* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 6TH ZONING AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING. WE HAVE A RELATIVELY LIGHT AGENDA TODAY, AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE A FEW BOARD MEMBERS SHORT, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I HOPE WE CAN MOVE THINGS ALONG SMOOTHLY. LET'S GET STARTED WITH ATTENDANCE, [ATTENDANCE] MR. EDDIE. ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. UH, MS. ROMELLI? HERE. MS. SILVERMAN? HERE. MR. SINAMON? HERE. MR. FELIG? HERE. MR. KRENNICK IS ABSENT. MR. NAGLER IS ABSENT. MR. SILVERS? HERE. PRESENT, WE HAVE FIVE OF SI - OF SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UM, AND, AND JUST FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, YOU WILL NEED A UNANIMOUS DECISION IN ORDER FOR THE VARIANCES TO BE APPROVED. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MADDEN. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, [CITY ATTORNEY UPDATES] I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR, UH, SWEARING IN THE PUBLIC, ANY UPDATES. PERFECT. UH, NO UPDATES. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TESTIFYING, I'LL BE SWEARING YOU IN, UH, SHORTLY. BUT FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME EVERYONE. TODAY'S MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 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 IN TODAY'S MEETING VIA ZOOM MAY DIAL 877-853-5257, WHICH IS A TOLL-FREE NUMBER, AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH IS 82869615309 POUND, OR LOG INTO THE ZOOM APP AND ENTER THE WEBINAR ID, WHICH AGAIN IS 82869615309. INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM MUST CLICK THE RAISED HAND ICON IF THEY'RE USING THE ZOOM APP OR DIAL STAR NINE IF THEY ARE PARTICIPATING 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 OR CORPORATION OR ANOTHER PERSON, INCLUDING AN ARCHITECT, ATTORNEY, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF AN APPLICANT OR AN OBJECTOR, YOU NEED TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST WITH THE CITY'S CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THE BOARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED YET, YOU SHOULD REGISTER BEFORE, UH, TESTIFYING. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYI- LOBBYIST IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ONLY ON YOUR BEHALF AND NOT ON ANY OTHER PARTY. YOU ARE TESTIFYING AS AN EXPERT WITNESS PROVIDING ONLY TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, OR OTHER SPECIALIZED INFORMATION OR TESTIMONY IN THIS PUBLIC MEETING, OR IF YOU ARE APPEARING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR YOUR APPEARANCE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT 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 PRINCIPLE ON WHOSE BEHALF THEY ARE COMMUNICATING. THESE RULES APPLY WHETHER YOU ARE APPEARING IN FAVOR OF AN ITEM OR ENCOURAGING OR ARGUING AGAINST ITS PASSAGE, DEFEAT, MODIFICATION, OR CONTINUANCE. SO AT THIS POINT [SWEARING IN OF PUBLIC] IN TIME, IF THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN CHAMBERS CAN PLEASE STAND, I'M GONNA SWEAR EVERYONE IN THAT WILL BE TESTIFYING. UH, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO. THANK YOU, AND PLEASE BE SEATED. AND ALSO IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST SILENCE YOUR PHONES, UH, DURING THESE PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I, UH, HOPE EVERYONE HAD [1. AFTER ACTION REPORT – OCTOBER 16, 2026 ] TIME TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 16TH MEETING. IF ANYONE HAD ANY OBJECTIONS. MOVE TO APPROVE THEM. SECOND. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO, MINUTES APPROVED. WE HAVE ONE REQUEST - OH, MY MIC'S OFF. ONE REQUEST FOR [2. ZBA22-0143, 125-153 COLLINS AVENUE] CONTINUANCE OF WITHDRAWAL ZBA220143125-153 COLLINS AVENUE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR AN APPEAL THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN ON THE AGENDA FOR A WHILE. IT SEEMS THE TWO PARTIES HAVE COME TO, UM, AN AGREEMENT THAT ARE PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL. UM, HOWEVER, THEY DO REQUEST THAT THE ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE JUNE 4TH, 2027 MEETING. UM, ONE OF THE APPELLANTS IS REQUIRED TO BUILD SOME SORT OF AN IMPROVEMENT AND THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GETS COMPLETED ACCORDING TO THEIR AGREEMENTS. UM, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 4TH, 2027 MEETING. UM, THE ITEM WILL BE RE-NOTICED, UM, BECAUSE IT, UH, WE DO HAVE TO RE-NOTICE ITEMS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN ON THE AGENDA AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. UM, SO IT WILL BE RE-NOTICED. SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED A MOTION IF IT'S GONNA BE RE-NOTICED. WE CAN JUST DO THAT. UM, I THINK... UH, REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 4TH, 2027 MEETING. SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION? YES. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? TO CONTINUE. TO CONTINUE TO THE [00:05:01] JUNE 4TH? I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. OH YEAH, PROBABLY SINCE BEFORE. SINCE BEFORE I'VE BEEN SERVING ON BOARD OF AGENDA. SO MOVE. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NOPE. MOTION PASSES. UM, I KNOW THAT... OR - THEY, THEY'VE ARRIVED. OH, OKAY. WE HAVE A CONTI - [3. ZBA26-0203, 7805 NOREMAC AVENUE] PREVIOUS CONTINUED APPLICATION, ZBA26-02037805 NORMAC AVENUE. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING VARIANCES TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE LOAD COVERAGE, REDUCE THE FRONT YARD, SIDE YARD, AND SOME OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS, AND INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE ROOFTOP DECK AREA IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STORY ADDITION WITH A ROOF DECK AND A CARPORT ON AN EXISTING SINGLE STORY HOME. OKAY. SO THIS, UM, THIS APPLICATION WAS BEFORE THE BOARD LAST MONTH AND THE BOARD HAD EXPRESSED, UM, SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE SCALE OF THE PROPOSED ADDITION. THIS WAS AN ADDITION, UM, BEING DONE TO THE REAR OF AN EXISTING HOUSE. IT WAS A TWO-STORY ADDITION. UM, THE BOARD APPROVED ONE OF THE VARIANCES, VARIANCE NUMBER FOUR, RELATED TO THE CARPORT AND CONTINUED VARIANCES ONE THROUGH THREE TO TODAY'S MEETING. UM, STAFF HAS, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEY HAVE SINCE REDUCED THE SCALE OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES. UM, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ELIMINATED ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REQUESTS ALTOGETHER, WHICH IS THE VARIANCE OF THE SOUTH SIDE SETBACK OF FOUR FEET, 10 INCHES. THEY'VE REQUESTED... THEY'VE ELIMINATED THAT REQUEST AND THAT SIDE OF THE ADDITION WILL BE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIRED SETBACK OF SEVEN AND A HALF FEET. UM, AND SO, UM, THEY ONLY NEED THE R - THE, UM, SETBACK ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SUM OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS. UM, SO THEY'RE MAINTAINING THE, THE NORTH SIDE SETBACK OF FIVE FEET TWO INCHES AND THE, SOME OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS, UM, ACTUALLY THE, THE REQUEST OF THE VARIANCE RE - IS REDUCED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW COMPLYING WITH THE SETBACK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. UM, SO THEY'VE REDUCED THAT ONE. FOR THEIR LOT COVERAGE, UH, VARIANCE, THEY'RE SLIGHTLY REDUCING THE LOT COVERAGE. PREVIOUSLY, THEY WERE REQUESTING, UM, A LOT COVERAGE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THEM TO GO TO 39.9%. UM, THEY'RE REDUCING THAT TO 38.5%. UM, JUST FOR, FOR PURPOSES OF, OF, UH, OF BACKGROUND, UM, THE CURRENT HOME EXCEEDS THE, THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE FOR A TWO-STORY HOME OF 30% BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY A ONE-STORY HOME. ONE-STORY HOMES ARE ALLOWED 40%. BY ADDING THE SECOND FLOOR, THE CODE AUTOMATICALLY KNOCKS THE LOT COVERAGE DOWN TO 30%, SO THEY COULD NOT COMPLY IF THEY WANTED TO ADD A, A SECOND-STORY ADDITION. THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD COMPLY WITH THAT LOT COVERAGE WITHOUT DEMOLISHING SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING HOME. UM, SO THEY DO HAVE A HARDSHIP THERE, UM, IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THAT, THAT, UM, UM, IN- IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT. UM, SO THEY'VE REDUCED THE LOT COVERAGE VARIANCE. AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT ROOF DECK. UM, THE ROOF DECK, UM, ACTUALLY, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE INCREASES VERY, VERY SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE REORIENTED EVERYTHING, UM, UM, AND THEY'VE... AND THE WAY THEY'VE CALCULATED A FEW THINGS, BUT IT'S ONLY... IT'S ONLY 10 SQUARE FEET, 12, UH, 12 SQUARE FEET, THE INCREASE. UM, BUT IT'S, UH, IT- IT BASICALLY MAINTAINS THE SAME ROOF DECK THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED BEFORE, WITH 10 FEET SETBACKS FROM THE SIDE YARDS. UM, BUT THE ROOF DECK IS COMING UP TO THE EDGE IN THE REAR YARD. UM, THE HOME, THE ADDITION, UM, THE HOME IS- IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE ALLOWABLE UNIT SIZE. THE QUARE FOOTAGE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE COULD... THAN WHAT THEY COULD DO IF THEY WERE DOING A BRAND NEW HOME. THEIR REAR YARD SETBACK IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN WHAT, UH, WHAT IS... THAN WHAT IS, UM, UH, PERMITTED BY THE CODE. SO IF THEY WERE DOING A NEW HOME, THEY COULD BUILD THAT ADDITION FURTHER BACK NEAR THE WATERFRONT, BECAUSE THIS IS A, UH, A HOME THAT'S ON- ON A CANAL. UM, AND SO A STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE MODIFICATIONS. THEY'RE LESSENING THE SCOPE OF THE VARIANCES FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST MONTH, UM, AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE CHANGES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, IS ANYONE PRESENTING? UH, ANY DISCLOSURES FROM THE BOARD? STATE YOUR NAME AND... UH, TONY LEON, ARCHITECT OF 30 S - 32, 36... OH, THERE WE GO. DID YOU GET THAT? I GOTTA REPEAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HI, TONY. HELLO. UH, SO- SO YEAH, TODAY, [00:10:01] UH, WE'RE PRESENTING THIS AGAIN, UM, WITH THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ROHELIO MENTIONED. UH, ONE THING TO- TO KINDA KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, UH, THIS SECOND FLOOR ADDITION, UM, IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE TO REMOVE THE ROOF OF THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE AND BUILD DIRECTLY ON TOP OF AN EXISTING PART OF THE HOUSE, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, UH, IMAGINE BUILDING A GROUND FLOOR ADDITION AT THE END OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, WHICH IS WHERE THE KITCHEN AND THE LIVING AND THE DINING ROOM ARE. AND IF I WERE TO ADD THIS EXTRA BEDROOM, WHICH I CAN'T REALLY DO ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE SITE EXCEPT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, IF I WERE TO DO IT IN THE REAR, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETELY LEGAL AND WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH LOT COVERAGE OR ALMOST ANY VARIANCES, IT WOULD BLOCK THE KITCHEN, LIVING AND DINING. SO RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S A COVERED TERRACE AT THE END OF THE KITCHEN, LIVING AND DINING AREA, THERE'S A FLAT ROOF. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY USING THAT FLAT ROOF AS A LOCATION TO PUT THE ADDITION. IF I PUT IT ON THE GROUND, THE MASTER BEDROOM NOW BLOCKS THE KITCHEN, LIVING, AND DINING FROM THE POOL AND FROM THE REAR. SO ALL I'M TAKING IS THIS, WHAT WOULD BE A GROUND LEVEL ADDITION ALONG THAT KITCHEN, LIVING, DINING AREA AND RAISING IT UP ON A SECOND FLOOR. SO IF THIS, UH, UM, IF THIS ADDITION COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE, W - IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE. THIS IS JUST REALLY... IT'S THE... IT'S THE HARDSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY IS THAT THERE'S JUST NOWHERE TO- TO PUT ANY ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ADDITION THAT WAS ADDED ON TO, UM... I SAW IT IN THE MICROFILM, I FORGET WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT IT WAS KIND OF A S - A SIMILAR THING. IT WAS A VERY SMALL HOUSE AND THEY DID AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE ON THE BACK OF IT, AND THAT ADDITION WAS THE KITCHEN, LIVING, AND DINING ROOM, AND A MASTER, AND A MASTER BEDROOM. SO THIS IS THE, UH, REALLY THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THIS GUY CAN ADD AN EXTRA BEDROOM. BY VIRTUE OF ADDING THIS, UH, UH, ADDITION ELEVATED, UM, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S A MODERN DESIGN WITH A FLAT ROOF AND PROVIDING A- A ROOFTOP, UH, ACCESS. UM, SO WE CAN BUILD THAT UP - I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. YEAH. I JUST GOT WORD THAT THE ZOOM MEETING IS ON MUTE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC LISTENING. UH, PJ, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE. I GOTTA S - I GOTTA START OVER? NO, NO. I MEAN, IN THE CHAMBERS WE CAN HEAR, BUT - OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. AND ON TV, I GUESS IT CAN BE HEARD. GREAT. UH, SO ANYWAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO WAY OF DOING ANY KIND OF ADDITION. AND WHEN WE DID TRY TO GET A, UH, ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THIS TO BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY VARIANCES AND NOT ANY NEED TO COME TO A, TO THE BOARD, UH, THE PROBLEM WAS THAT BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS ADDITION WHERE THEY ENCLOSED THE FRONT PORCH, UH, THAT NOW, UH, HOUSE NOW DOESN'T RESEMBLE THE ORIGINAL HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1940S, AND THEREFORE WE COULDN'T GET THE ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY HARDSHIPS. AND, UH, WE'VE, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, UM, ROGELIO, THAT WE REDUCED, UH, A LOT OF THE VARIANCES THAT WE NEEDED, ELIMINATED SOME COMPLETELY. AND, UH, SO I HOPE TO GET AN APPROVAL TODAY FROM YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK? OR ON ZOOM? IS ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GIVE ME ONE SECOND. RESET. MAYBE THEY DON'T HEAR ME. THERE'S NO AUDIO. THERE'S NO AUDIO. SO NO ONE GETS TO TALK? LET'S SEE. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE AUDIO'S NOT WORKING ON THE ZOOM. IS ANYONE ON ZOOM RAISING THEIR HAND? IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM AND YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. BUT CAN THEY HEAR YOU? AND IF YOU, AND IF YOU CAN HEAR US, IF, IF YOU... WELL, WHAT DO I SAY? IF YOU CAN'T HEAR US, RAISE YOUR HAND. UM... DO YOU KNOW IF ANYONE'S SPEAKING ON ZOOM FROM YOUR... SORRY. THAT I KNOW OF, NO. OKAY. SO SHOULD WE JUST CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT? BUT I, I MEAN, YOU LET ME KNOW. THERE'S A, THERE'S PROBABLY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TRYING TO SUPPORT US, BUT IF WE CAN'T, UH, CAN'T GET ON. EVERYBODY'S... YEAH, YEAH. UM, TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, IS, DO YOU KNOW IF THE, IF, IF IT'S OKAY TO PROCEED? [00:15:02] IF, IF THE SOUND IS WORKING? PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. UH, NO HAND CLOSED. CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT? SO THE SOUND IS WORKING ON ZOOM NOW? IS IT WORKING? IS IT NOT WORKING? WE'RE JUST MOVING FORWARD? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. I JUST... DO WE HAVE, UM, LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OBJECTION FROM NEIGHBORS? SORRY. IT'S WORKING. UM, DO WE, DO, DO WE GET ANY - I, I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, ANY, UM, LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR OBJECTIONS. MM-HMM. IS THERE SOMEBODY... I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THE ARCHITECT KNOWS. HAVE YOU CHECKED, YOU KNOW, CHECKED WITH THE NEIGHBORS FOR SUPPORT? UH, THE OWNER IS, UH, TRAVELS A LOT. HE'S FROM GERMANY AND BRAZIL, AND HE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TRAVELING. UH, HE KNOWS HIS NEIGHBORS. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THEM, BUT HE HAS HAD TROUBLE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM THE COUPLE OF TIMES THAT HE'S TRIED. UH, HE WAS MAYBE GONNA JOIN US TODAY, BUT I THINK LAST NIGHT HE MENTIONED THAT, UH, HE'S SORT OF OUT OF POCKET AND COULDN'T JOIN. SO NO. SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OR, OR SUPPORTIVE OR NOT SUPPORTIVE? WELL, I, I KNOW THAT NOBODY IS NOT SUPPORTIVE. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? BECAUSE NOBODY'S OBJECTED. NOBODY'S, NOBODY'S OBJECTED. RIGHT. RIGHT. YOU KNOW IF THAT... UM, YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT. SORRY? I GUESS YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THEY WOULD REACH OUT. SO BECAUSE NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS TYPE OF THING. 100%, RIGHT? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE NOTICED. YES, THEY GET... THEY, EVERYBODY WITHIN 375 FEET RECEIVE MAIL NOTICE. AND, AND THERE'S A SITE POSTING. UM... ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY? I'M, I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT YOU WORK THROUGH... YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE AND THE VARIANCES ARE ALL SOMEWHAT INTERCONNECTED FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. YES. YEAH. THE ROOF DECK VARIANCE WAS NEEDED, LIKE... YEAH, THE, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT A ROOF DECK BE 25% OF THE FLOOR BELOW. THEIR, THEIR FIRST FLOOR, IF IT WAS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ROOF DECK WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM. IT WOULD BE FINE. BUT BECAUSE THEIR SECOND FLOOR IS SO NARROW, LIMITING THAT TO 25% WOULD BASICALLY MAKE IT AN, AN, AN UNUSABLE DECK. YOU, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A DECK BECAUSE THE SECOND FLOOR IS SO SMALL. IF THEY HAD A LARGER SECOND FLOOR THE WAY THE CODE ALLOWED, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE. THEY WOULDN'T NEED A VARIANCE ON THE PERCENTAGE. UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT REVISING IN THE CODE IS, UM, LIMITING ROOF DECKS BY SETBACKS RATHER THAN BY A PERCENTAGE OF THE FLOOR BELOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE ODD SITUATIONS WHERE, UM, YOU HAVE A VERY SMALL SECOND FLOOR AND A MUCH LARGER SECOND FLOOR AND THAT, THAT, THAT REALLY INHIBITS THE, UH, THE OWNER'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE A, A NICE AMENITY FOR THEIR HOME. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO, BUT, BUT, UH, THAT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UM, UH, SORRY. I... DID I READ THIS CORRECTLY YESTERDAY? SO THERE'S NO CANOPY ON THE, ON THE ROOF DECK, RIGHT? CORRECT. IT'S JUST AN OPEN ROOF DECK? CORRECT. IT'S JUST A DECK. AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT ANYTHING ON THAT LATER, CORRECT? UM, AT A CANOPY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ROOM. THEY WOULD NEED ANOTHER VARIANCE. THE CODE ALLOWS, UM, 20% OF A FLOOR TO HAVE CANOPY. IT WOULD BE THE SIZE, NOT EVEN THE SIZE OF AN... YOU COULDN'T FIT MUCH UP THERE. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE? NO? ARE YOU JUST READY TO MAKE A MOTION? HERE, IF YOU WANT, UM... UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE WITH THE CITY CONDITIONS. MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE CITY CONDITIONS. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OH, ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. WE ARE MOVING [4. ZBA26-0210, 6380 NORTH BAY ROAD] ON TO ZBA2602106380 NORTH BAY ROAD. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING VARIANCES OF THE UNDERSTORY HOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNDERSTORY EDGE AND OPENNESS OF THE HEIGHT OF ALLOWABLE HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS FOR AN ELEVATOR BULKHEAD AND OF THE SETBACKS OF FOR COVERED STRUCTURES AS AN ALLOWABLE HEIGHT EXCEPTION IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT WITH AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME. OKAY. SO THIS IS, UM, AN RS2 PROPERTY ON NORTH BAY ROAD. IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE LOT. IT'S 27,053 SQUARE FEET OR 0.621 ACRES. UM, IT HAS A LOT [00:20:01] WIDTH OF 113 FEET AND A LOT DEPTH OF 2319 F - 239 FEET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FOUR VARIANCES, UH, FOR THE HOME. UM, THE HOME IS BEING DESIGNED IN A CONTEMPORARY STYLE, UM, AND I'M SURE THE APPLICANT WILL GO THROUGH THE DESIGN. UM, AND SO THERE ARE FOUR VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. THE FIRST IS FOR THE UNDERSTORY OPENNESS. UM, THIS IS, UH, SPECIFIC TO THE, UM, REAR SIDE OF THE UNDERSTORY. SO THE CODE REQUIRES THAT UNDERSTORIES BE 50% OPEN ON EACH SIDE. THIS IS, UM, THE UNDERSTORY IS THE HOMES THAT ARE RAISED, ESSENTIALLY A HOME RAISED ON STILTS. UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A WATERFRONT YA - LOT, THE APPLICANT IS PERMITTED TO RAISE THEIR REAR YARD TO BFE PLUS FIVE. SO THERE... SO IN A, ON A WATERFRONT LOT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RAISE YOUR, YOUR BACKYARD VERY HIGH COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE YARDS. AND THIS CREATES A HARDSHIP FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE YOU WANNA HAVE THAT PROTECTION FROM STORM SURGES AND FROM, UH, AND FROM SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE REAR YARD. UM, BUT THAT RESULTS IN THE UNDERSTORY AND THE REAR BEING COVERED, UM, MORE THAN 50% THAN WH- WHICH IS WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE. UM, SO THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A, A HARDSHIP THERE AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE. THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT ADJUSTING IN THE CODE FOR WATERFRONT LOTS. UM, THIS RESULTS IN A RELATED VARIANCE FOR THE UNDERSTORY EDGE. THE CODE REQUIRES THAT IN THE UNDERSTORY THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BASICALLY A FIVE-FOOT STRIP ALONG THE PERIMETER, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, AREAS FOR DRAINAGE THAT HAVE TO REMAIN OPEN, LANDSCAPE. BECAUSE THEY'RE COVERING THE REAR, UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT FIVE-STORY, UH, THAT FIVE-FOOT EDGE, UM, ON THE REAR AND, AND A FEW SECTIONS ON THE SIDE WHERE THE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE YARD IS SORT OF BLEEDING IN. UM, SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THAT UNDERSTORY EDGE VARIANCE AS WELL. THE NEXT, UH, TWO VARIANCES ARE RELATED. THEY ARE... ONE IS FOR THE ELEVATOR HEIGHT, AND THE NEXT, AND THE LAST ONE IS FOR THE ROOFTOP CANOPY. FOR THE ELEVATOR HEIGHT, GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE HOME, IT'S A, IT'S A VARIANCE THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED, UH, OFTEN WHEN YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE HOME. THEY WANNA HAVE A COMMERCIAL ELEVATOR. COMMERCIAL ELEVATORS HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A LARGER BULKHEAD. UM, SO THE CODE ALLOWS BY RIGHT 10 FEET. THEY ARE REQUESTING A THREE-FOOT VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 13-FOOT ELEVATOR BULKHEAD TO ALLOW FOR A LARGER, UM, COMMERCIAL ELEVATOR, UH, GIVEN THE, THE SCALE, COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR. GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE HOME, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE LARGER FURNITURE, LARGER THINGS THAT, THAT YOU WANNA MOVE TO THE, UH, UPPER LEVELS. AND SO, UM, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THAT VARIANCE. AND THEN THE, THE LAST ONE IS FOR THEIR ROOFTOP. UM, SO WE JUST DISCUSSED ROOFTOP CANOPY. UM, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT THE ROOFTOP CANOPY BE SET BACK 10 FEET FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE FLOOR BELOW. TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THEIR, THEIR SECOND FLOOR IS SET BACK, UH, UH, QUITE A BIT FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. SO THEIR FIRST FLOOR, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR FIRST FLOOR AND THEIR SECOND FLOOR SETBACK IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. UM, AS A RESULT, THEY WANT THE CANOPY TO COME TO THE EDGE OF THE SECOND FLOOR, UH, RATHER THAN BE SET BACK AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, GIVEN THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING SUCH A LARGE SETBACK FOR THAT SECOND FLOOR, WHICH LIMITS THE MASSING TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THEY DO... THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED A PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY AND A HARDSHIP THERE IN TERMS OF COMPLYING WITH, UH, THE SETBACK FOR THE CANOPY. AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THAT CANOPY TO COME TO THE EDGE OF THE SECOND FLOOR, AND STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR VARIANCES THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MADDEN. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES? BEAT YOU TO IT. UM, ALL RIGHT. I SEE YOU'RE HERE. YES, GOOD MORNING. MATT EMSTER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BURKE HOWARD L. FERNANDEZ, LARKIN & TAPANES. OFFICE IS AT 200 SOUTH WISCAINE BOULEVARD IN MIAMI. HERE TODAY REPRESENTING VERUNA 63, UH, 80 NBR. UH, THAT'S THE OWNER. IT'S ACTUALLY DAVID EDELSTEIN AND SAM EDELSTEIN, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IN MIAMI BEACH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, UH, IN BOTH DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDING. UM, OUR TEAM HERE IS, UH, DOMO ARCHITECTURE, ROB MORING. UM, WE HAVE, UH, ONLINE, WHICH IS HOW WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VID - THE AUDIO, SO I'M GLAD THAT ALL GOT FIXED. WE HAVE, UH, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, UH, LUCIA MORA FROM CHRIS COLLEY'S OFFICE, UH, AND MY COLLEAGUE, ROB ALVAREZ. UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, IF YOU COULD PULL THAT UP. UM, AND A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UH, AN UPPER NORTH BAY ROAD AREA. UM, WE HAVE DONE OUR OUTREACH. UM, WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS. I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY HAS RECEIVED ANY LETTERS, UH, OR EMAILS IN OBJECTION. WE DID, WE DID RECEIVE ONE YESTERDAY. MM-HMM. A LETTER OF SUPPORT OR A LETTER [00:25:01] OF OBJECTION? OF OBJECTION. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT SO WE CAN - YES. TAKE A LOOK? AND YOU KNOW WHICH - UH, IT'S, IT WAS, IT WAS EMAILED. WE, WE WERE JUST MADE AWARE OF IT THIS MORNING, SO I CAN FORWARD IT. IT'S IN OUR EMAIL, BUT I CAN CONTINUE AND WE'LL - SURE. SO, UH, BUT WE, WE HAVE SPOKEN, UH, DIRECTLY TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF US, UM, FULLY EXPLAINED NOT JUST THE PROJECT, BUT THE ACTUAL VARIANCES, AND, UH, THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION, UM, INCLUDING A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET. AND THEN A COUPLE DOORS DOWN, WE DID GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT, BUT WE DID DO OUR OUTREACH AND, UH, DO NOT HAVE, UH, ISSUES IN THAT FRONT. AND, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ROB FOR THE PROJECT AND OUR VARIANCES. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT MORING, UM, DOMO ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 420 LINCOLN ROAD, SUITE 506. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I'LL BE BRIEF IN GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN, AND THEN I'LL FOCUS MORE ON THE VARIANCE REQUEST AT THE END HERE. UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING A TWO-STORY HOME WITH UNDERSTORY. SO IT'S AN ELEVATED HOME WHICH HIDES THE PARKING UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE. UM, BUT WE WORKED HARD TO TEAR US DOWN THE REAR YARD TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF A HOME THAT IS NOT AN UNDERSTORY HOME. SO IN THIS RENDERING HERE, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REAR WATERFRONT, WE GO FROM THE MAIN FIRST HABITABLE FLOOR LEVEL, UM, COME OUT ONTO TERRACE AT 17 NGBD. WE STEP DOWN TO THE POOL AND THEN STEP DOWN AGAIN TO THE SEA WALL AND REAR YARD. UM, THIS EFFECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, CREATES A REASONABLE TRANSITION FROM THE HOME TO THE REAR YARD, UM, PROVIDES, UH, A SAFE PLACE FOR KIDS TO BE IN THE POOL AND THE FAMILY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. UM, AND ALSO THEN MITIGATES THE, THE, UH, MASSING OF THE HOME FROM THE WATERFRONT. IF WE DID NOT DO THIS, THEN WE'D HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF A THREE-STORY HOME FROM THE REAR. FROM THE FRONT, UH, IT'S AN UNDERSTORY HOME, SO YOU HAVE THE DRIVEWAYS ON EITHER THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THERE'S A ONE-STORY GUEST HOUSE STRUCTURE AT THE FRONT. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND FLOOR, THE TWO-STORY HOME, IS SET BACK 71 FEET, NINE INCHES, UM, WHEREAS 40 FEET IS THE REQUIREMENT. SO WE'RE 31 FEET, NINE INCHES BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED. SO FROM THE STREET, THE HOME WILL HAVE A MINIMAL PRESENCE. A NIGHTTIME VIEW. SO THE MASSING OF THE HOME, UM, AS I MENTIONED ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THE ONE-STORY STRUCTURE GUEST HOUSE, AND THEN THERE'S AN ELEVATED GARDEN BETWEEN THE TWO STRUCTURES. THE TWO-STORY HOME IS IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE, AND THEN THE TERRACED REAR YARD DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT AND THE BACK. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE ROOF TERRACE AND THE ROOF CANOPY AND ELEVATOR ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY. IF WE HAD MOVED THE TWO-STORY HOME TO WHERE IT COULD BE AT THE 40 FEET, EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED MORE TOWARDS THE FRONT. UH, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT'S SITE PLAN. WE'RE JUST SHOWING THIS TO ILLUSTRATE, UM, THAT THERE IS A LAYERED, UH, LANDSCAPE ALONG THE SIDE YARDS, GIVEN PRIVACY, AND, UM, IT'S A, A SCREENING FOR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THE LEFT AND... TO THE SIDES, THE LEFT AND RIGHT, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE FRONT RIGHT OF WAY, THERE ARE FIVE LARGE EXISTING LIVE OAKS, WHICH WILL GIVE PRIVACY, UM, TO THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGE HERE, THE LIVE OAK CANOPY WOULD FRAME THAT FIRST ONE-STORY STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT, BUT THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD BE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREETSCAPE. SO THE UNDERSTORY PLAN, THIS IS AT GROUND LEVEL YOU ENTER IN A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY. UM, THERE'S A TWO-CAR GARAGE ACCESS TO THE HOME ABOVE. AT THE FRONT, THERE'S A GRAND SET OF STAIRS THAT GO UP TO THAT ELEVATED ENTRY GARDEN. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FILL, STRUCTURAL FILL IN THE REAR YARD, UH, THAT ALLOWS FOR THE TERRACING, AND THEN THE POOL BASIN THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT RESULTS IN THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE UNDERSTORY OPENNESS ON EACH SIDE. SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WHERE THE VARIANCE IS? YEAH. SO THE ONES THAT ARE WITHIN THIS LEVEL, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. UM, ONE IS FOR THE UNDERSTORY OPENNESS. EACH SIDE HAS TO BE 50% OPEN. WE'RE COMPLIANT IN ALL... AT THE... BOTH SIDES, SIDE YARDS, AND AT THE FRONT, BUT THE REAR YARD, BECAUSE OF THAT ELEVATED REAR TERRACE AND POOL, THAT BLOCKS THAT SIDE OF THE UNDERSTORY BEING OPEN. IT'S FULLY CLOSED. CORRECT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE GRAY HATCHING IS STRUCTURAL FILL. UM, THERE'S A RETAINING WALL GOING ACROSS THAT SIDE OF THE UNDERSTORY. AND I HAVE A DIAGRAM THAT EXPLAINS A LITTLE BETTER. I'LL SHOW YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOME, YOU ARRIVE IN THE ELEVATED ENTRY GARDEN, BEAUTIFUL SPACE FOR THE FAMILY OR GUESTS TO RELAX. THERE'S, UH, TWO GUEST SUITES AT THE FRONT. UM, THEN THE MAIN RESIDENCE, YOU HAVE A LARGE LIVING SPACE, OPEN... INTO, TOWARDS THE WATERFRONT [00:30:01] VIEW. UM, MAIN LIVING IN THE FRONT, KITCHEN, FAMILY ROOM, DINING TO THE RIGHT, OPENING ONTO A REAR TERRACE. UM, BACK HOUSE COMPONENTS TO THE FRONT OF THAT SIDE OF THE WING OF THE HOUSE. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE A MEDIA ROOM AND A GUEST SUITE, UM, FLANKING A BAR SPACE. WE HAVE TWO COR - SIDE COURTYARD GARDENS THAT ARE GLASSED AND OPEN INTO THIS LIVING SPACE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT INCOME AND BREAKS UP THE MASSING OF THE HOME TO THE NEIGHBORING SIDE PROPERTIES. SECOND FLOOR, UM, THE LIVING SPACE IS A DOUBLE HEIGHT, GLASS WALL OPEN TO THE VIEW. UM, THE EAST SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE TOP OF THIS DRAWING, IS THE PRIMARY SUITE AND HOME OFFICE. AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS THREE GUEST BEDROOMS. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THOSE SIDE COURTYARDS THAT GO ALL THE WAY FROM THE GROUND ALL THE WAY UP OPEN TO THE SKY. THEN AT THE ROOF TERRACE, UH, WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE AREA AND SETBACKS. UM, IT'S JUST A STAIR. THE ELEVATOR GOES UP INTO A SMALL ENCLOSURE. THE STAIR IS OPEN AIR. WE PLACE THE CANOPY OVER THE STAIR AND ATTACHED IT TO THE ELEVATOR STRUCTURALLY TO MINIMIZE, UM, THE MASSING ON THE ROOF. 