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MORNING, EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 DRB MEETING.
PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 DRB MEETING.
WE START WITH ATTENDANCE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT SUMMER. WELCOME BACK TO THE DRB.
AND I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL. MR. ASIAN HERE.
MISS BUTTACAVOLI IS ABSENT. MR. LESTER PRESENT.
MISS LEWIN HERE. MR. MESHBERG HERE. MISS MINDICH HERE.
AND MR. PAEZ IS ABSENT. OKAY I THINK WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY VARIANCES ON THE AGENDA, YOU WILL NEED A UNANIMOUS DECISION FOR THE VARIANCE TO BE TO BE GRANTED.
BUT WE CAN PROCEED. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. TODAY'S MEETING OF THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD IS BEING CONDUCTED IN A HYBRID FORMAT WITH A QUORUM OF THE BOARD PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT MIAMI BEACH CITY HALL AND APPLICANT STAFF AND 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 82273941924, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS (822) 739-4192. FOR INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF ON ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE IF APPEARING BY PHONE. I SWEAR IN 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 YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE ONLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOURSELF.
YOU ARE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS, PROVIDING ONLY SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL OR OTHER SPECIALIZED INFORMATION IN THIS MEETING OR YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR OR OPPOSITION TO ANY ITEM.
EXPERT WITNESSES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SHALL, PRIOR TO APPEARING, DISCLOSE IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND THE PRINCIPAL ON WHOSE BEHALF THEY ARE COMMUNICATING.
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 THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND INTENDS TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
[SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC]
VIRTUAL SPEAKERS WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN ONE BY ONE BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD.SO IF YOU'LL BE TESTIFYING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
OKAY. OKAY. CAN WE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY MEETING?
[1. AFTER ACTION JULY 9, 2026]
JULY 9TH MEETING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. OH, I HEARD TWO. WHO WANTS IT? MR. LESTER? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TODAY. NO.
WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE. THAT'S ITEM DRB 26-11657928 BYRON AVENUE.
[2. DRB26-1165, 7928 BYRON AVENUE.]
THAT'S A PROJECT IN NORTH BEACH THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD.THE BOARD HAD SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEVERAL CONCERNS WITH THE DESIGN THAT WAS PROPOSED.
WE'VE. WE'VE MET WITH THE NEW ARCHITECT. THEY.
SO IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE OCTOBER 8TH MEETING.
GREAT. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE OCTOBER MEETING.
OKAY. SECOND MOTION BY MISS LEWIN, SECOND BY MR. LESTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. OKAY. FIRST ITEM.
[3. DRB25-1099, 935 2ND STREET.]
VRB 25 1099. THERAPY. READ[00:05:01]
THE TITLE DRB 2510 99935 SECOND STREET. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, INCLUDING VARIANCES FOR A MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND LOT WIDTH, AND INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO BE BUILT ON A ON A VACANT SITE.OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS ALSO BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING IN JULY, THE BOARD HAD SOME CONCERNS AND CONTINUED THE, THE ITEM SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE BOARD BOARD RAISED INCLUDE CONCERNS WITH THE SITE ELEVATION. SO THE BOARD RECOMMENDED PERHAPS INTRODUCING A GREEN WALL ALONG THE SIDE FACADES, ADDING ROOFTOP PLANTER AND VEGETATION THAT WOULD OVERHANG ON THE SIDE ELEVATIONS TO HELP BREAK UP THAT FACADE.
REVISING THE SIDE YARD, LANDSCAPING WITH CONSIDERATION FOR PODOCARPUS PLANTINGS, AND THEN INCORPORATING ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS INTO THE WOOD FACADE TREATMENT TO REDUCE ITS VISUAL HEAVINESS. IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED SOME REVISED PLANS.
THE PLANS INCLUDE ADDING CONCRETE BAND ABOVE THE GARAGE ENTRANCE.
THAT BREAKS UP THE SIMULATED WOOD CLADDING. THE MATERIAL USED FOR THIS BAND IS THE SAME AS THE MATERIAL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR THE BALCONY BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND HABITABLE FLOORS. AND, BUT IT IS A MUCH THICKER BAND, SO IT I THINK IT DOESN'T FOLLOW.
SO IT DOES REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT THEY DID WAS THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE ROOF.
THEY ADDED LARGER PLANTERS AND THEN ARE INCLUDING PLANTS THAT WILL OVERHANG OVER THE SIDE FACADES.
THEY LOOKED AT CHANGING THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS IN THE SIDE YARDS, BUT THOSE SETBACKS ARE VERY NARROW AND THEY DO HAVE SOME WALKWAYS THAT NEED TO GO IN THERE AND REQUIRE SOME ACCESS. SO THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE THE PODOCARPUS IN THOSE SIDE YARDS.
BUT THE, THE OVERHANGING VEGETATION PLUS THE EXISTING PALM TREES THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IN THOSE SIDE YARDS SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY ADDRESS THE CONCERN OF OF HAVING THAT HEAVY ELEVATION ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
SO WITH THE CHANGES THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE, OF THE APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDS THAT IT BE APPROVED INCLUDING THE VARIANCES WHICH THERE WERE, THERE WERE VARIANCES RELATED TO THE LOT AREA AND THE LOT WIDTH WHICH WE DESCRIBED LAST MONTH, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DESCRIBE THEM AGAIN, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE, WOULD LIKE THAT DESCRIPTION AGAIN.
SO WITH THAT I CAN TURN IT OVER IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
YEAH. IF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT OR ADDRESS THE BOARD OR.
OR. VERY WELL. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHOW THE PLANS TO THE BOARD? OH, I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE THE ITEM THEN UNTIL THE, THE YEAH.
SORRY. OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[4. DRB26-1179, 1701 SUNSET HARBOUR DRIVE.]
IF YOU CAN READ THE TITLE. THE NEXT ITEM IS DRB 2611791701 SUNSET HARBOR DRIVE.OKAY, SO THIS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS IN SUNSET HARBOR.
IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S A, IT'S A MIXED USE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF DADE BOULEVARD AND PURDY AVENUE IN SUNSET HARBOR DRIVE AND PURDY AVENUE. THE THE PROJECT THEY'RE BASICALLY UPDATING THE BUILDING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REVISING THE BALCONIES CURRENTLY THERE'S METAL RAILINGS AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE BALCONY SYSTEM TO A GLASS GLASS GLASS RAILING WITH A, WITH A METAL FRAME. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, I THINK, TO THE EXISTING BALCONIES THAT ARE THERE.
IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE APPLICATION. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO IT'S JUST A, IT'S A SLIGHT MODIFICATION THAT DOES HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPLICATION.
THE APPLICANTS HERE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHOW ANYTHING IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP OR.
GOOD MORNING DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
GABRIELA. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, SO THAT IS THE EXISTING BUILDING, HOW IT LOOKS.
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I THINK I TOOK THAT PICTURE PROBABLY LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS THE METAL RAILS THAT ARE ARE THERE AND SOME OF THOSE BALCONETTES, THERE'S DIFFERENT SIZES AS FAR AS WIDTH AND DEPTH OF THE BALCONIES, BUT WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THOSE RAILS AND PUT METAL THAT'S GOING TO MATCH OUR WINDOW FRAMES.
AND THAT LIGHT GRAY GLASS WAS GOING TO BE GLASS PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO MATCH THE WINDOW.
AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE, I BELIEVE, A RENDERING OF IT.
IF WE CAN SWITCH TO. PLEASE USE THE LAPTOP TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES TO YOUR LAPTOP IN FRONT OF YOU.
YEAH. IT'S ON THE LEFT PODIUM.
PLEASE, PLEASE MOVE TO THE PODIUM. TO YOUR LEFT.
THAT. USE THAT LAPTOP, PLEASE, TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES.
THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST THE OVERVIEW OF FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPERTY.
REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING BALCONY RAILINGS WITH NEW ALUMINUM GLASS RAILS.
AND HERE IS A RENDERING. AND THIS IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MORRIS GIBBS PARK.
AND WE HAVE 18 SUNSET NEXT DOOR. AND SO IT DOES LOOK VERY NICE FROM THE PARK THERE, BUT THE RAIL SYSTEM WAS SOMETHING FROM THE BEGINNING AND IT SPOKES AND IT'S NOT IN GREAT SHAPE EITHER. AND WE THINK THAT THIS LOOK WILL BE SUBTLE BUT VERY FITTING FOR THE AREA.
THE GLASSES WILL ABUT AND COVER THE ACTUAL POSTS THAT WILL BE IN THE INSIDE.
WE'RE LEAVING THE SAME POST LOCATIONS TO NOT DO ANY MORE GR SCANNING FOR POST TENSION, SO WE'LL BE REUSING THOSE LOCATIONS AND THE GLASS WILL SIT OUTSIDE OF IT. I THINK THAT'S IT. JUST ANOTHER AERIAL OF WHERE THE BUILDING IS.
AND THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE OR ANYBODY ONLINE? DID YOU SEE ANY HANDS RAISED ON ANY DISCLOSURES? ANY DISCLOSURES? MAY I BE ADDED AS A PRESENTER ON ZOOM.
OR A PANELIST? NO. YOU SEE? NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY.
NOPE. ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN OPEN THIS UP TO THE BOARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY ITEMS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? NO.
I'M IN FAVOR. IT'S A SMALL BUT NICE IMPROVEMENT, SO.
THANK YOU. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I GUESS ONE QUESTION IS, IS IT GLASS TINTED OR IS IT JUST A CLEAR? NO, THE GLASS IS GOING TO MATCH THE WINDOW. THE EXISTING WINDOW GLASS.
IT'S A LIGHT GRAY. LIGHT GRAY. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO MATCH RIGHT ON THE BACK OF THOSE WINDOWS.
OKAY. LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU. WAS THIS WHAT WAS CAUSED.
THE THE CHANGE, WAS IT JUST ESTHETICS OR WAS IT SOMETHING WITH THE RAILING HEIGHTS? YEAH. IT WAS ESTHETICS AND THE RAIL SYSTEM NOT IN THE GREATEST SHAPE.
AND WE WERE LOOKING AT MAYBE IMPROVING IT, BUT IT REALLY IS.
WHEN YOU GO AROUND AND LOOK AT ALL THE RAILS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS KIND OF A VALUED ENGINEERING THING FROM INCEPTION WHEN THEY BUILT THE BUILDING, AND IT HOLDS DIRT AND SUCH FROM THE RAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE CAGE AND FENCE LOOKING DETAIL ON IT FOR SURE.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK NICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SITTING INSIDE. I LIVE IN MURANO, PORTOFINO, AND OUR RAIL SYSTEM WAS LIKE AN INCH AND A HALF OFF WHAT REGULATION IS, AND WE HAD TO RIP UP AND ALL THE TOP OF THE RAILS AND MAKE THEM AN INCH AND A HALF TALLER IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THAT WAS. YEAH, THAT WASN'T PART OF THE 42IN WAS MAINTAINED, BUT IT WAS MORE OF AN ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT TO THE TO THE BUILDING.
THAT IS THE IDEA. THANK YOU. ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION?
