WALKWAYS, WHICH DOES EXIST FOR 5 FEET, BUT SINCE IT IS STEPPED, IT'S NOT AN ADA-ACCESSIBLE WALKWAY.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU SEE THE VARIANCE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
IT SEEMS TO BE ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF OR THREE INCHES, DEPENDING ON WHICH SERVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND HERE AGAIN, HE'S ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR.
IT'S A MINIMAL .15 FOOT VARIANCE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
THIS IS THE WALKWAY IN THE FRONT.
AND I THINK TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME.
THIS IS IN OUR OPINION A VERY SIMPLE APPLICATION, BUT TO FORMALLY REQUEST, WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THESE TWO VARIANCES.
FOR THE ENCROACHMENT INTO SOME OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE WALKWAY IN THE FRONT.
I'LL HOLD TIME FOR ANY REBUTTALS.
ANYBODY ONLINE? ANY EXPORT TO AID DISCLOSURES? DISCLOSURES.
ANYBODY ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
YES, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE DRB 26-1169, ALSO KNOWN AS DRB 21-0760, AT 2444 PRAIRIE AVENUE.
DO YOU NEED ME TO APPROVE? DO WE NEED TO DO A SEPARATE APPROVAL FOR THE VARIANCES? NO? WELL, I THINK IT'S JUST VARIANCES.
MR. CAVOLI, MR. LESTER, IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO, ROGELIO, THIS BRINGS ABOUT A QUESTION AS WE GET READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
THAT WAS BOTH APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? BOTH VARIANCES? YES.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED, YOU AND I TALKED ONE DAY ABOUT PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE DRB AND LATER FIND THEMSELVES NEEDING TO CHANGE SOMETHING WHICH AMOUNTS TO LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL SETBACK OR THE FRONT, THE SIDE, THE BACK, THE HEIGHT, THE LOT COVERAGE, THE UNIT
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SIZE, THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO COME BACK TO THIS BOARD, TAKE UP TIME OF THE OWNER.TAKE UP TIME OF THIS BOARD WHEN THE CHANGE IS MINIMAL AND SOMETHING THAT COULD BE APPROVED AT STAFF LEVEL HOWEVER THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO APPROVE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO GO WITH THIS ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE IS THAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT BETTER FOR THE BOARD AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE CURRENT COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL? THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT AUTHORIZE THEIR STAFF TO GRANT ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES OR A WAIVER OF A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE BE IT FIVE OR TEN PERCENT OF ANY NUMERICAL STANDARD IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STRICT NUMBER OF THE CODE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GRANT ANY ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES OR WAIVERS OR EXCEPTIONS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION COULD CONSIDER.
I GUESS THE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT IF WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, EVERYONE WILL START TO ASK FOR IT.
SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL HOW THAT IS DONE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN, PERHAPS DON'T INCLUDE ANYTHING RELATED TO UNIT SIZE, BUT ONLY CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER.
A THRESHOLD LEVEL OF, LIKE THIS ONE AND A HALF INCH.
THAT COULD BE STAFFED BUT THE THE THE STAIR DRIVE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS A VARIANCE AND AND EVEN THOUGH WE APPROVE IT YEAH IF THEY GO THROUGH IT THEN EVERYONE'S GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK AND WIDEN IT AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE THRESHOLD MAYBE YOU ALL CAN DRAFT SOMETHING IN PLANNING WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TIME AVAILABLE IN AUGUST THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT PUT SOMEONE THROUGH THIS BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SAY, OH, I'LL REQUEST THIS ADDITIONAL 10% LATER ON.
[9. DRB26-1181, AKA FILE NO 22840, 1 WASHINGTON AVENUE – SOUTH POINTE PARK.]
ALL RIGHT.IN ADAM'S ABSENCE, ITEM DRB 26-1181, ALSO KNOWN AS FILE NUMBER 22840.
DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTERS HERE? THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING MODIFICATIONS TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PARK AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHADE STRUCTURE.
SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE DEMOLITION OF ONE SHADE STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND TO ACCOMMODATE NEW PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS.
FIRST, 2011, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN THE PARK AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SHADED STRUCTURE.
THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS WITHIN THE SOUTH POINT PARK.
AS PART OF THE APPROVED JOB BOND PROGRAM, PRIOR TO SELECTING A SPECIFIC DESIGN PROPOSED, THE PARK'S FACILITIES, FLEET, AND BRIDGE AMBITIONS DEPARTMENT COLLABORATED WITH THE RESIDENTS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK.
THE NEW PLAYGROUND WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE EXISTING PLAYGROUND.
THE DESIGN DEVELOPED BY COMPAN INCLUDES A LARGE CLIMBING STRUCTURE SHAPED LIKE A BREATHING WELL, NET CLIMBERS, SLIDES, AND A PLAY TOWER NESTED AMONG THE EXISTING PALM TREES.
A SEPARATE AREA IS DEDICATED TO SWINGS ON A SOFT RUBBER SURFACE IN AQUATIC SHAPES OF BLUE, PURPLE, AND GREEN.
THE TWO EXISTING FABRIC SHADE SAILS WILL PROVIDE CANOPY COVERAGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAY AREAS AND THE METAL FRAME SHADED STRUCTURE LOCATED IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND WILL BE DEMOLISHED TO PROVIDE THE OPEN FALL ZONE REQUIRED FOR THE NEW SWING AREAS.
STAFF FIND THE PROPOSED NEW PLAYGROUND DESIGN COMPARABLE WITH THE PARK'S COASTAL SETTING AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF, FRANK GARCIA ON BEHALF OF THE PARKS, FACILITIES, FLEET, AND BEACHES DEPARTMENT.
THE PLAYGROUND UPGRADE AT SOUTH POINT PARK THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE ARTISTIC PLAYGROUND COMPONENT OF THE 2022 GEOBOND FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
THE LATEST DESIGN INCORPORATES FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE SOUTH OF FIFTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S PARENT WORKING GROUP.
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ADDITION OF TWO ADDITIONAL SWINGS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR SWINGS AND ONE ADDITIONAL MONKEY BAR STRUCTURE.THE SPECIFIC ELEMENT THAT REQUIRES REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD THIS MORNING, OR THIS AFTERNOON I SHOULD SAY, IS THE EXISTING SHADE STRUCTURE, THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SHADE STRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO OUR COLLEAGUES.
COMPEND, OF COURSE, THE PLAY STRUCTURES VENDOR TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED DESIGN AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'M GOING TO WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH REAL QUICK ON THE SOUTH POINTE PARK JUST SO YOU GUYS HAVE A FULL VISION OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND.
I'LL HAVE MY FOCUS ON THIS REMOVAL OF THE SHADE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PRESENTATION.
SO HERE'S ENCLOSED THE CONTEXT.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, THE PLAYGROUND CONCEPT COMES FROM THE OCEAN.
THE DESIGN TOOK DOLPHINS, SHARKS, SEA TURTLES, CORAL REEFS, AND OTHER SEA CREATURES AS INSPIRATION.
CREATED A PLAY SPACE FOR ALL AGES.
BOTH DESIGNS, WELL ACTUALLY WE'RE DOWN TO ONE DESIGN NOW.
THIS DESIGN IS AN EYE CATCHER CENTER PLAY PIECE THAT IS 30 FEET TALL TO DRAW KIDS INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
VARIETY OF PLAY ACTIVITIES WILL ALLOW KIDS TO EXPLORE THE SPACE AT ALL ABILITIES.
THE INSPIRATION AS I SAID IS ALL BEACH OCEAN RELATED SEA CREATURES.
I'LL DIVE INTO THE DESIGN REAL QUICK.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE NEW PLAYGROUND IT WILL BE ALL AGES WHICH MEANS 2 TO 12 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS THE SITE CONTEST.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO A CONCESSION STAND IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A SPLASH PAD, WHICH WILL ALSO BE REDONE.