'CAUSE IF WE DID TWO STRUCTURES, YOU, UH, TO BE CO- COMPLIANT, YOU WOULD HAVE A CANOPY AND AN ELEVATOR OVERRIDE. SO WE PUT, PUT THEM TOGETHER, WE, UM, COMBINE STRUCTURAL MEANS AND ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MASSING ON THAT ROOF. ELEVATIONS, WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH HEIGHT. UM, THE MATERIAL PAL- PALLET IS WARM NATURAL MATERIALS OF, OF STONE, UM, AND WOOD ELEMENTS TO SOFTEN THE FACADES. THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDE ELEVATIONS. IT SHOWS YOU THAT THAT ROOF CANOPY AND ELEVATOR BULKHEAD OVERRIDES ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED. UM, THE STRUCTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE STORY GUEST HOUSE AT THE ENT - AT THE FRONT AND THE TERRACES DOWN TO THE REAR YARD AND THE BACK. THIS IS CUTTING THROUGH THAT ELEVATED ENTRY GARDEN, LOOKING AT THE MAIN RESIDENCE. AND THEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE, SAME CONDITION. UM, ELEVATION OF THE FRONT GUEST HOUSE, AND THEN SECTIONS. AND AGAIN, WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH ALL HEIGHTS BY CODE. SO THIS IS A GOOD, UH, IMAGE TO LOOK AT THAT UNDERSTORY FILL IN THE REAR YARD. IT SHOWS THAT THE PARKING IS OPEN ON THE SIDES. UM, THEN WE HAVE THE FILL FOR THE TERRACE AND THEN THE POOL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRAWING ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR. AND THEN AT THE FRONT IS THE STAIRCASE GOING UP TO THE ENTRY ELEVATED COURTYARD. AND IT'S JUST STRUCTURAL FILL BENEATH THE STAIR, OTHERWISE IT'S MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF BEING 50% OPEN. SO THE, UM, VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE ELEVATOR BULKHEAD, WE ARE AT, UH, 140 FEET EIGH AND A HALF INCHES FROM THE REAR, 90 FEET, FOUR AND A HALF INCHES FROM THE FRONT, 32 FEET EIGHT INCHES FROM THE EAST SIDE, AND 71 FEET FOUR INCHES FROM THE WEST SIDE. SO IT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE LOT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OVER 90 FEET FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE. UM, AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THE TREES IN THE FRONT THAT WOULD SCREEN IT, UM, THE LAYER LANDSCAPE ON THE SIDES, AND THEN WE ARE AT THE REAR SIGNIFICANTLY SET BACK. UH, THIS IS SHOWING ON THE TOP IMAGE THE THREE FEET HEIGHT PROJECTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. UH, THE REASON FOR IS THE OTIS GENERATION THREE ELEVATOR IS A COMMERCIAL GRADE RESIDENTIAL ELEVATOR. UM, IT DOES REQUIRE 12 FEET, 10 INCHES FROM THE LAST STOP AT THE ROOF TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOISTWAY BEAM. SO GIVEN THAT DIMENSION PLUS THE HOISTWAY BEAM AND THE, THE ROOF OF THE ELEVATOR HOISTWAY, UH, WE NEED THAT 13 FEET TOTAL. SO THE ADDITIONAL THREE FEET. TO EVEN DO THAT, WE HAVE TO DEPRESS THE ELEVATOR - I'M GONNA ADD MORE TIME. OH, OKAY. I'LL MOVE FORWARD. A FEW MINUTES? THREE MINUTES? THREE MINUTES IS PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE ADD THREE MINUTES? SO 1210 IS THE REQUIREMENT. SO IF WE NEEDED THAT THREE FEET IN ORDER TO FIT THIS ELEVATOR WITHIN THE HOME. UM, FOR THE UNDERSTORY OPENNESS, THE FRONT AND SIDES ARE COMPLIANT. UM, THE FRONT IS 54% OPEN. EACH SIDE IS 86 AND 84 IS THE REAR BECAUSE OF THAT RETAINING WALL AND FILL. UH, THAT IS NOT OPEN AT ALL, 0%. AGAIN, THAT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THIS ELEVATOR REAR YARD IN THE TRANSITIONS. UH, THE SECOND ONE RELATED TO THAT IS A FIVE-FOOT UNDERSTORY SETBACK. UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT CLOSURE OF THE REAR, WE'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FIVE-FOOT, UH, UM, LANDSCAPING BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIGHT INCOME IN THAT AREA. UM, BUT WE DO PROVIDE IT TO THE FRONT. WE DO PROVIDE THE SIDES. THE AREAS OF THE SIDE COURTYARDS ON THE, THE TWO, ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM TECHNICALLY ISN'T PROVIDED BECAUSE OF THE, THOSE SIDE YARD COURTYARDS, BUT IN THE INTENT OF THE CODE, WE ARE PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS FIVE-FOOT STRIP, UM, FROM THE RED DOTTED LINES TO THE PAVING ON BOTH SIDES. [00:35:03] UH, THE ELEVATOR CANOPY. SO THE REQUIREMENT IS 10 FEET, UM, FROM THE OFFSET FROM THE SECOND FLOOR BELOW, WHICH IS THE BLUE DOTTED LINE. UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE TRYING TO STRUCTURALLY SUPPORT IT WITH THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. UM, THEN WE'RE PROVIDING TWO SMALLER COLUMNS TO, FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. UM, THE RED DOTTED LINE INDICATES THE 10-FOOT SETBACK AND WHERE YOU COULD PLACE THAT, THAT, UM, CANOPY. HOWEVER, THAT WOULD DETACH IT FROM THE ELEVATOR, THEN WE'D END UP WITH TWO STRUCTURES ON THE ROOF. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE ARCHITECTURALLY, UH, THE MASSING UP THERE ON THAT ROOFTOP. UM, AND STAFF MENTIONS, YOU KNOW, FIRST FLOOR IS 20 FEET, THE SECOND FLOOR IS AT 71-9. AND WE DO HAVE A LAYERING ARCHITECTURALLY, KIND OF A TOPOGRAPHIC LAYERING OF THE ROOF LINES. AND THIS CANOPY IS, MIMICS THAT, UM, PROFILE EDGE, SO IT'S PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOME. AND THEN JUST A REMINDER FROM THE REAR, SORRY, FROM THE FRONT FACADE. SO THE ELEVATOR IS ON THE, BASICALLY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CANOPY, LIKE THE ELEVATOR - CORRECT. THE ELEVATOR ENCLOSURE IN THAT IMAGE IS THE RIGHT SIDE AND, UM, THAT'S SUPPORTING THE - AND IF YOU WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE CANOPY, FORGET ABOUT THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, WOULD THE CANOPY BE ABLE TO BE WHERE IT IS? IT WOULD BE A LITTLE FURTHER BACK IN THIS IMAGE. SO- SO TOWARDS THE WATER? YES. SO IN THIS IMAGE HERE, THERE'S A RED DOTTED LINE. SO YOU, YOU COULD BASICALLY TAKE THAT WHOLE THING AND MOVE IT, UM, 10 FEET TO THE LEFT. SO THIS WAY? UH, TO THE LEFT OF THE IMAGE, TOWARDS THE WATERFRONT. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THE SIZE OF THE CANOPY ITSELF IS, IS WITHIN CODE? IT'S NOT - YEAH. WE'RE, WE'RE UNDER, WE'RE AT 17.34%, YOU CAN DO 20% OF THE SECOND FLOOR AREA BELOW. YEAH, IT'S JUST A STREAMLINED, UH, AS A SINGLE CENTRALIZED, UM, STRUCTURE ON THE ROOF INSTEAD OF BREAKING IT UP INTO TWO. BUT SORRY. OKAY. I'LL ASK THE QUESTION AFTERWARDS. YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ELEVATOR. IT'S A, IT'S A HYDRAULIC OR A TRACTION ELEVATOR? UH, THIS IS A, IT'S A TRACTION, I BELIEVE. TRACTION? HYDRAULIC. IT'S HYDRAULIC. GOT THE BUILDER'S HYDRAULIC. TRACTION. HYDRAULIC. HYDRAULIC. HYDRAULIC. SO WHY DO YOU NEED THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT? 'CAUSE MANUFACTURER REQUIREMENTS OF THE 10, SORRY, THE 12 FOOT 10 INCHES FROM THE LAST STOP, UH, FLOOR THRESHOLD TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOISTWAY BEAM. BUT WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE CAB ITSELF? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, THE F - YEAH. THE HEIGHT OF THE CAB. I, I'M SORRY. I GOT HERE A FEW MINUTES LATE. MY NAME IS TODD GLASER. CAN I GET SWORN IN BECAUSE I CAN ANSWER THAT. SURE. UH, MR. GLAZER, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS UNDERSTORY WHICH RAISES THE HEIGHT OF THE HOUSE, IT ESSENTIALLY MAKES THE HOUSE THREE STORIES. SO WE STARTED USING A OTIS ELEVATOR AND THE CAB IS ABOUT EIGHT FEET. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OTIS ELEVATOR AND A RESIDENTIAL COMPANY ELEVATOR IS THERE'S AN OVERRUN REQUIRED BECAUSE THE MOTOR'S ON THE TOP AND IT'S FOR SAFETY. SO GOD FORBID THE ELEVATOR RUNS AMUCK, IT WILL SMASH THE GUY. SO THERE'S A STOP AND THEY HAVE THREE FEET OF SAFETY. AND THAT'S WHAT IS REQUIRED. AND THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS APPROVED THIS VARIANCE FOR ME AT LEAST EIGHT, NINE TIMES. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND... IS ANYBODY HERE FROM THE CITY? OKAY. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY IS WORKING... UH, I, I, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE, SO IT'S ALL NEW FACES. VERY NICE FACES. I KNOW SOME OF YOU. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON - GREG AND I HAVE TO ADD MORE. A NEW CODE OR CHANGE OF CODE TO ALLOW TO HAVE THE 10 FEET IS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. A- AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION THROUGH THE CITY. BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY. OKAY. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY AND THE REQUIREMENT BY THE ELEVATOR COMPANY. YOUR FLOOR TO FLOOR FROM FIRST FLOOR TO SECOND FLOOR TO THE ROOF, WHAT'S YOUR CLEARANCE IN TERMS OF THE DIMENSION? 12 FEET, 14 FEET, WHAT IS... UH, FIRST, SORRY, FIRST FLOOR CEILING HEIGHT IS 12 AND SECOND IS 11. OKAY. SO THE ELEVATOR DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 10 FEET HIGH, 12 FEET HIGH, RIGHT? IF YOU, IF YOU KEPT THE HEIGHT OF THE EL - THE CAB ITSELF - IF, IF IT WAS TWO FEET, THREE FEET LESS, [00:40:01] IF IT'S 12 FEET, YOU COULD HAVE A NINE FOOT CAB, RIGHT? IT'S THE, UM - I'M GONNA OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD - OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING OUT OF ORDER AND THEY WERE JUST FINISHING PRESENTING AND THE TIME KEEPS CHANGING. SO LET'S JUST TRY AND STAY ON TRACK. SO ARE YOU GUYS DONE PRESENTING? I, I'LL JUST USE THE LAST MINUTE TO JUST, UH, CONCLUDE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, WE, WE'VE DEFINITELY MADE SURE TO DESIGN THIS TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? WE'RE MEETING ALL OF OUR SIDE SETBACKS. WE HAVE ALL THE OPENNESS ON THE SIDES THAT THE UNDERSTORY AND THE FRONT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE, UM, UH, THE FILL IN THE BACK IS ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THE VIEW OUT FROM THE SIDE, BUT ALSO FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, RIGHT? HAVING THE EXTRA FILL IN THAT BACKYARD IS ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL TO BE MORE RESILIENT. SO THE UNDERSTORY WILL STILL SERVE ITS RESILIENT PURPOSE, AND SO IT IS THE FILL AT THE BACK, AND IT CREATES THIS PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY BECAUSE THERE'S SORT OF A CONFLICT IN THE WAYS THAT YOU CAN MANAGE YOUR STORMWATER, UM, AND ALSO TO AF - UH, AFFECT THE VIEWS OF THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING WHEN YOU'RE VIEWED FROM THE WATER. THE OPENNESS, AGAIN, IS THE OTHER WAY THAT YOU'RE MANAGING VERTICALITY. ON THE ROOFTOP, YOU KNOW, THE ELEVATOR IS VERY CENTRALIZED, INCLUDING THE SHADE STRUCTURE. AGAIN, COMBINING THEM IS THE PURPOSE TO BE AS MINIMAL AND STREAMLINED, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY FAR AWAY FROM ALL NEIGHBORS. UH, AND, AND AGAIN, EVEN THAT SHADE STRUCTURE HAS SOME OPENNESS TO IT. SO THE, AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, UH, UM, THERE ARE THOSE FIVE MATURE LIVE OAKS AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. THEY ARE TO BE RETAINED. IN FACT, THE DRIVEWAY IS WHERE IT IS IN THE PROPOSED PLAN IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THOSE TREES. SO WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. UM, ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN COME. SO JUST LETTING, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW SO THEY'RE PREPARED. HI. HI, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, MY