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MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, THAT MOTION BY MISS MINUTE, SECOND BY MISS LEWIN.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. READY TO GO? OKAY. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE BACK TO, THE PRIOR ITEM, WHICH IS DRB 2510 99935 SECOND STREET. THE ARCHITECT HAS ARRIVED.
THE MIC IS OFF. THERE WE GO. AND THE COMPUTER IS ON THE OTHER STAND THERE IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT.
FINE. THIS MICROPHONE FOR THIS. NO, NO. YOU'RE RIGHT.
I HAVE TO USE THIS MICROPHONE. NO, YOU CAN USE THAT ONE.
THE LIGHT HAS TO BE RED. THERE YOU GO. NOPE. THERE YOU GO, SIR.
CAN I SWEAR YOU IN? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I SWEAR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THEY SUBMITTED.
THERE YOU GO. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE POWER? YES, I DO. OKAY, SO THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED ON JULY LAST JULY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AS A BRIEF.
BUT BASICALLY I'M FOCUSING ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE PREVIOUS ON THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO IF WE WANT TO GO IN MORE DETAIL, I HAVE OTHER SHEETS ON THE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PRESENTATION.
THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE MIAMI BEACH AND IT'S ON PS1.
IT'S NOT LOCATED IN ANY HISTORICAL DISTRICT AND OR ANY OF THAT.
SO. THIS IS A LOCATION OF THE RED DOT. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE SITE, LIKE I SAID AT THE SOUTH, AT THE SOUTH POINT, VERY NEAR TO THE MARINA, MIAMI BEACH MARINA, SOUTH POINT PARK LIGHTHOUSE AND THE SOUTH POINT PARK.
THIS. THESE ARE AREA VIEWS THAT SHOWS THE. THE CONTEST WITH THE VACANT LOT IS LOCATED RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE PROPOSING A TWO FAMILY BUILDING IN THIS SMALL LOT. THIS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ADJACENT TO THE LOT.
WE HAVE ONE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. BUT IN THE FRONT OF THE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, WE HAVE OTHER MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS WITH 3 TO 4 STORIES.
HERE YOU CAN SEE IN RED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE HOW THE REGULATIONS ARE GETTING THIS BUILDING TO BE TO LOOK LIKE A THREE STOREY, BUT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A TWO FAMILY BUILDINGS.
THE CLEAR THE. THE GROUND FLOOR WILL BE MOSTLY OPEN TO BE USED AS A PARKING GARAGE.
AND THE FIRST HABITABLE FLOOR WILL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND HERE'S WHEN WE START ON THE PREVIOUS ON THE PREVIOUS DESIGN THAT WE SUBMITTED, WE HAVE SOME PALM TREES THAT THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T LIKE, OR THEY THINK THEY COULD HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE LEAVES OF THE OF THE PALM TREES.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A NEW SOLUTION FOR THE LANDSCAPE.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE BREAK THIS WHITE BOX THAT IS CREATED BY THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS OF ONE STORY NEXT TO US. AND WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT IS GOING TO BE A TRELLIS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE FACADE EACH SIDE. AND WE ARE USING THE PLANTERS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE ROOF TERRACE ALL THE WAY AROUND TO MAKE THE THESE, THESE PLANTS GROW THROUGH THIS TRELLIS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND UP.
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YOU CAN SEE HERE ANOTHER. THIS HAPPENED ALSO.THIS IS A VIEW FROM LIKE IT WOULD BE FROM ALTON ROAD.
AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S A BETTER SOLUTION. AND WE WOULD DO IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
NOW WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LANDSCAPE IN BOTH SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT THE PROPOSED DESIGN RIGHT NOW, THE UPDATED DESIGN ON THE LEFT.
UP YOU HAVE THE EXISTING CONDITION AND ON THE LEFT, DOWN YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS DESIGN.
THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMOUNT, TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WOOD THAT YOU CAN FACE ONCE YOU GET INTO THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION OF MAKING ANOTHER WHITE BAND THAT IS GOING TO BE TEXTURED STUCCO TEXTURE WITH A PATTERN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW ON THE ON THE OTHER, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE NEST PAGES, MAKING THE AMOUNT OF WOOD A LITTLE BIT LESS INTENSE. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO START USING OPEN JOINTS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ON THE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW RIGHT FRONT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PREVIOUS DESIGN AND THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
NOW. AND WE'RE USING THIS PRODUCT THAT PROVIDES BOTH SOLUTION THE CLOSED JOINT AT THE TOP LEFT AND THE OPEN JOINT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO GET THIS, THIS WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO GET THIS VIEW HERE THAT THEY ARE SHOWING WITH THE COMPLETELY OPEN IS LIKE A SCREEN IN A COMBINATION WITH THE THE OPEN JOINT THAT CAN BE SOLID ON THE BACK AND COMBINATED WITH A CLOSED JOINT THAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE A, LIKE A BOAT JOINT, A SOLID MATERIAL.
NOW WE CAN SEE HERE THE, THE ELEVATIONS AND THE CHANGE, HOW THEY LOOK.
AND HERE WE CAN SEE THE TRELLIS ON THE ON THE RIGHT THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE TO THE ELEVATIONS.
AND HERE IS THE LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE PLAN REFLECTING JUST THE NEW BINDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GROW DOWN AND UP FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE FACADE. IF WE WANT TO GET MORE IN DETAIL, THIS IS THE ZONING INFORMATION WE HAVE. THIS IS A ROOF SITE PLAN WHERE WE SHOW THAT WE HAVE PLANTERS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE ROOF TERRACE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TO BE ABLE TO HEAR, SEE, WE HAVE ALL THESE PLANTERS ALL AROUND THE ROOF TERRACE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GROW VINES EITHER FROM THE FROM THE TOP AND FROM THE, FROM THE BOTTOM, FROM THE GROUND. SO YEAH, THAT WILL BE ALL.
AND HERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE SHOW THE ROOF TERRACE.
ALSO BIG PLANTERS ON THE ON THE ROOF TERRACE TO BE ABLE TO, TO GROW ALL THE VINES.
AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC? ANYBODY ONLINE? THERE IS IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
YES, WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE. CALL IN. USER TWO.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU START SPEAKING.
OKAY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MATTHEW 125 JEFFERSON AVENUE.
I KNOW THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH. YES. THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. THANK YOU. SO GOOD MORNING AGAIN.
125 JEFFERSON AVENUE. I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE.
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WE WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME.MY KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL RIGHT PAST THIS EMPTY LOT.
I KNOW THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIZE. BUT WHAT I'LL SHARE IS THAT I THINK THIS IS A NICE LITTLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BRING SOME HOUSING AND SOME ACTIVITIES TO THE AREA. PERSONALLY, I LIKE THE PREVIOUS DESIGN OF ALL THE WOOD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE FRESH OF AIR, NEW FRESH AIR TO TO THAT AREA.
I WILL SHARE ONE CONCERN. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DESIGN SPECIFICALLY.
AND I LOOKED AT THE PLANS LAST NIGHT. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE CONCERN. SHORT LITTLE PATHWAY FROM THE STREET TO THE GARAGE, WHICH I THINK IS ONLY FIVE FEET LONG. OTHER HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AND AROUND THE CITY, PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL PARK ON THERE AND THAT BLOCKS THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING IF IT'S EVEN IF IT'S EVEN GOING TO BE AN ISSUE HERE OR NOT.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK THE INFILL PROJECTS ARE A NET POSITIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE CLAUDIA MONTEE.
CLAUDIA, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS. CLAUDIA DAMONTE, 927 SECOND STREET, MIAMI BEACH, 33139. THANK YOU.
YOU CAN YOU CAN GIVE YOUR COMMENT. YES. WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE, THE SMALL HOUSE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURES, YOU WILL SEE A VERY TINY LITTLE ONE STORY HOUSE TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
THE HOUSE IS BEEN THERE SINCE 1939 AND WE ARE WANTED TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE AS LONG AS WE COULD. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WE'RE OLDER. WE'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, I THINK SINCE THE MID 90S.
THERE HAD BEEN A HOUSE THERE BEFORE THAT WAS IN PROPER SCALE.
AND THE SETBACK IS NOT BIG ENOUGH. MY HUSBAND'S HERE.
YES. DID YOU WANT TO ADD EDITOR MCGOWAN? DO YOU WANT TO.
YES. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. DO I NEED TO BE SWORN IN? YES, PLEASE. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THE SETBACK. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CONSIDERATION FOR ANY ADJUSTMENT TO THE SETBACK, BUT A 3.5FT SETBACK IS EXTREMELY INAPPROPRIATE IN THIS SITUATION.
AND IT'S AND IT'S IT'S VERY UNUSUAL. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THAT, THAT SETBACK APPROVED IF IT IS APPROVED. AND I NEED TO KNOW IF, IF THERE'S A WAY TO, TO TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGING THE SETBACK FROM 3.5FT BACK TO, I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY'RE REQUIRING ME, I WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE LOT NEXT DOOR WHERE WE LIVE.
AND THEY ARE REQUIRING 7.5FT SETBACK WITH NO YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH NO OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PROTEST IT. SO I THINK THAT THIS, THIS 3.5FT SETBACK IS, IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE DEBRIS FROM ALL OF THE, THE PLANTINGS, ALL OF THE THE, YOU KNOW, THE VINES AND SO FORTH. AND ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE ON OUR LOT, WHICH IS, IS IS IT TURNS OUT, WILL END UP BEING 8.5FT AWAY FROM THE, FROM THE WALL ITSELF.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT THERE BE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SETBACK IS THAT AT THIS MEETING OR IS THAT ONLY WITH THE YOU KNOW, WITH THE OTHER PERMITS? SO THE, THE SETBACKS ARE DICTATED BY THE CODE, WHICH IS NOT OUR, OUR PURVIEW, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY REQUESTS FOR SETBACK VARIANCES OR WAIVERS HERE. THERE ARE FIVE.
THERE ARE FIVE FEET, NOT THREE AND A HALF ON THE SIDE SIDE LOTS.
AND THAT IS THAT IS AS OF RIGHT. YEAH. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON OUR LAST MEETING, IT WAS 3.5FT.
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NO, THE SETBACKS ON THE PLANS ARE FIVE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINES.I SEE. WELL, THAT'S THAT WAS MY BIG CONCERN. THANK YOU.
I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I THIS IS CLAUDIA DAMONTE AGAIN, THAT I WISH THAT THAT THE PEOPLE BUILDING THIS HAD APPROACHED US OR CLARK MITCHELL ON THE OTHER SIDE TO TALK TO US AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I CERTAINLY KNOW IF I WAS PLANNING TO BUILD THERE.
WE HAD VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE YEARS, YEARS BEFORE.
AND JUST TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITIES AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A SHOCK TO US THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL BE SO ALTERED BY THIS.
AND IT WAS ALMOST INSULTING WHEN A BOARD MEMBER THAT'S NOT THERE TODAY SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD BE HAPPY BECAUSE IT WOULD INCREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUE WHEN WE DIED AND OUR HOUSE WAS SOLD BY OUR HEIRS. SO I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED BY HOW THIS IS BEING HANDLED.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.
