Wynwood Design Review Committee- Regular Meeting -

Wynwood Design Review Committee- Regular Meeting - — December 16, 2025 - 9:57 AM

testing testing testing testing . >> Good morning. Any person who is a lbyst.. T... Tf. O far from mic]. [Inaudible] >> Thank you very much. >> [Inaudible]. .. That the public can view the meeting. The meeting can be viewed lived on Miami tv or Comcast 77 in the City of Miami. The broadcast will have closed captaining. Now, we're good. >> Thank you. Pledge of Allegiance? [Pledge of Allegiance] Thank you. Ricky, do we need an official call to order or on to records? >> We're on to records. >> Do we have any absence waivers this week? >> Yes, Member Lee has an absence waiver. >> Great. Motion to approve? Ank you. All right. Minutes approval for our last meeting of 11. 19? Are there any questions or comments before we would ask for a motion? Absent any questions/comments, do we have a motion for the 11. 19 wdrc minutes? >> [Inaudible] >> Thank you. Second? >> Second. >> Who was that? >> Allan. >> Allan? Thank you. All those in favor -- ? >> I'm sorry. Did we take a vote for the waiver request? >> My apologies. We glossed right through the . Motion for the approval of Kathy's waive/are. Approval. >> Motion from unc. Lear]. Second? >> Second. >> All right, and now call for approval on the absence waiver. All those in favor -- ? Rock and roll. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Andrea. Okay. Super. Got that. We are good on the minutes approval. I believe we are on to the resolutions for this session. >> Correct. We will call items 1 and 2 to the podium. Wdrc 1 and 2 at 2801 Northwest 5 Ave. This is a fine application for 2 fines under the [Unclear]. They are coming to the wdrc because [Unclear] Business signs within nrd-1 for t5, t6, and d1 transect zones are under the Wynwood signage guidelines. Thank you. >> [Inaudible] >> Good morning. How are you doing? I am Elisa, representing Sandbox pr today. The property is located at 2801 Northwest 5 Ave in Miami. What we are applying today for is to proceed with installation of 2 signs for the new upcoming store. Sandbox pr is a store that specializes in providing ultimate pr experiences to their clients and groups of people. It's a great addition to the are. . To promote business, the design requires for us to have 2 signs on the elevation that's facing 5th Ave. The signs will read Sandbox pr There will be white letters. The sign itself represents the trademark. The store has 35 global locations. The signs are uniform and represent the trademark. This would be the night side, night view of the Sanjiangyuan. Ill be installed on the same elevation. Currently, we have different signs that are also illuminated that are similar to this sign. The building will be painted black. That portion is approved under a different building permit. What you are seeing today only or approval of both signs. If you have any other questions, let me know. It's very basic what we're presenting here. It's more for the designs of the signs. >> Although it is not part of the application, do you know if the vinyl on the windows are intended to be the graphics on the screen? >> The intention is there. That's included on the application. No comments have been made regarding the vinyl application for now. The only comment was approval from you for signs. >> Okay. Occupied with active ghts from our committee? No? Without cutting anybody off, if there are no thoughts/comments, do I have a motion regarding the application This would be the first one -- 18598, the long facade of the building. We will do the one over the door next. Okay, anyone? >> Motion to approve. >> Oik. Nd. >> Call for a vote on the motion. All those in favor -- ? Great. That is super. Let me get the score card here. Who gave the motion on that? >> Allan. >> Allan. Motion. Heidi second? Thank you. Appreciate that. That is wonderful. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> One down. >> We aprpct it. It. >> Before we move, there are no public comments onloine. Can we please close them? >> Yes, absolutely. >> By. Motion or can I do that? Public comment period is closed. >> Quick question -- I know you said it was for the first item. We do have 2 items that are similar. It is referring to both signs. Do we have approval for both? >> The sign over the door is the next agenda item. >> Okay. Thank you. >> That's application number -- >> wdrc item 2, 2801 Northwest 5 Ave. Sandbox vr which is coming to the wdrc because of the location of nrd-1. It's the same presentation. >> It's the same information. If you have any other questions, I am more than glad to answer them. >> We're good. I believe we're good. Anybody? >> I do have a question. Looking at the property on 28th and Northwest 5 Ave, i believe the property historically has had murals on one of the elevations. I see a note here saying the wall will now be gray with no murals on the business property. I am just wondering how that really fits into the character of Wynwood. >> That's why the sign of the store is adding the graphic on the windows -- to fit in with what Wynwood is looking for. The store is actually going to comply with the branding of the store. Sandbox is a global company with a certain look. I would not say a trademark, but that's the look of the company. That's been applied on the permit, and the color of the building was approved. >> With no art. >> Yes, adding the vinyl to the windows which is pending approval. After you, it will go back to the review of the building department. Then, the graphics will be installed, and this will match what the neighborhood requires. >> Is the current mural you referenced otion. 