NAME IS RENEE BLEEMER, AND I RESIDE AT, UH, 6381 NORTH BAY ROAD, DIRECTLY EAST OF THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY THAT IS REQUESTING THE VARIANCE. UM, AND, UM, I'M HERE TO FORMALLY OPPOSE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, UH, THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. UH, THIS REQUESTED VARIANCE WOULD HAVE A DIRECT AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON MY PROPERTY. I DO WANT TO MENTION WE WERE NOT APPROACHED OR SPOKEN TO, UM, BY ANYONE FROM, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OR THE BUILDER. UH, THIS ALLOWING AN ELEVATOR SHAFT TO EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL BUILDING MASS AND HEIGHT THAT WOULD CAST UNWANTED SHADOWS ONTO MY HOME, REDUCING NATURAL SUNLIGHT AND ADVERSELY AFFECTING MY ENJOYMENT OF MY PROPERTY. ADDITIONALLY, THE INCREASED HEIGHT AND BULK OF THIS STRUCTURE WOULD OBSTRUCT AND RESTRICT THE NATURAL AIRFLOW AND VENTILATION TO MY HOME. AIR CIRCULATION IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR SOUTH FLORIDA CLIMATE, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE NATURAL BREEZES AND VENTILATION THAT MY PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENJOYS. UM, I, I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE FIVE MATURE OAK TREES, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AND I WANT TO, WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ENFORCED. SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF GRANTING THIS VARIANCE. UH, SO A VARIANCE WOULD, SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MAKES A PROPO- PROPOSED DESIGN MORE CONVENIENT OR DESIRABLE. THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE REQUEST SATI- SATISFIES ALL APPLICABLE VARIANCE CRITERIA AND THAT THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT WILL NOT CREATE AN UNREASONABLE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DENY THE REQUESTED HEIGHT VARIANCE AND REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO REDESIGN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT TO COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. UM, AS A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER, I BELIEVE THAT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT MUST RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF SURROUNDING HOMEOWNERS, PRESERVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND MAINTAIN THE ESTABLISHED CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. UM, I - WE DON'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED ON ZOOM. NO ONE ELSE ON ZOOM? SURE. JUST A QUICK REBUTTAL, IF WE MAY. SO, UH, I UNDERSTOOD, UH, WHAT THE HOMEOWNER IS STATING. UH, ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW IS THE RESILIENCY OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND AROUND THE WORLD. IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, I OWN A HOUSE ON THE OCEAN IN THE BAY, IN THIS AREA CALLED BALBOA, AND THE OCEAN TRANSVERSED, I THINK IS THE WORD, INTO THE [00:45:01] BAY, AND IT HASN'T RECEDED. SO I JUST LOST TWO HOUSES. AND THE CLIENT'S HOUSE, OR NOT THE CLIENT, THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET, IT'S AN OLD, BEAUTIFUL MEDITERRANEAN, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A FOUR FOOT, YOU KNOW, UH, FLOOD ZONE, SO IT'S VERY LOW. AND OUR HOUSE IS GOING BY THE NEW CODES, SO IT'S MADE IT BIG. THE HOUSE ITSELF IS GONNA SHADOW HER HOUSE, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A BIGGER HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S HIGHER. AND THE ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT WE PROPOSE HAS BEEN APPROVED MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES. YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE IT ON NORTH BAY ROAD. WE JUST GOT ONE APPROVED 5940 NORTH BAY ROAD. AND AGAIN, THE CITY IS LOOKING INTO IT. UH, MY SUGGESTION IS, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY ARE LOOKING INTO IT, IF THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS OKAY, IF YOU APPROVE US ON THAT AND YOU HAVE A HESITATION ABOUT THE ELEVATOR, I'M CONFIDENT ENOUGH THAT I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA START CONSTRUCTION FOR ANOTHER FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS. BY THE TIME WE HAVE TO GET THERE, IT'LL BE EIGHT, NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR THAT WE COULD GO BACK AFTER IT'S APPROVED AND JUST GO THROUGH STAFF, WHICH GIVES AN ALTERNATIVE IF YOU LIKE THE PROJECT, BUT JUST THE ELEVATOR'S HOLDING IT UP AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. OKAY. SO WE'RE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW - WORK WITH. RIGHT, BECAUSE I, IT'S BEEN YEARS AND NOW I'M ON TOP OF THEM TO TRY TO GET IT. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS STARTING TO MOVE THROUGH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND. DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE - YEAH, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE, THE ELEVATOR IS OVER 90 FEET FROM THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, NA - THE NARROW SILHOUETTE THAT WE CAN SHOW IF YOU NEED TO SEE IT AGAIN. UM, AND YES, UH, AS TODD WAS MENTIONING, THIS HAS BEEN GRANTED, UH, 10 TIMES ALREADY, UH, FOR THIS THREE FEET EXTRA HEIGHT AND IT'S JUST FOR THE ELEVATOR BULKHEAD FOR THE APPROPRIATE ELEVATOR FOR THIS HOME, WHICH AGAIN, AS AN UNDERSTORY GOING UP TO THE ROOF, MULTIPLE FLOORS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED TO HAVE THIS WORK, SO. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, UM, THE EXISTING LIVE OAKS IN FRONT WILL GROW TO BE 60 FEET TALL, SO THE HOUSE IS NOT GONNA BE SHADING THE NEIGHBOR. THOSE LIVE OAKS WILL BE SHAVING, SHADING THE NEIGHBOR REGARDLESS. THANKS. I GOT IT. I THINK WE UNDERSTAND. I HAVE A QUESTION. ARE WE OPEN FOR - YEAH, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU GUYS ARE DONE? THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM? NO ONE ON ZOOM. ALL RIGHT, NOW OPEN. JANET, GO AHEAD. I'LL OPEN TO THE BOARD. CAN YOU PUT THAT DIAGRAM THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WITH THE, THE ONE WITH, THAT SHOWS THE HOUSE WITH THE ROOF DECK? THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE. YEAH. THE, THE RENDER DIRECT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO THE ELEVATOR, THE ELEVATOR SHAFT IS HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, RIGHT? ON THE TOP? YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS. FIRST OF ALL, WOULD THE CANOPY BE ABLE TO BE AS HIGH AS IT IS IF YOU DID NOT HAVE AN ELEVATOR SHAFT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE HOUSE IS FINE AND THE CANOPY COULD BE THERE ANYWAY? CORRECT. AND COULD THE CANOPY HAVE A CLOSED SIDE OR WOULD THE CANOPY HAVE TO BE OPEN AIR? IT'S OPEN ON ALL THE SIDES. OPEN. IT HAS TO BE OPEN ON ALL THE SIDES. YEAH. SO WHAT THE NEIGHBORS... SO THE REASON THAT IT'S CLOSED ON THIS SIDE IS THE ELEVATOR SHAFT, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T - AND, AND IF YOU CAN - I'M TRYING TO SEE IF YOU COULD ARGUE THAT YOU COULD HAVE EVERYTHING LIKE THAT ANYWAY WITH A CLOSED SIDE, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE SAME ISSUES THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, E- EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ELEVATOR, BUT YOU COULD NOT. CORRECT. AND EVEN IF WE RELOCATED THAT CANOPY 10 FEET FURTHER BACK, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THE ELEVATOR THERE. RIGHT. SO... IF YOU HAD A REGULAR ELEVATOR THAT WAS 10 FEET INSTEAD OF 12, IT'S STILL GONNA SHADOW THEIR HOUSE, RIGHT? I MEAN - I- IT'S LIKE TWO FEET DIFFERENT? IT'S A THREE FEET. THREE FEET. THREE FEET. BUT THIS, THIS IS 90 FEET FROM THE FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY. THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF NORTH BAY ROAD TO THE FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY. THERE, THERE'S NO SHADOWING THAT - YEAH. THIS IS NOT A TALL SKYSCRAPER, EVEN MID-RISE BUILDING THAT THE SHADOWS ARE GOING TO GO ACROSS THE STREET. YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THERE VERY WELL THAT WHAT'S AT THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS 20 FOOT SETBACK ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS THAT'S THE ONE-STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN IN FRONT OF THAT, NOT SHOWN HERE, IS THOSE FIVE MATURE LIVE OAKS THAT ARE AT LEAST THAT TALL AT THE MOMENT, AROUND THAT, AROUND THAT HEIGHT. YEAH. AND THE OVERALL HEIGHT, THE OVERALL HEIGHT ITSELF IS WITHIN CODE, RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED. YES, THERE'S A LANDSCAPE PLAN. IN FACT, WE SHOWED IT. YOU CAN CALL IT UP. I DON'T SEE IT. IS THERE... WE HAVE THE FULL ONE SEPARATE HANDOUT. WE HAVE MULTIPLE PAGES, BUT IN OUR PRESENTATION WE HAVE THE MAIN ONE. THERE'S ALSO... IT WAS A COMMENT [00:50:01] OF THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET THAT THE TREES ARE PART OF THE STREETSCAPE AND IT WOULD ALSO BLOCK THE HOUSE ITSELF THAT'S BEYOND. YEAH. SO IT'S IN THE REPORT THAT YOU MAINTAIN THE HEIGHT AND THE BULK OF THOSE TREES, THOSE L - OAK TREES? YES. UM, WE HAVE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IS ON... VIA ZOOM. SHE CAN SPEAK TOWARDS THAT. BUT IF YOU LOOK HERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THESE ARE THE FIVE LIVE OAKS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. THAT ARE BEING RETAINED AS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN. AND THE SHAFT ITSELF IS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT BY 10? 13. THE PROJECTION ABOVE THE CANOPY ROOF? IN PLAN - EIGHT FOOT BY 10 FOOT? APPROXIMATELY, YEAH. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT THE... I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE CLEAR TO THE NEIGHBOR THAT IT'S ONLY EIGHT BY 10, UH - IT'S NOT THE MASS OF THE HOUSE, CORRECT. A PROJECTION UP RATHER THAN THE WHOLE CANOPY GOING UP, UH, THE THREE EXTRA FEET. THAT'S HOW IT SHOWS IN THE PLAN. AND THE ELEVATIONS. YEAH, WHAT'S SHOWN IN BLUE HERE. EXCUSE ME? WHAT'S SHOWN HERE IN BLUE - YEAH. IS THE ONLY AREA THAT THIS - RIGHT. VARIANCE IS NEEDED FOR - EXACTLY. FOR THAT EXTRA HEIGHT. DOES THE... DOES... DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE ELEVATOR SHAFT'S ONLY EIGHT BY 10 AND NOT THE WHOLE CANOPY? YEAH, UH. NO, YOU, YOU DO REALIZE THAT? THAT THE PROJECTION OF THE THREE-FOOT VARIANCE IS ONLY THREE FEET. I MEAN, IT'S EIGHT BY 10, NOT THE WHOLE CANOPY ITSELF. WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. IT'S JUST A PROJECTION OF - OTHER OPTIONS TO BUILD AN ELEVATOR SHAPE. WHAT'S THAT? NO, THEY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. PL - IF, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME TO THE, TO THE MICROPHONE. YEAH. IS THERE... DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WAYS TO SATISFY YOUR NEIGHBOR? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO HELP MITIGATE - RIGHT. THE HEIGHT - RIGHT. IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE LAST LANDING, YOU WALK DOWN HOW MANY FEET? THREE STEPS AGAIN. RIGHT. SO WE GO DOWN - RIGHT. TO TRY TO MAKE IT LESS. BUT IF YOU USE, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE, SO IT NEEDS A BIG ELEVATOR. IT NEEDS A BIG ELEVATOR NAME. A- AND THE CODE IS NOT ALLOWING THAT ELEVATOR TO BE USED UNLESS YOU LITERALLY GO DOWN FIVE FEET. RIGHT. THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE FLOOR BELOW. OKAY. SO WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, WHICH WE'VE SAID. WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO GIVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE STEPS, SO IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A, A FOOT AND A HALF DOWN. SO IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, YOU'D NEED FIVE FEET OR FOUR AND A HALF FEET OF VARIANCE. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT TO THE POINT OF JUST AS LOW AS WE COULD POSSIBLY GO. SO IF YOU SEE IT, IT, IT ONLY STICKS UP ANOTHER THREE FEET AND IT POPS OUT OF THE, UH, COVERED AREA. ABOVE THE CANOPY. RIGHT. SO IT'S LIKE AN EIGHT BY EIGHT AREA OF THAT ENTIRE CANOPY. SO WE TRY TO MINIMALIZE IT AS, AS, AS BEST WE COULD. OKAY. AND WE'VE GOTTEN IT BEFORE, SO THERE SHOULD BE A PRECEDENT - RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW. I, I THINK THE KEY IS THE OAK TREES ON THE STREET THAT BLOCK THE HOUSE. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING? THAT'S A GOOD THING. RIGHT. I'M NOT TALKING ANYTHING. JUST DON'T KEEP THEM. DON'T SELL. YEAH. IF THE BOARD LIKES WE C - WE, YOU COULD ADD A CONDITION INTO THE ORDER REQUIRING THAT THOSE TREES BE, UH - YES. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE OAK TREES OR THE NEED OF ADDITIONAL OAK TREES OR ADDITIONAL TREES TO BLOCK THE PROFILE OF THE HOUSE - UH-HUH. WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS. OKAY. MR. FALICK HAS SOMETHING. I HAVE A QUESTION. THE UNDERSTORY OPENNESS VARIANCE, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT, YOU'RE CLOSING THE ENTIRE BACK, AND I'VE SEEN THIS BUILT AROUND THE CITY. WHAT WAS THE REASON THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED THAT THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN? AND WHAT IS, I GUESS, THE NEGATIVE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING THIS VARIANCE? OR IS THERE ANY? AND YOU MENTIONED YOU MAY BE CHANGING THAT, SO - WE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING THAT FOR WATERFRONT, FOR ONLY THE REAR ON THE WATERFRONT LOTS. WE... STAFF IS GENERALLY WANTS THE OPENNESS SO THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR LIKE A THREE-STORY HOME. WE WANT IT TO APPEAR LIKE AN UNDERSTORY HOME WHERE THE, WHERE THE GROUND IS OPEN. IT'S INTENDED TO BE PRIMARILY FOR OPEN USES, [00:55:01] OPEN SPACE, AND IT'S INTENDED TO ALLOW FOR WATER TO DRAIN, MORE PERMEABLE SPACE ON THE LAND FOR WATER TO BE ABLE TO DRAIN. UM, IF THERE'S A STORM SURGE, A STORM SURGE CAN COME THROUGH THE, COME, COME THROUGH AND NOT BE DIVERTED INTO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. SO THERE'S A SLEW OF, OF, OF WATER BENEFITS TO HAVING AN UNDERSTORY. SO STAFF GENERALLY WANTS IT TO BE VERY OPEN. HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE THIS CONFLICT ON WATERFRONT LOTS IN THE REAR WHERE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE RAISING THAT REAR YARD, WHICH IS ALSO ALLOWED BY THE CODE ON THE WATERFRONT LOTS, YOU RUN INTO THIS ISSUE WHERE YOU CANNOT COMPLY WITH THAT 50% OPENNESS, UM, REQUIREMENT. SO WE DON'T SEE ANY DOWNSIDE TO ALLOWING IT. UM, IT'S PROBABLY, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT WHEN WE WERE WOR - WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON OUR UNDERSTORY REGULATIONS THAT WE WANTED ALL SIDES TO BE OPEN. UM, AND, AND ON AN, ON AN INLAND LOT, THEY ALL SHOULD BE OPEN. THEY, THEY SHOULD... THE WATER SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLOW THROUGH WITHOUT A PROBLEM, BUT ON THE WATERFRONT, WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. RIGHT. AESTHETICALLY - YOU WANT TO STOP THE - AESTHETICALLY, THIS LOOKS A LOT NICER THAN LEAVING IT. AND, AND IT DOES. AND WHY WOULD THAT BE LIMITED TO WATERFRONT? I FEEL LIKE ANY HOUSE THAT HAS THE UNDERSTORY KIND OF LOOKS STRANGE. BE- BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RAISE YOUR YARD AS MUCH ON AN INLAND LOT. ONLY, IT'S ONLY THE REAR YARD ON AN UNDERSTORY HOME THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RAISE THE YARD THAT MUCH. ON ALL OF THE OTHER LOTS, ON ALL THE OTHER YARDS, YOUR LOT CAN ONLY BE RAISED TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. ON THE REAR, YOU CAN GO TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION PLUS FIVE. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE. ON AN INLAND LOT, YOU DON'T GET TO GO TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION PLUS FIVE. YOU ONLY GET TO GO TO BASE FLOOD ELEVATION. SO YOU WON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE BLOCKING UP THE ENTIRE UNDERSTORY. YEAH. YOU JUST, IT JUST WON'T BE POSSIBLE. WAS ANYTHING DONE TO MITIGATE A POTENTIAL WATER COMING OVER BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE THE WALL THERE OR IS THE HOUSE SO HIGH THAT IT'S NOT EVEN - THE, THE HOUSE IS SO HIGH THAT THE WATER HOPEFULLY WILL NEVER - WELL, THE SEA WALL. THE SEA, THAT YOU HAVE SEA WALLS AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT'S SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT A SIGNIFICANT SOR - SURGE FROM COMING INTO THE HOUSE, UM, WHICH IS OUR GOAL. 'CAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE... I DON'T KNOW. HAVE YOU APPROVED THIS VARIANCE BEFORE? YES. YES. IF YOU'RE BUILDING A WATERFRONT HOUSE AND YOU'RE DOING THE TWO STORY, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT PROPERLY. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, BUT QUITE A FEW TIMES. BUT YOU'VE ADDED ELEMENTS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UNDERNEATH THE, THE REAR YARD AREA THAT IS FIVE FEET ABOVE WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, UM - YEAH. FOR THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THE DRAINAGE, THE DRA - THE DRAINAGE THAT'S NORMALLY REQUIRED IN THE TRENCHING AT THE FI - AT THE EDGE IS ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE PROPERTY. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S BEING DONE ON THE OTHER, ON THE OTHER P - EDGES OF THE, OF THE UNDERSTORY. AND THE HOME ITSELF, THE, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY MAINTAIN ALL THEIR STORMWATER ON SITE, UM, SO THEY WILL HAVE TO, THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A, A, A STORM WA - A MA - A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT GETS APPROVED BY PUBLIC WORKS, UM, WHICH COULD INVOLVE BUILDING TRENCHES, BUILDING, UH, DEPRESSIONS IN THE LAND TO, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE STORMWATER ON SITE. AND THEN THERE'S A SLEW OF OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPLORE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. WELL - I, I WILL... I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE THING. I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE NICE DESIGN THAT WAS DONE ON THIS HOUSE. UH, YEAH, I THINK YOU TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF NICE FEATURES IN THE HOUSE, AND I COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU DO A GOOD JOB. I JUST WANNA ASK ALSO, SO... I'M SORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT THE OVERALL MASSING OF THE HOUSE ITSELF, LIKE, IS, IS BASICALLY ALLOWED. I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE EXTRA THREE FEET AT THE TIPPY-TOP, WHICH IS EIGHT BY 10 - RIGHT. THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALL GENERALLY ALLOWED, RIGHT? CORRECT. CORRECT. YEAH. ACTUALLY, THE, THEIR SECOND FLOOR, THEY, THEY HAVE A SETBACK, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, 70 FEET, THE SECOND FLOOR SETBACK. 719. 71. THEY COULD BRING THE SECOND FLOOR, UM, UP TO 40 FEET. SO THEY, THEY COULD, THEY COULD INCREASE THE MASSING ON THE STREET BY RIGHT. MM-HMM. YEAH. THE ONLY THING I, I, I HEAR THEM AND I, I, I'VE SEEN THESE HOMES BEING BUILT THREE STORIES, IT DOES AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE JUST HUGE. MM-HMM. AND I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IT FOR RESILIENCY. I JUST WONDER IF THE CITY CAN MAYBE LOOK INTO HAVING A, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SETBACK ON THESE HOMES THAT HAVE THE UNDERSTORY, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HIGH THAT THE OLDER HOMES THAT ARE THERE - UH-HUH. GET OVERSHADOWED, AND IF YOU HAVE THIS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE CITY, EVERYONE IS GONNA HAVE TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE THERE. MM-HMM. SO THAT'S - WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED ALLOWING FOR HIGHER HOMES, WE DID INCREASE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. PREVIOUSLY, UM, THE CODE REQUIRED, UM, I BELIEVE BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX FEET SETBACKS, AND WE DID INCREASE THE SETBACKS ON LOTS THAT ARE WIDER THAN 65 FEET TO A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET OR, OR 10% OF THE LOT WIDTH. SO ON VERY WIDE LOTS, IT INCREASES AT AN INCREASING RATE. UM, SO WE DID, WE DID REQUIRE LARGER SETBACKS WHEN, UM, WHEN WE STARTED ALLOWING FOR HOMES TO BE MEASURED [01:00:01] FROM HIGHER ELEVATION. UM, THAT WAS PROBABLY DONE IN 2017, I WOULD SAY. UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, KEEP LOOKING AT THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS IT POSSIBLE ON YOUR RENDERINGS TO SHOW THIS ELEVATED ELEVATOR SHAFT? 'CAUSE YOUR RENDERINGS ALL DO NOT SHOW IT. WE, YOU JUST PULLED THAT UP, NO? IT'S ON YOUR ELEVATIONS, NOT ON YOUR RENDERINGS. YOU, YOU ARE CORRECT. IS IT? NOPE. THOUGH I SAW IT IN THE, IN THE PICTURE. ALSO, CAN I ASK, MS. BIBLER, I HOPE I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME RIGHT. DID ANY OF YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS EXPRESS ANY OPINION? DO YOU HAVE THIS PAGE? YEP, IT'S NOT THERE. THIS IS THE ELEVATOR. THERE'S NOTHING. THAT ROOF IS FLAT. THIS IS, ON TOP OF IT IS A CANOPY. THE ELEVATOR'S HERE. NOPE, THE ELEVATOR'S THERE. YEAH, SO YOU CAN SEE IT. THERE'S A FLAT ROOF UP HERE. WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BUILDING. THIS RENDERING RIGHT HERE DOES NOT SHOW IT, RIGHT? THAT ONE, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO MS. BIBLER, DID ANY OF YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS EXPRESS AN OPINION? UH, UN- UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH HOMES ON, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH OF US ARE EMPTY, UH, WITH NO ONE LIVING THERE. IN FACT, ONE OF THE, THE HOUSE TO OUR SOUTH IS, UH, ABOUT TO GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THERE LITERALLY NO NEIGHBORS TO NOR- NORTH OR SOUTH OF US TO SPEAK TO THAT WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT FROM THIS HOUSE RIGHT TO OUR WEST. NO. MR. MURRAY, I NOTICED ALSO IN YOUR PLANS IT DOES NOT SHOW LIGHTING FIXTURES. ARE THERE ANY LIGHTING FIXTURES, FLOODLIGHTS POINTING FROM THE BACKYARD TOWARDS THE BAY? NO FLOOD LIGHTS. NO, NOT TO THE NEIGHBORS. EVERYTHING IS KEPT ON SITE. AND A LIGHTING PLAN WILL BE PART OF THE, THE PERMIT PACKAGE. WORKING WITH INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND EVERYTHING MATCHED UP, SO. THANK YOU. BUT NO FLOODLIGHTS, CORRECT. WHY DON'T YOU PUT A SKYLIGHT ON THE ROOF OF THE ELEVATOR? AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT. TOO HIGH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THE TREES, THE OAK TREES IN FRONT, THAT SEEMS TO BE ON THE PLAN, FIVE OF THEM, THAT MAINTAIN THEIR HEIGHT OR IF NOT BIGGER, LARGE, HIGHER. UH, IN THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE CUT DOWN, UH, OR TRIMMED BACK DOWN, THAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO ENFORCE THE HEIGHT OF THAT TREE, THOSE TREES? 