ARE THERE ANY EX-PARTE DISCLOSURES? WE'LL OPEN THIS UP TO THE BOARD.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY WANT TO BEGIN? SURE. I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPROVED DESIGN WITH THE HANGING VINES ALONG THE LANDSCAPING.
THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO WITH A BUILDING THAT SIZE NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE STORY HOMES.
SO IT IS DOING THE BEST WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, IN MY OPINION.
SO IF IT'S WITHIN THE SETBACKS, I THINK IT IS THE NEEDED INFO PROJECT.
SO I DO APPRECIATE AND LIKE THE NEW ADJUSTMENTS YOU MADE.
THANK YOU SIR. SO I AGREE SPEAKING TO THE DESIGN.
I THINK THIS IS IMPROVED. I, I LIKE THE, THE WHITE STUCCO WHERE THE, THE WOOD CLADDING WAS BEFORE.
I THINK THAT DOES BRING AN AIR OF LIGHTNESS TO IT.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE HANGING PLANTINGS AS WELL.
I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY ADDRESS SOME OF OUR PRIOR CONCERNS.
I KNOW ABOUT PALM FRONDS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO JUST, I KNOW THAT THAT SETBACK IS VERY NARROW.
SO REMOVING THE HINDRANCES ON THE GROUND WILL, WILL BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN ADDRESSING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SPEAKING.
AND I THINK THAT WE, WE MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS ON THE LAST CALL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THIS IS NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO TO CHANGE THE ZONING CODE.
THIS IS THIS IS AS A MATTER OF. RIGHT THAT THEY CAN DO THIS.
SO WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU.
BUT SO SPEAKING TO THE DESIGN, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS AS MODIFIED.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR PRIOR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO TYPES OF, OF AS-AQ WOULD CLOSED AND OPEN JOINTS, WHEREAS WHICH GOING TO BE SURE IF, IF I CAN SHOW YOU THAT.
OR CAN I ASSUME THE GARAGE IS OPEN AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS CLOSED? YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS IMAGE THAT YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT TRANSPARENCY ON THE ON THE GARAGE DOOR, THE GARAGE GATE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPARENCY SO YOU CAN NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT AN INDOOR YET BECAUSE THE GARAGE IS OUTDOOR, IT'S OPEN AIR TO AIR. THE REST WILL BE OPEN JOINTS.
SO IN A WAY THAT I CAN FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN, RIGHT? THE SAME WOOD LINE AND THE UPPER FLOORS ARE GOING TO BE A CLOSED JOINTS.
WHEN THIS BECAUSE THE FIRST FLOOR, THE GROUND FLOOR IS JUST A ANOTHER ANOTHER PIECE OF THE BUILDING.
SO WE WANT TO RECREATE THIS ANGLE FRAME WITH A CLOSED CELL WITH A CLOSED JOINT.
AND THE BOTTOM SIDE WOULD BE OPEN JOINT, A COMBINATION OF OPEN JOINTS AND COMPLETELY OPEN LIKE A, LIKE A SCREEN JUST IN THE GAME. GOTCHA. ANOTHER QUESTION IS NUMBER TWO OF ON THE FRONT FACADE MATERIAL NUMBER TWO. YOU CALL IT.
I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT IS. CAN YOU DESCRIBE TO US WHAT THE BAND.
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THE TWO FRONT BANDS ARE. ARE THEY, IS IT A TILE OR IS IT A TEXTURED STUCCO? AND WHAT IS THE PATTERN AND WHAT IS THE INTENTION BEHIND THAT? WE'RE PLANNING TO USE COSENTINO FROM DEKTON. IT'S A BIG SLABS OF CLADDING.WE'RE GONNA ADHESIVE THIS TO THE, TO THE FACADE LEAVING, I MEAN, A MINIMUM JOINT IN BETWEEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A BIG CONCRETE PATTERN AND TRYING TO RECREATE THE JOINTS.
SO THAT'S WHY I CALL IT IT'S A CLADDING. IT'S A, LIKE YOU ARE USING A CLADDING ON THE FACADE.
WE CAN USE ALL. ALSO, WE CAN USE A PATTERN ON THE STUCCO THAT IS GOING TO BE BY HAND, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO DO IT BY HAND. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SHOW IT ON THE ON THE ELEVATION AT THIS SCALE HERE.
SO IT KIND OF BRINGS YOU, ONCE YOU ARE NEAR TO THE BUILDING BRINGS YOU SOME TEXTURE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST A THE SAME MATERIAL. SO IS IT A COSENTINO MATERIAL OR IS IT STUCCO? I'M STILL NOT CLEAR. MY MISTAKE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER THREE.
NUMBER THREE WOULD BE THE COSENTINO LIKE RECREATING CONCRETE.
NUMBER TWO WOULD BE JUST A PRINTED A PRINTED PATTERN ON THE STUCCO TO CREATE A DIFFERENT MATERIAL THAN THE GENERAL. A TYPICAL STALKER ON THE SITES, RIGHT? THAT IS GOING TO BE USED ON THIS WHITE SLIP THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU SEE HERE IN BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD FLOOR AND BETWEEN THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE AND THE SECOND FLOOR. THIS WHITE BAND THAT WAS NEWLY INTRODUCED IS GOING TO BE MADE WITH THIS PAINTED TEXTURE OF STUCCO. IS IT PRESSED, PRESSED INTO THE STUCCO? I'M NOT TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. OH, THIS.
WE CAN DO IT BY. IT'S A PERSON THAT JUST MAKE IT ON THE ON SITE.
IT'S JUST A FOREMAN THAT JUST MAKE THE PRINT ON SITE.
RIGHT. THEY CREATE THEY CREATE THE TYPICAL STUCCO AS A BASE.
AND THEN THEY CREATE A NEW, NEW FRESH TOKEN TO THE NEW FRESH LAYER.
THEY CREATE A HANDMADE PATTERN. YEAH, BUT IT'S JUST A SMALL PART OF THE BUILDING.
OKAY. JUST THE WHITE BAND. JUST TO CREATE A DIFFERENCE ON THE MATERIALS.
OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SCONCES ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING? THE INTENTION FOR LIGHTING, BECAUSE I SEE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU'VE GOT RECESSED LIGHTING AND YOU HAVE TWO SCONCES THAT ARE UP DOWN, AND THEY'RE SORT OF COMPETING A LITTLE BIT. AND, AND UP ABOVE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIGHT THAT UP AND THAT ANGLE AND SORT OF SHOWCASE THE, THE ANGLES OF IT IN THE WOOD. AND HAVE YOU GIVEN THOUGHT TO THOSE, OR IS THAT JUST A TEMP IN THE RENDERING? OR HOW DO YOU FORESEE THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETELY SHIELDED ON THE, ON THE TOP SIDE? SO THEY SHOULD BE JUST GIVING YOU SOME LIGHT INTO THE DOWNWARDS, AND I ONLY NEEDED ON THE SECOND FLOOR, ON THE LATEST FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR. I DON'T REALLY NEED IT.
I JUST DECIDED TO INTRODUCE IT THERE. SO WE HAVE A RHYTHM OF THIS WALL, SCONCES, LIGHT LANTERNS.
BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVING YOU JUST A, YOU KNOW, A WARM LIGHT DOWNWARDS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DO AN UP LIGHT. NO. IT'S DON'T WORRY.
OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I BROUGHT UP WITH THE STUCCO OR ARE THEY.
IT'S BASICALLY I CALL ONES SMOOTH. AND THEN THIS IS A ROUGHER A ROUGHER PATTERN.
I JUST WASN'T RATHER THAN JUST FLAT STUFF OUT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T A TILE.
AND IF IT WAS A TILE THAT I'D WANTED TO SEE IT.
SO. OKAY. AND THE SIGN, THE BUILDING SIGNAGE, IS THAT THE STYLE OR FONT? IS THAT A IS THAT PART OF THE STAFF DECISION? IS THAT UP TO THE OWNER? WE, WE GENERALLY DON'T REGULATE THE FONT.
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WE DO HAVE SIGN REGULATIONS THAT, THAT THE IT HAS TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL CHANNEL LETTERS.SO THEY CAN'T HAVE JUST LIKE A WHITE BACKGROUND.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE SIGNAGE, BUT WE DON'T REGULATE THE FONT.
OKAY. BUT IF THE BOARD HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THAT, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO MAKE THAT.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID ON THE, ON THE SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE. WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S MAINTAINED PROPERLY. AND THE YEAH, ACTUALLY I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE, ON THE SIDE PLANTING, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IS THE PLANTING COMING FROM THE GROUND OR FROM THE ROOF ON THE SIDE? THEY'RE COMING FROM FROM BOTH SIDES. BOTH SIDES.
OKAY. OKAY. ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WE HAVE A RAMP ON THE ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT IS GOING TO NOT GOING TO ALLOW US TO GROW PLANTING UPWARDS. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, FROM THE PLANT, THAT'S THE ROOF.
THIS IS THE THIS IS THE MESH KIND OF LIKE MORE OF A TERRACE HAS A LOT OF THE.
I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS THAT? MONA TERRACE, THE CONDO TOWER ON WEST AVENUE? SORT OF. KIND OF LIKE THAT. YEAH, THAT AND THAT.
AGREED. OKAY. SORRY. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. NO, NO.
THAT'S ALL. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE IT, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR THE VARIANCES FOR THE LOT SIZE AND LOT WIDTH, AND THEN A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE DESIGN.
THAT'S RIGHT. WE DID NOT APPROVE THOSE BEFORE. OKAY.
WELL I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE THE LOT SIZE VARIANCE LOT SIZE AND LOT WIDTH AND LOT WIDTH SINCE IT'S WITHIN THE I'LL SECOND SECOND MOTION BY MR. LESTER, SECOND BY MISS LEWIN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL NEED A SEPARATE VARIANCE FOR THE DESIGN. MOTION AS WELL FOR DESIGN APPROVAL.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY MR. LESTER, SECOND BY MISS MINUTES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. CONGRATS.
GOOD LUCK BUILDING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH MICHAEL SCHMIDT. ON THE BAND. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK DIFFERENTIATING THAT IS GOOD.
IT JUST ON THE CHART, IT LOOKED LIKE IT SAID TILE, BUT I COULDN'T DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AND THE COSENTINO PRODUCT IS NICE. SO THAT'S GOOD.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD PRACTICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
NOT A BAD IDEA TO REACH OUT NOW ANYWAYS. AFTER THE FACT.
OKAY. YOU GOTTA LOOK. THEY GOTTA LIVE NEXT TO THEM FOR A WHILE, SO.
MIGHT AS WELL TRY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS THE CONVENTION CENTER.
[5. DRB26-1187, AKA DRB24-0999, AKA DRB18-0355, 1901 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RB. 2611871901 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING MODIFICATION TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW.
APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.
SPECIFICALLY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF FOUR DETACHED SIGN, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR DETACHED SIGNS, AND EXCEED THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR EXEMPT SIGNS AND INCLUDE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.
IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE SITE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE THE APPLICANT IS NOW WORKING ON THE SIGN PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE SITE.