28th sice? >> Yes. >> The current building does not have any discussions. 's all Balck. The existing building is also black. >> The building on 20th and 5th, which corner is it on? >> Let me go up. The design faces 5th ave. If you go to page 1, the intersection is the corner of 5th and 28th. I don't know which corner that is. >> I don't know how to explain it. It's 5th and 28th. I can look -- >> [Inaudible] >> North. The Northeast corner. On the Northeast corner, up until recently, there's a very major mural on 28th street, on the 28th Street side. It was not just. A blacked out bikldg. G. >> The building we have is mostly black. >> I understand that. What has existed at that location historically has had monumental murals for at least 15 years. >> Understood. Yes. Are you referring to the -- >> Well, that's something that happened in the past couple of weeks. Prior to that, it's been consistently kept on by a collective. Of window. >> [Unclear], correct? >> [Inaudible; too far from microphone] >> Yeah, yeah. That person destroyed that mural. Mhmm. >> [Inaudible; too far from microphone] >> I'm familiar. I was wondering -- post -- the plans in the future seem like it is glass on that side of the building, no? Okay. >> The specific application we have for your approval today was returning only the signs. Any other information -- I am sure if there's another meeting, there will be people with more knowledge about the mural. We were requested today to present the sign designs and to make sure that complies with existing signage within 2 miles. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Very good. >> [Inaudible] >> a secondary sign could be permitted. There's a square footage. >> [Inaudible] >> Mhmm. I can check on project docs to make sure they are calculating that with the second. Mmissioner Pardo, that's part of e review has been done. There's no comment on the amount of the sign. The only pending comment is occupancy to be issued down the process and the approval from this minutes. There were no comments made on the amount of the sign. >> [Inaudible] >> Yes. >> [Inaudible] >> Like 12. 12, yes. Yeah, the -- I am pretty sure that revision was made. It went through the Zoniagrion rtment, and they did not make comments about the is ionizing ount of sign. >> [Inaudible] >> Zoning is aware that there are two signs on the property. The elevation they uploaded has 2 signs. I don't see any comments about the square feet of the sign. I can reach out. >> [Inaudible] >> It could be a condition, like if -- yeah, to double check on the sizes and parameters. We will do that before we close it out. Yeah. >> Very good. Anybody else? Can I have a motion? >> Motion to approve with the condition of -- >> [Inaudible] >> And that the art mural wall s And that the art mural wall is considered in future development. All in favor? >> Do we have a second on that? Okay. Andrea, were you able to get the motion? >> No. [Unclear.] >> The motion is for approval with two conditions. One, that the square footage and metrics of the sign on the angular wall have been reviewed for size verification by staff. And number two, that comments made by Allen regarding the existing mural, although not part of this application technically, that it be on record the prior mural and hopefully that will make it back to the owner. Decimeters. Sense? >> Okay, thank you. >> Fantastic. We have a motion. Do we have a second? >> I second. >> Great. All in favor of said motion? Aye. >> Aye. >> Alright. Full house, that's great. I think you're good. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you for your time. Have a great rest of the day. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Happy holidays. >> Item 3, located at 59 Northwest 28th Street. This is a signage application for the tenant of [Unclear] Located in t5o and it's required to come to wdrc because of the location in the nrd 1. >> Good morning. [Unclear. ] Okay, here we go. Good morning, my name is Felix [Unclear. ] I'm here with 59 Northwest 28th Street. The project of the building is going to be named Upside. It is going to be a bar/restaurant to my understanding. It's to be able to connect people in an open space in the heart of Wynwood, so understanding the art and vibe that Wynwood brings, they're bringing a new concept to bring people together. The signage we propose will be on the front of the building. They have a huge part of the entrance that's divided by this wall. Some of the quotations they have in reference to the ambiance they want to create. We're going to create a simple sign. It will be reverse channel with illumination. In the daytime you will see the gold color on the letters. At night you will have reverse light against the tile wall. It will be subtle, nothing too extravagant or loud. The dimensions, it's just under 17. 