AGE GROUP WISE, WE HAVE THE 5 TO 12 AGE GROUP TOWARDS ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WILL BE THE 2 TO 5 AGE GROUP.
ON THE LEFT SIDE IS THE 2-12 AGE GROUP WHICH IS THE SWING SET.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT'S SHOWING THE SITE PLAN THAT IS NEW PLAYGROUND OVERLAYING ON THE EXISTING SITE WHICH THE CHANGE WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE WHICH IS THE SWING AREA.
WE RECEIVE, WE ORIGINALLY ONLY HAVE ONE BASE SWING WHICH IS TWO SEATS.
AFTER RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE A STRONG DESIRE OF MORE SWINGS.
SO WE INCREASED THE SWING TO A DOUBLE BAY, WHICH NOW INCLUDES TWO BAYS, FOUR SEATS.
TWO ARE THE BABY INFANT SEATS, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE THE REGULAR, WHAT WE CALL, BELL SEATS.
AND THEREFORE, WE ARE TAKING OUT THIS RIGID, ORIGINAL...
SHADE STRUCTURE BECAUSE IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SWING, WE'RE TAKING THAT ONE OUT.
BUT WE ARE ALSO REPLACING THE SHADE WITH A TRIANGULAR CELL SHADE.
SO THIS IS THE MAIN CHANGE OF THE WHOLE SITE.
WE WILL ALSO INCLUDING SOME CELL SHADES.
FOR THE LARGER STRUCTURE AND ALSO THE TWO TO FIVE PLAY AREA.
THE OVERALL SHOWING THE WALKING PATH AND PLAYGROUND CIRCULATION.
AND EQUIPMENT WISE WE HAVE THIS ICONIC PIECE FOR THE DOLPHIN.
IT IS A 30 FEET TALL PLAY STRUCTURE FOR THE OLDER KIDS, 5 TO 12 YEAR OLD.
IT FEATURES A BIG SLIDE GOING DOWN.
WE WILL HAVE SHADE GOING OVER.
THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLPHIN STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE SLIDE.
AND THAT'S THE TWO-BAY SWING WITH FOUR SEATS, TWO BELTS, AND TWO INFANTS.
SOME TABLES, SEASHELL TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR THE LITTLE KIDS TO HANG OUT AND MAYBE HAVE SNACKS.
SOME SPANNING ITEMS, WHICH YOU SEE HERE, NUMBER THREE IS THE JUNIOR SPICA.
A TWO TO FIVE PIECE, WHICH IS THE SHARK FOR THE LITTLE KIDS TO ENJOY.
AND THE ROCKET ROLLER IS ALSO A SPANNING ITEM FOR THE OLDER KIDS.
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NUMBER THREE IS THE SEESAW.IT'S A MULTI-SEESAW THAT IS FOR ALL AGE GROUP, WHICH IS TWO TO 12.
WE ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER FEEDBACK FROM THE PARENT FROM LAST COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THEY WANT TO ADD A MONKEY BAR.
SO THE MONKEY BAR IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF.
WHAT THE SWING SEATS THAT WE ADDED.
AND I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME FINAL RENDERED IMAGE.
IT WILL SHOW YOU THE FULL SCOPE OF THE NEW PLAYGROUND AS WELL AS THE SHADING.
THAT'S THE FINISH OF THE PRESENTATION, CORRECT? RIGHT.
ANYBODY? ARE THERE ANY EXPORT INTEGERS? NONE.
ANYBODY ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? NO? ALL RIGHT.
INCREDIBLE PARKS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY, SECOND TO NOBODY.
AND I'M NOT BEING TERRITORIAL OR BIASED.
JUST ALL THE PARKS THAT WE DO ARE REALLY JUST INCREDIBLE.
I GET TO VISIT ALL THESE PARKS WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND THEY ARE EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING.
AND THE SHADE NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T STAY IN THE PARK.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF USE IN ALL OF OUR PARKS.