AND SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING REQUIRE VARIANCES BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED BY THE CODE OR IN ONE CASE, IT HAS SOME BRANDING OF. SOME ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE LOCATED INSIDE AND ARE ARE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE RESTRICTIONS DON'T ALLOW FOR FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. SO IT COULD SAY CAFE THAT WAY, BUT IT CAN'T SAY THE NAME OF THE CAFE BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE.
ADVERTISEMENT. SO I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE THE VARIANCES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION ON ONE OF THOSE VARIANCES.
SO THE FIRST VARIANCE IS A VARIANCE TO EXCEED BY 27.16FT².
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THE MAXIMUM SIZE AREA OF 15FT² FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DETACHED MONUMENT SIGNS.THE PROPOSED AREA OF THOSE MONUMENTS IS 42.16FT².
AND SO THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES FOR THOSE SIGNS.
THEY DO HAVE A HARDSHIP IN A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY GIVEN THAT THIS IS SUCH A PROMINENT LOCATION, THEY EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOING TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. VERY LARGE CROWDS AT THIS LOCATION.
SO THEY DO HAVE A NEED FOR, FOR LARGER SIGNAGE THAT IS MORE VISIBLE.
HOWEVER, STAFF DOES HAVE A CONCERN THAT SOME OF THE, THAT GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE, OF THE MONUMENTS THAT, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES WITH GLARE COMING OFF BECAUSE THE ENTIRE MONUMENT WILL BE LIT IN WHITE.
SO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE SIGN LENGTH BE REDUCED BY TWO FEET.
THAT'S SIGNED A 3.1 LOCATED ON CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE AND SIGN A 3.2 LOCATED ON 17TH STREET.
THE THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE INTENDED TO GUIDE VEHICLES THAT WILL BE PARKING ON SITE AND HELP GUESTS NAVIGATE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND THE CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX. THE VEHICLE ACCESS CONFIGURATION OF THIS SITE PRESENTS A HARDSHIP.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE.
SO THEY DO HAVE A HARDSHIP AND A NEED TO HAVE SOME, SOME LARGER AND MORE VISIBLE AND MORE PROMINENT DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THE CITY. SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE.
THE NEXT VARIANCE IS FOR TO EXCEED BY 3.27FT², THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF TWO SQUARE FEET FOR EXEMPT SIGNS THAT AND INCLUDE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT WHERE NONE IS PERMITTED.
BUT ON THE INTERIOR THEY HAVE SOME SIGNS THAT SAY POINTING TO THE CAFE.
AND ONE OF THE NAMES OF THE CAFE RITA ROSE COCKTAIL LOUNGE WILL BE OUTSIDE ON THE, ON THIS DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE. SO IT'LL SAY THE CAFE IS THAT WAY.
SO BECAUSE THIS IS TYPICALLY AN EXEMPT SIGN, THIS IS A TYPE OF DIRECTIONAL SIGN AS IT'S EXEMPT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE LARGER THAN WHAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE ALLOW AND INCLUDE THE NAME WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY CONSIDERED. ADVERTISEMENT. THEY DO THEY DO REQUIRE A VARIANCE, THEIR HARDSHIP AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES.
AGAIN, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONVENTION GOERS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM VERY QUICKLY FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO AND RECOGNIZE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
AND SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE AS WELL.
THERE'S ALSO A DESIGN COMPONENT TO THE DESIGN.
THE SIGNS, MOST OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO FIT IN WELL WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING.
STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DESIGN OF THESE SIGNS.
AS ALWAYS, MY THUNDER HAS BEEN STOLEN BY MR. GRAHAM PENN, 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD.
AS WE ALL KNOW, IMMEDIATELY TO OUR EAST AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY IN A VERY LONG TIME, WE ARE UNIQUELY IMPACTED. EXCUSE ME. CHOKING TO DEATH HERE.
WE UNIQUELY IMPACTED IN THAT WE HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER IN A MAJOR MARKET THAT HAS NO HOTEL.
ONE MORE KNOW I GOT THROUGH IT. OKAY. THE WE WERE AS YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT IS TOPPED OFF AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING A TCO IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR WITH HOPEFULLY THE HOTEL OPEN AND OPERATIONAL FOR ART BASEL OF 2027.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS LONG PROCESS IS FINALLY COMING TO A CONCLUSION.
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THIS SIGN PROGRAM IS MR. BANNON OUTLINED, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS OPERATION.THIS IS A LARGE TRACT. IT'S A 2.5 ACRE PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE ONE USE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK.
WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE MONUMENT SIGNS AS PROPOSED.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET INTO IT.
SO IF WE COULD PUT THE SLIDES UP. I'LL GET GOING.
OUR TEAM TODAY HUDDLED IN THE BACK. WILLIAM BALABAN FROM TURNBERRY.
WE GOT YVETTE BAUTISTA FROM THE TERROR GROUP, WHICH ARE THE PARTNERS IN THE IN THE HOTEL DEAL.
MY YOUNG COLLEAGUE, ZACH BEN ALLEN. I BEN JELLOUN, PARDON ME, SARA JIMENEZ FROM ARQUITECTONICA.
SO ORIENTATION SHOULD IS NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE.
WE ARE LOCATED ON. IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF IT. TO THE EAST OF US, OF COURSE, IS THE FILLMORE, AND SO WE HAVE ACCESS FROM 710 17TH STREET CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE AND PEOPLE COMING FROM 18TH STREET THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIND THE HOTEL AND GET INTO AND IN THERE.
SO JUST AS A POINT OF KIND OF INFORMATION, THE THERE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, OUR PROPERTY LINE IS ABOUT 630FT AWAY FROM THOSE DOORS.
RIGHT. SO IT'S AGAIN, THE SCALE OF THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE TYPICALLY SEE IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS SIGN PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT FOR DIRECTIONAL WAYFINDING.
EXIT IS EXCLUSIVELY FROM 17TH STREET. THE. SO.
AND YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, THAT'S A GENESIS OF. A LOT OF OUR SIGNAGE IS ENSURING THAT THAT MANEUVERABILITY MAKES SENSE. AND OUR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES FOCUS ON THAT.
FOCUS ON NAVIGATING PEOPLE TO THE LOBBY TO THE, TO THE ENTRANCE, AWAY FROM THE EXIT, ETC..
THAT LITTLE YELLOW RECTANGLE IS THE UBER LYFT AREA FOR WAITING.
SO IF THE UBERS AND LIFTS ARE COMING, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO.
JUST OVERALL LAYOUT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE, WE HAVE A SERVICE ALLEY THAT WILL EXIST THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THIS PROPERTY, WHICH THE SKY BRIDGE CONNECTING THE TWO BUILDINGS WILL GO OVER THE SECOND LEVEL, BUT ALL TRUCKS WILL ENTER IN ON THAT NORTH SIDE.
AS YOU KNOW. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE BAYS THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I THINK THIS SIGNAGE PROGRAM IS VERY ELEGANT.
IT USES VERY HIGH END MATERIALS. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, FLUTED ACRYLIC IS UTILIZED FOR THE BACKGROUND.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE, THE LETTERING IS EITHER BLACK OR, OR I THINK IT'S ANOTHER BRONZE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL LAYOUT. AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT SUPER TALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ELEGANTLY LAID OUT. SO THIS IS THE 17TH STREET SIGN SERVING AGAIN, PEOPLE COMING FROM THE PARKING GARAGE, PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING LINCOLN ROAD, ETC.. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ENTRANCE AND RIGHT ON THAT CORNER SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
SIMILARLY, ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER, WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER OR COMING ON 18TH STREET ALONG HERE, WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW WHERE THE HOTEL IS THERE TOO, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, TO AVOID ALL THAT CONFUSION, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CROWDS OF A OF A BIG CONVENTION OR BASEL AND EVERYONE'S WALKING AROUND.
WE WANT SOMEONE THAT COMES 18TH STREET TO KNOW, OH, THIS IS WHERE THE HOTEL IS.
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PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES. SO THAT'S THE SECOND MONUMENT DIRECTIONAL SIGN.SO CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE, REMEMBER WE HAVE TO DIRECT CARS INTO THAT INVERTED L.
SO THIS IS THE DIRECTIONAL SIGN THAT WILL BE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THAT OF THAT DRIVEWAY.
SO IT SHOWS AGAIN THE ARROW ON THE IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE SOUTH, IT GOES RIGHT.
AGAIN, VERY ELEGANT, VERY SIMPLE LAYOUT. 17TH STREET.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING TO CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES.
SO IF YOU'RE COMING ALONG, IT SAYS, NO, NO, NO, YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING TO CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.
THAT'S YOUR ENTRANCE. SO AVOIDING ALL THAT CONFUSION BY AGAIN VISITORS, UBERS, TAXIS, ETC..
PEDESTRIAN DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THIS IS THE THE THE SIGN THAT WILL ALLOW FOLKS, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER AND YOU DON'T GO OVER THE BRIDGE AND YOU SAY, HOW DO I GET INTO THIS? HOW DO I GET INTO THE LOBBY? I'M WALKING FROM THE SOUTH OR FROM FROM LINCOLN ROAD, ETC., ON CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.
THIS IS THE THIS IS THIS IS LOOKING AT IT IN SITU.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL AND SUBTLE IT IS. BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE MINOR BIT OF QUOTE UNQUOTE ADVERTISING IS.
ALL IT IS, IS REFERENCING THE NAME. AND I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF CONVENTIONS AGAIN.
NO, THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET INVITATIONS FOR YOU.
THIS IS AT THE RITA ROSE COCKTAIL LOUNGE AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE WHERE THAT IS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FROM COMING OFF THE STREET. SAME THING WITH THE COFFEE.
17TH STREET HAS THE EXACT SAME SITUATION. FOLKS COMING FROM THE EAST.
THEY'VE BEEN TO THE BEACH OR THEY WENT TO THE FILLMORE OR WHATEVER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WALK BACK INTO THE LOBBY.
THAT'S THAT SIGN IS POSTED RIGHT THERE TO, TO.
SERVICE AREA SIGNS. AND I KNOW I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I'LL TAKE THIS QUICKLY ARE PROBABLY EQUALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL THIS TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING. AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT MINGLING TRUCKS AND CARS IN THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE ALLEY DIRECTIONAL SIGN IS POSTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S DIRECTING THOSE TRUCK DRIVERS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHERE DE BOULEVARD IS, WHERE 17TH STREET IS, ETC. SUPER IMPORTANT IN OUR OPINION. AND THE SAME THING ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, THAT'S AGAIN, AVOIDING PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN THERE AND GET TO THE HOTEL.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT SAYS, NO HOTEL ACCESS. SO IF SOMEONE WE WANT TO AVOID THAT CONFUSION, IF SOMEONE LIKE, WELL, IS THIS THE WAY IN? THEY KNOW BY THAT SIGN, THEY'LL SEE IT AND THEY WON'T TRY TO MAKE THAT MOVE.
THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN PLACE. AGAIN, VERY SUBTLE, VERY CLASSY, DARE I SAY ELEGANT.
THAT'S THE NORTH VIEW. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S UNDER.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP OF THAT IMAGE IS THE IS THE SKY BRIDGE ACROSS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY RIGHT UNDER THE SKY BRIDGE.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT WAY AND THEY WON'T BE DELAYING TRAFFIC.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE HOTEL THAT WE'LL SEE VERY SOON IN COMPLETION.