5 square feet of total sign. It will be mounted with some spacers to allow the reverse. It effect to happen. It will be on this big, concrete wall they have at the front of the building that faces 28th Street. Notice in the photos, these are early in the project. They still had the construction fence up. We don't have too many interior pictures because they're finishing up the work. The owner didn't feel comfortable with the mess Jujuy ad. This is a view of the sign itself, dimensions of the letters, width and what it will look like at night. All the electrical will be concealed behind the wall. None of this will be seen by the public. In the front it will be clean letters lighting at night and it will be controlled by a timer, so it will be automatic. The site plan, you can see how we face 28th Street. Most of the action is closerr o 1st Avenue. These are some signs in the area that are current businesses operating with similar reverse channel letters. [Unclear] More front. It, not back. It. If you have questions on the signage I'll open it to the committee here. >> I don't see any questions. Very nice package, by the way. >> Appreciate it. >> Any comments or questions? I'll call for a motion. >> Motion to approve. >> Thank you. All in favor. >> Aye. >> Thank you, everyone. >> Thank you, sir. >> Happy holidays. >> Calling wdrc item 4. This is signage for an. Ce cream shop, boba and ice. Cream. They need to come to wdrc because the signage is within the nrd 1. >> [Unclear. ] >> Thank you. >> Good morning. I'm representing Solutions Electrical. Orp. We're proposing a reverse channel letter sign for the. Ce cream shop. It's a regular reverse channel letter, it's backlit, and that picture that we're showing is an old picture. I believe the building has been painted, the mural has been painted, so that's why the sign was going to be black.. Simple colors, so we can-it is not very much when you see the sign. >> Do you have a photograph of the building now? >> I do not because it was painted recently. I do not have a picture of the mural. >> So, what's proposed is not on that purple background; it's on a graphic background? >> Correct. It's a mural they painted. >> There's still some purple? >> There's some purple if I'm not mistaken. I believe it's-[Unclear. ] Yeah, correct. >> [Unclear. ] They added some graphics. The purple is still there, there's just little characters. It's cute. I don't think this is like, it doesn't affect the mural that's there is what I was trying to say. >> Your comments are helpful because it explains the simple black. Letters. >> Correct. There's a lot going on. >> When you look at the purple background it's not exciting. Knowing there's a mural behind it makes it easier to understand and appreciate it. >> Is the sign already up? >> I believe so. >> You're doing it after-the-fact? >> Yeah. >> I drove by there the other day and noticed it. I'm like, "Oh, boba tea. " [Unclear.] >> Any comments or thoughts? I think we're ready for a motion. >> Motion to approve the after-the-fact sign. >> Thank you. How about a second? >> Second. >> Great. Thank you very much. All in favor? >> Aye. >> Alrghty. >> Thank you very much. Have a good one. >> Do you guys know if there's ramifications for installing a sign before it's approved? Is there a violation? >> Probably ask counsel. >> Counsel? I was asking if there's ramifications for installing a sign before it's approved. >> Code enforcement gives them - >> Probably a work without a permit or -- >> I don't think they're allowed to get building permits on that until they clear the code violation. >> I don't know if it's strictly work without a permit or if there's another code enforcement attachment something [Unclear. ] I'm not sure but it's probably work without a permit. >> Yeah. >> It's a catch-all. >> The next two items are from the planning department. I'll try to be quick so you can enjoy the rest of your day. Let me share my screen really quick. You've probably seen this as part of the agenda anyways. Let me see if it comes up. There we go. The first thing we want to talk to you about is the annual report. I know you all started basically in APRIL of this year, so we already missed a few of the months. Every year towards the end of the year we prepare a summary of all the applications that have been through wdrc and any board under the City of Miami so we can report this to the city manager. So he knows why we're meeting, because it's a requirement of the code. How it serves the community needs, [Unclear. ] This captures all the projects we have reviewed, how many times we've met. We talked about the workshops we had. One in SEPTEMBER of this year and also a summary of how much time