SO I COMMEND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YES YOU DO NEED FOUR SWINGS AND YOU DO NEED THE MONKEY BARS.
SO I'M OKAY AS ONE PERSON ON THIS BOARD WITH YOUR DESIGN OF THE ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURE OR CHANGE TO THE SHADE STRUCTURE.
I THINK MIAMI BEACH HAS ONE OF THE BEST PARK SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY.
I USE IT TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK, EVERY WEEK.
SO I COMMEND THE CHANGES YOU MADE AND I THINK GETTING INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GREAT DESIGN CHANGE.
I MEAN, PLAY IS SO IMPORTANT AND I THINK THIS IS SUCH AN IMAGINATIVE DESIGN AND IT OBVIOUSLY SPEAKS TO THE SURROUNDINGS.
SO NO COMMENTS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR.
I'LL LET GO WITH MY COLLEAGUES JUST SAID CONGRATS.
I HAVE JUST HAD TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
THE SPLASH PAD IS STAYING, CORRECT? I KNOW THEY ARE.
THE SPLASH PAD MIGHT GET USED A LOT, SO THAT'S WHY.
IT'S A SUBSEQUENT PROJECT COMPONENT WHICH WE'LL TACKLE.
I THINK IN THE WINTER MONTHS, PILAR? YES.
IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER COMPANY THAT IS THE ONE WHO HAS EXPERTISE WITH THE SPLASH PAD.
SO WE ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THE SURFACE OF THE SPLASH PAD AND ALL THE FEATURES THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPLASH PAD.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO DISAPPEAR.
AND THE DOLPHIN, THE SHADE STRUCTURE IS ABOVE THE DOLPHIN, AND IT'S BEEN STUDIED SO THAT THE TEMPS INSIDE THE DOLPHIN IN THE SLIDE DON'T GET TOO HOT.
IS IT THAT TRIANGLE? BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE PARTLY OVER.
I JUST I KNOW, AGAIN, FROM MY KIDS COMPLAINING, LIKE, WHEN THEY GO INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURES, THE GUITAR AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, IT CAN GET KIND OF WARM AND SAME IF THE SUN IS DIRECTLY SHINING ON THERE.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, I DON'T WANT TO.
CAN WE BRING IT BACK UP, PJ? CHLOE WAS JUST SCROLLING THROUGH HER, THROUGH THE COMPUTER HERE TO TRY TO BRING UP THAT.
IT HAS A SHADE OVER IT, BUT IT'S, LIKE, PARTIAL.
GREAT OR NOT ENOUGH, SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BEGIN TO, BUT I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE NOBODY, A SLIDE OR...
AND HOT DOLPHIN, YOU KNOW, BEING IN THE BELLY OF A HOT DOLPHIN IS NOT AS...
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NOT PLEASANT.I'VE BEEN IN THERE AND I'VE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS, THAT'S ALL.
THESE ARE REAL WORLD COMPLAINTS FROM SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS.
WE CAN TO SHADE MOST OF THE STRUCTURE.
WE LEFT THE TAIL OPEN AND ALSO THE TAIL ISN'T ENCLOSED ALL THE WAY.
SO AT THE TOP IT IS ALLOWED AIRFLOW.
SO THAT WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE AIR GOING IN THERE AS WELL.
BUT YES, WE DID THE BEST WE CAN TO SHADE THE TALLEST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SHADE THAT'S AS TALL AS THIS.
40 FEET TALL, IT DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH WHEN THE SUN CHANGES DIRECTION.
SO I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT PART IS TO HAVE...
THE LOWER PART OF THE STRUCTURE WELL SHADED SO THE KIDS CAN PLAY MOST OF THE TIME.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE DRB 261181, ALSO KNOWN AS FILE NUMBER 22841, WASHINGTON AVENUE, SOUTH POINT PARK.
MOTION BY MS. BUTTIGAVOLI, SECOND BY MS. LEWIN.