SO THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE WE UNDERSTAND STAFF'S PROPOSED MODIFICATION TO THE MONUMENTS, BUT THE THE SCALE OF THIS PROJECT, IN OUR OPINION, SUPPORTS THE 11 FOOT WIDE MONUMENT.
WE. WE HAD ORIGINALLY COME IN WITH. 13 WHY WE CONSIDER 11 A COMPROMISE, BUT IT IS AGAIN A TWO AND A HALF ACRE PROPERTY THAT IS ONE USE, ESSENTIALLY. AND IT'S. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SIGNS THAT THAT WE HAVE TO DIRECT EVERYONE IN THIS AREA.
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ARE THOSE TWO MONUMENTS, RIGHT? THEY'RE THE ONLY IDENTIFICATIONS THAT THE HOTEL REALLY HAS TO THE PUBLIC.AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO BE, IN OUR OPINION, REASONABLE SIZE.
SO WITH THAT, OUR TEAM IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO RESERVE TIME FOR REBUTTAL, BUT WE'D ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS PROPOSED THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK OR ONLINE? IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO HANDS RAISED.
OKAY. ANY DISCLOSURES? OH YEAH. THANK YOU. DISCLOSURES.
I MET LAST WEEK WITH THE ATTORNEY TEAM AND REVIEW THE PROJECT ON SITE.
I TO MATT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND REVIEWED THE SCOPE OF THE PLANS.
I WAS ASKED TO, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WAS ASKED, BUT I DIDN'T MEET. I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.
OKAY. CAN OPEN THIS UP TO THE BOARD. GO AHEAD.
YEAH. MY OVERALL, I DON'T THINK IT'S. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
ONE OF MY THOUGHTS IS ON 17TH STREET. THE SIGN DIRECTING PEOPLE TO GO TO CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIGHT EASILY JUST BE MISSED AND MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN. ARE YOU ADDING A DO NOT ENTER ONE WAY KIND OF LIKE SIGNAGE ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THE WHAT WE CAN PUT THAT BACK UP. WE CAN LOOK AT IT. THE.
PAGE 13. YEAH, THE VEHICULAR DIRECTIONAL ON. SIR.
YOU SEE, I DON'T SEE. I DO NOT ENTER SIGN ONCE.
IF YOU. IF YOU PASS THAT SIGN, YOU HANG THE RIGHT.
WHERE IS IT? DO NOT ENTER ONE WAY KIND OF SIGNAGE.
AS IN LIKE MOUNTED SOMEWHERE. LIKE YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY.
YEAH. ANYONE FROM THE TEAM WANT TO HELP ME WITH THAT? BECAUSE I COULD EASILY SEE SOMEBODY MISSING THAT AND MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THERE. IS IT ON THE SET? IT'S YEAH, IT'S IT'S NOT ON THE SET BECAUSE IT'S NOT A VARIANCE REQUEST, BUT WE DO, WE CAN'T FIND IT FOR YOU.
IT'S NOT ON THAT PARTICULAR SIGN, BUT IT'S RIGHT BEHIND IT.
IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT BASICALLY SAYS DO NOT ENTER HANGING FROM BELOW.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE A THERE'S A HORIZONTAL SIGN HANGING FROM THE ON THE TOP THAT SAYS DO NOT ENTER.
GOT IT. LIKE YOUR HEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR CARS KIND OF THING.
BASICALLY LIKE A YES. YEAH. AS IF IT'S A 12.5 OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN MY OTHER COMMENT WAS, IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NOT THE SIGN ITSELF, BUT THE FONT SIZE USED ON SOME OF THE SIGNS, I THINK COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER IN MY THOUGHT.
BUT JUST I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 18. I THINK, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE.
NO, NO, THE HANGING ON THE COLUMN THERE LIKE THERE.
NO, THAT'S NOT THE ONE SAYS HOTEL LOBBY. THAT ONE.
IT JUST LOOKS TO ME AS A BIT SMALL. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE THINKS THAT, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE MY TWO COMMENTS THAT IF THE FONT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WHERE IT'S.
SUCH THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ON THAT SIGN.
MIGHT BE EASIER FOR WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING TO CATCH IT, BUT THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I, I SHARED WITH MR. PENN WHEN WE MET, MY CONCERN THAT THERE'S NO ALLOCATION FOR RIDESHARE.
DIRECTIONAL IN ANY OF THESE SIGNS. AND JUST BY THE VERY NATURE OF A HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER, A CONVENTION CENTER, NOBODY'S REALLY DRIVING TO AND DROPPING OFF AT THE VALET. THEY'RE COMING THROUGH WITH UBERS AND LIFTS AND TAXIS.
AND ALSO, WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER, THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT OUT.
I'M GOING TO DECIDE TO ORDER AN UBER AND STAND KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET OR WHEREVER.
BUT WHEN I LEAVE THE AIRPORT, IT'S A VERY CLEAR PLACE WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO PICK UP UBERS, WHERE UBERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO TO PICK UP PEOPLE.
AND UBER, AS WE KNOW IN THIS IN THIS CITY, LIKE TO STOP WHEREVER THEY WANT TO STOP.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
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JESSICA, BUT WE CAN PUT UP THE PLAN. I'LL SHOW AGAIN, WE HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE INSIDE FOR RIDE SHARE, RIGHT? SO BASICALLY THE IDEA IS THAT THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE, THE RIDE SHARE OPERATORS ARE GOING TO GET TO COME TO.AND WE'LL HAVE A 24 HOUR VALET THAT WILL DIRECT PEOPLE TO SIGNAGE AND YOU CAN GET ON THE MIC.
NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU JUST ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
HI. GOOD MORNING WILLIAM. I'M WITH TURNBERRY.
2207 SALAMIYAH WAY IN AVENTURA. FOR YOUR QUESTION ON UBERS AND LIFTS AND OTHER KIND OF RIDE SHARE APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE GARAGE ITSELF, AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE PORTE COCHERE, WE WILL HAVE A FULL TIME STAFF OF 24 HOURS A DAY, VALET ATTENDANTS WHO WILL BE DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
BECAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN WE HAVE MASSIVE CHECK INS FOR CONVENTIONS AND OTHER FOLKS COMING THROUGH, THEY'LL BE THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC, AND WE WILL HAVE A FRAME SIGNS THROUGHOUT THAT WILL BE DIRECTING UBERS AND LIFTS TO THAT DESIGNATED AREA.
AND WE AS HOTEL OPERATORS, THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LYFT, UBER AND ALL THE OTHER RIDESHARES WHERE WE WILL DO A PIN AND POINT THE UBERS AND LIFTS TO THAT EXACT LOCATION UNDER THE PER SHARE.
CORRECT. GOOD QUESTION. SO WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING WITH THE VALET FOLKS IS WE'LL BE DOING THESE A-FRAME SIGNS, YOU KNOW, VERY ELEGANT. THAT WILL. RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE LOBBY, WE'LL HAVE A SIGN THAT POINTS PEOPLE THAT WAY WHEN THEY GET TO THE END.
IT'LL BE POINTING THAT WAY TO THAT KIND OF YELLOW DESIGNATED AREA.
IT'S A MORE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL. IS THERE A REASON THAT RIDESHARE CAN'T APPEAR ON A SIGN? IS THERE A CORPORATE REASON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS THERE A REASON FOR YOUR OPPOSITION TO IT? NO, NOT AT ALL.
IF WE IF IF THE BOARD ASKS US TO PUT IN RIDESHARE DIRECTIONAL, WE CAN.
YEAH, I JUST, I JUST REALLY, I MEAN, WHEREVER I GO IN THE CITY, THERE JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN A CAR STOPS AND AN UBER LETS PEOPLE OUT OR DECIDES TO WAIT FOR THEIR PEDESTRIANS. I JUST SEE THE ENORMOUS FLOW OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THESE PLACES.
AND AS MUCH AS I HATE THAT I HAVE TO WALK FAR IN THE AIRPORT TO GET TO THE RIDESHARE SECTION, IT OPERATES MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY. SAME WITH LIKE UBER EATS OR WHOEVER'S DELIVERING.
CAN THE ROBOTS JUST GO WHEREVER THEY WANT AND STOP? SO I THINK THAT FOR BOTH THE ELEGANCE OF. THE HOTEL GUESTS EXPERIENCE AND ALSO A SAFETY REASON. IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
IT'S THE WAY OF LIFE AROUND HERE, ESPECIALLY A CONVENTION CENTER.
AND WHAT WE COULD DO IF IF STAFF IS AMENABLE TO THIS IDEA.
THOSE SAME KIND OF BLADE SIGNS THAT ARE DIRECTING PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
WE CAN ADD A COUPLE MORE WITHIN OUR POKER SHARE THAT DOES EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
YOU'RE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU'RE WALKING BACK TO THE HOTEL, YOU CALL IT IN BETWEEN, OR YOU CALL IT FROM DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PICKING YOU UP AT THE HOTEL, BUT YOU'RE ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, DO YOU GO TO THE VALET? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT SORT OF THING. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE OBVIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, TO WALK UNDER THE BUILDING TO GET YOUR CAR.
OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE A YEAH. YES. YES. AGREED.
THEY ARE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL SIGNS THAT DON'T REQUIRE VARIANCES.
THEY CAN'T SAY UBER BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ADVERTISING.
BUT IF THEY JUST PUT RIDESHARE THAT WAY, THAT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE SIGN BOTH FOR THE UBER DRIVERS AND FOR THE GUESTS, THE DRIVERS, THE DRIVERS ARE THE WORST. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THIS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF OUTSIDE. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTS TO RAIN. YOU'RE LIKE, SHOOT, LET ME HIDE UNDER HERE AND CALL AN UBER. THERE SHOULD BE A CLEAR PLACE WHERE WHERE THESE ARE BEING PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF. ABSOLUTELY.
IS IT MAYBE. IS IT, IS IT IT'S FIVE, FIVE ONE.
AND LIKE PEOPLE DRIVING THIS WAY. IS IT IS IT THREE ONE AND FIVE ONE? I THINK WHATEVER'S POINTING YOU TO THE VALET BECAUSE THAT'S THOSE ARE THE LANES WHERE YOU ALSO ARE ENVISIONING THE RIDESHARE PEOPLE GOING.
RIGHT. SO WHATEVER POINTS, HOWEVER, YOU'RE SIGNIFYING THAT THAT'S WHERE BALLET GOES.
THAT'S WHERE THAT'S THE FIRST OF THEM. ABSOLUTELY.
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TOO.
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YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. AS MUCH AS THE ELEGANCE OF THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE FONT AND THEN BELOW IT, IT ALL STACKS WELL. ADDING RIDESHARE IS GOING TO CHANGE IT.BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S TOO VALID OF A, OF A CONCERN.
BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT DRIVE TO THE RIGHT PLACE ON BOTH SIDES AND WILL WAYMO KNOW TO GO THERE? INTERESTING. RIGHT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I HAVE NO IDEA.