'CAUSE I'VE HAD AN EXPERIENCE ON MY OWN PROPERTY, UH, WHERE I HAD TWO 50-FOOT ROYAL PALM TREES NEAR MY PROPERTY LINE, AND I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND MY NEIGHBOR CUT THEM DOWN. THE, UM - SO I GUESS - I, I, UH, SO WE CAN PUT A CONDITION THAT THEY BE REPLACED, UM, WITH AN EQUIVALENT TREE. I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE STORE AND BUY A TREE OF THAT SIZE. NO, YOU CAN'T. UM, BUT, BUT, UM, WE CAN REQUIRE A LARGE CALIPER TREE. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR LANDSCAPE, LET ME REACH OUT TO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. OLD TREES ARE VERY SLOW GROWERS. YEAH. IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE HAVE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW, ON ZOOM. OKAY. AND MAYBE THEY CAN FIRST TELL YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MATURE TREES IN GOOD HEALTH AND WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, HERE TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN THEM. AND MAYBE THEY CAN ALSO, THAT WOULD BE LUCIA MORA, IF YOU WANNA BRING HER ON. WELL, THEY CAN GET A LARGE TREE IF IT COMES BY BARGE, IF THEY CAN'T BRING IT, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S ON THE WATER. I JUST WANNA MAINTAIN THAT HEIGHT AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT - RIGHT. TRIMMED IT BACK DOWN. SO - NO, UNDERSTOOD. AND I, I BELIEVE IT'S VERY L - VERY TALL AND - YEAH. THICK TODAY. 'CAUSE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT - AND SO IT'S ALREADY PROVIDED THIS - THAT CONDITION IS TOUGH TO - RIGHT. AND SO - IF, IF THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GUY THAT'S TRIMMING THE TREE AND, AND THE OWNER, STUFF LIKE THAT. THE - HI. THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD - I, I WILL NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. EVERYONE'S OUT OF ORDER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, BUT LIKE, LET'S BRING IT BACK. IS LUCIA SPEAKING ABOUT THE TREE THAT MAYBE WE ARE GONNA BRING IN IF THEY CUT IT DOWN? NO. HI, THIS IS LUCIA MORA WITH CHRISTOPHER CAULEY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. DID THE ATTORNEY NEEDS TO SWEAR YOU IN, LUCIA? SORRY. LUCIA, UH, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE GIVING IN THIS PROCEEDING [01:05:01] IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DO. UH, I'M WITH, UH, LUCIA MORA WITH CHRISTOPHER CAWLEY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT 7245 NORTHEAST 4TH AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33138. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WE SEE THE, THE OAK TREES AS A MAJOR ASSET, NOT ONLY TO THE PROPERTY, BUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE VERY LARGE, BEAUTIFUL, UM, SPECIMEN OAK TREES. THEIR CANOPY IS, THEY'RE ABOUT OVER 40 FOOT HIGH. THERE'S CANOPIES IS ALREADY SPREADING ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH PROVIDES THIS BEAUTIFUL SHADED CONDITION ON THIS SECTION OF NORTH BAY ROAD. AND AS REQUIRED DURING PERMITTING, WE WILL ALWAYS WORK WITH AN ARBORIST TO PROT - TO PROTECT THE TREES AT ALL COSTS DURING CONSTRUCTION. WE, IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH ARBORISTS. AND IT IS OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE TO KEEP THESE TREES BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE SUCH BEAUTIFUL SCREENING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SHADING FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY REGARDING THE TREES. AND THEY'RE ALREADY VERY TALL AND MATURE. OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO ARE WE GOING... WE'RE GONNA GO BACK. YOU MAKING A MOTION WITH THE CONTINGENCIES OF THE TREES. YEAH. CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING ABOUT THE TREE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT? THERE'S FPL LINES RUNNING THROUGH. SO IF THEY COME IN AND CUT THEM, THEY'RE NOT HIRING AN ARBORIST. SO WE JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT WALK OUT AND THEY TRIM STUFF. I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE SAVED TREES ON MIAMI BEACH, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE I CAN. AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I COULD SEE THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THOSE TREES. ARE THE POLES ON YOUR SIDE OF THE STREET OR ACROSS THE STREET? WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE THERE, THERE'S LINES RUNNING THROUGH THE BRANCHES NOW. IF YOU CAN CALL THE PRESENTATION, THERE'S A PHOTO. I KNOW FP&L HAS IN THE PAST ALONG ALTON ROAD HAS V CUT V-CUT THE TREES. AND DO YOU THINK THESE GUYS ARE GONNA CARRY - AND THEY LOOK TERRIBLE. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA CARRY THEIR ON NORTH BAY ROAD OR IN, YOU KNOW, STAR ISLAND? BUT THOSE ARE THE WIRES. BUT WHAT'S NICE IS RAYMOND JUNGLES DID THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE. HE'S A VERY FAMOUS LOCAL ARCHITECT. AND HE PICKED THESE TREES AND HE PLANTED THEM THERE. AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE VERY SPREAD OUT, HE TOOK THE LINES INTO CONSIDERATION. SO WE SHOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE PICKED THESE TREES. THEY'RE NOT ONE BIG, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT TURNED OUT, NOT A SPIDERWEB, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE FINE, BUT IF THEY EVER COME IN AND DO IT AND IT'S NOT SOMEBODY... 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA SELL THE HOUSE. SO EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER BUYS IT'S GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE DONE. BUT THE, THE FPL PROBLEM, LIKE YOU SAID, EXISTS EVERYWHERE. YEAH. AND THAT CAN'T BE CONTROLLED. YOU HAVE AN ASSOCIATION? HAVE A MEETING WITH FP&L? I, I - AND GO, AND THEN GO UNDERGROUND. JUST LIKE WE DID IT ON - I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD. WAIT, I'M TRYING TO DO IT AT 5940 NORTH BAY ROAD. YEAH. AND THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT JUST IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WHERE THE TRANSFORMERS ARE. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S THREE BLOCKS. I UNDERSTAND. SAME HERE. SO IT'S LIKE $5 MILLION. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE - THANK YOU. MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR MOTION? I'M OKAY WITH THE MOTION. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE... CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING? OH, SURE. OKAY. UM - I MEAN, ONE MORE THING BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A LOT OF TIME ON TREES. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, IF - TREES ARE IMPORTANT. YEAH. IN REGARD TO THE TREES, SINCE THE HOUSE IS TO BE SOLD, UH, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT COULD, UH, WITH THE, WHOEVER BUYS THE HOUSE THAT THEY DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE TREES? IS THERE ANY WAY TO PROTECT THEM FROM COMING IN AND, AND, UM, RE-LANDSCAPING? 'CAUSE THE, THAT'S - IT WOULD NEED TO GET A PERMIT. THEY... OKAY.H. AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY URBAN FORESTRY AND THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS FOR THAT. THEY - OKAY. AND IF THEY SHOULD NOT GET A PERMIT, THEN THERE'S A TREE MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO - OKAY. CONTRIBUTE TO AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLANT SOMETHING OF LIKE KIND AND QUALITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? Y SECOND, MR. FALLET? I HAVE A SECOND, YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I APOLOGIZE. I MISSED WHO, WHO MADE THE SECOND. I KNOW THE - UH, MR. FALLET. OKAY. THAT'S FOR ALL - MOTION PASSES. THAT'S FOR ALL FOUR VARIANCES. YES. OKAY. UH, [01:10:03] FOR THAT CONDITION ON THE TREES? YEAH, NO, WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THE LANGUAGE FOR THE CONDITION. UM, THE FIVE OAK TREES IN THE FRONT ON THE PLANS SHALL BE MAINTAINED. UM, IF A REPLACEMENT IS NE - IF, IF THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT'S, I, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK OUT A CONDITION. I'M, I'M HEARING FROM OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. IF YOU NEEDED TO GET A NEW TREE, UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD GET ONE AT A 12 FOOT HEIGHT WITH A SIX FOOT SPREAD. NO, THE, THE FIRST PART IS TO PROTECT, MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE TREES. YEAH. SO THAT IS FOR SURE. BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS AND WE NEED TO REPLACE A TREE, THEN WE WOULD DO IT WITH THE, THAT, THAT SIZE AND IT WILL, UH, AN EQUIVALENT, UH, TREE, UM, BUT AT THE SIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN BE OBTAINED AND IT'LL GROW OVER TIME. THERE ARE WAYS TO GET THE TREE, A BIG TREE THERE BECAUSE THEY LIVE ON THE WATER. SO THEY CAN BRING IT IN BY BARS. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ARE YOU DONE WITH - YES. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. ZBA260211, [5. ZBA26-0211, 5000 NORTH BAY ROAD] 5000 NORTH BAY ROAD. 5,000. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF THE LOT COVERAGE LIMIT, LIMITS AND SETBACKS OF ALLOWABLE YARD ENCRUSHMENTS IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO-STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT WITH AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME. OKAY. SO THIS IS A, ANOTHER HOME ON NORTH BAY ROAD. THIS IS, UM, UM, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UH, THREE VARIANCES. THEY ARE, THIS IS AN IRREGULAR LOT. UM, IT HAS A, A ROUNDED SIDE. SO IT HAS A SIDE FACING A STREET AND A FRONT YARD THAT ARE BASICALLY FOLLOWING A CURVE, UM, WHICH RESULTS IN SOME, SOME ODD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND ALSO THE, THE HOME, THOUGH THE ADDRESS IS NORTH BAY ROAD, ALSO FRONTS, UM, ALTON ROAD. IT'S SIDE FACING A STREET IS ON ALTON ROAD. UH, SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, UM, SOME CONCERNS WITH PRIVACY GIVEN THAT THEIR B - THE MAJORITY OF THEIR BACKYARD IS GONNA BE FRONTING ALTON ROAD, WHICH CREATES SOME HARDSHIPS. UM, THE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STORY HOME, UH, UNDERSTORY HOME. UM, THEN THEY, UM, ARE REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES. THE FIRST VARIANCE IS A LOT COVERAGE VARIANCE. UM, BECAUSE THE HOME, THE MAJORITY OF THE HOME FRONTS ALTON ROAD, IT'S SIDE FACING A STREET FRONTS ALTON ROAD, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF THE LOT COVERAGE SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE AN OPEN AIR COURTYARD INTO THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. UM, SO THIS IS, UM, UM, BASICALLY GONNA BE AN OPEN SPACE IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S GONNA BE PRIMARILY AN OUTDOOR SPACE. SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TERRACES ON PART OF IT, SOME COVERED TERRACES, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PRIMARILY OUTDOORS. UM, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT WHEN A, WHEN A, WHEN A COURTYARD IS, HAS WALLS ON FOUR SIDES, THAT IT HAS TO COUNT INTO THE LOT COVERAGE EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO BUILDING ON IT. UM, SO THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A COURTYARD. IN THIS CASE, STAFF FEELS THAT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY BENEFICIAL THING. IT PROVIDES SOME PRIVATE SPACES FOR THE APPLICANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC NOISE ALONG ALTON ROAD. UM, UM, AND SO THE REQUEST IS TO INCREASE THE LOT COVERAGE FROM THE ALLOWABLE 30% TO 35.75%, UM, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT, THAT INTERIOR COURTYARD. UM, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE. THEN THE OTHER TWO, UH, VARIANCES ARE, ARE RELATED. UM, DUE TO THE CURVATURE OF THE LOT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, UH, VARIANCES OF THE ALLOWABLE PROJECTIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PLANTERS IN THE FRONT THAT SLIGHTLY ENCROACH INTO THOSE, UH, REQUIRED SETBACKS. SO THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE FRONT PLANTER PROJECTION FROM SIX FEET TO NINE FEET 11 INCHES, UM, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF THREE FEET 11 INCHES. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A PLANTER PROJECTION, UM, WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE FRONT PLANTER PROJECTION FROM SIX FEET TO 11 FEET TWO INCHES, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF FIVE FEET TWO INCHES. THESE PROJECTIONS ONLY OCCUR IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE PLANTER BECAUSE OF THE CURVATURE OF THE LOT. PART, IN ORDER TO HAVE A SQUARED OFF PLANTER, PART OF IT IS GONNA ENCROACH INTO THE SETBACK. SO IT'S MINIMAL. IT'S NOT FOR THE WHOLE PLANTER, IT'S FOR ELEMENTS OF THE PLANTER THAT ENCROACH INTO THE SETBACK. UM, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE IRREGULAR NATURE OF THE LOT, SO THEY DO HAVE A, A HARDSHIP, UH, PRESENT HERE. UM, SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE GRANTING OF THE THREE VARIANCES, UH, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE ATTACHED ORDER, WHICH ARE THE STANDARD CONDITIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY DISCLOSURES? NO. HI, MR. HI, THIS IS RALPH [01:15:01] CHOEF, ARCHITECT CHOEF LEVY FISHMAN IN MIAMI, UH, WYNWOOD. UM, OKAY, SO, UH, WE'RE DESIGNING THIS, UH, RESIDENCE ON, IN MIAMI BEACH. IT'S, UH, 5,000 NORTH BAY ROAD. AND THE SITE IS, UH, AN UNUSUAL SITE IN THAT IT IS RIGHT ON THE CORNER WHERE ALTON ROAD BECOMES A BRIDGE OVER, UH, SOME WA - A WATERWAY AND INTO, UH, AND INTO, UH, 47TH, UH, INTO ALTON ROAD ON THE, UH, SOUTH SIDE OF IT. SO, UH, THE, THE TRICK WAS TO DESIGN A HOUSE THAT WAS INTERESTING AND MAYBE KIND OF CIRCUMVENTED SOME NOISE, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM ALTON ROAD. UH, DUE TO THE SHAPE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, WE, WE COULD NOT REALLY DESIGN THIS VERY BULKY HOUSE, UM, UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE NOT, NOT ENCROACHING. AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO MEET ANOTHER RULE THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T SPAN, UH, OVER 60 FEET, UH, WITHOUT GIVING 1% OF OPEN SPACE, UH, ON THE SIDE PROPERTY LINES. SO I'M GONNA MAKE THIS REAL QUICK. UH, FIRST I WANNA SHOW YOU AN OVERHEAD, UH, PICTURE OF THE SITE, AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE WHERE ALTON ROAD AND NORTH BAY ROAD MEET. AND YOU SEE THERE, UH, I'M REQUIRED TO HAVE A LARGE SETBACK, NOT ONLY FROM NORTH BAY ROAD, BUT A LARGER THAN NORMAL SETBACK FROM THE BRIDGE, WHICH REALLY MAKES OUR BUILDABLE AREA QUITE SMALL. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT THE HOUSE LOOKS LIKE REAL QUICK SO YOU GET AN IDEA. UH, LET'S GO TO THE RENDERINGS. WHERE ARE THE RENDERINGS? UM, THERE WERE TWO PARTS TO THIS PRESENTATION. UH, COULD WE PULL UP THE SECOND PART? PERFECT. THANK YOU. THE RENDERING SHOULD BE AT THE END. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO ONE BACK. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY THE VIEW FROM, UH, NORTH BAY ROAD. UH, BEFORE YOU GET TO ALTON, KEEP GOING. THIS VIEW IS, UH, RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF NORTH BAY AND ALTON. AGAIN, WE NEEDED TO KEEP THE ELEVATIONS VERY INTERESTING, UH, AND WE KEPT THEM VERY INTERESTING ON ALL SIDES OF THE HOUSE. THEY ALL LOOK LIKE FRONTS. CITY, WE DIDN'T WANT A SIDE THAT FACED ALTON ROAD THAT WAS JUST THIS BLANK WALL. UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE IT INTERESTING. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AND THAT'S REALLY THE SIDE THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, FROM ALTON ROAD. NEXT ONE, HERE'S A MORE, THERE'S MORE COMPLETE RENDERING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO MOTORISTS, PEDESTRIANS HAVE AN INTERESTING VIEW AS YOU'RE DRIVING OR WALKING ALONG ALTON ROAD. IT'S NOT JUST A BLANK SIDE OF A RESIDENCE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO PLANTERS, UH, RIGHT, UH, IN, IN THE RENDERING, UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE NEED IS A VARIANCE BECAUSE THE, THE CORNER OF THE PLANTERS ENCROACH ON WHAT WOULD BE A SETBACK AREA. SO, UH, LET'S GO TO THAT SHEET, WHICH IS A47. THAT COULD BE THE FIRST PRESENTATION. YES. UH, COULD YOU LOAD UP THE FIRST PRESENTATION, PLEASE? PART ONE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO THE... OKAY. SO YOU SEE THE AREAS IN YELLOW? THOSE ARE TWO VERY, VERY SMALL AREAS OF THE PLANTER THAT ENCROACH INTO, UH, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS A, A, A LITTLE SETBACK AREA, UH, ON THE SIDES. AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY AND HOW THE PROPERTY CURVES IN IN THE, UH, BUILDABLE AREA. THE... SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE VARIANCES. AND THEN THE LAST VARIANCE IS THE COURTYARD, UH, WHICH IS, UH, HAS A WATER FEATURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURTYARD. AND, UH, YOU COULD SEE THE COURTYARD RIGHT THERE. UM, IT HAS A CASCADING WATER WALL AS YOU'RE COMING UP THE STAIRS. IT, IT, IT IS NOT FULLY CLOSED ON FOUR SIDES. IT IS OPEN ON, ON, UH, ONE SIDE, THE, [01:20:01] THE WIDTH OF THE STAIRS AND THE PLANTER THERE. BUT YOU SEE, THERE'S A, A CASCADING WATER WALL THAT COMES INTO A REFLECTING POND THAT LEADS YOU INTO THE ENTRY OF THE HOUSE, AND NEXT TO THAT IS LANDSCAPING. SO THAT'LL FEEL LIKE AN OUTDOOR, WHICH IT IS AN OUTDOOR SPACE. IT FEELS LIKE A, A TRUE COURTYARD AND A GREAT TRANSITION TO GET INTO THE HOUSE. SINCE THIS IS AN UNDERSTORY HOUSE, YOU WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE WALKING INTO, UH, FORMALLY INTO THE HOUSE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT RULE THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO COUNT THAT AS LOT COVERAGE, UM, WE, WE NEED A VARIANCE ON THAT. AND THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M SORRY. UH, IS ANYONE... I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE. IS ANYONE ON ZOOM? ANYONE ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO HANDS RAISED. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT OPENS ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. ON SHEET A, 047, WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE ALTON ROAD RIGHT OF WAY TO THE PORTION OF THE PLANTERS THAT ARE SEEKING A VARIANCE? FOR, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE PORTION THAT'S SEEKING THE VARIANCE IS, UM, IS TH - AT 20 FEET. AND THERE'S NO CONCRETE WALL OR BARRIER BETWEEN - NO. SO IT'S OPEN. SO IT'S JUST LANDSCAPING. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE DESIGN, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. THANK YOU. HAVE, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A RADIUS CORNER ON THE PLANTER? THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURE. AND IT'S SUCH A SMALL PORTION THAT WE SAID LET'S, LET'S GO TO, TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY TINY AND IT'S ONLY A PLANTER. IT'S NOT A FULL WALL. YEAH, MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC'S HEAVY ON ALTON ROAD AT THAT CURVE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BUMP INTO THE PLANTER. IF A CAR BUMPS INTO THAT PLANTER, THEY'VE GONE OFF THE ROAD AND THERE WILL BE DEAD PEOPLE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WAY OFF THE ROADWAY, YOU KNOW. AND, AND IT'S ALSO ON THE SECOND LEVEL. WHERE'S THE POOL? IT'S NOT ON THE FIRST LEVEL. YEAH. WHERE'S THE POOL? I LIVE RIGHT HERE. I ASK ON PAGES G207 AND... I'M SORRY, 204 AND G101. IT'S THE PAGES TOWARDS THE BACK. 056. HUH? G. 056. 056, OKAY. OKAY, I GOT THAT. ALL RIGHT. I GOT G207, YOU SAY? UH, 204. 204 AND 101. G204 SHOWS THE WEST SIDE ELEVATION. THAT'S THE SIDE THAT FACES... I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE REAR ELEVATION. THAT'S THE SIDE THAT FACES THE WATER. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE FROM THEIR BOATS OR THEIR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE WAY. WHAT IS IN THE ENCLOSED AREA? WHAT ENCLOSED AREA? ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I'M SORRY. ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ON THE - OH, THAT'S A... LOWEST LEVEL. THAT'S A GARAGE. THAT'S ALL THAT'S DOWN THERE. THIS IS THE POOL AND YOU HAVE ALSO STEPS INSIDE THE POOL. RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE SEATING AREAS UNDERNEATH THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE UNDERSTORY BECAUSE WE'RE USING THE UNDERSTORY AS A ROOF. SO IF THEY HAVE A BOAT OR IF THEY WANT A LOUNGE AT THE, AT THE, UM, AT THE LEVEL OF THE BAY, THEY CAN DO THAT TOO WHILE UNDERCOVER. THEY HAVE... THE, THE ENCLOSED AREA ALSO HAS AN ENTRY VESTIBULE WITH AN ELEVATOR. YEAH. I SEE. YEAH. AND IT HAS A SWIMMING POOL AND HAS A WATER FEATURE, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE, THE POOL. THAT'S A CASCADING WATER WALL. AND WHAT THAT, THAT, THAT'S NOT ONLY A, A, A, A GOOD LOOKING FEATURE AND, AND SOMETHING VERY ZEN AND VERY CALMING, IT'S ALSO, UH, GOING TO CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE NOISE THAT'S COMING FROM THE TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE SITE. YOU THOUGH OF EVERYTHING. WHAT? YOU THOUGH OF EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. NOTHING. I'M A GENIUS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CITY'S CONDITIONS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? . THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS? WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION ITEMS TODAY. THE FUTURE... [FUTURE MEETING DATE REMINDER: December 4, 2026] DECEMBER 4TH? DECEMBER 4TH WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING. AND- AND WE HAVE... THEY, THEY WILL HAVE ONE PROJECT. [01:25:01] THEY WHAT? THESE GUYS WILL HAVE ONE PROJECT. OH, THAT'S IT? AND, AND ONE CONTINUED ITEM. OKAY. SO THERE'LL BE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR NOVEMBER 6TH MEETING. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. DECEMBER 4TH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.