WHEN DOES IT OPEN? THIS ONE, WE ARE PLANNING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON SPRING 2027 BECAUSE OF THE LONELY TIME THAT WE HAVE FOR MOST OF THE PIECES, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE IT OPEN.
MR. RACION HAD HIS HAND RAISED, SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
YEAH, MY COMMENT WAS REGARDING THE WHALE THAT WAS MENTIONED REGARDING THE HEAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD HAVE SOME GILLS, PER SE, THAT WILL HAVE BETTER VENTILATION.
LIKE, IF THERE'S GILLS DESIGNED, IT WILL HAVE BETTER VENTILATION FOR THE WHALE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A MAMMAL, MAYBE IT'S A PORTHOLE OR SOMETHING.
I DID WANT TO MENTION, JUST THAT ITEM IS BEFORE THE BOARD.
WE CAN'T APPROVE CHANGES IN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
THE REASON THAT ONE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IS BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPANDING THE AREA OF THE PLAYGROUND AND REMOVING SOME OF THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED SHADE STRUCTURES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE DRB.
IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU SEE A PARK GETS UPDATED AND HAS NEW
[10. DRB26-1182, 905 BAY DRIVE.]
EQUIPMENT, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THAT SAME ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT, IT MIGHT BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE.ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT.
YES, DRB 261182, N05 BAY DRIVE.
THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR AN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES AIPP PROGRAM.
FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL, NON-ELECTRONIC ARTISTIC MURAL EXCEEDING 100 SQUARE FEET ON AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
OKAY, SO THIS IS IN RELATIONS TO AN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH BEGAN THE ELEVATE MIAMI BEACH MURAL PROGRAM EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND SO THE CITY HAS APPROVED SOME MURALS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO BEAUTIFY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH REGARDS TO THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, ON APRIL 21ST, 2026, THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE SELECTED A MURAL FOR THIS LOCATION.
THIS IS A GROCERY STORE THAT'S LOCATED IN NORTH BEACH ON NORMANDY ISLE THAT HAS WHAT IS CURRENTLY A BLANK FACADE.
AND SO A MURAL IS BEING PROPOSED ON THAT FACADE IN ORDER TO BEAUTIFY IT.
THE COMMITTEE SELECTED WHAT IS CALLED THE FLYING COLORS MURAL BY ARTIST MICHELLE WEINBERG FOR THE EAST-FACING WALL OF THE BAY SUPERMARKET.
AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, BUT THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE THIS IS A THE CODE REQUIRES IT NON-ELECTRONIC ARTISTIC MURALS EXCEEDING 100 SQUARE FEET REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THIS OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AND THEY ALSO REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION SO AFTER THIS VOTE IT IS EXPECTED TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE MURAL I CAN DESCRIBE THE MURAL, BUT IT'S EASIER JUST TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO SHOW SOME PICTURES OF WHAT IT IS.
THERE IS SOME GREEN IN IT, I WILL WARN YOU.
BUT, HELIO, WHEN THESE ARE BROUGHT TO US FROM ART IN PUBLIC PLACES WHERE THEY'VE MADE A SELECTION, DO THEY ALWAYS JUST SEND TO THIS DRB THE SELECTION THEY MADE, OR DO THEY SEND ALSO THE OTHER
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ART IN PUBLIC PLACES THAT THEY LOOKED AT? THAT THEY SELECTED FROM IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY HAVE OPTIONS UH AVAILABLE THOUGH THEY MAY THEY MAY SEND ALL THREE OPTIONS OR HOWEVER MANY OPTIONS THERE ARE UM IT'S IT'S UP TO THE COMMITTEE THREE DIFFERENT ARTISTS THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION NO NO IT'S IT'S ONE ARTIST THAT HAD THREE OPTIONS UM THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED IS THE FIRST ONE BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE OTHER ONES IN CASE THERE WAS A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE WITH THE MAIN ONE THAT WAS SELECTED IT WASN'T A CHOICE.IDEALLY IT'S NOT, BUT BECAUSE THERE WAS GREEN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT...