YEAH. BECAUSE THE SAME WAY THAT YOU YOU SPEAK TO UBER AND LYFT AND GIVE THEM A PIN.
EXACTLY. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT WORKS WITH WAYMO TOO.
I WOULD IMAGINE AS WELL. YEAH. IT'S JUST A MADHOUSE.
ROBOTS ARE BETTER BEHAVED. YEAH. THEY GO TO THE PIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? ARE THE FONTS THE SAME THROUGHOUT ALL THE SIGNS? OKAY. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME OF THE FONTS WERE FOR DIFFERENT SIZES, BUT I THINK THE BEST THAT THEY BE CONSISTENT TYPEFACE IS ALL THE SAME, EXCEPT IS THE MIAMI BEACH.
THE MIAMI BEACH IS IN FUTURA, RIGHT? AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT? YES. OR JUST THIS, THE SIZE OF THE LETTERS ON ON THE OBVIOUSLY THE MONUMENTAL SIGNS ARE, ARE ARE TREATED SEPARATELY.
ONE AGAIN, WHAT WAS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MONUMENTAL SIGNS.
WAS IT TO DECREASE THE SIZE OR DECREASE THE LENGTH? THE LENGTH FOR THE CABINET, NOT THE SIGN. OKAY.
YEAH, NOT THE TEXT. WE'RE FINE WITH THE TEXT ON SIGN ONE ONE.
AND BOTH THE MONUMENTS. BOTH ON BOTH. IS THERE ANY SIGNS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING ITSELF OR THE MONUMENT? MONUMENT SIZE. MONUMENTAL SIZE. THE. THE BUILDING.
I'M SURE IT DOES HAVE SIGNAGE ON THE WALL ON THE WALLS AS WELL.
IT HAS A. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BUILDING IDENTIFICATION SIGN ON IT.
IT'S JUST MORE OF LIKE A SHOWCASE LIKE GRAND ENTRY.
RIGHT. ARE YOU RECOMMENDING FROM 11FT? I'M SORRY IF YOU SAID THIS ALREADY.
NO, NO, IT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE RECOMMENDED, I BELIEVE, 11 TO 9. YES. THAT'S CORRECT.
YES, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF THE OF THE SIZE OR WHAT IS USUAL.
I THINK THE SIGNS ARE VERY ELEGANT AND PROVIDE.
SO YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, MORE EXPOSURE THERE. I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE MASSIVE SIGNS EVERYWHERE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE GOING, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
I DON'T OPPOSE THE SIZE OF THE SIGNS. YEAH. I THINK IT'S ALSO FINE WITH THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING.
IT'S WHAT WAS THE SINCE THIS IS A MODIFICATION, WAS THERE, WAS IT A SMALLER SIGN BEFORE.
IT'S JUST A MODIFICATION TO THE PLAN. OVERALL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE SIGNAGE IS COMING TO THE.
I SEE. YEAH, I THINK I'M OKAY WITH IT AS WELL.
THE THE, THE SPECIFICITY OF CALLING OUT THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO. THE SIGNS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPECIFIC LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES WERE SOME OF THE SIZES.
YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I'M JUST SPEAKING ON THE MONUMENT SIGN HERE.
I THINK THE EXTRA SIZE IS OKAY. THIS IS TOO SLIGHTLY RANDOM QUESTIONS. ONE IS FOR THE THIS IS MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ABOUT THE OTHER COMMERCIAL SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING.
ON THE CORNER THAT THE MONUMENTAL SIGN IS IN FRONT OF.
THERE WERE THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE BEACH STANDARDS OF SIGNAGE, WHICH WOULD BE PROBABLY ON THE, ON THE GLAZING RIGHT OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
SO SETBACK. IS THE OWNERSHIP OR THE ARCHITECTURE TEAM THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SIGNAGE JUST SO THAT IT'S NOT COMPETING AT ALL. WITH THIS SIGNAGE AND A HOLISTIC APPROACH, I THINK THAT'S I'M SURE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO LOOK AT THIS THING, THE FUTURE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO SEE HERE.
YEAH, A GREAT QUESTION. THE ANSWER IS YES. SO WE, WITH OUR SIGNAGE DESIGNER, HAVE LAID OUT PROPOSED LOCATIONS AND SIZES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT RETAIL SIGNS AND SO AGREED WITH WITH THE STAFF THAT THEY ARE SET BACK ABOVE THE ENTRY OF EACH OF THE RESTAURANT UNITS.
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THEY'RE TRUE THIRD PARTY. SO THEY WOULD BE GOING OVER THEIR OWN PERMIT PROCESS TO TO GET THEIR SIGNS.BUT WE HAVE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WHEN IT'S LAID IN FRONT AND BEHIND ALL OF THESE MONUMENT SIGNS.
RIGHT. SO THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THE TWO LANES COMING IN THE LEFT LANE IS WHERE EVERYONE COMES IN.
AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN EXPEDITE VALET PICKUP AND DROP OFF USING THAT LANE.
SO THAT LANE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE WILL ONLY BE FOR VALET.
AND THEN AS THE CIVILIANS PICK UP THEIR CAR, THEY WILL EXIT COMING DOWN THAT EL.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT GOES. AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE, IF A VALET MEMBER IS PICKING UP SOMEONE WHO DRIVES IN THEMSELVES ON THE TOP LANE, THE VALET FOLKS WILL PICK UP THE CAR AND AS THEY CROSS KIND OF WHERE THAT YELLOW BOX IS LOCATED, WE HAVE ANOTHER GATE THAT OPENS UP THAT THE VALET WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT CAN CROSS INTO THE GARAGE RAMP THAT'S RIGHT THERE WHERE GRAHAM PUT HIS HAND.
SO VALET DROP OFF NEVER CROSSES 17TH OR CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE.
OKAY. I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT WITH THE GATES.
I DIDN'T SEE THE GATES BEFORE, SO I WAS CONCERNED THAT AN UBER DRIVER GETS IN THE WRONG LANE, AND THEY NEED TO THEN GO CIRCLE BACK AROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE OUTSIDE LEFT, LEFT SIDE.
BUT THE LEFT SIDE IS THE ONLY OPERATING PUBLIC WAY.
SO THEY'LL COME IN THERE AND AND IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM FOR AN UBER TO PARK, PULL IN AND ANOTHER PERSON TO PASS? YES, I KNOW I'M GETTING INTO THE WEEDS HERE. YES, IT'S A TWO LANE ON EACH SIDE OF THE.
OKAY, OKAY, I HAVE THAT. ALL THAT PARALLEL SPACE HERE THAT'S LAID OUT FOR THEM.
OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WON'T HAVE ANYBODY GOING THE WRONG WAY AND CAUSING A MESS.
BUT OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT, IT SAYS RIDESHARE PICKUP ZONE.
THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE. OH, NO, THAT'S JUST AN ARROW POINTING TO THE YELLOW BOX.
OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OUR FAULT. OH, SORRY.
YEAH. BUT YEAH, THAT'S THIS THING. THESE CARS CAN PARK HERE.
OKAY. WE PUT IT ON THAT BE THE LABEL THERE BECAUSE IT WAS WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CLEARER TO SEE IT OVER HERE THAN IN THE MESS OF THE LOADING ZONE, BUT THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? ON THIS SIDE. ARE WE AT MOTION? ARE WE AT. YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.
ARE WE ARE WE DOING ALL. IS IT A SEPARATE. OR YOU CAN DO ONE MOTION FOR THE VARIANCES.
YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE THE RIDE SHARE TO BE CONSIDERED WITH WITH THE PROPOSED THE STAFF.
DO WE WANT TO SEE IT. WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE SIGNS.
I GUESS THE RIDE SHARE WOULDN'T REQUIRE A VARIANCE.
SO YOU CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS PART OF A MOTION FOR DESIGN.
IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO IDENTIFY WHICH SIGN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU. I'M SAYING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S I THINK IT'S MULTIPLE SIGNS. IT'S MY THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS THAT I THINK IT'S AN EXTERIOR SIGN AND THEN INSIDE A CLEAR DELINEATION AS WELL. I'VE ONLY SEEN TWO SIGNS THAT SAY VALET.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE OTHERS. THE CORRECT ME.
RIGHT. WE HAVE A TWO VEHICULAR SIGNS, RIGHT. IT'S THREE ONE AND THREE TWO.
YEAH. SO MY, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDING THE WORD RIDESHARE, THE WORD RIDESHARE ONE WOULD BE ON THIS BLADE SIGN HERE. I WOULD ADD A SECOND ONE ON THIS COLUMN OVER HERE THAT POINTS PEOPLE TO COME TO THIS LOCATION.
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SO I WOULD BE ADDING ANOTHER. BUT ALSO 17TH STREET IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUST STOP THEIR RIDESHARE ON 17TH STREET.CORRECT. SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT WITH STAFF ON HOW TO PROPERLY WORD THAT WE CAN ADD A CONDITION THAT SAYS THE APPLICANT SHALL WORK WITH STAFF TO INCORPORATE SIGNAGE, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR RIDESHARE VEHICLES, SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STAFF SO THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THEM. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. BECAUSE IF NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CARS PILING UP ON THE 17TH STREET JUST PICKING UP OR DROPPING OFF THERE VERSUS DIRECTING THEM TO THE PROPER LOCATION.
OKAY. SO THEN MAYBE WE DO NEED TWO MOTIONS. ONE WOULD BE FOR THE VARIANCES, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE FOR THE DESIGN AND INCORPORATE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DESIGN. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCES FOR THE SIGNS.
OKAY. AND AS PRESENTED THE 11FT. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.
SO THEN THAT WOULD BE STRIKING THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE IN THE DRAFT ORDER.
THAT WOULD BE CONDITION. ROMAN NUMERAL. ROMAN NUMERAL.
I'D ONE E WOULD BE STRICKEN. I'LL SECOND. SECOND.
OKAY. AND I'LL MAKE A SECOND MOTION. OH, DO WE HAVE TO FIRST APPROVE EVERYTHING? YES. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND BY MISS LEWIN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
AND THEN I'LL MAKE A SECOND MOTION TO INCORPORATE THE WORD PHRASE WHATEVER IT IS.
RIDE SHARE IN ALL SIGNS THAT ARE RELEVANT AND POINT TO THE PICK UP AND DROP OFF POINTS.
OKAY, SO THAT WOULD BE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN WITH A, WITH A, WITH A MODIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT WORK WITH STAFF TO INCORPORATE RIDE SHARE SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS MINUTE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. LESTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU EVERYONE, AS ALWAYS.
NO. ARE WE DONE? WELL, WE HAVE ONE MORE. WELL, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
YEAH, THEY THEY EXCEED WHAT THE CODE ALLOWS. THEY WERE SMALLER.
THEY COULD ONLY SEE. THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS.
THERE'S ONE PROJECT ACTUALLY HAVEN'T COME BACK.
THEY'VE COME BACK LIKE THREE TIMES FOR SOME VARIANCES.
THAT CAN HOLD YEAH, IT'S A PROJECT ON MALTON ROAD.
THEY'VE HAD A BUNCH OF TIMES. NORMALLY NOT NORMALLY.