we're allocating into the administration of this board. We have been working-the chair and I have been working on this report for a little bit. We have the final version ready to go and wanted to share it with all of you for your awareness. You will have a copy in the agenda packet. I can email it to you directly as well if you'd like to have a copy, so you know how much work was done in the past few months. That's one thing. The other item that's a little more exciting is about the Wynwood design vision plan. We wanted an update on the last meeting but couldn't make it. The Wynwood bid. Has allocated funds from the public benefits trust fund so the planning department can manage a new vision plan for the neighborhood. Since then we have received the money, the funds, we were able to place it in the right account and contact the next available consultant, which is why they gave us. The money, so we can use our own pool of consultants. We have reached out to Gensler. A basic structure of how we want this project and the deliverables we want out of it. We met with them last Monday and they're working on a few proposals. We're waiting on that so we can start the work, create a. O number in our system and get going with an estimate of deliverables. So, to go over this document we're talking about what is the purpose of this project. They want to design the vision for the neighborhood. We want to take into account the architecture, signage, art. It's going to be like Wynwood 2. 0 basically. The City of Miami planning department is a project lead and the Wynwood bid is the community liaison. Any outreach will be coordinated with them. The vendor will be Gensler. The stakeholders is the wdrc, udrb, Miami Dade County, any local public art specialist, architecture and design specialist, and community members. Any outreach will be coordinated with the Wynwood bid but most likely we will have a meeting with Gensler, the architecture community, and artist community so we can get feedback from everyone. The task, we set out a scope of work where we will need project initiation where we look into what has been done, who is doing what, identifying the stakeholders in place. Then we'll look into the project methodology. What are the existing materials that already exist and how will we incorporate the master plan into this effort? We will need a lot of photographic documentation to make sure we capture the essence of what Wynwood is now. What we have now is the plan from five years ago and to make an estimate of what's happened. [Unclear] The code requirements. There might be any suggestions for code changes. That can happen. The community outreach will be an important aspect and we have identified five different groups The final deliverable will be a report that we can not only give to the architects who want to design in Wynwood but also the developers so it's a marketing material for the neighborhood. At the end of the project we will have to go to city commission to adopt the document What I'm showing you now is more the project management side, how we envision the project to take six months. Once we sign a contract, what is the final deliverable? We have $150,000 in total. We are requesting a scope of services not to exceed $120,000 with a contingency of $30,000 within the overall budget we have. >> Sounds quite exciting. >> It is. If you cannot tell, I'm very excited. >> I just think applicants in the future, developers and everyone, having a chance to look at a road map. It's not going to be an exact recipe but at least it will give directionally people a better idea of what's expected of them. >> It's going to be the legacy for Wynwood, what's going to happen in the next 10 years. >> Step one, what's been done to date is a big task. It will be great to figure out what assets you already have. >> Gensler is also very excited. >> That's great. >> And the design director for Gensler used to be on wdrc. The design director for Gensler was a member of the wdrc until MARCH of this year. He's very familiar with the projects that come to the board, the different developers and how their minds think about Wynwood and how we can inform those decisions from the beginning. >> That's super. >> Thank you. >> On behalf of all of us, the annual report is great. I think we would all appreciate a digital copy of that if you can send that out. >> We can email that to you. Thank you. >> And this is fantastic. >> Thank you so much. >> Appreciate you and the staff. >> Thank you. Happy holidays. >> You as well. >> Ricky, anything else? >> One last thing. Because it's a resolution can I get a motion on that report, please? >> [Unclear. ] >> Thank you. Do we have a second? >> Subsecond. >> Fabulous. >> Thank you, everyone. Happy holidays to you all. >> We should probably call for a vote. All in favor? >> Aye. >> That's great. Thank you very much. Happy holidays to you too, guys. >> Happy holidays. >> I think we're good to go. Happy holidays. Our next meeting is JANUARY 13th. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> We are adjourned.