WERE YOU SWORN IN EARLIER THIS MORNING? WE WERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.
FRANCES BAICE, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR TOURISM AND CULTURE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THIS FOR YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED WITH THIS PROJECT.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF POINTS.
WE ARE PRESENTING THREE OPTIONS.
THERE'S ONE ARTIST THAT IS THE FIRST TWO PROPOSALS, AND THEN A SECOND ARTIST FOR THE THIRD.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO WHY WE'RE PRESENTING THE THREE, IN A VERY RARE OCCASION THAT FOR SOME REASON THE FIRST ONE DOESN'T MATERIALIZE OR EVEN THE SECOND ONE, WE WANTED TO PRESENT ALL THREE SO THAT DOWN THE LINE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK BECAUSE OF TIMING.
BUT THE AIPP DID SELECT THE FIRST ONE.
THAT IS THE ONE THAT THE STAFF THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS WELL.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS ALSO THE ONE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH.
SO I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT DANIELLE BENDER, WHO IS OUR CULTURAL AFFAIRS MANAGER, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION BEING QUEUED UP.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON HOW THIS MURAL CAME TO BE.
ELEVATE ESPAÑOLA PROGRAM HAS PRESENTED SEVEN SUCCESSFUL...
INSTALLATION SINCE THE INITIATIVE BEGAN IN 2022 WITH THE AIM OF ENHANCING THE ESPAÑOLA WAY EAST CORRIDOR AND ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY TO OCEAN DRIVE.
OH, NO, I THINK THE INCORRECT PROPOSAL IS ON IT.
IT SHOULD HAVE A BLACK COVER SLIDE.
SO FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ONE OF THE MURALS THAT WAS UP AND AS APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 17, 2026 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE MEETING, COMMUNICATED VIA LTC 059-2026, THE MURAL SUNDIAL SPECTRUM BY JEN STARK WAS ADOPTED AS PART OF THE AIPP COLLECTION.
AT THE MARCH 17TH, 2026 AIPP COMMITTEE MEETING AND COMMUNICATED VIA LTC 118-2026, THE ELEVATE ESPAÑOLA PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED TO A CITYWIDE MURAL PROGRAM, WITH THE NEW PROPOSED LOCATION TO BE SITED ON THE EXTERIOR WALL OF BAY SUPERMARKET, UTILIZING A LIMITED ENTRY COMPETITION WITH FOUR ARTISTS IN CONSIDERATION TO DEVELOP PROPOSALS.
SO, AS ROGELIO MENTIONED, AT...
THE APRIL 21, 2026 AIPP COMMITTEE MEETING AND COMMUNICATED VIA LTC 166-2026, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED PROPOSALS FROM THE THREE ARTISTS AND SELECTED FLYING COLOURS BY MICHELLE WEINBERG.
THE SELECTED ARTIST, MICHELLE WEINBERG, IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHOSE VIBRANT PATTERN-DRIVEN WORKS BLEND PAINTING, DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE TO TRANSFORM EVERYDAY SPACES INTO PLAYFUL, IMMERSIVE VISUAL NARRATIVES.
SHE'S CREATED DOZENS OF PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING SEVERAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA, SPECIFICALLY IN MIAMI BEACH AS WELL.
AND FOR CONTEXT, WE'RE GOING TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS SO YOU'RE BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH HER WORK.
FIRST UP IS HER WORK, TROPIC EPISODES, WHICH GREETS TRAVELERS AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH VIBRANT COLORS AND PATTERNS INSPIRED BY MIAMI'S TROPICAL LANDSCAPE AND URBAN ENERGY.
IT FEATURED 34 PANELS SPANNING 240 LINEAR FEET THROUGHOUT THE AIRPORT'S MOVING WALKWAYS AND ALSO UTILIZED AUGMENTED REALITY COMPONENTS FOR VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH.