USUALLY EVERYBODY BUYS. RIGHT. EXCUSE ME. YOUR PRESENTATION IS LOADED ON THE LAPTOP TO YOUR LEFT. THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RB 23 OR 9 1625 FOR TWO PRAIRIE AVENUE.[6. DRB23-0916, 2502 PRAIRIE AVENUE.]
THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STORY RESIDENCE WITH AN UNDERSTORY, INCLUDING VARIANCES TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ROOFTOP DECK AREA AND EXCEED THE MAXIMUM WIDTH FOR THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY, WITH ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME.OKAY, SO THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOCATED IN THE BAYSHORE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OR THE MID GOLF SUBDIVISION. THE APPLICATION IS FOR A SINGLE STORY, TWO STORY UNDERSTORY HOME.
IT'S LOCATED ON A CORNER LOT, SO IT HAS A FRONT SETBACK AND A SIDE FACING THE STREET SETBACK.
AND IT'S FRONTS THE NEW BAYSHORE PARK TO THE EAST.
AND IT DOES HAVE VIEWS TOWARDS THE, THE GOLF COURSE BASED ON ITS CORNER LOCATION.
SO IT'S A IT'S AN INTERESTING LOT AND AN INTERESTING LOCATION.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED AGAIN, THEY'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IT'S IN THE RS THREE ZONING DISTRICT. THE LOT SIZE IS 10,352FT².
THEY ARE PROPOSING A HOME THAT HAS A LOT COVERAGE THAT'S BELOW THE MAXIMUM.
SO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IS 30%. THEY'RE PROPOSING A LOT COVERAGE.
THAT'S ONLY 23%. THE HEIGHT OF THE HOME IS 28FT.
AND, AND THEY'RE REPLACING AN EXISTING HOME ON THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ONE WAIVER AND TWO VARIANCES.
THE WAIVER THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS FOR WHEN YOU HAVE AN ELEVATION THAT EXCEEDS 60FT IN LENGTH YOU'RE REQUIRED TO INCORPORATE OPEN SPACE INTO THAT FACADE TO BREAK UP THE FACADE. BUT THAT CAN BE WAIVED BY THE DRB.
IN THIS CASE, THEIR FACADE IS 62FT IN LENGTH.
SO THEY'RE ONLY EXCEEDING THAT LIMIT BY BY TWO FEET.
AND THEY ARE INCORPORATING A LOT OF MOVEMENT INTO THE FACADE.
SO THEY HAVE A NOTCH ON THE SECOND LEVEL THAT REALLY ADDRESSES WHAT WE'RE THE INTENT OF THIS OF THIS REGULATION, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE A BIG WALL FACING THE STREET OR FACING IN THE NEIGHBORS.
SO THEY DO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT THAT ADDRESSES THAT CONCERN.
THEY ARE REQUESTING TO EXCEED THE ALLOWABLE DECK AREA BY 13% OR 313FT² FROM THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED AREA OF 25% OF THE ENCLOSED FLOOR AREA IMMEDIATELY BELOW FOR A ROOF DECK. AND THAT ROOF DECK WOULD BE 914FT² TOTAL OR 38% OF THAT FLOOR BELOW THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED A HARDSHIP, GIVEN THAT THAT LIMITATION REALLY MAKES IT TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A VERY USABLE DECK.
AND SO THEY, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THAT LIMITATION REALLY MAKES THEIR, THEIR ROOFTOP NOT USABLE.
HAD THEY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE LARGER LOT COVERAGE? IRONICALLY, HAD THEY COVERED MORE OF THE LAND WITH A LARGER LOT COVERAGE HOUSE JUST SPREAD OUT THAT UNIT SIZE MORE AND CREATING FEWER GREEN SPACES ON THE LOT. THEY COULD HAVE HAD A LARGER DECK.
SO BY, BY MAKING THE HOME SMALLER AND TAKING AND PROVIDING MORE PERMEABLE SPACE ON THE SITE THEY, THEY LOSE OUT IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE DECK THAT THEY CAN BUILD.
THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR DRIVEWAY LOCATED ON THE SIDE FACING A STREET PROPERTY LINE.
SO BASICALLY THE SIDE OF THE HOME THE DRIVEWAY LIMIT IS 18FT.
THEIR DRIVEWAY IS SINCE IT'S ON THE SIDE FACING A STREET, IT'S ON A NARROW SETBACK.
AND FOR UNDER STORY HOMES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.
SO 70% OF THAT FRONTAGE NEEDS TO BE OPEN SPACE.
THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THEM TO WIDEN THE DRIVEWAY AS THEY GET INTO THE SITE.
SO THEY, THEY DO HAVE A HARDSHIP THERE WITH THAT LIMIT.
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AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE SITE. SO SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THAT VARIANCE.AS FAR AS THE, THE DESIGN OF THE HOME, THE DESIGN IS IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE.
THEY HAVE THE HOME IS CLAD IN A TRAVERTINE MARBLE BOARD FORM CONCRETE, BLACK PLASTER.
AND THEN THEY ALSO USE SOME WOOD SIDING. THE HOME HAS A LOT OF GLAZING.
AND I'LL LET, THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW THE, THE PLAN.
SO I'LL LET THEM DESCRIBE THOSE DETAILS. IT'S A, IT'S A VERY NICE DESIGN STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE, OF THE DESIGN. AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE WAIVER AND THE TWO VARIANCES.
AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD.
WE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
OH, OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. MY NAME IS FERNANDO MARTINEZ, A MEMBER OF MONSANTO LLC.
THIS IS NICOLAS CAMINO, MEMBER OF ENOVA INVESTMENT GROUP, AND WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IN MONSANTO TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL. THIS IS WE CAN SHOW THAT SO THIS IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
IT'S A NEW TWO STORY HOUSE WITH AN UNDERSTORY THAT REPLACES ONE STORY EXISTING HOME BUILT IN 1950. SO WE THE DESIGN WAS CONCEIVED BY REMY ARQUITECTOS ARQUITECTOS, WHICH IS AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM BASED IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, AND BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AND CONSTRUCTION READY FORMED BY GENESIS FORTUNE UNDER JORGE VARGAS AND OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS LA CASONA GARDENS.
AND THAT'S THE SITE. LIKE ROGELIO MENTIONED, THE SIZE RS3 SINGLE STORY HOME THERE.
AND REALLY WHAT WHAT WE HAVE THERE TODAY NEEDS SUBSTANTIAL WORK.
AND SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS FLOODING RISK TODAY.
AND WE ARE REALLY NOT NO LONGER A HOUSE THAT NO LONGER MEETS OUR NEEDS.
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS A CONTEMPORARY HOME.
IT'S DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT FITS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
NICHOLAS AND I, WHENEVER WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD SPEAK TO THE ARCHITECT ABOUT.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
WHAT WE WANT IS SOMETHING THAT WHOEVER LIVES IN THIS HOUSE IS GOING TO VALUE THE OUTDOOR INDOOR CONNECTION, AND IT'S GOING TO VALUE THE GREEN SPACE AND THE VIEWS.
SO THE THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE IS CENTERED ON.
THE, THE LIVABLE SPACE AND THE OUTSIDE AND AND THE FIT WITH THE CLIMATE AND THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE LIKE I SAID, CONNECTION INDOOR AND OUT.
THERE IS A REAR REAR GARDEN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BY HAVING SUCH A SMALL LOT COVERAGE.
THE PROPERTY SITS ON A, AS YOU, AS YOU MAY KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL POCKET ON THE SIDE ON THE NORTH SIDE IS THE GULF. AND ON THE EAST IS THE BAYSHORE PARK.
AND IT'S ON THAT CORNER LOT THERE MARKED WITH THE YELLOW DOT.
LIKE STAFF SAID, WE ARE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH RS THREE ZONING CODE.
LOT COVERAGE IS 23, WHERE 30 IS THE MAXIMUM. OUR UNIT SIZE IS BELOW THE 50% AND BUILDING HEIGHT 28.
AND WE MEET ALL THE REQUIRED SETBACKS. SO THE ONLY RELIEF WE ARE ASKING FOR IS RELATED TO THREE
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ITEMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT REALLY QUICKLY, BUT VERY WELL PRESENTED BY THE STAFF TODAY.AND IF THERE WAS, IF THERE WAS ONE SLIDE AND I THINK ROGELIO SAID IT VERY WELL, IF THERE WAS ONE SLIDE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, THIS WILL BE THE SLIDE.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BULK, THE MASS OF THE BUILDING.
WE'RE PROPOSING AT 23% COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE SOUTH, THE TWO NEIGHBORS AT 39 AND 57.3.
AND I WASN'T ABLE TO OBTAIN THE LOT COVERAGE OF THE NEW HOUSE SITTING ON THE WEST.
BUT IT'S IT'S PRETTY BULKY IN OUR IN OUR VIEW.
SO THE HOUSE IS OBVIOUSLY GIVEN OUR FLOOD ZONE RESILIENCY DROVE OUR DESIGN.
THAT WAS THAT WAS ALL WE THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THE TIME.
WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT AN UNDERSTUDY, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT MIAMI BEACH ALLOWED FOR AN UNDERSTUDY, SO WE HAD TO DO ALL THAT RESEARCH. WE STARTED THIS PROJECT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THINKING ABOUT THIS CONCEPT.
SO WE ARE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE FIVE FEET ALLOWABLE ALLOWABLE FREEBOARD.
SO JUST TO REPEAT WHAT STAFF PRESENTED, WE'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER AND TWO VARIANCES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE SECOND FLOOR SIDE ELEVATION.
THE SECOND IS THE DRIVEWAY DRIVEWAY WIDTH AND THEN THE ROOF DECK AREA.
AND SO JUST TO SHOW YOU ON THE SIDE ELEVATION, AND I THINK PROBABLY THE PICTURE THAT DESCRIBES WHAT ROGELIO MENTIONED BETTER IS IS THIS PICTURE HERE WHERE YOU SEE RECESSED WINDOW ON THAT BEDROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE WHOLE LENGTH IS 62FT, SO ONLY EXCEEDS THE 60 LIMIT BY TWO FEET. AND THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT, RIGHT? SO THERE IS DIFFERENT MASSES THAT PLAY HERE. AND SO WE THINK THEY INTEND SAME AS ROGELIO SAID, THE INTENT OF THE CODE IS MET THROUGH THAT. LIKE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, BECAUSE WE MADE THE HOUSE MINIMAL AS FAR AS THE LOT COVERAGE WE WANTED TO HAVE.
THREE BEDROOMS, PLUS THE MASTER BEDROOM AT A PROPER SIZE.
AND THEN IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO CUT THIS NORTH ELEVATION MORE IT WOULD REALLY INTERFERE WITH THE SIZE OF THE BEDROOMS, WHICH ARE NOT VERY LARGE. ON THE VARIANCE FOR THE DRIVEWAY. SO HERE IS THE, THE, THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THE DRIVEWAY IS 28TH STREET. AND REALLY WE, YOU DON'T SEE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TURN FROM MERIDIAN INTO 28 AND THEN PEOPLE TURN FROM PRAIRIE INTO 28.
SO WE PLAYED WITH, WITH THE SCALE MODELS AND WE TRIED TO SEE THAT.
