[00:00:01] MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO DRB MEETING ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2026. WE CAN START WITH THE ATTENDANCE. ALL RIGHT. DO A ROLL CALL. MR. ASION IS ABSENT. MS. BUTTACAVOLI? HERE. MR. LESTER? HERE. MS. LEWIN? HERE. MR. MESHBER? HERE. MS. MINDICH? HERE. WE HAVE FIVE OF SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. JUST, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE MR. PAEZ, BOARD MEMBER GABRIEL PAEZ RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD AFTER THE LAST MEETING AS HE'S NO LONGER A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH. SO, WE ARE DOWN. WE DO HAVE A VACANCY ON THE BOARD. BUT NONE OF THE, SO THE ITEMS TODAY, NONE OF THEM HAVE A, HAVE A ANY VARIANCES? SO, WE DO NEED FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FOR ANY ITEM TO BE APPROVED, SO WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS FOR, FOR ITEMS TO BE APPROVED TODAY. OKAY. ARE [ CITY ATTORNEY UPDATES MEMORANDUM OCTOBER 8, 2026] THERE ANY UPDATES? NO UPDATES. 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 IN 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 822-7394-1924, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 822-7394-1924. INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND ICON IF ON ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE IF BY PHONE. BEFORE 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 OBJECTOR, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE SPEAKING TO 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 TESTIMONY, 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 [SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC] PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN CHAMBERS AND INTENDS TO TESTIFY. VIRTUAL SPEAKERS WILL NEED TO BE SWORN IN ONE BY ONE BEFORE ADDRESSING THE BOARD. SO, IF YOU WILL BE GIVING TESTIMONY, 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? I DO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPROVAL [1. AFTER ACTION SEPTEMBER 11, 2026] OF THE MINUTES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS MEETING'S MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. I CAN'T SECOND WITHOUT A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. LEWIN, SECOND BY MR. LESTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. AND BY THE WAY EVEN IF YOU WERE ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WHERE THE, THE MINUTES ARE BEING APPROVED YOUR VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IS, IS AN EXPRESSION OF CONFIDENCE IN THE, THE PERSON WHO PREPARED THE MINUTES. SO, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT MR. MADAN DID A FAITHFUL JOB REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS OF THE, THE MEETING, THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION. I DO. THANK YOU. THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. DO WE HAVE ANY [OTHER BUSINESS] OTHER BUSINESS? NO OTHER BUSINESS. OKAY. SO, WE CAN GET RIGHT TO THE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. [CONSENT AGENDA] I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO I THINK WE CAN BEGIN. DID WE HEAR FROM ANDRES? I HAVE NOT. OKAY. NOT YET. SO, I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN, AND SO THAT HE, HE'S HERE, WE CAN TAKE UP THE HEAVIER ITEMS LAST. SINCE I SAW EVERYBODY FOR THAT PROJECT HERE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING, I THINK IT'S NICE TO. WE COULD BEGIN WITH, WITH THE RIGHT, THE WAY THE AGENDA'S LAID OUT, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THE [2. DRB26-1186 AKA DRB25-1104, 5685 ALTON ROAD.] FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY A REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE. IT'S DRB 26-1186 FOR 5685 ALTON ROAD. THAT WAS THE REMAND FOR THE PADEL COURTS FROM THE LA GORCE COUNTRY CLUB, WHICH WERE APPEALED. AND SO, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE, I BELIEVE, TO JANUARY. MORNING, EVERYBODY. [00:05:04] GRAHAM PENN, 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD. CORRECT, YES, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBOR ON THE PADEL COURT RELOCATION. THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR JANUARY IS THAT THE CLUB HAS PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL LOT, AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF REZONING AND CHANGING THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION. SO, THE END RESULT OF THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADJUST THE LOCATION OF THE PADEL COURTS IN A WAY THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO EVEN FURTHER BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORS. SO, THIS, IT WILL ALLOW US TO PUSH THEM FARTHER AWAY, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A NET BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY. SO, WE WOULD ASK FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL JANUARY, AND I MIGHT BE IN FRONT OF YOU IN IN JANUARY REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO LET THE REZONING COMPLETE, BUT WE THINK IN, IN THE END IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST RESULT FOR EVERYONE. SO, WE WOULD ASK FOR THAT CONTINUANCE THIS MORNING. OKAY. AND THAT WILL BE FOR JANUARY 14, 2027. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE. I'LL SECOND. IS THERE ANY COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE ON ZOOM OR? ANYBODY ONLINE, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED. SO, OKAY, SO WE CAN CLOSE THAT. SO, I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BUTTACAVOLI, A SECOND BY MS. LEWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR FIRST PROJECT [3. DRB25-1146, 1 OCEAN DRIVE.] ONE OCEAN DRIVE, DRB 25-1146. OKAY, SO WE DO, WE DO HAVE A CONTINUED ITEM IF YOU, OH, I'M SORRY. IF YOU, IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE IT. NO, NO, WE CAN, WE CAN, CONTINUANCE IS 5685 ALTON. FOR CONTINUANCES, WE HAVE OH, I APOLOGIZE. ONE OCEAN IS A CONTINUED ITEM. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. FEELS NEW. SO LONG. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STORY BUILDING INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, CAFE, CHILDREN'S CENTER, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, RETAIL AREA, SWIMMING POOL, AND A BEACH CLUB CONCESSION FACILITY AND ADJACENT PUBLIC RESTROOMS, INCLUDING ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING RESTAURANT AND CONCESSION FACILITY. OKAY, SO THIS IS THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR THE BEACH CLUB. IT'S AT THE LOCATION OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY NIKKI BEACH. IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, IT USED TO BE PENROD'S. THAT SITE THE CITY COMMISSION ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A NEW BEACH CLUB AND A NEW FACILITY, AND SO WE HAVE BEFORE US THE, THE TEAM THAT WON AND IS PREPARING PLANS FOR A NEW, NEW BEACH FACILITY, NEW BEACH CLUB. THIS PREVIOUSLY CAME TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY. AT THAT TIME, THE BOARD EXPRESSED SEVERAL CONCERNS WITH THE DESIGN AND THE APPLICATION WAS CONTINUED. SUBSEQUENTLY IT, ALSO AS PART OF THAT ORIGINAL APPROVAL, THEY WERE REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CITY COMMISSION AMENDED THE CODE, SO THOSE VARIANCES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. AS A RESULT, THEY'VE BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SHOWS THEM AS STRICKEN AS THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED. SO, IT'S NOT THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF THOSE VARIANCES, IT'S THAT THEY ARE NOW PART OF THE CODE, AND THOSE VARIANCES ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY. SO, THE DESIGN THAT IS BEFORE YOU, THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT CAME TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY. IT'S A, IT'S A BUILDING WITH AN UNDERSTORY PARKING AREA THAT IS SET BACK FROM OCEAN DRIVE, AND THERE'S A PARKING LOT IN THE FRONT. THAT'S ONE OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS IS TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC PARKING, AND SO THEY'RE DOING THAT AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL. AND THEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, YOU HAVE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS A KIDS CLUB, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, AND SEVERAL OTHER USES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN MORE OR LESS IN A SIMILAR FASHION AS TO WHAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD IN JANUARY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED THE DESIGN. IT'S A MORE CONTEMPORARY LOOK. IT HAS AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'LL DESCRIBE IT HAS THIS ARCHED ACCENT PIECE IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. AND OVERALL, THE DESIGN IS WELL THOUGHT OUT, HAS A LOT OF GREAT ELEMENTS TO IT. THE LANDSCAPING IS FANTASTIC. WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I'LL, THAT I'LL GO THROUGH YOU, GO THROUGH WITH THE DESIGN. SO, THE FIRST THE DESIGN INCLUDES A SERIES OF ARCHED WINDOW OPENINGS. IF YOU NOTICE, THE REST OF THE DESIGN HAS A LOT OF RECTILINEAR FORMS. SO, STAFF [00:10:01] HAS SOME CONCERNS. WE THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAYBE CONSIDER SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES. SO, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IT MUST CHANGE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES AS PART OF THAT. SO, WE HAVE A CONDITION IN THE ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO, TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES TO THOSE ARCH WINDOWS. THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS RELATED TO THE GLASS BLOCK ROOF'S CANOPY STRUCTURE. WE THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ELEMENT FOR THE DESIGN. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE CONCERNS OVER THE DURABILITY OF THE BLOCKS THAT ARE IN THE ARCH STRUCTURE AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED. SO, WE WANT THE APPLICANT TO GIVE US SOME EXTRA DETAILS AS TO HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE, THE, THE SALTY AIR CONDITIONS THAT, THAT, THAT EXIST HERE AND THE CONSTANT SUN THAT EXISTS. SO, WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I'M SURE THEY'LL HAVE SOME SAMPLES HERE TODAY. THE DESIGN INCLUDES SOME GREAT ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE HAS A GREAT ARTISTIC MURAL, NOT A MURAL, BUT IT HAS GREAT ARTISTIC ELEMENTS MOSAICS, TILED MOSAICS THAT THAT, THAT, THAT ADD GREAT VISUAL INTEREST TO THE SIDE FACADES, WHICH ARE THE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS WAYS. ON ONE SIDE, HOWEVER, ON THE NORTH SIDE, I BELIEVE THEIR PARKING AREA IS SCREENED WITH BREEZE BLOCKS WHICH BREEZE BLOCKS ARE GREAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LONG, CONTINUOUS SEGMENT OF BREEZE BLOCK AND STAFF DOES HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF THAT, OF THAT SEGMENT. SO, WE DO HAVE A CONDITION IN THE DRAFT ORDER THAT THEY WORK WITH STAFF IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL VISUAL INTEREST THERE. WE DIDN'T DESIGN IT FOR THEM, BUT WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT EITHER BE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, SOME ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OR OTHER ARCHITECTURAL MEANS TO SORT OF TO IMPROVE THE VISUAL INTEREST OF THAT ELEVATION. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, THE BIG ISSUES THAT, THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, BUT OVERALL IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD SITE PLAN. THE DESIGN OVERALL IS, IS A GREAT DESIGN. WE JUST DO SEE THE, THE NEED FOR SOME MINOR TWEAKS THAT WE THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO ACHIEVE THOSE TWEAKS. SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER, AND I'M SURE THEY'LL GIVE A, A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE DESIGN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROGELIO. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID WITH US AND OUR TEAM. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THESE APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWING ALL THESE PLANS. I KNOW THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS PAUL SAVAGE WITH LAW OFFICES AT 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANTS ON ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THIS MORNING'S AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE THE BOUCHER BROTHERS AND MAJOR FOOD GROUP. I'M ACCOMPANIED BY BEN CHERRY OF OUR FIRM, WHO'S BEHIND ME AND YOUNGER AND TALLER AND SMARTER, AND I HOPE NO ONE NOTICES. I'M HERE MY REPRESENTATIVE IS AN EXECUTIVE, WILL NAZAR, WHO IS A VICE PRESIDENT WITH MAJOR FOOD GROUP, AND HE'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OF COURSE, OUR ARCHITECT OF RECORD IS KOBI KARP, AND I'M GOING TO BE MOSTLY GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND LETTING KOBI AND OUR OTHER DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS DO WHAT THIS BOARD DOES BEST. WE WERE HERE IN JANUARY, AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A CIRCUS WITH A LOT OF LEGAL ISSUES. WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS TO CLEAN UP ALL THOSE LEGAL ISSUES WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED, AND AS ROGELIO EXPLAINED, WE'VE BEEN UP AND BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION SEVERAL TIMES TO AMEND THE CODE, AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS NICE, A NICE CLEAN RUNWAY FOR THIS TEAM AND THIS BOARD TO DO WHAT IT'S CHARGE IS NORMALLY, WHICH IS TO EVALUATE THE DESIGN AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE DETAILS THAT ROGELIO MENTIONED. OUR ALSO OUR DESIGN TEAM IS REPRESENTED BY YODEZEEN THAT YOU'LL SEE ON MANY OF THE BOARDS, AND ROBIN ANEZIN IS HERE TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE DESIGN FEATURES, AS WELL AS ENEA LANDSCAPE, AND IVANA BECKER FROM THAT TEAM IS ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE AMPLE IN LUSH LANDSCAPING, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THAT REGARD. SO, AS I PROMISED, I'M GOING TO FIGHT EVERY LAWYER BONE IN MY BODY TO STOP TALKING AND QUICKLY FRAME THIS UP, SET THE TABLE, GET OUT OF THE WAY. IF I CAN PULL UP MY POWERPOINT, PLEASE. THIS IS A RENDER. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MY PUNCHLINE, SO I'LL GO PAST IT. THIS IS OUR [00:15:01] TEAM THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE ADDITION OF YODEZEEN, WHO ARE HERE. THIS IS THE SITE. REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT PRIVATE OWNERS BUILDING WHATEVER CONDO WE WANT, ET CETERA. WE'RE HIGHLY CONSTRAINED. THIS IS GOVERNMENT-OWNED LAND, CITY OF MIAMI-OWNED LAND. WE'RE UNDER A VERY LENGTHY AGREEMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO HAVE THREE RESTAURANTS, IT HAS TO HAVE A KIDS CLUB, IT HAS TO HAVE ALL THESE AMENITIES, AND SO WE BUILD IT TO THE SCOPE AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL FEATURES AND RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE. THE BOUCHER BROTHERS NEED NO INTRODUCTION IN THE CITY. THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES PROVIDING CONCESSIONAIRE SERVICES IN FRONT OF ALL THE HOTELS, AND THEY WILL SIMILARLY PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AT THIS SITE. THE MAJOR FOOD GROUP SIMILARLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. THEY HAVE A DEEP, DEEP BENCH OF EXPERIENCED, BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANTS, INCLUDING THE SADELLE'S IS GONNA BE FEATURED AS THE WALK-UP COMMUNITY RESTAURANT AT THIS SITE. HISTORY HERE, ALWAYS A BEACHFRONT RECREATIONAL SORT OF FOCUS HERE AT THIS SOUTHERN END OF OUR MUNICIPALITY, HARDIE'S CASINO, ET CETERA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT ULTIMATELY BECAME PENROD'S. THAT WAS CHANGED TO NIKKI BEACH, AND AFTER THIRTY PROUD YEARS WE NOW HAVE A NEW VENDOR AND A NEW, A NEW EXCITING GROUP OF, JUST TO REALLY BRING THIS UPSCALE AND UPDATE IT FOR THE NEXT THIRTY YEARS. VERY LARGE SITE HERE. AGAIN, GOVERNMENT LAND ZONED GU, IT'S A SPECIAL ZONING. WE HAD TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND DID. HERE'S A PART OF THE FIRST-FLOOR SITE PLAN, JUST SHOWING THE LAYOUT, SEVENTY-TWO PUBLIC PARKING SPACES IN THE FRONT SADELLE'S'S CAFE IN THE CORNER, AGAIN WALK UP FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THE POOLS, CABANAS, AND OTHER YOU KNOW, BEACH CLUB AMENITIES THERE IN THE BACK. THERE'S THE PARKING SPOTS. NONE OF THE, BY THE WAY, AFTER ALL OF OUR AMENDMENTS, THE ADJACENT SIDEWALKS AND THE PARKING IN THE FRONT AND ALL OF THAT IS PRESERVED. THERE'S NO INVASION OF THE SIDEWALKS OR THE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES NOW, AND ALL OF THAT EAST-WEST FLOW OF PEOPLE TO THE WATER IS PRESERVED. HERE'S US GETTING APPROVED AT THE CITY COMMISSION. HERE'S US CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALSO CHANGING THE CODE TO REMOVE ALL VARIANCES FROM THIS BOARD, WHICH I SAID THIS MORNING, THANK GOD, BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE FOR A VARIANCE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT CAME BEFORE YOU IN JANUARY, BEAUTIFUL DESIGN, AMPLE LANDSCAPING, NICE WALK-UP. HOWEVER, IT DID HAVE SORT OF THE CENTRAL FOCUS, THIS ROUND FEATURE IN THE MIDDLE THAT WAS LARGELY CLOSED OFF FROM THE BACK WITH THE STAIRWELLS, AND THIS BOARD AND STAFF, YOU KNOW, WANTED A MORE VISUAL SENSE OF ARRIVAL AND VISUAL CORRIDOR TO THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN TO THE EAST. SO, WITH THAT, WE TOOK ALL THESE, THESE ARE SOME OTHER COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, VISUAL CONNECTION TO THE BEACH. WE TOOK ALL OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS, WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND CAME UP WITH THIS REALLY GORGEOUS, EXCITING, MORE MODERN, AND MUCH MORE OPEN CENTRAL BREEZEWAY CONCEPT WITH A CURVED A CURVED ROOF FEATURE AND ARCHWAY. AND WITH THAT, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO, I HAVE SOME OF THE MOST HIGHEST CREDENTIALED DESIGN TEAM BEHIND ME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO INVADE THEIR AREA. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. KOBI, IF YOU WANT TO COME AND TELL US ABOUT THE THINKING AND THE DESIGN. HI, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. HERE, PAUL, IS THIS THE NUMBERS? YEAH. SO, THIS IS BASICALLY, MY NAME IS KOBI KARP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF. YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. WE DO AGREE WITH STAFF COMMENTS A HUNDRED PERCENT. THESE ARE, THIS IS THE IMAGE OF THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE WHERE PEOPLE WALK UP AND ALONG THE BUILDING, ALONG THE ACCESS TO THE BEACH. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WAS DONE BY ENYA, WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS, NOT ONLY ALONG THE BEACH WALK, BUT ALSO ALONG THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, THE STREETS. WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPING FLOWING THROUGH THE SITE. THESE ARE IMAGES OF THE INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. WE'RE SHARING THIS WITH YOU SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND QUALITY OF WORK THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. THIS IS THE SEATING OUTSIDE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE SADELLE'S IS BEING AND MEETING THE BEACH WALK. SO, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE TAKEN THE BUILDING AS A PAVILION FLOATING WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE PUBLIC LAND. AND SO, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO [00:20:03] IMPROVE THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, THE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TERMINATION OF THE STREETS WITH LANDSCAPING, MAKING IT VERY NICE AND APPROACHABLE, BOTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SADELLE'S GOES RIGHT HERE WHERE THE LITTLE HAND IS. PEDESTRIANS CONNECT STRAIGHT TO THE BEACH WALK SO PEOPLE CAN WALK ALONG THE BEACH AND COME ON IN, HAVE A COFFEE, HAVE A JUICE ANYTIME. THAT OPENING IS ON BOTH SIDES, AND YOU CAN SEE THEN YOU CAN WALK WITHIN THE LANDSCAPING THAT ANNIE IS PROPOSING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SITE. THIS IS AN IMAGE FROM THE BEACH LOOKING BACK TO OCEAN DRIVE AND SHOWS YOU THE GARDEN-STYLE LANDSCAPING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE HERE. WITH THAT I HAVE BROUGHT SOME SAMPLE BOARDS. THESE SAMPLE BOARDS ARE MATERIALS AND BLOW-UPS, WE AGREE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE GLASS AND THE MATERIALS AND WHAT THEY HAVE SAID. AND IF YOU WANT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, KOBI. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KOBI. I'M, I THINK THAT YES, THAT, THAT REALLY CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, WE WILL, UNLESS YOU HAVE DIRECT QUESTIONS NOW, WE'LL TAKE OUR SEAT. WE'RE HERE TO RESPOND AND MAYBE RESERVE SOME TIME FOR ANY REBUTTAL OR ANSWERS. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE, WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES? I KNOW I MET WITH THE ATTORNEYS LAST WEEK AND REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL. AS DID I. I DID AS WELL. OKAY. THAT, SHOULD WE OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP. AND IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ONLINE. NO, NO HANDS RAISED. I GUESS WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK ON, ON THIS NEW DESIGN. IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY UNIQUE AND, AND A BIG CHANGE. KOBI, CAN I ASK YOU TO WALK US THROUGH THE DESIGN STORY OF THE ENTRANCE AND THE, AND THE, THE WAVE OR THE CANOPY AND, AND THE LIGHT COMING THROUGH AND, AND THESE NEW COLUMNS, AND TELL US, TELL US THE, THE VISION BEHIND THIS, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A CHANGE, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY INTERESTING, THE MATERIAL PALETTE'S CHANGING A LITTLE BIT, AND I'D, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT. YEAH. SO, WHAT WE FELT THAT THE CURVES ALLOWED TO BE MORE FEMININE, MORE NATURAL. THE TREE CANOPY. AND REALLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FROM ENYA AND OR THE SITE PLAN, THE CONDITIONS ALLOW US TO REALLY CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY OF MORE FREE-FLOWING LANDSCAPE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AND SO, THE CANOPY CAME FROM THAT, AS WELL AS THE CURVES TO THE BUILDING. THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE STONE AND NATURAL MATERIALS, THOSE ARE THE PREVALENT MATERIALS THEY WILL HAVE BECAUSE THE ARCHITECTURE HERE IS SECONDARY TO THE SITE PLAN AND TO THE LANDSCAPE. THE LANDSCAPE AND THE SITE PLAN IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE. SO, THE INTENT IS TO REALLY LUSH IT UP, LANDSCAPE, GREEN IT UP, EVEN THE PARKING THAT HE MENTIONED. YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAN, SEVENTY SPACES GO BELOW THE BUILDING. THEY'RE TUCKED AWAY. THE APPROACH IS TO HAVE AN OPEN CROSS-VENTILATED, SO UPON STEPPING UP AND BEING IN THAT OPEN SPACE, YOU SEE THE WHOLE SITE PLAN STEPPING DOWN, AND YOU HAVE A, AN OPEN VIEW STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN, TO THE BEACH WALK. SO, THE EXPERIENCE IS WHEN I'M WALKING ON THE BEACH WALK, I HAVE THE LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF ME, AND THEN I STEP UP AND I SEE THE BEAUTIFUL PAVILION JUST FLOATING IN THE AIR. THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS. AND IF YOU WANT ME TO, AND I GO BACK TO THE IMAGE THAT HE HAD ON THE SCREEN, THE AERIAL FROM I LIKE THAT AERIAL BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE QUITE A BIT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK ALONG THE BEACH AND THEY SEE IT, SO YOU HAVE AN, VOILA. SO, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE BEACH WALK TO THE TERMINATION OF THE STREETS BOTH UNDER NORTH AND THE SOUTH, THE WHOLE PLACE OPENS UP. SO, IT REALLY IS A COMFORTING PLACE TO GO. AND PEOPLE WALK ALONG. FOR ALL THE TIME, AND THEY WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND, RIGHT? THEY COME FROM THE BAY, YOU WALK ALONG SOUTH POINT, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO STOP, HAVE A JUICE, A COFFEE, WHATEVER YOU LIKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. I'LL OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY HERE. I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE DELIVERIES, TRASH, RIDE SHARE, PICKUP, DROP OFF, AND SERVICE WORKERS? WHERE, HOW ARE WE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA KEEP THIS FUNCTIONING SO HIGHLY? VERY GOOD QUESTION. [00:25:02] AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE RIGHT NOW, ON FIRST STREET, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, IS WHERE THE LOADING IS EXISTING AND THE SERVICE. SO, WE HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF, AND WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE TIMES THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO REALLY USE THAT SERVICE AREA, BUT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SAME SERVICE AREA AS IT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN. AND THERE'S STAFF PARKING UP BELOW? YES, OF COURSE. FOR THAT, YEAH. AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT THIS DESIGN IS SO RESPECTFUL OF THE PEDESTRIAN THAT'S NOT USING THE SITE AS IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THE SITE. AND I REALLY, WE'VE SEEN IN A COUPLE OF PROJECTS RECENTLY, BOTH WITH APOGEE, HOW THEY'RE INCORPORATING THAT THIS PROJECT IS A, A BEAUTIFUL STANDALONE, BUT IT'S BECOMING PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND LIKE TO SEE HOW RESPECTFUL THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCE IS, AS IN THIS DESIGN. I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT THIS NEW DESIGN JUST REALLY IS SO MUCH MORE INVITING FOR THE PEDESTRIAN. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE USE OF SPACE WHERE IT'S PUBLIC, BUT THERE'S ALSO RESTAURANTS. AND SO, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A DELICATE BALANCE OF, OF HOW YOU, YOU WANT TO EXPOSE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY. I ALMOST LIKE THE, THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED AT THE, THE FIRST RENDER, I WAS LIKE, IT ALMOST, THIS IS A, THIS IS A COMPLIMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE A TRAIN STATION ALMOST. IT'S VERY INVITING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC SPACE THAT IS BRINGING THE PUBLIC AND INVITING THEM IN. AND I, YEAH, I LIKE THESE NEW MATERIALS. I, I LOVE THE THE, THE PLANT MOSAIC THAT YOU'VE INCORPORATED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE. SO, I AGREE WITH STAFF IF THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS TO MAYBE INCORPORATE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THROUGHOUT. BUT YES, VERY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE AGREE WITH STAFF COMMENTS A HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO YES, I AGREE. IT'S A, A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT THAT ARE WATCHING ON TV THIS PROJECT AND HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU, CAN YOU AGAIN BRIEF US ON THE AMENITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? AND I ASSUME IT'LL BE, BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC PROPERTY, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL PUBLIC COMING IN FROM THE BEACHWALK OR FROM FIRST STREET. A HUNDRED PERCENT, ABSOLUTELY. THE SITE IS POROUS, AND THE INTENT IS WHETHER YOU COME FROM THE BEACH OR YOU COME FROM OCEAN DRIVE IF YOU WALK FROM THE NEARBY COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE ABLE TO WALK UP THROUGH THE SITE. IT'S VERY POROUS. YOU HAVE POINTS OF ENTRY ALONG THE BEACH PROMENADE, AND YOU ALSO HAVE HERE THE RESTAURANT. YOU CAN ALSO ENTER ON THE SIDES. YOU CAN ENTER FROM FIRST, YOU CAN ENTER FROM SOUTH POINTE DRIVE, AND OF COURSE FROM OCEAN DRIVE. WE HAVE THESE IMAGES, WHICH ARE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THEY SHOW YOU THIS IS THE POINT OF ARRIVAL ON SADELLE'S, THIS IS THE POINT OF ARRIVAL AT THE BEACH WALK. SO, THEY'RE VERY CASUAL, VERY TROPICAL, VERY OPEN TO EVERYBODY. SO, OTHER THAN THE TWO SWIMMING POOLS AND THE THREE RESTAURANTS, ARE THERE OTHER AMENITIES AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND THE PUBLIC? IN SADELLE'S, THE RESTAURANT, AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S IT. OKAY. SO, IT'S BASICALLY THE THREE RESTAURANTS AND THE TWO SWIMMING POOLS, AND OF COURSE THE GARDENS AND LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT. CORRECT, WITH THE LOUNGE SEATING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PROPERTY. HERE, LET ME BRING THIS CLOSER SO YOU CAN SEE IT. I THINK THERE'S A FITNESS CLUB IN THE KIDS' CENTER, TOO. CORRECT. WE, AND THAT'S IN HERE, WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR DINING AREAS. WE STILL HAVE THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE THE OF COURSE, THE BIKE PARKING, AND THEN WE HAVE SADELLE'S RIGHT HERE WITH THE CORNER SEATING AND ALL OF THAT OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO USE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MAYRA, BUT THE, YOU, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR A CHAIR. THIS IS. NO, YES. IT'S JUST LIKE ON A BEACH. NO, YES, OF COURSE. I HAD TO CLARIFY FOR MYSELF. SO, WHEN I BIKE UP WITH MY SON, I, I THINK I CAN GO JUMP IN THE POOL, BUT I JUST CAN'T SIT IT, LIKE I COULD JUST JUMP IN AND JUMP OUT, BUT I CAN'T SIT AT A, I CAN'T SIT AT A CHAIR. RIGHT. AND, AND IT'LL BE OPERATED BY BOUCHER BROTHERS, AND A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE PAID TO THE CITY. CORRECT. BUT ISN'T LIKE PREDOMINANTLY THE TWO RESTAURANTS OCCUPY MOST OF THE. AND THE TWO POOLS AND THEN AS LAURA SAID, THERE'S A FITNESS AND THERE'S A KIDS CLUB. CORRECT. WILL, DID I MISS ANYTHING? THANK YOU. JUST WANT [00:30:01] TO MAKE SURE. WILL THE RESTAURANTS BE SERVING ON, ON THE BEACH? YEAH, WE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN HAVE BEACH SERVICE AS WELL. THAT'S JUST I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I MEAN, IT'S A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT FROM WHEN I SAW IT LAST THE FIRST TIME, SO, SO KUDOS FOR THAT, BUT THANK YOU. ARE THE GARDENS SUPPOSED TO BE SEPARATED INTO DIFFERENT, LIKE FOR EVENTS AND FOR DIFFERENT USES, OR ARE THEY ALL SUPPOSED TO BE FLOWING IN TOGETHER? THEY CAN BE SEPARATED. IT'S BIG ENOUGH, THE SITE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN BY ENYA HERE, THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BIRTHDAY PARTY HERE, WE CAN HAVE THE KIDS PLAY OVER HERE, WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS ON IT, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, IF IT'S A PRIVATE EVENT, IT'LL STILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN CERTAIN AREAS AND. YEAH. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR GRADUATION OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN HAVE IT HERE ON THE BEACH. YEAH. IT'S A VERY NICE STEP FORWARD, VERY NICE. THANK YOU. YOUR, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE TRAIN STATION IS, IS, IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING OF TOO. THERE'S SORT OF A EUROPEAN FEELING, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE, THESE COLUMNS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT SO TYPICAL FOR, FOR AROUND HERE. IS IT A, CAN YOU TELL ME, IS IT A, IS IT A METAL BASE AND A, AND A WOOD COLUMN? CORRECT. AND IT'S INSPIRED AGAIN BY THE LANDSCAPE. WE WANTED THE BUILDING, THE PAVILION, TO BE THE BACKGROUND TO THE LANDSCAPE, TO THE TREES, TO THE OUTDOOR SPACES. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE PROMOTING HERE. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT OPEN CROSS VENTILATION SPACE. IT GIVE YOU PROTECTION FROM THE SUN OR FROM THE RAIN. THE STAFF'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE GLASS BLOCK, I, OF THE, THE GLASS BLOCK OF THE CANOPY, WHICH I'VE, I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH IT, THIS, IN SOHO, WITH THE, WITH THE, IN, IN THE SIDEWALKS. WOW, IS IT, IS IT GONNA BE POURED? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THIS CANOPY IS, HOW IS IT GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED? THE WAY WE ARE LOOKING TO BUILD IT IS, IS BASICALLY HOW YOU WOULD BUILD A POOL. YOU SPRAY THE CONCRETE AND WE, THEN WE PLACE THE GLASS BLOCK WITHIN IT. THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER HAS ALL THE DETAILS FOR THAT, BUT BASICALLY, IT IS IN THE SAME MEANS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE QUANTITY AND THE RELATIONSHIP IS GOOD THERE, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE BOARDS AND WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT. YEAH, WE, WE LIKE STAINED GLASS AND, BUT, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT HAS HISTORICALLY THE COLORATION AND THE TROPICAL THAT MAKES IT MORE FUN. AND, BUT WE NEED TO GET WITH STAFF BECAUSE THEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE PREFER MORE OR LESS AND SO FORTH. AND WE'RE PRETTY, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP SO FAR ON BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THAT. IT'S PROBABLY WILL BE LESS, POTENTIALLY LESS GLASS THAN WE SEE JUST PER, PER STRUCTURE PROBABLY. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH. A COUPLE, COUPLE MORE THINGS ON MY LIST HERE. THE MOSAICS ON THE, ON THE, THE SIDE WALLS ARE, ARE REALLY NICE, AND I SEE SOME OF THESE TILES AND STUFF. THAT'S NOT A, A PUBLIC ART. BUT THAT'S JUST ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. SO, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A MURAL AS WE WOULD CONSIDER AN ARTISTIC MURAL. IT'S PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE. IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE BUILDING. SO, IT'S JUST PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE. CORRECT. YEAH, I FOUND THAT THOSE WERE, WERE REALLY INVITING AND, AND, AND NICE, AND, AND, AND SOOTHING, THAT SORT OF COLOR PALETTE. IF EVERYONE, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF BOARDS DOWN HERE, THESE GUYS HAVE. AND THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. YEAH. YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE STUDYING THAT, BUT WE LIKE TO HAVE ON COMPACTED SOIL AND, AND HAVE THE THE SAND OVER THE PAVERS, YES. SO THAT'S WHERE IF YOU WALK BAREFOOT OR WITH SANDALS, YOU FEEL MORE RELAXED AND TRANQUIL. YEAH. YEAH. AND IT, WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THE COMPUTER, IT'S ONE THING, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THE BOARDS, IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YOU CAN SEE THE THREE-DIMENSIONALITY OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S, IS GOING TO BE QUITE NICE HERE. YEAH, AND I THINK ANYA DID A PHENOMENAL JOB IN HERE, AND EVEN THERE WAS COMMENTS ABOUT THE AIR CONDITIONING. WHAT WE DID IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECTION, WE SUNK THE MECHANICAL INTO THE ROOF SO IT COMPLETELY DISAPPEARS. SO, IT HAS THAT, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN ON THIS, SO BESIDES THE GARDEN AND THE LANDSCAPING, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MECHANICAL AND EVERYTHING IS TUCKED AWAY AND SCREENED. RIGHT. AND EVERYBODY [00:35:10] COMES, THEY ARE SENT UP, THEY LOOK AROUND, OH, VERY NICE, AND THEN THEY CAN WALK. GOOD. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. GOING BACK TO THE JANUARY DESIGN, ONE THING I DID LIKE, AT LEAST FROM THE, IT WAS MAYBE IT WAS JUST A RENDERING THING, WAS IN THE PARKING LOT, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD THE GRASS INTEGRATED INTO THE LOT, AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL GIVEN IT'S A PUBLIC LOT. I, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS, WERE YOU PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT ON THE SURFACE? WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THAT. WE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE GRASS PAVERS, INTERLOCKING PAVERS, YES. YEAH. YEAH, IF IF ON THE SLIDES THEY COULD PULL UP, LIKE, I THINK IT'S I DON'T, IT WAS THE, WHATEVER THE PRIOR, I THINK IT WAS SIXTEEN, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S JUST THE INTEGRATED GRASS PAVER. CORRECT. I THOUGHT THAT LOOKED REALLY NICE, AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE LANDSCAPE, IT KIND OF HELPS WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT IN THE FRONT. YEAH, BUT I, I ALSO REALIZE THAT MIGHT BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN WITH A LOT LIKE THAT, BUT. THAT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT, AND I THINK IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO DO IT, WE WILL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. DO YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT SHOWS THAT HERE? YEAH, WE. IT'S IN THE PRIOR PRESENTATION, AND THIS ONE IT DOESN'T SHOW IT. SO, IT'S NOT, OKAY, IT'S FROM THE PRIOR ONE. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, BUT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IT AS A COMMENT AND CONDITION, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S WHY PAUL MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PARKING THAT IS ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, WE'RE MAINTAINING IT AS IT IS. THE PARKING ON THE SITE IS THE 70-70 ROUND NUMBERS SPLIT, WHICH IS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING IN THE BUILDINGS NEARBY WHERE THEY HAVE RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH, SO WE'RE TALKING TO THEM TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR OURSELVES, WHICH WOULD MEAN THERE'LL BE MORE PUBLIC PARKING OPEN. IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ANY OF THE EXISTING PARKING SPOTS. CORRECT. YEAH. A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT. THERE'S NO, YOU CAN'T OBJECT TO US HAVING A SHORTAGE OF PARKING. IN FACT, THEY'RE ADDING SEVENTY-TWO SPOTS BELOW TO FEED THEM. CORRECT. HEY, I'M JUST IMAGINING LIKE ON SATURDAY WHEN EVERYONE'S LOOKING FOR PARKING, SORT OF ADJUSTING THIS WHOLE BEAUTIFUL ENTRY, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THERE, IS THERE ENOUGH CLEARANCE SO THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN KEEP CIRCLING AND THAT SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO GO AND, AND VALET, DROP OFF THE CAR AND DO SOMETHING HAS A SPOT? LIKE, I WAS JUST IMAGINING LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK BEHIND ALL THESE PEOPLE, AND THERE'S LIKE A BACKFLOW OF, OF CARS. NO, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S, IT'S KEY. IS THE STUCCO FINISH STILL THERE, THAT LIKE A, A CONCRETE TEXTURED CONCRETE THAT, THAT LIKE PUT, PUT A, TO A CAR? YEAH. AND THE COLOR IS MIXED INTO THE CEMENT. I LIKE THE FINISH OF THAT CONCRETE A LOT. IT'S VERY NICE, YEAH. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE. IT'S, IT'S, THANK YOU FOR TAKING ALL THE, THE COMMENTS BEFORE AND, AND COMING BACK WITH THIS AND TO THE WHOLE DESIGN TEAM AND EVERYONE YOU WERE WORKING WITH AND YOU BROUGHT ON. I SEE THE FAMILIAR NAMES AND EVERYONE THAT'S ON THAT TEAM. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, BISHOP, ILL DESIGN, ENYA, US. IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GREAT COLLABORATION. THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER LANDMARK TO THE CITY FOR SURE. YEAH, IT RAISES THE STANDARDS FOR SURE. YEP. YOU NEED A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? DO YOU, SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY THE MOTION, DO YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT WITH OUR COMMENTS ON THE WINDOWS, OR DO YOU, DO YOU THINK THE WINDOWS ARE OKAY AS THEY ARE? I, I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY WITHOUT SEEING, BUT I MEAN, I, I TRUST YOU GUYS. I, I DON'T DISLIKE THEM AS THEY ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT PERHAPS THEY'D BE [00:40:02] IMPROVED. YEAH, KOBI, KOBI SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE FLUID. I WOULD, I WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE COMMENTS MADE BY PLANNING. YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT OBVIOUSLY IN FAR MORE DETAIL THAN WE HAVE. AND SO, IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, I THINK IT SHOULD BE AS PART OF THE MOTION. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER COMMENT I'VE HEARD IS REGARDING THE PARKING TO INCLUDE GRASS IN BETWEEN THE PAVERS OR EXPLORE IT. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON IT CONTINUOUSLY, THE GRASS STARTS TO DIE. YEAH. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF THERE'S A GOOD, GOOD SOLUTION THAT, THAT, THAT'S DURABLE. SO, OR SO IF THE, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. GOOD MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NICE WORK, NICE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHTY, THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT AM I DOING? COMMENT HERE. MORNING. [4. DRB26-1165, 7928 BYRON AVENUE.] GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. READY TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT. YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS DRB 26-1165-7928 BYRON AVENUE. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FOUR-STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING WITH ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO REPLACE AN EXISTING RESIDENCE. OKAY, SO THIS, THIS APPLICATION ORIGINALLY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD ON JUNE 11TH. AT THAT TIME, THE DRB DISCUSSED THE APPLICATION AND HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE MATERIALS, THE BALCONY DIMENSIONS, THE COLUMNS AND LANDSC, THE COLUMN THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LANDSCAPING. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THE THE APPLICANT HIRED A NEW ARCHITECT, AND SO THEY'VE REIMAGINED THE DESIGN. THE DESIGN MORE OR LESS HAS THE SAME LAYOUT AND SCALE AS THE PREVIOUS PROJECT. HOWEVER, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THAT STAFF AND THE BOARD RAISED. SO, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS WHAT WE FEEL IS A SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED DESIGN AND THEY ADDRESSED ALL OF STAFF'S, MOST OF STAFF'S CONCERNS. WE STILL HAVE ONE OR TWO COMMENTS REGARDING THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT I'LL GO THROUGH, BUT GENERALLY IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AND STAFF IS, IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DESIGN. SO, I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES. THE FIRST THEY'VE REVISED THE MATERIAL PALETTE TO INCLUDE MORE DETAIL, A MORE DETAILED MATERIALS BOARD, AND SO IT FEATURES STUCCO, TEMPERED GLASS, SOME COMPOSITE WOOD STONE ACCENTS AND UPDATED BALCONY FINISHES. THE FACADE TREATMENTS INCLUDE AN IMPROVED WINDOW ALIGNMENT THE TRELLIS THAT STICKS, THAT USED TO STICK OUT IN THE FRONT WAS REMOVED, AND SO NOW THEY STILL HAVE A TRELLIS, BUT IT'S SET BACK FURTHER. THE MASS WAS REFINED, SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SIMILAR SCALE OF A BUILDING, THE BALCONIES WERE SET BACK FIVE FEET SO THEY DON'T. OH, I APOLOGIZE, TEN FEET FROM, WELL, TEN FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT THEY WERE SET BACK FIVE FEET FROM WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE. NO, NO, TEN FEET FROM WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE. OH, OKAY. YEAH, THEY WERE TWENTY-THREE FEET LONG, AND NOW THEY'RE LIKE TWELVE. OH, OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. I STAND CORRECTED. I, I OKAY, SO THEY, THE, THE, THE LAYOUT WAS UPDATED, THE [00:45:01] INTERIOR LAYOUT WAS UPDATED SLIGHTLY. THE ROOF DECKS, I THINK BEFORE, WERE A PUBLIC AMENITY FOR THE BUILDING. NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIVATE AMENITIES FOR THE UPPER LEVEL UNITS. THE PARKING WAS ADJUSTED. SO PREVIOUSLY THE DESIGN DID INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. HOWEVER, IT WAS REALLY NOT FUNCTIONAL. IF YOU LOOKED INTO THE DETAILS, THE DRIVEWAY WAS NARROWER, THE PARKING SPACES DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS. SO, THE, THE CURRENT DESIGN COMPLIES, CONFORMS WITH THE CODE IN TERMS OF THE DIMENSIONS. HOWEVER, THEY'RE LEFT WITH FOUR PARKING SPACES, SO THAT WOULD BE A SPACE PER UNIT. BUT IT, BUT IT COMPLIED, IT WORKS. THE, THE PREVIOUS DESIGN HAD, HAD SPACES THAT JUST COULD NOT, COULD NOT BE BUILT. THE, THE DESIGN INCLUDES OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FACADE THAT HAS THESE LIT ALUMINUM PANELS THAT GIVE IT A, GIVE IT AN INTERESTING FEEL, AND THEN IT HAS THE THE, THE, THE SIMULATED WOOD PANELS UNDERNEATH THE BALCONIES THAT SOFTEN THE FACADE AND, AND GIVE IT SOME VISUAL INTEREST. SO, STAFF, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THESE CHANGES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A WAIVER OF THE HEIGHT OF THE PARKING LEVEL OF THE, ESSENTIALLY THE UNDERSTORY PARKING LEVEL. THE CODE REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE TWELVE FEET CLEAR ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, SO THAT LEAVES YOU WITH ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET CLEAR, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED FOR A PARKING GARAGE. AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO HABITABLE SPACE DOWN THERE, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A TWO-FOOT WAIVER TO REDUCE THAT TO TEN FEET CLEAR. IT STILL PROVIDES SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR THE GARAGE TO FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY. IT PROVIDES SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE WHERE IN THE FUTURE, IF THE ROADS ARE RAISED, THEY CAN RAISE THE GROUND AND, AND, AND THE GARAGE CAN STILL FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY. AND IT JUST GIVES THEM SOME EXTRA FLEXIBILITY WITH ALLOCATING THAT HEIGHT ELSEWHERE IN THE BUILDING. SO, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE WAIVER GIVEN THAT THERE'S NO HABITABLE SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR. WE DO HAVE TWO DESIGN CONCERNS. ONE IS WE'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE THE GARAGE GATE AND THE GARAGE SCREENING. THE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED SHOW THE GARAGE AND THE RENDERINGS, BUT WE'RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK, SO WE WANT SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL, AND WE HAVE A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE THOSE DETAILS TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY STAFF. AND THEN THE OTHER CONCERN WE HAVE IS THAT THEY HAVE A, A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT, EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH THE GARAGE AND THE PARKING AREA HAS SUFFICIENT ROOM TO MANEUVER SO THE CARS CAN PULL IN AND THEN THEY CAN PULL OUT WITHOUT BACKING OUT ONTO THE STREET, WE REALLY DON'T SEE A NEED FOR THAT CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY AND WE FEEL THAT THAT COULD BE USED TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING OF THE PROJECT, PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE AND IMPROVE THE, THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE SITE. SO, STAFF FEELS THAT THE, THAT, THAT, THAT CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY COULD BE REMOVED BUT OTHERWISE WE, WE THINK THE DESIGN IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AND, AND WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. SORRY, TURN IT OVER TO THE OTHER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS HERNAN SANDAR CANCILLO. I AM THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT, 7928 BYRON AVENUE. AND AS ROGELIO, MENTIONED, WE TOOK OVER THIS PROJECT THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED TO, TO YOU GUYS, TO THE BOARD BACK IN JUNE, AND WE FELT THAT IT HAD LIKE A LOT OF A LOT OF SPACE FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE FACADE WAS VERY BUSY WITH DIFFERENT BALCONIES AND TRELLISES AND, AND COLORFUL MATERIALS THAT I THINK THEY DIDN'T APPLY VERY WELL TO, TO WHAT'S BEING DONE IN MIAMI BEACH. SO, WE, AS HE MENTIONED, WE CLEANED UP THE, THE FACADE, WE MAKE IT MORE MONOCHROMATIC AND MORE MINIMALISTIC. WE WE REMOVE, WE, WE CLEAN ALL THESE ELEMENTS FROM THE FACADE AND, AND WE REDUCE. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I WAS VERY, IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE PREVIOUS BOARD, THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS BALCONIES WERE TWENTY-THREE FEET LONG, AND THEY WERE LIKE, TO ME, IMPOSSIBLE TO REBUILD. I'M, I'M ALSO A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS GET BUILT. SO, WE REDUCED THE BALCONIES TO A NORMAL DIMENSION OF, OF TWELVE FEET. AND, AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE PREVIOUS DRB WAS THE, THE, THE STAIR METAL, THE STAIR, THE STAIR, SORRY, THE STAIRCASE THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING, THAT IT WAS OPEN TO, TO THE OUTDOORS, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE LEFT OUT AS, AS SOMETHING THAT IT WASN'T DESIGNED PROPERLY. SO, WE, WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING MORE LIKE A FOCAL POINT FOR THE DESIGN BY ADDING THESE METAL PANELS THAT ARE BACKLIT THAT WILL CREATE LIKE SOME KIND OF TEXTURE ON THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING. WE JUST COMPLETED, I AM THE ARCHITECT ON RECORD OF SEVEN FIVE SIX EIGHTY-FOURTH STREET, WHICH IS LIKE A FEW BLOCKS FROM THERE. IT'S CALLED DIVA ESTATE, AND, AND IT HAS A VERY SIMILAR DESIGN. IT HAS A METAL THE, THE, THE STAIRCASE IS COVERED WITH SOME METAL PANELS THAT ADD [00:50:02] SOME MOVEMENT AND TEXTURE, AND TEXTURE TO THE FACADE. THE BUILDING IS JUST COMPLETED, AND I THINK IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. SO, IN TERMS OF MASSING AND, AND FAR AND, AND HEIGHT, THAT BUILDING, IT COMPARES VERY WELL TO THIS ONE, AND, AND IT WAS JUST COMPLETED, AND AND I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS A, A GOOD IDEA TO CHANGE THE DESIGN INTO THIS. REGARDING THE COMMENT THAT ROGELIO AND, AND STAFF HAD REGARDING THE DRIVEWAY, THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT, THE DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE HERE WITH ME. THEY FELT THAT HAVING THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY THAT ACTUALLY ALREADY EXISTS RIGHT NOW IN THE EXISTING HOUSE THAT WE'RE GONNA DEMOLISH, IT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE LIKE ANOTHER SPACE, A TEMPORARY PARKING SPACE FOR DELIVERIES OR FOR SOMEONE TO COME AND PICK UP SOMEONE FROM, YOU KNOW, UBER, INSTEAD OF PARKING ON THE STREET. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SEE UBER, UBER DRIVERS PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND BLOCKING THE LANE. SO, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WILL GIVE US, SINCE IT ALREADY EXISTS THERE, AND I, AND I THINK IT WORKED FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE, I THINK IT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP IT AND, AND ALLOW, YOU KNOW, FOR DELIVERIES THAT TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET LIKE MANY DELIVERIES EVERY DAY, AND, AND PEOPLE, MIAMI BEACH PARTICULARLY, PEOPLE USE A LOT OF UBER. SO, IT WILL GIVE US THAT SPACE TO, TO REMOVE CARS FROM THE STREET. HOWEVER, WE TOOK THE, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, FROM ROGELIO, AND WE BROUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. OKAY, THERE. SO, WE, WE, THIS IS THE ORIGINAL DRIVEWAY THAT WE SUBMITTED THAT IS CIRCULAR AND IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT'S EXISTING ON THE HOUSE. AND WE BROUGHT ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH IS REMOVING THAT CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY AND JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A DRIVEWAY TO GO INTO THE PARKING AND THEN A WALKWAY TO GO INTO THE LOBBY. SO, AS WE CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE WE ARE GAINING SOME LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS THE COMMENT FROM ROGELIO, BUT IT'S NOT THAT MUCH BECAUSE WE'RE STILL KEEPING THE WALKWAY ALL THE WAY TO, TO THE STREET, UNLESS WE REDUCE THAT WALKWAY TO, YOU KNOW, FORTY-TWO INCHES OR FORTY-EIGHT INCHES. IN ANY CASE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO, LIKE, STOP THEM FROM, FROM MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT? SO, IF, IF YOU GUYS FEEL THAT, THAT WE SHOULD GO WITH THE, WITHOUT THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY, WE ARE OKAY TOO, AND WE CAN, WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE PLANS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID, SORRY, LET ME GO BACK HERE. ANOTHER COMMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS DRB WAS THAT THE, THE SIDE ELEVATIONS HAD LIKE WINDOWS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THEY WERE LIKE VERY SMALL IN SIZE. SO, WE TRIED TO LIKE CLEAN, CLEAN UP THE FACADE, THE, THE SIDE ELEVATIONS AND, AND CREATE A PATTERN BETWEEN ALL THE WINDOWS SO THEY LOOK MORE CLEAN AND ORGANIZED. WE DID THE SAME ON THE REAR FACADE, AND WE REMOVED SOME OF, THERE WERE LIKE TWO VERY TINY LITTLE BALCONIES ON THE PREVIOUS DESIGN BY THE PREVIOUS ARCHITECT, AND WE DECIDED TO REMOVE THEM AND JUST USE REGULAR WINDOWS. IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, I, I BROUGHT THESE SAMPLES HERE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE THEM, BUT THE, THE BUILDING WILL BE WHITE PAINTED STUCCO WITH GRAY HURRICANE PROOF WINDOWS, WITH GRAY GLASS. AND IT WOULD HAVE THIS METAL FACADE ON OVER THE STAIRCASE, AND, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO USE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PORCELAIN TILES JUST FOR THE, FOR THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND FLOOR, WHERE THE LOBBY IS, AND WHERE THE PLANTERS ARE HERE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUILDING, NEXT TO THE PAVERS. THIS IS HOW YOU WILL SEE THE, THE BUILDING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES WITH THE NEIGHBORS. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT ON THAT STREET A COUPLE HOUSES AWAY? NO, IT'S IN EIGHTY, ON EIGHTY-FOURTH STREET. OH, OKAY. YEAH. I WANT TO SEE. IT'S IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT VERY SIMILARLY. AND THERE IS ANOTHER BUILDING THAT WAS APPROVED WHEN THE DRP WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, THAT IS VERY SIMILAR BUILDING TO THIS, AND IT'S HAPPENING TWO BLOCKS AWAY ON BYRON AVENUE ON, I THINK IT'S 80TH, 80TH STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S ON THE CANAL, BECAUSE THE CANAL MEETS WITH BYRON AVENUE TWO BLOCKS UP NORTH. THE BUILDING THAT WE JUST COMPLETED ON 84TH STREET IS, IN TERMS OF MASSING AND, AND THE ELEVATION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. OF COURSE, IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT BUILDING AND IT'S A DIFFERENT DESIGN FOR THE METAL PANEL OVER THE STAIRCASE, BUT THE CONCEPT IS THE SAME. AND I THINK DURING THE, THE LAST DRP, ANDRES MENTIONED [00:55:01] THAT BUILDING AS, AS A BUILDING TO LOOK YOU KNOW, FOR, AS AN EXAMPLE, THE BUILDING THAT WE JUST COMPLETED, TO LOOK AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT, THAT BUILDING PRESENTED BY THE PREVIOUS ARCHITECT SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, GONE TOWARDS TO. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE TO, TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. ARE YOU FINISHED? YES, I'M, I'M DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC OR ONLINE? IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NOBODY WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED ONLINE, AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE. ANYBODY? OKAY. THANK YOU. TURN IT OVER TO THE BOARD. I LIKE VERY MUCH THE THE NEW DESIGN THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED. I ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE DRIVEWAY, I THINK THAT HAVING A GROUND DRIVEWAY SO THAT CARS CAN COME IN AND GO OUT IS, IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY FOR DELIVERIES OF MAIL AND PACKAGES THAT ARE MADE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT'LL KEEP THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF THE STREET. AND FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE DROPPED OFF KEEPS THEM FROM HAVING TO GO INTO THE GARAGE AND THEN COME BACK OUT. SO, I THINK THAT FOR ME, I WOULD KEEP THAT IF I WERE LIVING THERE, I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING THAT ROUND DRIVEWAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH THE, HER DRIVEWAY COMMENT AS WELL. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU GAIN MUCH BY DOING IT TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANTING, I SUPPOSE, BUT I THINK THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WITH DRIVEWAY, WITH DELIVERY DRIVERS AND EVERYTHING IS, MUCH IMPROVED THERE. THE DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL. THE, YEAH, VERY, VERY MUCH IMPROVED. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS. THE TEAM WORK, THE, THE DEVELOPERS, ALSO AN ARCHITECT, HE'S FROM SPAIN, SO HE HAD A LOT OF INPUT IN THE, IN THE DESIGN. YEAH, SO I KNOW THE OBVIOUSLY OUR BOARD HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS TO THE PRIOR DESIGN, SO REALLY THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATING AND LISTENING AND YEAH, THE STAIRWAY WAS CERTAINLY A DISTRACTION BEFORE, AND NOW IT'S A HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATED MORE. I KNOW YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THE STAIRCASE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THERE. I, I ALSO AGREE WITH STAFF, I'D LIKE TO SEE, WELL, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SEE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO FLESH OUT HOW THE GATE WORKS, AND HOPEFULLY BRING KIND OF THE SAME LEVEL OF QUALITY AND DETAIL TO THAT METAL WORK LIKE YOU'RE DOING ON THE, THE STAIRWELL. BUT YEAH, VERY, VERY MUCH IMPROVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M REALLY STRUCK BY THE, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SAID. I'M REALLY STRUCK BY HOW BEAUTIFUL THE AMBIENT LIGHTING IS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER IS SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. I, I, FLASHING BACK TO YOUR VIEW OF WHO WAS ON EITHER SIDE OF IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT INVASIVE IN THE HOMES THAT ARE NEXT DOOR. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT'S JUST, THE IDEA IS JUST TO DELINEATE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CURVE ON THE BALCONY AND THE SHAPE OF THE BALCONY, BUT IT'S THERE'S GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MORE LIGHTING THAN THAT AT, AT GROUND LEVEL, BUT THAT PARTICULAR LIGHT IS JUST TO DEFINE THE ARCHITECTURE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND SHOW IT AT NIGHT. HELLO, GOOD MORNING. MORNING. MY NAME IS PATRICIO, I'M FROM THE PROPERTY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALSO THAT WE ARE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WHICH IS NEXT DOOR, THAT HE IS ALSO A DEVELOPER, AND HE'S LOOKING INTO DEVELOPING ANOTHER BUILDING, UNLIKE OURS, SO WE'LL ALSO BE WIRELESS IN THE SAME LANGUAGE LEVEL, SO THAT'S WHY WE ALSO WON'T BE TOO INTRUSIVE IN THE NEXT, NEXT, NEXT DOOR'S HOUSE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE FRONT ELEVATION AND THE BALCONIES. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU, THE BALCONIES ARE CONNECTED THROUGH A RIBBON, OR LIKE A CONNECTED PIECE. SAY IT AGAIN. BETWEEN THE TWO BALCONIES ON THE FRONT ELEVATION, ARE THEY CONNECTED BY A RIBBON, OR HOW IS THAT, HOW ARE THEY, THEY'RE. SO, THERE IS A HOLE BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE TWO BALCONIES THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A VOID, AND THEN THERE IS A BEAM THAT RUNS ACROSS AND JOIN THEM TOGETHER. IS THAT A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, OR IS. YES, A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS, I'D SAY THAT IT DOES THE BEAMS BLOCKING THE BACKLIT ALUMINUM PANELS THAT. IT'S ONLY, IT'S ONLY LIKE, LIKE A PIECE LIKE THAT. IT'S ONLY TWELVE INCHES ON A FORTY-FIVE, FORTY-FIVE EIGHTH. OH, OKAY. [01:00:01] FOR ELEVATION, SO THE STRUCTURAL HAS TO BE IN PLACE, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ROGELIO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, OR ALEXANDER, EITHER ONE OF YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING? THEY'RE, THEY'RE REQUEST, IT'S NOT A IT'S A WAIVER. A WAIVER. THE CODE REQUIRES FOR RESILIENCY PURPOSES FOR FUTURE ADAPTATION THAT THE, THAT THE GROUND FLOOR HAVE TWELVE FEET CLEAR, SO ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. SO THAT'S FROM BASE FLOOD ELEVATION, WHICH IS EIGHT NGVD. ABOVE THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE TWELVE FEET TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SLAB ABOVE. THE, SO BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE BASE FLOOR ELEVATION, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TWO FEET. SO PLUS TWELVE, YOU HAVE PROBABLY ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET THAT ARE, THAT ARE CLEAR THERE FOR THE, FOR THE GARAGE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED FOR A PARKING STRUCTURE. BUT IF IT WAS HABITABLE SPACE, IF YOU HAD A, A UNIT DOWN THERE OR SPACE FROM THE UNIT DOWN THERE, WE MAY NOT BE SO SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE WAIVER BECAUSE YOU NEED MORE HEAD, MORE CLEARANCE AT THAT, AT THAT GROUND FLOOR. BUT SINCE IT'S JUST PARKING, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE UNDER, THE, THE GROUND FLOOR IS KIND OF LIKE AN UNDERSTORY. SO IT'S JUST THE PARKING SPACE AND THE LOBBY TO GO UP. AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR A TWO-FOOT WAIVER. YEAH, SO BASICALLY THE, SORRY, THE, THE CLEAR HEIGHT OF, OF THE ENTIRE PARKING, IT WENT DOWN FROM FOURTEEN TO TWELVE. YOU STILL HAVE TWELVE FREE FROM FLOOR OF THE PARKING INTO THE, ON THE SIDE OF THE NEXT FLOOR. OKAY. AND THE CODE AUTHORIZES THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO ISSUE A WAIVER OF TWO FEET. IF YOU NEED MORE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A VARIANCE, BUT FOR TWO FEET, IT'S JUST A DESIGN WAIVER. OKAY. AND WE'VE APPROVED, WE'VE APPROVED THIS EXACT ONE A FEW TIMES BECAUSE IF WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THE STREET GOES UP, THAT THE GARAGE COULD BE LIFTED UP. RIGHT. AND THERE'D STILL BE ADEQUATE SPACE IN THE GARAGE. YEAH. SO IT SORT OF WAS A, THE BUILDING HEIGHT DOESN'T CHANGE. YEAH. BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THE INTERIOR SPACE, THE INTERIOR MASS OF THE BUILDING, THE EXTRA TWO FEET. IF THEY HAD HABITABLE SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THAT HABITABLE SPACE WOULD HAVE TO BE RAISED ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION SO THAT YOUR CLEARANCE COULD, COULD AFFECT, COULD BE, COULD BE AFFECTED AND SO WE WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT IT IF THERE WERE ANY HABITABLE SPACE DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S JUST A, A, A STAIRWELL AND A LOBBY. AND THEN IT WOULD BE RAISED TO BASE FLOOD PLUS THE FREEBOARD, WHATEVER, THE ONE FOOT FREEBOARD. OKAY. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE ASKED IF, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW IF WE ASKED. YEAH, WE OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOBODY RAISED THEIR HAND. RIGHT. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. HAVE, HAVE YOU DONE THIS, THIS PERFORATED BACKLIT SYSTEM BEFORE? YES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ON SEVEN, ON SEVEN-FIVE-SIX EIGHTY-FOURTH STREET. WE JUST COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO THE GCS OF THAT BUILDING, AND YEAH, WE'VE DONE IT AND IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. THE WAY THAT, AND, AND THE OTHER ONE IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THIS TO BUILD BECAUSE IT'S ALL LIKE IT HAS LIKE A 3D PATTERN, SO IT'S LIKE IN AN, IN DIFFERENT ANGLES, AND BASICALLY WE BUILT ON A WAREHOUSE ON ONE, ONE ON ONE SCALE, AND WE BUILT IT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEN IT, THAT IT, IT WAS GONNA FIT WHEN, WHEN WE PUT IT UP ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL SITE, AND, AND IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, WE CAN SEE IT ONLINE. BUT THIS ONE IS, IS FLAT. THIS ONE IS FLAT, BUT IT'S BACKLIT. THE OTHER ONE HAD AN OPEN STAIRCASE AND IT HAD LIKE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PANEL. YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, IT EXECUTED PROPERLY SO IT DOESN'T START COLLECTING WATER AND, AND, AND DRIPPING. THIS ONE WOULD BE MUCH EASIER THAN THE OTHER ONE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. AS A BOARD, WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE SIDE YARDS AND PLANTINGS AND CONCERN WITH NEIGHBORS AND STUFF. I'M ONLY BRINGING THAT UP TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS ON, ON THESE SIDE WALLS OR THE PLANTING FOR, FOR THE SIDES. I, I DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT WE DO HAVE A CONDITION IN THE DRAFT ORDER REGARDING GARAGE SCREENING ON THE SIDE YARD. SHALL WE REVISE TO DEMONSTRATE A DENSER, MORE COMPACT GRID PATTERN THAT SCREENS VIEWS TO THE, TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY? SO THOSE, THOSE ARE TYPICALLY DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED AT THIS PHASE THAT GET, GET FURTHER DETAILED AS THEY PROCEED WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT IT'S GONNA SCREEN LIGHTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND THEY'RE ALL DOWN LIGHTS ANYWAY, SO, BUT. BUT I THINK, ARE YOU REFERRING MORE TO THE LANDSCAPING ON THE SIDES? YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, I, I'M LOOKING AT THE RENDERING OF THE, THE, [01:05:02] THIS IN. SO AGAINST ONE AND TWO STORY BUILDINGS, AND I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT IN, IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT WAS A ONE-OFF, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST, I JUST WANT TO BRING IT UP BY WHETHER THEY'RE TALLER TREES OR LOWER OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST RESPECTING THE NEIGHBORS AND NOT BEING BLASTED WITH A BIG SIDE WALL. AND I KNOW WHERE THIS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING FAST, SO I'M, I, I'M PERSONALLY A LITTLE LESS CONCERNED WITH IT HERE. BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL THERE, OR IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S PLANNING TO BE DEVELOPED? SO THAT NEIGHBOR REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO A JOINT VENTURE TOO, OR ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. YEAH. YEAH, SO YOU PLANNED SOMETHING TODAY TO BUFFER BETWEEN A MULTI-STORY BUILDING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, SORRY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENDERINGS, THE, THE PARKING IS KIND OF LIKE ENCLOSED, AND WE'RE USING SOME AREAS THAT ARE OPEN THAT WE'RE USING THE SAME METAL FACADE THAT WE HAVE ON THE STAIRCASE, THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE OPENINGS IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, SORRY, WHERE THE PARKING IS TO, TO REDUCE THE GLARE FROM THE PARKING LIGHTS. BUT KEEPING THE KEEPING THE SAME DESIGN, BUT WITH A SMALLER PATTERN. IF I DIDN'T SAY BEFORE, THE, THE DESIGN IS, IS GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. I HAD THIS COMMENT LAST TIME, AND THIS IS REALLY, I, IT DOESN'T MAKE, MAKE CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE, THE EXTERIOR, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE, AND MAYBE IT'S ANTI-ART THING, BUT THE, THE, BUT THE ELEVEN BY FIFTEEN BY SEVENTEEN AND A HALF FOOT TALL BEDROOM, TO ME, IS A, IS AN ODD PROPORTION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IS IT THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T PUT A MESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR? I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE BUILDING, THE WAY THE BUILDING IS. I KNOW YOU INHERITED IT, BUT, I KNOW YOU INHERITED THAT, BUT. YES, EXACTLY, BUT THE BUILDING IS CREATED IN A WAY THAT TO GET TO THIS PROCESS HERE, THAT THIS BUILDING IS APPROVED LIKE THAT WITH ONE SINGLE STAIRCASE IN THE PAST, IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, IT TOOK A LOT OF FIGHT FROM DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS OR DIFFERENT LAWYERS TO, TO MAKE THE CITY OR, OR, OR, OR TO MAKE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING A, A MEZZANINE DIDN'T COUNT AS A FLOOR, BUT THAT HAS A PARTICULAR MAXIMUM AREA RELATED TO THE FLOOR BELOW. SO FOR THAT REASON, IT, I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, COVER THAT DOUBLE OPENING AND MAKING, MAKING THE MEZZANINE, YOU KNOW, MUCH BIGGER, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE OF THE FAR AND DIFFERENT REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE OF LEAVING, YOU KNOW, SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN FEET HIGH CEILINGS, WE PROBABLY DROP IT IN A ROOM TO, YOU KNOW, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, AND IT'LL BE A HIGHER CEILING, BUT NOT SOMETHING COMPLETELY DISPROPORTIONATE. BUT YEAH, IT'S A FAIR COMMENT, AND I, I, I UNDERSTAND. I FIGURED IT WAS A, A, A, A FAIR THING. YEAH. OKAY, TODD, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE WAIVER FOR SEVENTY-NINE TWENTY-EIGHT BYRON AVENUE, DRB TWENTY-SIX DASH ELEVEN SIXTY-FIVE. THAT'S THE DESIGN AND THE WAIVER, OR YOU CAN, YOU CAN. YES, I'M SORRY, DESIGN AND WAIVER. AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WITH REMOVAL OF THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE ON THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY? I'M SORRY, I MAKE IT WITH THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF THE GROUP FEELS, BUT THEY CAN VOICE THAT. OKAY, SO THEN THAT WOULD BE STRIKING DRAFT CONDITION D1A. OKAY? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION BY MS. BUTTACAVOLI, SECOND BY MS. LEWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I'M GONNA READ. THESE, THESE TWO BUILDINGS ARE LIKE, LIKE ARE IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS. I FORGOT. I FORGOT. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE. IT'S CRAZY, HUH? YEAH. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PICTURE WAS. I WAS LIKE, IS THAT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. FINE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IT DOES SCARY. IT WON'T, IT, IT HAPPENS SO MUCH, BUT ALL IT DOES IS JUST TAKES OUT A LITTLE OF THE LANDSCAPE AND THE CENTER [01:10:01] OF THE CHURCH. BUT OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO DO THE THINGS AND WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO GO OUT ON THE STREET. AND BUT I MEAN, IF THEY WANT TO MAKE IT WITHOUT THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY, THAT'S A LOT. IT'S JUST IT'S EASIER WHEN SOMEBODY'S GETTING PICKED UP, THEY PICK. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE CARRY ON? YES. YES. OKAY. THE, THE NEXT ITEM [5. DRB25-1097, 912-918 4TH STREET.] IS DRB 25-1097, 912-918 4TH STREET. THIS APPLICATION HAVE BEEN FILED REQUESTING DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW THREE-STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING WITH ONE OR MORE WAIVERS TO BE BUILT ON A VACANT SITE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE RPS ONE ZONING DISTRICT AND APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL ZONING REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS, IN TERMS OF FAR, HEIGHT, AND SETBACKS AND IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW THREE-STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING WITH A TOTAL OF FOUR UNITS AND A COMMON ROOFTOP AMENITY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF TWO VACANT LOTS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FOURTH STREET AND JEFFERSON COURT. THE NORTH SIDE OF FOURTH STREET IS COMPRISED OF A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, WHILE THE SOUTH SIDE OF IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL B-BUILDINGS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS HAS FOUR UNITS DISTRIBUTED OVER TWO FLOORS. THE GROUND FLOOR IS COMPOSED OF AN AIRSPACE PARKING GARAGE, SCREENED BY MASONRY WALLS AND ACCESSED VIA AN EIGHTEEN-WIDE ALUMINUM GATE OF THE ALLEY, AND IN ADDITION TO THE GARAGE, THE GROUND FLOOR INCLUDES A MECHANICAL ROOM, A TRASH AREA, AND AN ENTRANCE VESTIBULE WITH AN ADJACENT ELEVATOR AND A STAIR TOWER LOCATED ON FOURTH STREET AT THE EASTERN CORNER OF THE BUILDING. THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR CONTAINS APARTMENT UNITS THAT SHARE THE ROOFTOP TERRACE FEATURES AND FEATURES A COMMUNAL POOL AND A DECK. THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY CONTRASTING MATERIALS AND TEXTURES, HORIZONTAL BANDING, AND EXPANSIVE GLAZING. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE DOMINATED BY CONCRETE FINISHED SURFACES AND BY ACCENTS TO TEXTURED WOOD-LIKE PVC AND CHAMPAGNE-COLORED ALUMINUM CLADDING. THE BUILDING'S PRIMARY NORTH ELEVATION FROM FOURTH STREET WITH THE MAIN ENTRANCE RECESSED BEYOND THE LANDSCAPE PORCHES THAT LEAD TO THE ENTRANCE VESTIBULE, AN ELEVATOR BANK, AND A STAIR TOWER, AS A CURVED TOWER CLAD IN CHAMPAGNE-COLORED ALUMINUM WALL PANEL. THE WEST SIDE ELEVATION ALONG WESTER- JEFFERSON COURT FEATURES AN ALUMINUM GARAGE DOOR AT THE CENTER OF THE GROUND FLOOR, FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY VERTICAL BANDS OF WOOD CLADDING AND RECESSED BALCONIES WITH GLASS RAILINGS. THE ROOF DECK FEATURES LANDSCAPE PLANTERS AND AN ALUMINUM TRELLIS THAT ARE VISIBLE ABOVE THE PARAPET AND CROWN THE BUILDING. I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT DURING THE REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION, STAFF SUGGESTED A GRADED SIDE INTERIOR SETBACK ON THE EAST SIDE, WHERE AN EXISTING FIVE-STORY BUILDING IS LOCATED. THE REQUIRED INTERIOR SIDE SETBACK IS SEVEN POINT FIVE FEET, AND THE APPLICANT PROVIDED TEN FEET TWO INCHES, ENHANCING THE OPEN SPACE, LIGHT, AND VENTILATION FOR BOTH PROPERTIES. IS HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDS ITS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHED DRAFT ORDER. I WANT TO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THERE ARE NO WAIVERS REQUESTED, AND WITH THIS, I WILL LET THE APPLICANT PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING TO ALL THE MEMBERS. YEAH, WELL, THE PRESENTATION WAS PRETTY ACCURATE. SO, LET'S GO TO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, FIRST WE SHOULD SEE THAT WE ARE LOCATED AT RPS ZONING AT THE LEFT. IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT THE RED POINT THERE AT THE SOUTH POINT OF MIAMI BEACH. THE LOT IS OUTSIDE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, SO WE ARE NOT INSIDE THE ANY HISTORIC AREA ON MIAMI. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE LOT IS PRETTY CLOSE TO SOUTH POINT BEACH AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO THE, TO THE BRIDGE AND ALL THE, WHAT MIAMI BEACH, SOUTH POINT HAVE TO, TO OFFER, RIGHT? BECAUSE HAVE SEE ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE VIEWS WHAT, FROM WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING A ROOF TERRACE ON THE, AT THE TOP OF THE, OF THE BUILDING. HERE ARE SOME OF THE AREA VIEWS AND YOU CAN [01:15:03] SEE THE SITE MARKED THERE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS VACANT LOT IS MISSING A PIECE OF THE BLOCK, RIGHT? SO, THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETING THIS BLOCK. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY FOUR STORIES BUILDINGS. MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS. SO, THIS PROJECT WILL COME TO COMPLETE THE COMPOSITION AT, AT A HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOME OF THE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS ARE ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY AND HAVE AN IDEA HERE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT ARE PREDOMINANT AT THE, AT THE ZONE AND THE STYLES. SO, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO WITH MORE OR LESS THE SAME DESIGN LANGUAGE THAT THE CONTEST IS PROVIDING RIGHT NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THESE IMAGES WE'RE GONNA FIND COMPOSITE WOOD PANELS, WE'RE GONNA FIND GLASS, WHITE STUCCO, AND OUR DESIGN IS GONNA TRY TO RECREATE AND PLAY WITH THESE ELEMENTS TO GO IN ANALOGY IN TERMS OF DESIGN THE OPPOSITE OF BEING IN CONTRAST, AND WE DON'T, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS CORNER, BUT WE WANT TO KEEP THE BUILDING LIKE IN THE SAME NOTE THAT THE CONTEST IS PROVIDING RIGHT NOW. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE STREET VIEWS. SO, YOU HAVE AN IDEA HERE THAT WE USED TO HAVE THIS ONE-STORY RESIDENTIAL ONE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED RECENTLY TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. AND THESE IMAGES HERE, THEY MIGHT GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE BUILDINGS, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDINGS HAVE AT THE CORRIDOR, AT THE SIDE CORRIDOR THERE, THE LANDSCAPE, AND HOW WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE TEN FEET TO SEPARATE OUR PROJECT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, PROVIDE SOME VENTILATION, AND HELP WITH THE A BIG LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE, THE, THESE CORRIDORS ALONG THIS REAR YARD AND SIDE YARD TO BE ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME NOTE, RIGHT? SO, HERE'S AN AREA VIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE AND THE ELEVATION AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO, HOW THE, OUR BUILDING IS GOING TO BE COMPARED TO THE, TO THE NEIGHBOR AT THE SAME BLOCK. SO, I WAS SAYING IT'S A FIFTY FEET HEIGHT PREDOMINANT HEIGHT AT THIS ONE. SO, THIS IS AN AREA VIEW OF HOW THE PRAYER WILL LOOK LIKE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE BUILDING RIGHT TO THE LEFT, AT THE EAST SIDE. BUT SINCE WE ARE TAKING WE'RE USING THIS ROOF TO MAKE A, A ROOF TERRACE FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS ONLY. AND WE ARE TAKING THE ELEVATED UP TO, OTHER WAY UP TO THE ROOF, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS VOLUME THAT IS GOING TO REACH THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE NEIGHBOR BUILDING WE HAVE AT THE EAST. THIS IS THE, IF YOU LOOK INTO THE WATER, AND THIS IS THE FACADE THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE SECONDARY STREET. BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE WE'RE USING WOOD CLADDING AS AN ACCENT WALLS IN COMBINATION WITH SOME ALUMINUM BENDING. AND OF COURSE ALL THE GLASS THAT WE CAN HAVE. WITH SLIDING DOORS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SEVEN FOOT WIDE BALCONIES THAT WILL LOOK ALONG THE REHAB BUILDS ALONG THE SECONDARY STREET. AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS THE WAY THE, THE BUILDING RELATES TO THE NEIGHBOR PROJECT, TO THE NEIGHBOR BUILDING. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS VOLUME THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THE HIGHEST. IT BECOMES LIKE A BIG ACCENT FEATURE FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDING. AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO USE THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE ARE PLANTING ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH TRELLISES TO BREAK A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS, THIS VOLUME THAT REPRESENTS THE FIRE, THE, THE, THE STAIRS THAT CONNECTS ALL THE BUILDING WITH THE, WITH THE ROOF TERRACE AND THE ELEVATOR. YOU CAN SEE [01:20:02] HERE THAT WE ARE ALSO DESIGN IN SOME KIND OF VERTICAL LOUVERS TO CREATE NATURAL VENTILATION FOR THIS FOR THESE STAIRS, AND AT THE SAME TIME HELPING CREATE A, A LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE TO THE, TO THE ALUMINUM CLADDING. THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN PERSPECTIVE FOR THIS BUILDING, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE THIS EMPHASIS ON THE ENTRANCE AND GIVE YOU THIS SENSE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. THIS WILL HAPPEN FROM THE FOURTH STREET, AND THE GARAGE ENTERING WILL HAPPEN FROM THE SECONDARY STREET THE ALLEY. SO ON THE GROUND FLOOR, AS I WAS SAYING, THE, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IT'S THE VEHICULAR, THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE THROUGH THE SECONDARY STREET, AND HERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THESE STEPS FROM THE FOURTH STREET. ALL THE GROUND FLOOR WILL BE DESIGNATED TO HAVE PARKING SPACES, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT HANGING FROM THE CEILING OR STANDING ON METAL STANDS. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THIS EXIT FOR THE TRASH TO THE SECONDARY STREET, THAT THERE WILL BE ONE ACCESS TO THE STREET, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ACCESS TO THE FOURTH TO COMPLEMENT THE ACCESSIBILITY ON THE, ON THE BUILDING, SO IT WILL BE LIKE SERVICE. THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR WILL BE MOSTLY THE SAME FLOOR PLATE WITH TWO APARTMENT UNITS EACH, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE, THREE BEDROOMS. AND EVERY APARTMENT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMON ROOF TERRACE THAT WILL BE SURROUNDED BY COPIOUS LANDSCAPE ON PLANTERS. AND AS AN ADDITION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PERGOLAS THAT WILL PROVIDE SUN SHADE WITH IMPORTANT WITH A SWIMMING POOL AT THE ROOF. SO HERE ON THE FACADE, WE CAN SEE THE COMBINATION OF THE MATERIAL I WAS SAYING IS CHAMPAGNE ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANELS IN COMBINATION WITH WHITE STUCCO. CONCRETE LIKE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA USE LIKE CONCRETE AS LIKE THE CONCRETE EXPOSED ARCHITECTURAL, EXPOSED CONCRETE TEXTURES WITH CLADDING, A GLASS THAT WILL BE LESS SLIGHTLY TINTED IN BLUE AND SILVER. THE WINDOW MULLIONS ARE GOING TO MATCH THE, THE CHAMPAGNE COLOR ALUMINUM. WE'RE GONNA USE TRAVERTINE ON THE, ON THE ROOF TERRACE ALSO. THIS IS THE LONGEST FACADE MOSTLY THE SAME THE SAME LANGUAGE EVERYWHERE. THIS IS THE REAR FACADE. YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THE, THE BANDING WILL GO ALL OVER THE, AROUND THE, THE BUILDING, ALUMINUM BANDING AND THE HORIZONTAL HIGH WINDOWS TO PROVIDE PRIVACY FROM ONE NEIGHBOR TO EACH OTHER. AND THIS IS THIS IS A SECTION HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO, TO BUILD THIS ROOF TERRACE THAT WILL BE BUILT WITH LIKE WITH A RAISED DECK WITH PEDESTALS, AND ALL THE DRAINAGE WILL HAPPEN ON THE, AT THE, AT THE ROOF HEIGHT, BUT THE ROOF DECK WILL BE ELEVATED WITH A GLASS RAILING ALL AROUND ON TOP OF THE PLANTERS ARE ALL AROUND THE, THE ROOF TERRACE. YOU CAN SEE THE. SIR, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. HOW MUCH MORE TIME WOULD YOU LIKE? YEAH, SURE. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE SOME PRIVACY HERE WITH THIS WALL. SIR, JUST, DO YOU NEED ANOTHER ONE MINUTE, TWO MINUTES? OH, IT'S, IT'S OKAY. I'M, I'M DONE ALREADY. SO I HAVE THE LANDSCAPE PLANS HERE IF WE HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOBODY'S HERE. [01:25:01] ANYBODY ONLINE? IF YOU'RE ONLINE, IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. NOBODY, NOBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS. OKAY. ANY DISCLOSURES FROM THE LEFT WARD? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE TOWER THAT HOUSES THE STAIRS AND THE ELEVATOR GOES TO THE ROOFTOP. THAT IS, THE, THAT HAS AN ALUMINUM CLADDING ON IT? OKAY. AND THERE'S ALSO AN ALUMINUM CLADDING ON THE BANDING, AND THAT BANDING IS ON THE SIDES OR THE, THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER RIGHT NOW. THE BANDING IS THE BANDING IS GOING ALL THE WAY. ALL THE WAY AROUND, I SEE. ALL THE WAY AROUND, YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE OTHER MATERIAL YOU USE IS JUST THE STUCCO, WHICH YOU HAVE ON THE PLANTERS ON THE GROUND FLOOR RIGHT THERE WITH THE PURPLE FLOWERS. ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WE'RE USING CONCRETE TO CREATE AN EMPHASIS TO, TO THE ENTRY. BUT YES, ON THE TOP, THE PLANTERS ARE GOING TO BE. AND THE TOP IS STUCCO AS WELL. AND THEN WHAT IS THAT FRONT WALL MATERIAL ON THE FIRST FLOOR? THIS ONE? YES, THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IT WITH TILE. IT'S A CERAMIC TILE BY COSENTINO THAT HAS A PATTERN THAT LOOKS LIKE A NATURAL CONCRETE, EXPOSED ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE. THE JOINTS ARE PRETTY SMALL, MAYBE SIZE, LIKE BUTT JOINTS, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW, AND THEY CAN MAKE IT THE BASE CONTINUES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CONCRETE, LIKE A WALL THAT WAS BUILT FROM CONCRETE, NATURAL CONCRETE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I, I REALLY ENJOY THE DESIGN. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE, TO BE HONEST. I THINK IT, IT MERGES VERY WELL WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. I WALK THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME. SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL TO, YOU KNOW, THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND NOT GOING ALL THE WAY WITH THE SETBACKS. I THINK IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN VERY THOUGHT THROUGH HERE. SO YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION? THE ALUMINUM STAIR TOWER ON THE EAST ELEVATION, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE I GUESS IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS WITH, WITH THE OTHER BUILDING DESIGN, BUT WHAT WAS THE, I GUESS, WHAT WAS YOUR IDEA BEHIND THAT STAIR TOWER TO MAKE IT? THE STAIR, THE STAIR YOU MEAN THE HEIGHT? YEAH. THE HEIGHT OF THE STAIRS BECAUSE OF WE ARE NOT ONLY CONNECTING THE, THE UNITS BETWEEN EACH OTHER WITH THE GROUND FLOOR, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE STAIRS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ACCESSIBLE ROOF. SO, THE HEIGHT THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE MINIMUM HEIGHT THAT WE CAN HAVE TO PROVIDE I MEAN, A FLAT TOP, RIGHT, AT THE, AT THE STAIRS. THE HIGHEST POINT YOU DON'T SEE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN SHOW HERE THE, THE IMAGE, THE HIGHEST WALL BELONGS TO THE STAIR, TO THE, NOT TO THE STAIR, BUT TO THE ELEVATOR. YOU DON'T SEE IT FROM THE STREET. BECAUSE THE ELEVATOR WALL BULKHEAD IS EVEN TALLER THAN THE STAIRS. YOU DON'T SEE IT FROM HERE, BUT LET ME SEE IF WE. THANK YOU. I, I DO THINK IT'S A, AN INTERESTING BUILDING AND, AND A, A NICE DESIGN. DID HE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE ELEVATOR CORE IS SET BACK. THAT, THAT, THE ROUND PART IS THE STAIR CORE, WHICH DOESN'T NEED TO GO AS HIGH, BUT THE ELEVATOR CORE IS BEHIND. SO IT'S TRYING TO MAKE THE SAME ELEVATION AS HIGH. RIGHT, IT'S LESS MORE COMMERCIAL, I GUESS, THAN THE REST OF THE BUILDING. YEAH, AND IT'S, AND IT'S A COUPLE FEET TALLER THAN, THAN, THAN YEAH, THE ELEVATOR IS, IS A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN THE, THAN THE STAIRS, BUT THE STAIRS IS JUST TO MAKE TO CREATE THAT ACCESS FROM THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE FULL ACCESS WITH THE ELEVATOR AND SOMEBODY WITH THAT CANNOT TAKE THE STAIRS. IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A COMMERCIAL PARKING STRUCTURE, NOT A COMMERCIAL PARKING [01:30:03] STRUCTURE, BUT IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE SANDWICHED TOGETHER, AND THE TOWER, THE ALUMINUM TOWER IS SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE BUILDING, BUT THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL, THAT'S HOW I, HOW MY EYE LOOKS AT IT, BUT THOSE ARE GOOD OVERALL. THANKS. HI. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND, AND JUST CONCERNS, SO I ASSUME THIS IS LIKE AN ALUCOBOND? YES. AND THE RENDERINGS ARE A LITTLE COOL, LIKE THE, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE RENDERING IS A BIT COOL, COOLER THAN THE CHAMPAGNE COLOR, BECAUSE I KNOW THE, THE ALUCOBOND CHAMPAGNE, WHICH I, I DO LIKE. WITH JUST THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND, AND THE, WHAT WE GET WITH THE STREAKING, IS, IS THERE CONCERN WITH STAFF ON THE ALUCOBOND? LIKE, I DON'T SEE IT USED THAT OFTEN, AND I'M JUST, AND BY THE WAY, THERE'LL BE LOTS OF BREAKS AND LINES BETWEEN THE OLYMPUS PANELS. THE STREAKING AND JUST IT, IT JUST NOT LOOKING GOOD, I DON'T KNOW, OVER TIME, I, I JUST HAVE A CONCERN. PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. A CONCERN WITH THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY CONCERN WITH ITS SORT OF DURABILITY WITH THAT, AND I DO SORT OF LIKE HOW YOU'VE CONNECTED THE LARGER BANDS. I THINK, THOUGH, THAT THE LARGER MULLIONS BETWEEN THE GLAZING IS ALSO THE SAME MATERIAL. THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ALUMINUM FOR ME IN THIS PROJECT. AND I'M ALSO, THE, THE PALLET WANTS TO BE WARM, AND THE CHAMPAGNE IS WARM, THE, THE WHITE IS WARM, THE WOOD IS WARM. THE CONCRETE, THE DEKTON IS A, IS A NICE PRODUCT, WHAT HE'S PROPOSING FOR DOWN BELOW, BUT IT IS, THEN IT'S, IT'S A CONCRETE, SO IT'S ANOTHER COOL ELEMENT. AND THEN HE SAID HE'S USING TRAVERTINE AND THINGS UP ON THE ROOF DECK. SO, I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER DEKTON TILES, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NICE, AND THERE COULD BE ONE THAT'S WARMER, COULD BE A DIFFERENT MATERIAL DOWN THERE. INSTEAD OF THE CEMENT? INSTEAD OF CEMENT, THERE'S WARMER CEMENTS, AND THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE THE NEXT GAUGE OR SOMETHING, AND I DO LIKE THE MATERIAL. I, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BALCONIES IS ALSO THE ALUMINUM. YES, I, THAT'S, I MEAN, WE CAN USE ALSO FOR THE SOFFITS IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM. USE A LIGHT WOODEN SOFFIT. I DO LIKE HOW YOU MADE THE WOODEN, THE WOODEN, YOU KNOW, STAND OUT COLUMNS THERE OUTSIDE THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD ADD ANOTHER ELEMENT OF WOOD THERE, BUT MAYBE THE UNDERSIDE BECOMES SOMETHING SIMPLE AND SORT OF DISAPPEAR, YEAH, DISAPPEARS A LITTLE BIT. AND, AND AS WELL AS THE, THE, LET'S SAY THE, THE SECONDARY COLUMNS WITHIN THE, THE GLASS FACADE, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE, THESE PIECES HERE AND HERE. I'M, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, OH, THE, THE, THE STAIR CORE SHOULDN'T BE WRAPPED IN ALUMINUM BUT I DO LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE ALUMINUM AND, LIKE LONGEVITY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE JOINTS ARE CAUGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S. I, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF TOO MANY ISSUES WITH IT. I MEAN, IT'S WARRANTIED, I KNOW THAT. WE LIKE THE MATERIAL, BUT ABOUT THE DURABILITY, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES SO FAR THAT I'M AWARE OF. TO KILL YOUR, YOUR POINT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT A SLIGHTLY COMMERCIAL VIBE TO IT. I DON'T KNOW. WERE YOU, WERE YOU PULLING YOUR MICROPHONE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD CHANGE IT TO AT THIS MOMENT AND MAYBE THAT I'M, MAYBE I'M ALONE ON, ON THE FEELING, BUT YOU BROUGHT IT UP, SO I, I HAD IT IN MY NOTES HERE. IF IT'S SOME SORT OF STUCCO ON THE TOWER THAT HAS GROOVES TO IT, WOULD THAT BE LESS CONCERNED WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAINTENANCE OF IT? FUTURE LOOK OF IT WITH THE BEACH ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO A WARMER LOOK THAN THE ALUMINUM. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW THE, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, WHERE'S THE ALUMINUM, WHERE'S, I LIKE THE WOOD ELEMENT THE, WE CHOSE THE ALUMINUM FIRST BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE THIS EMPHASIS HERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, THE NEW BUILDING AND THE NEIGHBOR. SINCE WE ARE DOING THIS CURB, THIS CURVATURE HERE ON THE, ON THE FIVE, ON THE FIVE-STAR, I, I DON'T SEE ANY BETTER MATERIAL THAT CAN BE DONE THIS CURB PERFECTLY LIKE THE ALUMINUM, RIGHT? IF I PUT TILE THERE, IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK, IT'S JUST GONNA LOOK FACETED AT, AT SOME POINT. IF I DO [01:35:01] STUCCO, IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK RIGHT. SO THE ALUMINUM IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE PERFECT MATERIAL TO CREATE THIS PERFECT CURB. THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE. IF YOU COULD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND, AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. PLEASE, WHERE ARE YOU SWORN IN? I, I RAISE MY HAND, YES. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS TAN, AND I'M PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM. FOR THE CONCERN OF THE ALUMINUM THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE THIS, AND IT'S, IT DEPENDS A LOT ON THE TYPE OF PAINT THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S COVERED WITH. SO WE'VE DONE IT IN OTHER PROJECTS, AND THERE'S LIKE A TWENTY-YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PAINT, AND, AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN TO IT. THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I, I AGREE THAT IT IS, IT IS THE RIGHT FOR THE CURVE, CAUSE IT, THE PANELS CAN BE BENT AND PROPERLY FIT. BUT AGAIN, I, I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ALL THE, ALL OF THE AMOUNT OF ALUMINUM, SO I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC LIST OF JUST GENERAL, JUST GENERAL SORT OF MIX AND MATCHES OF, OF THE PARTICULAR FINISHES THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE. ALSO, THE TRELLIS UPSTAIRS SHOWN IS ALL WHITE, HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ADDING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WOOD, WOOD LOUVER BLADES WITH, WITH A STUCCO BAND OR, OR SOMETHING JUST TO BREAK IT UP THERE. AND THEN, THEN THERE WAS STACKED STONE UP THERE, WHICH WAS ANOTHER COOL COLOR. SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO MAKE YOUR PALETTE COHESIVE, AND I LIKE THE WARM PALETTE IS WHERE I, WHERE I WOULD LEAN TO, TOWARDS. AND I KNOW THE CHAMPAGNE IS THERE. SO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BALCONIES, THE, THE CLADDING BETWEEN THE WINDOWS THE, THE VENTING OF THE STAIRWELL TOWARDS THE, THE SOUTH NEIGHBOR, MAYBE CHANGING THAT TO A, A WOOD BLADE OR SOMETHING, BREAKING THAT UP, OR, OR SOMETHING, NOT JUST MORE ALUMINUM, BREAKING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN MAYBE THE, THE, LOOKING AT A, MAYBE NOT A COOL COSENTINO, I'M LOOKING MAYBE AT ONE OF THE WARMER COLOR GRADES. I DON'T KNOW, THAT SORT OF A SPECIFIC LIST. WHICH, WHICH WE COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD BE COME BACK AND SEE A, A MODIFIED RENDERING, OR THESE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR, OUR STAFF FOR IT TO. YEAH. TO REVIEW, YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK, ROGELIO? I, I DON'T MIND FLEXIBILITY, BUT I DON'T LIKE TOO MUCH FLEXIBILITY. IN CERTAIN, IN THE TOO, IN THE TOO MUCH SO IN THIS CASE, I, I, I WOULD LIKE CLEARER DIRECTION IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE, THE MATERIALS, IF, IF WE HAVE SOME GUIDANCES TO THE TYPE OF MATERIAL OR COLOR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT IF IT'S JUST A GENERAL OPEN-ENDED GO TO TOWN ON THE MATERIALS, I, I WOULD HAVE SOME CONCERNS BECAUSE IT, IT, IT CAN LEAD TO DIFFERENT IF, IF NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE EXPECTING TO SEE THIS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A TOTALLY, IT'S CLAD IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MATERIAL, WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE AT TIMES SEEN NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN WHEN WE GET TOO MUCH FLEXIBILITY. SO I, I, I LOVE FLEXIBILITY IN, IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS. IT MAKES IT EASIER IN THE, IN THE REVIEW, IN THE BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH. HOW ABOUT IF THE COMMENT IS THAT ALUMINUM STAYS, BECAUSE ADAM SAYS IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A GOOD MATERIAL AND SO DOES THE ARCHITECT AND THE DEVELOPER, BUT MAYBE LESS OF IT. SO MAYBE IT STAYS IN THE ELEVATOR AND, AND STAIRCASE TOWER, BUT MAYBE THERE'S LESS OF IT IN OTHER AREAS. THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE DIRECTION. IS THAT, ADAM, IS THAT MORE OR LESS? YEAH, EXACTLY. AND I COULD BE SPECIFIC WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BALCONIES AND THE, AND THE SECONDARY THE FICO WINDOW MULLIONS NOT, NOT BEING THE SAME ALUMINUM. YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC SO IT WASN'T, WASN'T SORT OF TOTALLY OPEN-ENDED. IS THAT AMENABLE TO SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN WORK WITH STAFF ON? SURE, SURE, WELL, I MEAN THE SOFFITS I CAN, ARE EASILY CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, LIKE WOOD SOFFITS. MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THAT IF THE, YOU'RE CONCERNED, I MEAN, CAN WE DO IT THE SAME COLOR TO MATCH THE ALUMINUM, OR YOU, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING WARMER AT THE SOFFITS? IT'S NOT THE SAME ALUM, NOT THE SAME MATERIAL, AND, AND MAYBE JUST JUDGING THE MATERIAL, BUT THIS DOESN'T APPLY. MAYBE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR BECAUSE AGAIN, IT COMES, BY THE WAY, THIS, THE ALUMINUM COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND ON, ON THESE COLUMNS HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING [01:40:02] TO FOLLOW YOUR DESIGN TO CELEBRATE THE CIRCULATION CORE AND THE PRIMARY BANDS, LIKE THOSE BEING THE ALUMINUM PIECES, AND THEN THE OTHER SECTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME, NOT THE SAME MATERIAL. IT, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE. YEAH, I THINK. LIKE A MICROCEMENT. I, I THINK IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE SIMILAR TO YOUR, YOUR STUCCO ABOVE OR, OR A FINER MICROCEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND ALSO WHEN YOU BRING IT DOWN TO THE, THE ENTRANCE AND YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING CLEAN AND THEN THE, THE COSENTINO IS YOUR, IS YOUR STAR AS THE BACKDROP THERE, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S JUST METAL COLUMN, CONCRETE CLAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMPETING IN MY MIND AND, AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF, A LOOK OF METAL CLAD STUFF AND IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A MORE RESIDENTIAL, WARMER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE, YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS ONLY FOUR UNITS. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SEEM LIKE A BIGGER, MORE THAN IT IS, MORE PRESENCE THAN IT IS. AND TO ME, THESE ARE SMALL, THESE ARE SMALL MOVES, SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO BE SPECIFIC TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S, THIS IS WHAT WE JUST SAID ABOUT THAT AND LOOKING AT THE SOUTH SIDE TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THE, THE, I JUST THINK MAYBE THE, THE VENTING IS JUST THE, THE VENT LOUVERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THEN, AND THEN I WAS, THE, YOU KNOW, THE TRELLIS THAT YOU'D SEE FROM A DISTANCE WOULD BE AN ELEMENT SO THAT MAYBE GIVE SOME THOUGHT INTO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IS CONSTRUCTED OF. SO WOULD WE REMOVE THE ALUMINUM ON THE HORIZONTAL. BANDING? BANDING. AND BALCONY SOFFITS? NO, NO, I WASN'T SUGGESTING THE HORIZONTAL BANDING. JUST THE BALCONY SOFFITS? THE BALCONY SOFFITS AND THEN THE, THE, THE, THE VERTICALS WITH THE, THE LARGER WINDOW MULLION VERTICALS THAT ARE BASICALLY COLUMN COVERS. OKAY. CAUSE THEN THE COLUMN COLOR COVERS COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND. YEAH. THEN IT, THEN IT'S SORT OF MORE OF A COMMERCIAL WINDOW SYSTEM. I'M TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. INSIDE BECOMES MICRO CEMENT OR, YEAH, AND, OR EVEN, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE, I THINK, WARMING UP A BIT. IT COULD BE IN THE SAME PALETTE TOO. FOR THE SCREEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE EAST SIDE. FOR THE SCREEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STAIRCASE, DO YOU, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST, I, I, I SEE IT IN THE RENDERING, SO I'M, I'M, I'M LIKE, OKAY, IS THAT, IF THAT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE SAME ALUMINUM, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE THE VENTS FOR THE PARK, A PARKING GARAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WANTS TO BE WOOD OR JUST ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T MATCH IT. YEAH. YEAH. THE, THE, THE FACADE ON THAT, THE SELF FACADE IS FINE. IT'S, THIS ONE, YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE ALUMINUM, SO THIS, THIS BAND HERE, THIS BAND HERE IS JUST TREATED, TREATED A LITTLE UNIQUE, YEAH. CAUSE THEN YOU GET, CAUSE THEN YOU GOT MORE ALUMINUM THIS WAY. YEAH. BUT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A BIG VISUAL ELEMENT, BUT I THINK IT COULD, IT'S GONNA BE SORT OF IN SHADOW ANYWAY, SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA NOTICE IT THAT MUCH. YOU'VE REALLY JAMMED EVERYTHING INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE, LIKE, USE THE CORE, YOU KNOW. THE TRUNK OF A TREE, AND THEN LIKE THE ALUMINUM BANDING IS FLOATING, GOING OUT FROM THE, FROM THE CORE TO THE, TO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE, THE EYEBROWS OR THIS BANDING IS, IS THE SAME MATERIAL. BUT I, AM I CLEAR ENOUGH, OR IF, IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM COME BACK AND UP TO UPDATE THE RENDERING, I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH ON, ON YOU GUYS. QUESTION'S CLEAR. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAVE THE, THE BALCONY SOFFITS, THE WINDOW MULLIONS, AND THE LOUVERS ON THE TOWER. AND DOES HE COME BACK TO US, OR JUST WORK WITH ALL OF YOU IN PLANNING? I, I THINK THE DIRECTION IS CLEAR ENOUGH THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH HIM ON, ON THAT. OKAY, [01:45:02] CAUSE IT'LL SAVE, IT'LL BE A LOT QUICKER FOR YOUR PROJECT. OKAY, SO I MAKE A MOTION, IF EVERYONE IS FINISHED, BEFORE I FORGET THE THREE COMMITTEE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PROJECT AT 912-918 FOURTH STREET, DRB 25-1097, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THEY REVIEW WITH STAFF IN PLANNING DEPARTMENT A DIFFERENT MATERIAL FOR THE BALCONY SOFFITS, THE LINEAR ALUMINUM, THE, THE, THE VERTICAL ALUMINUM BANDS AND THE MULLIONS. AND THE LOUVERS ON THE TOWER. AND THE LOUVERS ON THE TOWER. CAN WE ADD THE WARMER COSENTINO MATERIAL ON, ON THE BASE? JUST TO, TO, TO ADD THE, THE COHESIVENESS OF THE PROJECT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MATERIAL TOGETHER. IT'S THE, IT'S BASICALLY MATERIAL NUMBER THREE. SO WE APPROVED THE WAIVERS AND THE DESIGN WITH THOSE STIPULATIONS. YEP, I JUST, WITH THE, THE REPORT HAS A RECOMMENDATION ON WAIVERS, BUT THERE ARE NO WAIVERS ON. YEAH, I KEPT ON LOOKING FOR THEM AND I COULDN'T FIND THEM. THAT WAS A CARRYOVER FROM OUR TEMPLATE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. YEAH, ALL RIGHT. SO WE APPROVED THE DESIGN WITH THE NOTED STIPULATIONS TO BE WORKED WITH BETWEEN THE PROJECT AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. BUTTACAVOLI. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MR. LESTER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I'M SORRY, YOUR TRELLIS IS CLAD. IN THE RENDERING, IT'S ALL WHITE, SO I JUST, I, I DIDN'T, I SEE IT NOW IN THE ELEVATION. THANK YOU. NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. ROGELIO, DO WE NEED SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO PRESENT THE PUMP STATION? [6. DRB26-1192, 4245 ALTON ROAD – RIGHT OF WAY.] THEY HAVE, THEIR CONSULTANTS ARE ONLINE VIA ZOOM. OH, OKAY. TO PRESENT. THE NEXT ITEM IS DRB 26-1192-4245 ALTON ROAD, SEWER PUMP STATION NUMBER NINE. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED FOR DESIGN REVIEW ON AN ADVISORY BASIS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER PUMP STATION NUMBER NINE AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INTERSECTION OF ALTON ROAD AND MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL ACCESS. WITHIN, WITHIN THE TRIANGULAR LANDSCAPE AREA THAT IS PART OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE WORK INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW PUMP STATION, ODOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, FENCING, AND LANDSCAPE SCREEN. OKAY, SO THIS IS A A PROJECT THAT'S BEFORE YOU ON AN ADVISORY BASIS. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE GET TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION VIA AN LTC, A LETTER TO COMMISSION AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY COMMISSIONERS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE CHANGES, AND ALSO TO THE, TO THE TEAM AT, AT PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND THEIR CONSULTANTS IF THEY CAN, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT AS WELL. SO THIS IS FOR A, A SEWER PUMP STATION. THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED A FEW OF THESE IN THE PAST. WE RECENTLY HAD ONE ON ALTON ROAD AND ABOUT 28TH STREET, I BELIEVE. SO THIS ONE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALTON ROAD, ALTON ROAD, AND ALTON ROAD. IT'S IN A TRIANGULAR PROPERTY THAT'S SURROUNDED BY THE MAIN STRETCH OF ALTON ROAD, ANOTHER PORTION THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL STREET, BUT IT'S STILL ALTON ROAD, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS STILL ALTON ROAD. SO IT'S, IT'S SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY ALTON ROAD. IT'S LOCATED NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE WAY INTO THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL. SO THIS PUMP STATION IS INTENDED TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL SEWAGE NEEDS THAT WILL COME FROM AN EXPANDED MOUNT SINAI, AND THEN ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT'S TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS THIS IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAIN PUMP STATIONS. AS PART OF IT, THEY'RE INCLUDING AN ODOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM, SO THERE WILL BE NO ODOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE AND THE MAIN THING THAT WILL BE VISIBLE ABOVE, MOST OF THIS IS UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MAIN THING WILL BE, THAT WILL BE ABOVE IS THE GENERATOR SYSTEM THAT KICKS IN IN CASE THE POWER GOES OUT. THAT GENERATOR, DO YOU KNOW? SORRY? THE HEIGHT OF THE GENERATOR? I BELIEVE IT'S NINE FEET NINE OR TEN FEET. IT'S BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE, WHICH IS TWELVE FEET. SO THE THE SITE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TWELVE-FOOT HIGH CHAIN-LINK [01:50:01] FENCE WITH BLACK VINYL-COATED FABRIC SURROUNDED BY HEDGES AND LANDSCAPING TO SOFTEN THE STATION'S APPEARANCE, AND THEN THEY HAVE LOW-PROFILE LIGHTING THAT'S DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND SHIELDED, WHICH WILL MINIMIZE GLARE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. EVEN THOUGH THE FENCE AND THE LANDSCAPING WILL CONCEAL, THE PUMP STATION STAFF DOES HAVE A, A CONCERN BECAUSE THIS IS FACING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ON, ON, ON ALTON ROAD ON THE NARROWER SIDE OF ALTON ROAD, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT ON THAT SIDE THAT THEY USE A HIGHER-END FENCING MATERIAL, EITHER PICKETS OR SIMULATED WOOD FENCING OR SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER TYPE OF A FENCING FACING THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE, THE DRIVEWAY BE CONSTRUCTED EITHER OF A POROUS MATERIAL OR A HIGH ALBEDO PAVEMENT, SO THAT'S A LIGHT COLOR MATERIAL JUST FOR URBAN, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS OR POROUS MATERIAL TO HELP WITH ON-SITE DRAINAGE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, CAUSE THIS IS A SEWER PUMP, NOT A STORMWATER PUMP. SO TO HELP WITH ON, ON-SITE DRAINAGE. OVERALL, THIS IS A, AN, AN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SO STAFF IS, IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT WITH THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FENCING AND THE DRIVEWAY. AND WITH THAT WE HAVE THEIR CONSULTANT ONLINE FROM STANTEC MARLON, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON, IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN PROMOTE YOU TO A SPEAKER. AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO, WHO'S FROM YOUR TEAM? HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR AND SEE ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T ALLOW VIDEO THROUGH ZOOM, JUST AUDIO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO WORRIES. AND ROGELIO, YOU'LL BE SHOWING YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT? YES, YOUR PRESENTATION SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. OKAY. YEP, IT'S ON THE LIST. BETTER THAN ME. THERE IT IS. ALL RIGHT. HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARLON MEDINA, AND I'M WORKING WITH MORGAN GILLIS, WHO'S BEEN HELPING ME ON THIS PROJECT. WE, THIS PUMP STATION IS A SEWER PUMP STATION NUMBER NINE, AS ROGELIO MENTIONED, IT'S, IT'S A CRITICAL ASSET THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO TO IMPROVE THE SEWER SYSTEM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER SYSTEM, AND TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE FLOWS COMING OUT OF MOUNT SINAI. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. SO, YEAH, THE, THE STATION IS, YOU KNOW, LOCATED IN FDOT'S RIGHT-OF-WAY, RIGHT? THIS, THIS ISLAND HERE DOES, IS WITHIN FDOT'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO THE MAIN PROJECT WAS, YOU KNOW, IS TO IMPROVE THE ALTON ROAD CORRIDOR AND, YOU KNOW, AND TO IMPROVE ANY UTILITIES ALONG THE WAY INCLUDING LIKE THE, THE GRAVITY SEWERS THE WATER MAINS, RIGHT, AND THEN INTRODUCING THIS NEW PUMP STATION. THE FDOT PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND, AND IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE DOING SOME REDESIGN EFFORTS THERE, BUT THE, THE SEWER STATION IS CRITICAL, SO, SO WE CONTINUE TO DESIGN THE, THE SEWER STATION IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY TO GET IT PERMITTED AND, AND CONSTRUCTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, YEP OUR, OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS STATION IS, IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE RESILIENT STATION, RIGHT? IT'S CONSIDERED A, A CRITICAL ASSET BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S RECEIVING FLOWS FROM OTHER PUMP STATIONS UPSTREAM, RIGHT? AND FROM A, FROM A HOSPITAL, WHICH IS A CRITICAL FACILITY, AND, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE DID HAVE TO MEET YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO RAISE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN USUAL TO, TO MEET, TO MEET THAT CODE. THIS, THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE, THE PUMPS, IT'S A TRIPLEX STATION, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE WET WELL, THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. WE DO HAVE AN ODOR CONTROL, YOU KNOW, TO AND THAT UNIT IS, IS TYPICAL, IT'S WHAT'S BEING USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO IT MEETS THE CITY STANDARDS, AND IT, WE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD HISTORY WITH THAT COMPANY, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING QUITE WELL, SO WE'RE INTRODUCING THAT SAME ODOR CONTROL FACILITY. WE HAVE A FLOW METER, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY GENERATOR ON THE TOP RIGHT WHICH IS BELOW THE FENCE LINE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, YEP, JUST SITE LOCATION, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MOUNT SINAI THERE ARE, THERE IS A LINE OF, OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES TO THE EAST. THAT RED TRIANGLE IS THAT, THAT FDOT MEDIAN ISLAND FOR THE STATIONS GOING INTO. IT'S A LOW-LYING AREA, 2.61. WE DID HAVE TO RAISE THE, THE PUMP STATION SITE ABOUT TWO FEET TO, TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR SOME OF THE, THE FLOOD ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT IS A BIT HIGHER TO, TO MEET THAT [01:55:01] FLOOD ELEVATION. THERE'S ALSO EXISTING TREES AND LANDSCAPING IN THAT ISLAND. SO, YEAH, THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND THERE. WE HAD TO RELOCATE SOME OF THE TREES AND, AND REMOVE SOME OF THEM TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THE STATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO YEAH, SO HERE YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE TREES. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE POINCIANA, THE ROYAL POINCIANA THERE AND THE PALM TREES ARE BEING RELOCATED. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH URBAN FORESTRY IN THE CITY TO, TO SEE HOW THESE CAN BE BEST RELOCATED AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT SITE IS PREFERRED. WE ALSO GOT TO DEMOLISH THE CURB AND THEN WE'LL INTRODUCE MLT FACILITIES TO, TO CONSTRUCT THE JOB AND, AND PROJECT THE EXISTING TREES TO REMAIN AS NEEDED. NEXT SLIDE. VEHICULAR ACCESS, SO ONE, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY, YOU KNOW, CITY VEHICULAR VEHICLES CAN ENTER THE SITE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A VERY TIGHT, YOU KNOW, ENTRYWAY, AND, AND, AND WE HAVE THAT, THAT ONE-WAY STREET LEADING UP TO THE STATION. SO WE, WE HAD TO WIDEN THAT DRIVEWAY AS BEST AS WE COULD TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR, THEIR VACUUM TRUCKS, WHICH IS THEIR BIGGEST TRUCK. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN RED IS, IS HOW THEY'LL HAVE TO ENTER THE SITE. THEY'LL DO A THREE-POINT TURN TO, TO, TO GET IN THERE, AND THEN A THREE-POINT TURN TO GET OUT. SO WE WILL NEED TO REPLACE THAT DRIVEWAY, THAT, THAT RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WITH A FDOT DRIVEWAY AND A THICKENED CONCRETE SLAB. SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE. THE OTHER THING YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SCREENSHOT IS THE PARKING SPOTS. THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PARKING SPOTS THAT, THAT WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, AN EMERGENCY SITUATION COMES UP, THAT THE TRUCK CAN GET IN THERE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO ASK FOLKS TO COME AND MOVE THEIR CARS. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE PARKING AUTHORITY ON THAT AND, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR PROJECT MANAGER IS, IS HELPING US COORDINATE THAT. WE HAVE MET WITH FDOT, AND THEY'RE ALSO REVIEWING OUR PLANS. WE'RE GET, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING COMMENTS FROM THEM THIS WEEK. SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMENTS, ADDRESS THE CITY COMMENTS, AND KIND OF FIND A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS, IS HAPPY WITH THE END PRODUCT. NEXT SLIDE. AND I'LL LET MORGAN SPEAK TO, TO SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, APPROACH. HEY, MORGAN WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU'RE SPEAKING. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. SO FOR THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A TWELVE-FOOT-TALL FENCE AROUND OUR PROJECT SITE, WHICH IS AROUND SIXTY-THREE FEET BY FORTY FEET ON THAT MEDIAN IN ALTON ROAD. AND THAT FENCE IS GOING TO BE THAT TALL, SO IT CAN OBSCURE BOTH THE GENERATOR, CONTROL PANEL, AND ODOR CONTROL UNIT, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RAISED TO COMPLY WITH THE CMB, CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION STANDARDS. SO WE HAVE TWELVE-FOOT-TALL FENCING, AND THEN SURROUNDED BY THE FENCING, WE HAVE THESE CALUCIA SHRUBS, AND WHEN THEY'RE PLANTED, THEY'LL BE AROUND EIGHT, TEN FEET, BUT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GROW TO BE ABLE TO OBSCURE ALL OF THAT FENCING. AND THEN AROUND THE SITE WE HAVE RELOCATED SOME OF THE EXISTING PALM TREES AND PLANTED NEW PALM TREES AND SHRUBBERIES AROUND THE SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AS AGAIN, YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE ELEVATION VIEW OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE THE ODOR CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE BACKGROUND, ALONG WITH THE GENERATOR. AND CONTROL PANELS. AND THEN, YES THE ENTRANCE TO THAT, THIS SITE WILL BE OBSCURED A LITTLE BIT BY THE PALM TREES AND WILL HAVE, AGAIN, SHRUBS AROUND ALL SIDES, WHICH WILL ALSO OBSCURE THE FPL'S TRANSFORMER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE'S SOME MORE VIEWS OF LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE SITE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE CLUSIA HEDGES SURROUNDED BY SOME SOME LOCAL PLANTS AND SHRUBS, AND THEN ALONG WITH SOME PALM TREES TO OBSCURE THE SITES. YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE SITE, THE PALM TREES WILL BE PLACED STRATEGICALLY IN CORNERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TOP TALLEST PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE, BOTH THE GENERATOR AND THE ODOR CONTROL. THEY'LL BE BEHIND THAT FENCE, BUT THE, THOSE PALM TREES WILL PROVIDE EXTRA BUFFERING AND OBSCURING OF ANY EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AGAIN THE REASON FOR THE HEIGHT FOR ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS DUE TO THE DESIGN FOR ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS. SO THE BOTTOM OF OUR EQUIPMENT WOULD BE AT TEN FEET NAVD WITH OUR SITE BEING AT FOUR POINT SIX, AND THAT'S JUST TO RAISE EVERYTHING, NOT ONLY FOR DESIGN FOR ELEVATION, [02:00:01] BUT WE'RE ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR THE NECESSARY FREEBOARD THAT IS REQUIRED THROUGH MIAMI BEACH STANDARDS. SO THAT'S THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. IF I CAN ADD, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD, ROGELIO, IS THAT THE SLIDES THAT WE SHOWED ON THE LANDSCAPING, AND THANK YOU, MORGAN. THANKS FOR THAT. THAT, THAT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT BACK FOR PS25. I KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED PS25, IT WAS JUST A TALL, A HEDGE SOLUTION, HEDGE, AND WE WERE ASKED TO, TO KIND OF BREAK UP YOU KNOW, BREAK UP THE HEDGE AND TRY TO INTRODUCE, YOU KNOW LOCAL TREES, YOU KNOW, TREES WITH, WITH LOCAL SPECIES SOME SHRUBBERIES. SO WE, WE'VE ENHANCED THAT LANDSCAPE PLAN BASED, BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT ON THE PREVIOUS STATION. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU NOTICE THERE WITH THE, THE LITTLE PINK SHRUBBERIES AND, AND THE PALM TREES. IF THE GENTLEMAN WHO PRESENTED SECOND, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE HIS FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SURE. MY NAME IS MORGAN GILLIS, AND I LIVE AT 1198 VENETIAN WAY, MIAMI BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ONLINE? IF YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. WE HAVE ANDRES ASION IS ONLINE. SOUNDS FAMILIAR. HELLO, SORRY ABOUT MISSING THE MEETING IN PERSON. QUESTION, WHAT IS THE, THE LIGHTING ELEMENTS FOR THIS AREA? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE LIT AT NIGHT, THE LANDSCAPING? THE LANDSCAPING DOES NOT HAVE ANY LIGHTING. THE LIGHTING IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INSIDE, SO THAT WHEN FOLKS COME IN TO WORK ON THE STATION, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT, THEY CAN SEE WHERE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. I MEAN, THIS IS A PRIME TIME CORNER COMING IN INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALTON ROAD. AS YOU PASS THE HOSPITAL AND YOU, AND YOU DRIVE DOWN NORTH ON ALTON, I, I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF LANDSCAPING, BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO LOOK JUST DARK AT NIGHT. AND ALSO, JUST CURIOUS IF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE JUST EAST OF THAT MEDIAN GAVE ANY PUSHBACK ABOUT LOSING THEIR, THE PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES OF THOSE FOUR HOUSES. WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM. WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DIRECTLY WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THEIR PROJECT MANAGERS AT THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND THE, THOSE TWO PARKING SPOTS ARE ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY'RE METERED. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH. THEY'RE METERED OR, OR CITY-OWNED. THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTIAL PARKING. SO THAT'S, THEY'RE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE, THOSE THREE HOUSES THAT ARE THERE, CORRECT? THEY'RE JUST SOUTH OF IT, YEAH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTIAL PARKING. THEY'RE METERED PARKING. CORRECT. I'M SAYING IF I LIVE IN THAT HOUSE AND HAVE A GUEST COMING, THEY'RE GOING TO PARK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. RIGHT? YEAH. SO I'M JUST ASKING, HAS, HAS ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO THOSE THREE HOMEOWNERS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM? BECAUSE I KNOW IN PALM ISLAND, THIS HAPPENED WITH THE PUMP STATION DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THREE HOUSES AS WELL, AND THE CITY WORKS GREAT WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, DID THE CITY REACH OUT TO THESE THREE HOUSES IN PARTICULAR AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE? I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PM AND MAKE SURE THAT HE REACHES OUT TO THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS THERE. I'M JUST SAYING WE, WE MANDATE AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN FRONT OF THE CITY TO DO THEIR HOME PROJECT OR WHATEVER PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF THE CITY'S PUTTING, YOU KNOW, A TWELVE-FOOT FENCE IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND PUTTING IN A PUMP STATION THAT IS NECESSARY, AT A, AT A MINIMUM, THEY WOULD MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS WHERE IT'S HAPPENING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. LIKE, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SEE IF THE, IF HE'S HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT. I'M SORRY, BUT I ALSO, I'M SORRY, I ALSO THINK THAT WE SHOULD REQUEST LANDSCAPE LIGHTING FOR, FOR THIS AREA, NOT JUST LEAVE IT DARK AT NIGHT. I WOULD JUST ADD FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS, THIS MATTER HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED AND IT'S, IT'S PROPERLY BEFORE YOU. SO THE DUE PROCESS NOTICE WAS PROVIDED, SO. NO, I, I UNDER, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S POSTED, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, AS, AS BOARD MEMBERS ALL THE TIME, WE SAY, HEY, DID YOU REACH OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR? DID YOU TALK TO THEM? YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE, I THINK, THAT SINCE IT'S ONLY THREE HOUSES, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE REACHED OUT PERSONALLY TO THESE HOUSES. WERE THERE LETTERS SENT OUT AS NORMALLY IS DONE WHEN A PROJECT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD OR PLANNING, WHERE NEIGHBORS [02:05:02] WITHIN SO MANY FEET OF A PROJECT GET A LETTER? WAS THIS THE SAME REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT? FOR AN ADVISORY REVIEW, THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THERE BE A POSTING AND THEN AN ONLINE POSTING, SO THERE'S NO, NO MAIL NOTICES REQUIRED FOR AN ADVISORY REVIEW. SO THE ONLINE POSTING PROBABLY WAS MISSED BY MANY, AND THE SITE POSTING, UNLESS YOU WANT TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S COVERED BY THE, EACH SIDE HAS TRAFFIC, ONGOING TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEED. AND ONE WAS BURIED IN HEDGE. YEAH, AND ONE WAS BURIED IN THE HEDGE, OKAY? ANDRES, I DON'T WANT TO STOP YOUR, I DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR, INTERRUPT YOUR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FINISHED. NO, NO, NO, IT'S JUST I, I, I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE OUR OWN TO DO WHAT WE ASK OF OTHERS. YEAH. SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS PROJECT, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S HERE FOR AN ADVISORY, SO IT PROBABLY WILL TAKE A NOTICE BY THE HOMEOWNERS TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND EXPRESS THEIR POINT OF VIEWS ON THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW WAS THIS LOCATION OF 42 45 SELECTED? SO IT'S, AM I, YEAH, I'M ON. YEAH. IT'S MAINLY BASED ON THE, THE HYDRAULIC OF THE, OF THE GRAVITY SEWER SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO THE, THE SEWER SYSTEM. NO, THAT PART I UNDERSTAND. IT'S JUST THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS WITHIN THAT AREA. SO HOW WAS THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY SELECTED? MAYRA, ON THE, ON THE ISLAND, ON THE MEDIAN? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. HOW WAS THIS LOCATION ON THE ISLAND OF THE MEDIAN AND ALSO AT THE ENTRANCE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SELECTED WHEN THERE'S OTHERS WITHIN 10, 20 FEET FROM IT THAT COULD HAVE PROVIDED EVEN MORE SPACE AND AREA FOR PARKING? WELL, IF, IF YOU MEAN LIKE THE, WHY THIS LANDSCAPE ISLAND WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PUMP STATION, I MEAN, IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS, WE, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER STATIONS THAT ARE BEING BUILT AS PART OF THESE ALTON ROAD, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHERE DOT TELLS US, HEY, LOOK, THIS ISLAND HERE IS, IS WHERE WE CAN PUT A PUMP STATION. SO I, I'M ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, DOT'S LIKE, I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE, AND I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, I'M SORRY, MAYBE YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT PUBLIC PROPERTY WHERE THERE'S ALSO PRIVATE PROPERTY. BUT IS THIS SERVICING MOSTLY MOUNT SINAI FUTURE EXPANSIONS AND EXPANSIONS AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD? THIS IS SERVICING THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH ALONG ALTON ROAD, SO NORTH BAY ROAD, ALTON ROAD AND THEN ALL THE HOUSES FRONTING ALTON ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO WHAT ARE WE? FORTY-SEVENTH STREET? YEAH, FORTY-SEVENTH STREET. AND DOES IT ALSO THEN SERVICE MOUNT SINAI IN ITS EXPANSIONS? CORRECT. YES. SO MY CONCERN WITH THIS LOCATION, IT'S, IS, IS A LOT. ONE, IT'S AT THE ENTRANCE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU'RE, YOU SHOULD BE BEAUTIFYING WITH LANDSCAPING AND NOT A PUB STATION THAT IS GOING TO BE TWELVE FEET TALL FENCE AND TEN FEET OF CLUSIA. MY OTHER CONCERN WITH THIS LOCATION IS THAT IF YOU'RE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT ISLAND AND GOING NORTHBOUND ON ALTON, YOU HAVE TO CREEP UP TO A STOP SIGN AND LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM THE WEST LANES OF ALTON HEADING NORTHBOUND. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BLOCK THAT VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT IS TODAY FOR PEOPLE TO PROCEED ONTO ALTON NORTHBOUND. MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT ITS ADJACENCY TO THE HOMES THERE IS THE CLOSEST. I, IT, IT'S ONLY A LANE AWAY FROM THE HOMES THAT ARE TO THE EAST OF THAT PUMP STATION. IT ALSO HAS THE ISSUE AS PRESENTED BY ANDRES ASION THAT YOU HAVE NOT METERED PARKING, BUT YOU HAVE CURB PARKING THAT'S NOT METERED [02:10:02] THAT IS GOING TO BE DISRUPTED POSSIBLY WITH THIS PROJECT. YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY. THAT THERE'S A FPL TRANSFORMER THAT WILL BE PLACED IN THAT AREA FOR THE PUMP STATION. IS THAT TRANSFORMER UNDERGROUND? NO, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA PUT A TRANSFORMER ON THE POLE AND THEN WE'RE, THEY'RE GONNA RUN A PRIMARY LINE TO THE STATION. AND HOW HIGH WILL THAT POLE BE? THE, THE POLE'S EXISTING, SO IT'LL BE ONE OF THE POLES ADJACENT TO THOSE EASTERN HOUSES. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT ANOTHER TRANSFORMER. OKAY. UP ON THE TOP OF THE POLE, OBVIOUSLY. YEAH. ANOTHER THING THAT ANDRES BROUGHT UP, AND AS WELL AS ADAM, AND BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IS THAT, YES, THERE WAS NOTIFICATION ONLINE AND A POSTING PUT ON THAT SITE, BUT NOBODY SEES THE POSTING ON SITE, EVEN IF IT WASN'T BLOCKED BY HEDGES AND BUSHES THAT ARE THERE. THERE'S A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND THERE'S RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THAT PROPERTY, THAT TRIANGLE, AND NOBODY HAS NOTIFIED THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR GOTTEN ANY INPUT FROM THEM OR FROM THE VERY CLOSE BY RESIDENTS. AND THAT IS A CONCERN THAT THIS PROJECT HAS GOTTEN TO THIS POINT, AND YET, NUMBER ONE, IT'S PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT INTERFERES WITH THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE COMING ONTO ALTON ON THE EAST LANE. AND ITS ADJACENCY TO HOMES. THERE IS ANOTHER LOT, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IT. IT IS THE LOT ON 4302 ALTON ROAD. IT IS A TRIANGULAR LOT AS WELL, BUT FAR BIGGER THAN THIS ONE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING. IT IS OWNED BY MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN VACANT. IT'S A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT IS FARTHER AWAY FROM HOMES THAN THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN SELECTED. AND I, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS ALSO SERVICING MOUNT SINAI AND THE ASSISTANCE THAT OVER THE YEARS THIS CITY HAS GIVEN MOUNT SINAI, I THINK MOUNT SINAI MAY BE AGREEABLE TO ALLOWING THIS PUMP STATION BEING THERE. HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED THAT PROPERTY? NO, WE, WE HAVE NOT. OKAY. I, I DON'T KNOW I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN FDOT PROJECT COMING ON BOARD THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED ACCORDING TO WHAT FDOT TOLD ME, AND IT IS THE TOTAL RENOVATION OF ALTON, MID-ALTON, WHICH IS 43RD OR 41ST STREET TO 47TH. THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED, AND WHAT WAS COMPLETED SUPPOSEDLY IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WAS UPPER ALTON, WHICH IS 51ST TO 63RD. AND THAT INCLUDES PUTTING IN SEWER LINES ON ALTON INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM BEHIND THE HOMES ON BOTH THE HOMES ON THE WEST AND THE HOMES ON THE EAST. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THIS IS NOT A PROJECT. I, I THINK THIS IS A THE WORST LOCATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR A PUMP STATION. A PUMP STATION IS NOT A PIECE OF ART, AND IT'S NOT LANDSCAPING, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE PUTTING CLUSIAS AROUND IT, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS, THAT SHOULD BE THERE. SO, I DON'T THINK THAT A PUMP STATION AT THE ENTRANCE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BLOCK VISIBILITY OF CARS COMING INTO ALTON. I THINK HOMEOWNERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED. AND I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE LOT OWNED BY MOUNT SINAI AT 4302 ALTON. WHICH IS FAR BIGGER THAN THE ONE YOU'RE CONSIDERING AND HAS A FARTHER DISTANCE FROM HOMES AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR PARKING IF YOU HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE OR SERVICING TO THAT PUMP STATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYRA. I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT MAYRA JUST SAID. I'VE WALKED PAST THERE AND DIDN'T SEE THE SIGN AT ALL FOR A FEW TIMES UNTIL ONCE I JUST NOTICED THE LITTLE PINK, [02:15:02] PINK SIGN IN THE CORNER THERE. I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S THE BACK OF A GARAGE BUILDING ON SINAI. THERE, THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER SITES THAT CAN, CAN WORK BETTER FOR THIS. SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT MYRA SAID. IF THIS, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT IF THIS IS TO BE HERE, WHICH I AGREE IT, IT SHOULD NOT, TO ME, LOOKS LIKE IT'S YOUR COPY-PASTE OF YOUR, YOUR TYPICAL PUMP STATION LAYOUT THAT WE, WE SEE AROUND THE SQUARE, AND THIS IS THREE-SIDED VERSUS BEING SET INTO, INTO THE GOLF COURSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHY PUT A SQUARE AND A TRIANGLE, NUMBER ONE, AND COULDN'T THIS BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DYNAMIC AND FIT THE SITE A LITTLE BIT BETTER? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A VIEW PLANE BLOCKAGE ON THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE RIPPING BY VERY FAST, AND WHEN YOU'RE THERE, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU CAN'T GET A GLIMPSE YOU WILL GET HIT, AND I DO IT ALL THE TIME, SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A, A HAZARD THERE. AND THIS IS, TO ME, IS SORT OF A GATEWAY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MAYRA SAID, AND ALSO NORTH BEACH AND, AND, AND ANDRES SAID THE SAME THING, THAT LINING IT WITH CLUSIA AND SOME GROUND COVER IS, IS DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO CUT IT. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME, SOME MORE THOUGHT AND, AND BETTER SPECIES AND, AND MORE INTERESTING LANDSCAPE TO MAKE THIS INTO MAYBE A, A MUCH MORE LUSH AND, AND INTERESTING ISLAND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC GOING PAST IT AND IT, IN ITS PROMINENCE. THE LIGHTING, I'M NOT, NOT TOO SURE, MAYBE THAT, THAT HELPS AT NIGHT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE BLOCKING THE, THE VIEW IS, IS, IS SOMETHING HERE ON MY LIST AND THAT THE, THE PARKING, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE NEIGHBORS THERE KNEW ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE'S A BETTER, BETTER PLACE TO ACCESS THIS AT ALL. SO AGAIN, I WOULD CHALLENGE TO, TO SORT OF PUT THIS BACK TO THE, TO THE, BACK TO DESIGN AND TRY TO MOVE IT, AND IF, IF THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, THEN IT SHOULD BE REDESIGNED AND, AND TRY TO FIT BETTER ON THE SITE IN SOME WAY. AND DEFINITELY TAKE SOME OF OUR, OUR LANDSCAPE BUDGET AND PUT IT HERE AND, AND LAYER THIS INTO SOMETHING INTERESTING AND UNIQUE AND, AND ATTRACTIVE VERSUS JUST PUTTING SOME GROUND COVER AND SOME CLUSIAS HERE, BECAUSE WE, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY AFFORDABLE PERSON. YEAH. AND I, I WILL TELL YOU IT, WITH ALL THE WORK THAT THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS, AND THIS BOARD AND OTHER BOARDS PUT INTO THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE, WE TEND TO END UP PUTTING PUMP STATIONS AT THE ENTRANCES OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS IF THEY WERE PIECES OF ART. AND THEY'RE NOT, AND IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. IT DEGRADES THE ARCHITECTURE THAT SURROUNDS THE AREA AND THE, AND THE ENTRANCE TO NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY, WE NEED TO START LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE TO PUT PUMP STATIONS THAT AREN'T SO VISIBLE AND AREN'T SMACK IN YOUR FACE OF TRAFFIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES. SUNSET HARBOR IS ANOTHER ONE. LA GORCE AND 51ST STREET IS ANOTHER ONE. YEAH, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, THE JULIA TUTTLE KIND OF LIKE THE GATEWAY INTO THE CITY AND LIKE YOUR GRAND ENTRANCE AND ALL THE HEAVY HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT AND THE REMOVAL OF TREES SINCE THEY PUT THE NEW CANCER RESEARCH CANCER CENTER AT ON SINAI KIND OF REDUCED THE GRANDIOSENESS OF THE ENTRANCE, AND I'D LIKE PUTTING A PUMP STATION TOO WOULD ALSO TAKE AWAY FROM IT. I THINK THEY'RE. SHOULD WE WAIT OTHER WAYS TO OTHER LOCATIONS IS CONCERNED, LIKE THEY SAID, AND OBVIOUSLY FIND WAYS TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE AND STUFF, MAKING IT MORE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL LOOKING. SO THAT'S IT. YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH ALL THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HERE ON, ON LOCATION. IT JUST DOES NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE, BUT TO NOT BELABOR THAT POINT IF IT MUST REMAIN, JUST TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY. LIKE YOU, YOU WERE SAYING, ADAM, I MEAN, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A, A RECTANGLE WAS PLOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIANGLE, AND I THINK THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS SAFETY, TO ADDRESS AESTHETICS AS BEST WE CAN, IF THIS MUST REMAIN IN THAT SPOT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THE PLACEMENT OF WHERE IT IS. I THINK IF YOU TAKE IT [02:20:02] NOT ON A DIRECT NORTH-SOUTH AND YOU JUST TILT IT A LITTLE BIT, I THINK THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT WOULD HELP A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT DRIVEWAY IS NOW ON A ONE-WAY STREET. YOU JUST TURN IN AT MORE OF AN ANGLE. IT, IT, IT MAY ALLEVIATE THE PARKING CONCERNS AND ALSO HELP WITH THE VISIBILITY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DRIVE AND YOU HAVE THE OTHER CARS ON THE LEFT SIDE. AND THEN SIMILARLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPING, IN ADDITION TO JUST THE, THE SPECIES TYPES, YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT YOU'RE IN A TRIANGLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE HARD LINE LANDSCAPING IS, IS NOT GONNA LOOK GOOD. LIKE, TRY TO MARRY, YOU KNOW, THE LINE WORK OF THE TRIANGLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CURB, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO BRING IN SOME ELEMENTS OF EXTENSION. I THINK THAT THAT COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, HELP AS, AS WE COULD. AGAIN, I DON'T LOVE THE LOCATION EITHER, BUT IF IT'S GONNA BE THERE, I THINK THAT THESE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS I WOULD MAKE. IF IT HAS TO STAY HERE. THANK YOU. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY THERE. THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER LOCATIONS ON ALTON PUBLIC AND PRIVATELY OWNED BY MOUNT SINAI. SO, IS IT JUST ALL THIS TAKEN AND GIVEN TO? I'M, I'M TAKING NOTES. THE, THE IDEA HERE WOULD BE I'M GONNA, I'M WRITING DOWN WHAT I'M HEARING, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, I'LL READ WHAT I SAID, AND THEN WE WOULD NEED A, IF, IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT I'M, WITH MY NOTES, THEN MOTION IN A SECOND, AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS I WILL DRAFT A LETTER TO COMMISSION THAT ARE, THAT WILL GET REVIEWED BY MY DIRECTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND THEN IT WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS WOULD WORK. DO YOU WANT TO SEND US A DRAFT OF THAT LETTER, OR ARE YOU GONNA. I, I, THE IDEA IS I TRY TO GET IT OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN, CAN ACT IF THEY CHOOSE TO, OR, OR, OR IF NOT, SO BUT, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH IT, AND IT'S GONNA REFLECT EXACTLY WHAT I SAY, WHAT I SAY HERE. SO I HAVE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALTERNATIVE LOCATION CONSIDER SITES ON MOUNT SINAI PROPERTY ITSELF. 4302 ALTON ROAD. AT 4302. IT'S A VACANT LOT THAT THEY OWN. ALTON ROAD. OKAY. AND TO, AND WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS AS WELL. CAMPUS, OKAY. CONSIDER SITE 4302 ALTON ROAD AND WITH, OR WITHIN MOUNT SINAI CAMPUS. NEXT, DESIGN TO FIT THE SITE AND BEAUTIFY TO AVOID THE REMOVAL OF THE PARKING SPACES ON ALTON ROAD. AND SO CONSIDER THAT IT IS A TRIANGLE AND DON'T NECESSARILY ORIENT THE FENCES TO BE A SQUARE, A RECTANGLE. CONSIDER AN LANDSCAPE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS CONSIDER LANDSCAPE LIGHTING. NEXT, ORIENT IT SO THAT IT'S NORTH, ORIENT IT SO THAT IT'S NORTH-SOUTH, SO I'LL COMBINE, I'LL, I'LL COMBINE THAT WITH THE, CONSIDER THE SITE AND THE TRIANGLE. RIGHT, MORE OF AN ANGLE. AND THEN NEXT ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPING AND AGAIN, ORIENT THE LANDSCAPING SO THAT IT FOLLOWS AROUND THE TRIANGLE AND FOLLOWS THE, THE GEOMETRY OF THE SITE. SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS I'VE HEARD. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH, THE UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN CARS ON THE EAST LANE OF ALTON ARE MERGING INTO ALTON, THEY CANNOT SEE THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC ON THE WEST LANES GOING NORTHBOUND BECAUSE OF THE PUMP STATION STRUCTURE. CONSIDER IMPACT ON DRIVER VISIBILITY. AND THE OTHER THING WAS THAT THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION TO THE ADJACENT HOMEOWNERS OR TO THE HOA OF ALTON ROAD. AND [02:25:02] THAT THEY ARE PUTTING A PUMP STATION AT THE ENTRANCE OF A, OF MIDDLE BEACH AND ALTON ROAD. THIS IS STATION AT ENTRANCE TO MIDDLE BEACH. OKAY. YEAH. WE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FENCING AS WELL, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE. ENHANCED FENCING ALL THE WAY AROUND, ALL THE WAY AROUND. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. SO WE HAVE ALL THOSE COMMENTS. WE WILL INCLUDE THEM IN A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION AND TRANSMIT THEM TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO, BUT I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON TRANSMITTING AN LTC WITH THE RECOMMENDATION STATED. OKAY. MOTION BY MS. BUTTACAVOLI. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND BY MS. LEWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ROGELIO, DO YOU KNOW BY ANY CHANCE WHAT THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT PUMP STATION IS? I MEAN, HAVE THEY DESIGNED THE ACTUAL PLANS ENGINEERING PLANS AND EVERYTHING, OR IS IT JUST SCHEMATICS AT THIS POINT? THERE IS TO, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING DESIGNED. OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLANS THAT THEY SUBMITTED, THERE'S A LOT OF CIVIL DRAWINGS THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I [FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: November 19, 2026] THINK THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM. YES, THE, JUST NOTICED THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 19TH I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. DECEMBER 10TH. I THINK THAT DOES NOT INTERFERE. I THINK ART BASEL IS THE WEEK BEFORE. NOVEMBER 19TH. NOVEMBER 6TH IS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND. I THINK THAT'S IT. THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.