THE NEXT SLIDE FEATURES RIVER SEMAPHORE WHICH WAS
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COMMISSIONED BY BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY AND NEW YORK CITY PARKS CURATED BY ARTBRIDGE AND THIS WORK WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2024 IS A DIGITAL PRINT ON VINYL STANDING AT EIGHT FEET TALL AND SPANNING 700 LINEAR FEET.AND THEN HEADED BACK TO SOUTH FLORIDA, MICHELLE'S INTRICATE PATTERN OVERLAY WAS A TEMPORARY MURAL FEATURED ON MIAMI BEACH CULTURAL ANCHOR, THE WOLFSONIAN FIU.
THE PROPRIETARY DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE MURAL WAS INSTALLED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MUSEUM'S EXHIBIT ON WORLD WAR I AND VISUAL CULTURE.
SO SHE DREW CREATIVE INSPIRATION FROM DAZZLE PAINTING.
IT'S A FORM OF HIGH CONTRAST GEOMETRIC CAMOUFLAGE USED ON SHIPS DURING WORLD WAR I TO MISLEAD ENEMY OPTICS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE FEW EXAMPLES, MICHELLE IS KNOWN FOR TRANSLATING HER PLAYFUL, PATTERN-DRIVEN VISUAL LANGUAGE INTO AMBITIOUS, LARGE-SCALE ARTWORKS, SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING COLOR AND GEOMETRY INTO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PUBLIC SPACES SHE TRANSFORMS. SO BACK TO THE ACCEPTED PROPOSAL.
AGAIN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS AT OUR APRIL 21, 2026 AIPP MEETING.
HER PROPOSAL, FLYING COLORS, WAS SELECTED FOR THE ELEVATE MIAMI BEACH MURAL PROJECT AS OUR FIRST CHOICE.
ON MAY 5, 2026, OUR TOURISM AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT STAFF MET WITH THE BAY SUPERMARKET PROPERTY OWNER TO PRESENT THE ARTIST'S PROPOSALS.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS CONFIRMED SUPPORT FOR THIS SELECTION OF FLYING COLORS BY MICHELLE WEINBERG.
THE MURAL, MEASURING 20 FEET WIDE AND...
20 FEET TALL AND 45 FEET WIDE TRANSLATES THE JOY OF PURE COLOR AND SHAPE, INSPIRED BY PAINTED STRIPS DROPPED IN CHANCE ARRANGEMENTS ON THE ARTIST'S STUDIO FLOOR, AND IT SUGGESTS A GAME PLAYED ON AN ARCHITECTURAL SCALE.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE SELECTED AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL, ALSO SUBMITTED BY MICHELLE WEINBERG, TITLED COMMUNITY TABLE.
SHOULD THE FLYING COLORS PROPOSAL BE REJECTED BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING MICHELLE WEINBERG'S...
IT CHANNELS THE RELAXED AND POSITIVE ENERGY OF RESIDENT FAMILIES AND VISITORS WHO GATHER IN THE NORMANDY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MEALS, GELATO, SHOPPING, FESTIVALS, AND MORE.
AND FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION, THE ARTIST HAS ALSO SAID THAT SHE'S OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND SHIFTS OF COLOR ON EITHER OF HER PROPOSALS.
SO NO ONE IS MARRIED TO THE COLOR GREEN IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
IN THE RARE CASE, THAT NEITHER OF THE FIRST TWO PROPOSALS ARE ABLE TO COME TO LIFE DURING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS.
THE STAFF IS ALSO PRESENTING A SECOND ALTERNATE FOR REVIEW, WHICH IS WE ARE NICE AND EASY, BUT AGAIN CONFIRMING THAT THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE HAS SELECTED THE FLYING COLORS PROPOSAL BY MICHELLE WITH COMMUNITY TABLE AS THEIR ALTERNATE.
SO SHOULD THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD PROVIDE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION.
FLYING COLORS WOULD GO BEFORE...
FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND IF APPROVED AT COMMISSION, THE WORK WOULD BE PROJECTED FOR COMPLETION IN FALL 2026 WITH AN OPENING HOPEFULLY FOR ART WEEK.