SO WE REALLY MADE OURSELVES, WE PUT OURSELVES IN A TOUGH POSITION AS FAR AS THE DECK SIZE.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT. JUST SUMMARIZING THIS.
THIS ASKS ARE NOT SELF-CREATED. NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGE AND NO, NO ADVERSE IMPACT TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
I THINK MATERIALS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT.
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AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES. ANY OF THE BOARD.
NOPE. OKAY. I THINK WE CAN OPEN THIS UP TO THE BOARD.
I HAVE A QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. ROGELIO, WHAT WERE WE.
PROPOSING FOR THE ROOF EXPANSION? FOR THE SETBACKS.
DID WE TALK ABOUT A SETBACK NUMBER OR. NO. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO KEEP THE EXISTING SETBACKS.
SO THE CODE HAS A TEN FOOT SETBACK. FROM THE EDGE OF THE OUTER WALLS OF THE HOME.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS IF YOU'RE ON A WATERFRONT LOT, YOU CAN YOU CAN FOREGO THE REAR SETBACK.
THE WATER SETBACK TO WHAT? TO ZERO. YOU CAN TAKE THE DECK ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WHERE THIS HOUSE FACES THE PARK, THE GOLF COURSE, THAT TO ME, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF IT WAS A WATER ELEMENT, RIGHT? LIKE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO DO THIS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HOUSE BETWEEN THE GOLF COURSE AND THEM KNOW THERE'S A STREET AND A HOUSE.
NO, IT'S A STREET ON THE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO HOUSE.
I THINK IF YOU CAN PUT IT BACK, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT THAT ROOF DECK OVERLOOKS OVER THAT STREET AND ONTO THE PARK.
TO ME, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A LIKE IF IT WAS A WATER FEATURE, RIGHT? AND IF I HAD THAT HOUSE AND I WAS DESIGNING IT, I WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE GOLF COURSE VERSUS BEING TEN FOOT FROM THE GOLF COURSE. I MEAN, I MIGHT BE SPEAKING OUT OF LINE, BUT MAYBE. NO, NO, WE WERE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO RESPECT THE CODE.
BUT ON THE SIDE FACING OVER TOWARDS THE GOLF COURSE, IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COME CLOSER TO THE GOLF COURSE SO YOU CAN ENJOY THE VIEW OF THE GOLF COURSE. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE MISSING THE OTHER PART OF THE SETBACK.
WHY IT'S THERE FROM THE FROM THE PEOPLE FROM DOWN ON THE STREET AND THE PEOPLE AROUND NOT BEING INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE'S FURNITURE IN THIS SITUATION. YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT I'M SAYING THIS SITUATION YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER HOUSE.
WELL, YOU HAVE, BUT YOU. I RIDE MY BIKE PAST THERE ALL THE TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S STUFF RIGHT UP AGAINST THE ROOF.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE BALCONIES OF THOSE LIKE RIGHT ON THAT SIDE.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE BALCONY FURNITURE RIGHT THERE AS WELL.
ON THE LOWER THAN THAT, I MEAN, IF YOU IF YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IF I IF IT IF IT WAS MY HOUSE AND I HAD THE IDEAL WORLD, I WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE A TEN FOOT SETBACK, ESPECIALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR CONCERN OF SAYING, OH, I'M GOING TO IF THEY DO THAT, THEN I'M GOING TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FURNITURE. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FURNITURE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. TRUE.
SO I, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS WAS JUST A I'M JUST SAYING IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE DOING THIS HOUSE, I DON'T AND I'M THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE OF TEN FOOT BACK TO DO THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE A FIVE FOOT SETBACK ON THAT SIDE OR A THREE FOOT SETBACK ON THAT SIDE OR SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM MORE SPACE AND DO THAT.
IF THAT WAS A PROPOSAL, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD, BUT I WOULD. I APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING THE THE CURRENT SETBACKS.
BUT SO THAT WOULD BE A SIDE FACING A SETBACK.
THE ONLY WAY TO, TO WAIVE THAT AT THIS POINT WOULD BE BY, BY WITH A VARIANCE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO ADVERTISE TO THE PUBLIC.
YEAH. AND THEY DIDN'T ASK US FOR THAT. SO, SO IF WE WERE TO SORRY, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS AND THEY WOULD WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS REGARDLESS, THEY CAN MAKE A CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY COULD THEY COULD DO THAT.
AND IF IT HAPPENS SIX MONTHS LATER, THEY COULD THEY COULD MAKE THAT CHANGE.
THEY COULD COME BACK WHILE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU CAN'T DO IT NOW IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD AND YOU DECIDE, HEY, I WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THIS BOARD WOULD ALLOW THAT VARIANCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD, BUT I'M SAYING I WOULD. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
YEAH THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THE HOUSE IS ALSO
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RECESSED ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.THE HOUSE IS SET BACK ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF THE LOT.
SO THAT WILL MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. TO HAVE THAT REDUCTION OF THE SETBACK WILL BE FAR AWAY.
REMEMBER THAT WE MADE THE HOUSE SMALLER TO MAKE IT MORE OF A GREENERY AND INCONGRUENCY WITH LIKE ALL THE SPACES ON ON THE CITY, THE PARK AND THE GULF. SO IF WE HAVE THAT SETBACK, IT WILL BE A PLUS FOR US, FOR THE HOUSE, BUT IT WILL BE FAR, FAR AWAY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO NATURE AND GREENERY.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A WATER ELEMENT TO THERE IS A WATERFALL COMING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE, IN MY OPINION, A GORGEOUS HOUSE THAT IS GOING TO ADD TO THE ENTIRE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, EFFECT OF HAVING THE PARK AND THE GOLF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OCCASIONALLY OFFER TO TAKE ON THE ISSUE WITH A WITH A VARIANCE. IF IT WAS A WAIVER YOU COULD YOU COULD YOU COULD REQUEST YOU CAN ADD IT RIGHT NOW.
NO PROBLEM. BECAUSE WE JUST ADVERTISE WAIVERS IN GENERAL.
BUT VARIANCES WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE THE SPECIFIC REQUEST.
SO YOU SEE IN THE TITLE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE ADVERTISE HERE, IT SAYS INCLUDING VARIANCES TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ROOF DECK AREA AND EXCEED THE MAXIMUM WIDTH FOR THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY WITH ONE OR MORE WAIVERS.
SO VARIANCES HAVE TO BE HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD OF REVIEW.
AND THEY HAVE WE HAVE TO ADVERTISE EACH VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE SEEKING.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, THIS IS MORE OF A HORIZONTAL CONVERSATION HERE, BUT I ALSO THINK SETBACKS ARE THERE FOR SCALE AND YOU START PUTTING THE RAIL, THERE IS NOT A CODE ABOUT WHAT THE RAILING HAS TO BE OR THE MATERIAL, RIGHT. WHICH SOMETIMES SHOULD BE PART OF THE QUESTION TOO.
YOU DON'T WANT AN UGLY RAILING UP THERE, BECAUSE AS WE EXTEND THE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ROOF DECK, THE RAILING BECOMES MORE VISIBLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S SORT OF THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE SETBACKS ARE THERE FOR FOR OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU A LEVEL OF PRIVACY.
SO ANYWAYS, BACK TO YOUR PROJECT. IT'S A, IT'S A VERY ELEGANT AND VERY NICE DESIGN.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS, I WAS, I'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE.
AND I KNOW THE LOT VERY WELL. AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY NICE DESIGN AND VERY CLEAN AND SIMPLE.
AND I THINK NOT EXPLOITING THE SCALE OF THE WHOLE LOT IS I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S CONSISTENTLY DONE AND, AND UNFORTUNATE ALL THE TIME. I SEE THE MOVEMENT IN THE, IN THE FACADE AND EVEN THE BANDING DOESN'T DOESN'T FOLLOW IT. I THINK IF YOU GUYS AT THE STAFF LEVEL ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT THAT THAT WORKS WITH ME. THE DRIVEWAY SEEMS LOGICAL.
I THINK THAT THAT SCALE IS JUST, IT'S JUST GREAT.
AND THE INTERPLAY WITH THE LANDSCAPE. WHEN I INITIALLY WAS REVIEWING THIS THE OTHER DAY, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T REALLY APPRECIATING, I THINK YOUR HARDSHIPS ON THE VARIANCES, BUT HEARING WHAT I HEARD TODAY YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR. AND A 300 SQUARE FOOT ROOF DECK IS NOT IDEAL.
AND ESPECIALLY HEARING THE INTERPLAY WITH HOW YOU'VE REDUCED THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF I CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT I WOULD AGREE TO EXTEND THE, THE BALCONY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE ON A STREET. BUT YOU KNOW, I, I COULD MY MIND, I COULD BE SWAYED IF YOU CAME BACK AND THAT, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TODAY.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOR SHOW AND TELL PURPOSES, THIS
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IS JUST YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT? SO LOOK AT THIS.LOOK AT THIS ROOF DECK. THAT TO ME LOOKS RIDICULOUS.
JUST DOES LIKE YOU COULD HAVE SO MUCH MORE USE OF THAT OF THAT AND IMAGINE, LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF THIS HOUSE HERE, RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SORRY. LET ME ZOOM OUT HERE.
WHERE WAS THAT ROOF DECK? HERE. AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT IN AN IDEAL WORLD, THAT. LOOK AT THE SETBACK.
IF THEY HAD THAT, THAT WAS A RATING. AND THAT WAS USABLE.
IT'S JUST SILLY TO ME. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
BUT I'M ONLY ONE PERSON. WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING. BUT I'M TRYING.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE USE OF THEIR ROOF DECK MOVING FORWARD, NOT SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH I'M SURE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY THEY WOULD HAVE.
BUT IN GENERAL, WE'RE JUST ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CREATE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN MIAMI, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE OUTDOORS IN A NICER WAY.
JUST MY THOUGHT. DO WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR FOR WHAT'S ON THE TABLE? SURE. YEAH, I'LL. CAN I DO IT? IF WE'RE WE'RE NOT DOING ANY CONDITIONS.
WE CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE MOTION. OR SHOULD WE DO TWO? YOU SHOULD TAKE THE DESIGN SEPARATELY FROM THE VARIANCES.
OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH VARIANCES.
SECOND. MOTION BY MISS LEWIN. SECOND BY MR. YOUNG.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
AND I'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN.
OKAY. SECOND MOTION BY MISS LEWIN, SECOND BY MR. ROSS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES.
GOOD JOB. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE WHATEVER VARIANCES YOU WANT TO GO ABOUT AND YOU COME BACK TO US AND THIS HOUSE, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE IT. WE CAN SEE EVERY POSSIBLE THING TO MAKE IT THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR ANDREAS TO END UP LIVING IN THE HOUSE, ACTUALLY. AND YOU AND YOU GUYS ARE DEVELOPING IT TO SELL, RIGHT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE END OF THE AGENDA. FOR THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 8TH.
[FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: October 8, 2026]
AND I THINK WE'LL BE MOVING BACK TO THE NORMAL THURSDAY.NEXT MONTH. OKAY. MEETING. MEETING ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT. NICE TO SEE YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.