SO AS MENTIONED, WE'RE JUST PRESENTING THE TWO ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS FOR APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATENESS IN THE CASE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENT US FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AIPP RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL FLYING COLORS.
DISCLOSURES? I'VE FORGOTTEN IT ALL DAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES? IT'S OKAY, WE'VE BEEN ASKING.
SHOULD WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WITH THEIR HAND RAISED.
SO ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO? WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AS A FORMER ART IN PUBLIC PLACES BOARD MEMBER MYSELF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THE ONLY THING I LIKE THE DESIGN IS THAT IT NEEDS A LITTLE MORE PRIVATE COLORS, LIKE A YELLOW OR ORANGE.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR PICKING THAT SPOT, ESPECIALLY NORTH BEACH, WHICH IS...
LIKE THE FORGOTTEN STEPCHILD OF MIAMI BEACH SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WORK IS BEING DONE IN THAT AREA AS WELL THANK YOU YEAH LET'S SECOND I USED TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND FREQUENT THAT
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MARK THAT SUPERMARKET SO FAMILIAR WITH THAT THAT PARTICULAR STORE AND I DO THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION BUT ONLY QUESTION IS IS THERE A WAY OR I GUESS IT'S A COST OF A NEW COST TO THE OWNER BUT TO ADD LIGHT INTO THE MURAL AT NIGHT SO IT COULD BE MORE VIEWED WHILE PASSING AT NIGHT AT NIGHTTIME OR IS THAT ADDITIONAL COST TO THE OWNER THAT WOULD BE THE WE'RE GOING THE CITY WILL BE ENTERING IN A LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE PROPERTY THEY'RE JUST UH RESPONSIBLE TO HELP PRIME THE WALL BUT THE CITY WOULD TAKE ON IMPLEMENTING THE ARTWORK AND MAINTAINING IT QUICKLY I'D LOOK INTO DOING LIKE A LED OR SOME TYPE OF LIGHTING THAT COULD SO YOU COULD SEE THE MURAL AT NIGHT MORE WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT FOR YEAH.I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF COLOR AS IT IS.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE LIGHTING AT NIGHT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST A REAL STATEMENT AT NIGHT, MAYBE LIGHTING COMING DOWN FROM THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING, SHINING DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, ALL OF BRINGING THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES OUT.
WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING IT FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THEIR PERCENTAGE CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT NOW WE FINALLY SEE IT.
I WILL SAY I THINK THE STEPCHILD OF MIAMI BEACH IS NOT NORTH BEACH, KNOWING WHAT THEY'VE SPENT ON NORTH BEACH.
I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE OF MID BEACH.
THEY DON'T FORGET US WHEN THEY WANT TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAX AND ALL OTHER SERVICE FEES, BUT THEY DO FORGET US WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GIVE.
WE LIKE ART IN MID-BEACH, TOO.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS? OKAY.
YES, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS DRB 26-1182.
AND THAT'S WITH THE STAFF-RECOMMENDED MURAL? FLYING COLORS.
YES, FLYING COLORS AND WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCORPORATE LIGHTING INTO THE PROJECT, IF POSSIBLE.
LED LIGHT IS NOW INEXPENSIVE FOR BAY SUPERMARKET TO MAINTAIN.
WELL, THIS NEXT THING ABOUT THIS GETS A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT AREA.
YEAH, YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY MISS BUDDHA.
HOLY SECOND BY MR. PAIS AND THAT'S WITH A ADDING A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPLORE ADDING LIGHTING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE DO GREEN WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO GREEN IT WAS JUST AN ISSUE.
YEAH, WE APPROVED A WHOLE BUILDING OF GREEN.
I ONLY SEE ONE LITTLE SECTION.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE THE ANTI-GREEN BOARD HERE.
YES BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK AMAZING ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS OR REPORTS AND WE, WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS AND WE TOOK CARE
[FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: September 17, 2026]
OF IT SEPTEMBER 11TH IS THE NEW NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 11TH THEN MEETING ADJOINED