Board of County Commissioners - Zoning

quorum. >> placer eyes for prayer and pledge of allegiance. Bow your heads. Today we petition your grace and got them and was dumb. Help us with planning and your people. We ask this in the name of he who is able from keeping us from falling. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states america. To the republic for which it stands one nation, under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Consisting agenda so we can commence the zoning agenda. >> sounds like a good idea. >> as been moved and seconded all those who approve ci. All opposed? Show it adjourned. Let's kick off zoning. >> -- we will commence the zoning agenda with the concurrent zoning application for this bisque ensures ventures lllp and we will do that the appropriate time MR. Director. >> immigrants to miami-dade county have been legally advertised in the newspaper, notices have been mailed, the puppies have been posted and they are of able here in the chamber speed items will be called up by agenda number and name of abbott computer the record and file for the hearing on each application will include document from the public, agencies, dust us and where there is an appeal from the community zoning and appeals board we still have the transfer from the scene speed all doctrines are physically present today and all interested parties and of able to the member and board of county commissioners who can review these items during record from him. They have the -- along with the fact that all witnesses have been sworn should be included in any transcript of the person. In addition there's an official trend later in the chambers and for those individuals require such assistance please swear in the witnesses. >> please stand and raise your right hand to be sworn. >> to someone swear that a testimony I'm about to give is a full truth in the whole truth so help you GOD? >> thank you. Item 3b biscayne shores ventures z 20 2198 -- >> MR. CHAIRMAN if I might for the record if my comments for cmp could be shared for zoning and my position remains the same and MR. Breakout can state his intent to adhere to everything that we have requested and we can proceed however you would like. Hopefully all of the floors can wave and we can put that on record again. >> okay. >> preacher if I could do an introduction this. As had been announced at the beginning of these consisting public hearing all of the commons made during the consisting hearing that were made under oath are incorporated here as the public hearing on the zoning application as well. MR. Chair if we could confirm that there are no (Audio lost). >> we are going to take a five minute recess. >> okay you all we are going to reconvene now. Everybody take the next 10 seconds to get quiet and find a seat. We are back in session with the new rule of procedure thought of by commissioner regalado. Everybody on the dais is assigned a buddy. It is the buddy system. >> is the buddy system. You have to keep your buddy in the dais. >> commissioner higgins your body is commissioner garcia. >> I am on him. >> we are back and we should acquire them on the dais and I have three members present on zoom. Reckon eyes commissioner cohen higgins for a motion. >> thank you MR. Chair I would like to move to reopen consisting. >> MR. Monestime is in the dais he is my right behind the cloudy glass there. He is my buddy. So I reckon eyes commissioner cohen higgins for a motion. >> think MR. Tribbett would like to move to reopen cdmp so we can refill on the previous item. >> as been mved and seconded all those in favor sing my bussing I paid those opposed? Show consisting reopen. >> just for the record let me read in the item you are voting >> as listening to the whole debate so I didn't realize I was the seven folkways by sherman gilbert. >> yes. For the record we accept your apology senator garcia. >> for the record you should have seen the CHAIRMAN Face back there. Just saying, won't happen again. >> CHAIRMAN Diaz. >> yes. >> passes unanimously. >> I need another motion to adjourn JUNE 16. >> moved inside and all those in favor sgnify missing eye. Okay no we are on to zoning. Let's reopen zoning. >> yes and so your reconvening zoning. The zoning director has read in the directory statement and the first item which is 3b biscayne -- z 2020 000198 I was going to give a brief introductory statement, which was to explain as had been stated at the outset of the public hearing on the cdmp, the current consisting application that the public hearing, that was connected for the consisting item was done under oath and all witnesses were sworn and the court reporter was transcribing. That's incorporated as the record for the zoning hearing and I was about to ask the chair if we could confirm that there are no additional speakers that had not previously been hard that had signed up and instead signed up only for this zoning item 3b. If there are additional speakers that had not previously spoken on 3b no would be an appropriate time to let them be heard. >> is there anyone out there that has not spoken on 3b previously? Previously meaning before. Okay. There is no one who has not spoken on it previously. >> you MAY close the public and. >> public earrings not close. >> MR. Chair I would like to make a motion in support of this item. >> your reckon eyes for a motion. >> second. >> is that to approve per staff regulation? >> has been moved by commissioner heyman and it has been seconded by commissioner sosa. Is there any on readiness on the dais? MADAME Clerk. >> MR. Chair and MR. Vice chair I want to put on the record that we have profited covenant and the staff regulation should include acceptance of the preferred government. >> it does, but I will check for caution. >> it does. >> MR. Chair. >> I'm sorry commissioner sosa your reckon is. >> one question. Thank you very much. The applicant prefers monetary contrition to the biscayne bay public access fund, right? >> that is correct. >> thank you very much. Good job commissioner heyman. >> thank you. This requires a voice vote or roll call? >> you typically do a role call for zoning. >> roll call. >> commissioner cohen higgins. >> for. >> commissioner garcia. >> I. Heyman. >> commissioner higgins. >> yes. >> commissioner martinez. >> I. >> commissioner monestime. >> yes. >> commissioner regalado writes yes. >> commissioner sosa. >> yes. >> commissioner suoto. >> yes. >> vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert. >> CHAIRMAN Diaz. >> yes. Unanimously. >> thank you commissioner's. >> thank you. Okay. Where are we? >> item two a bhi montebello z 2020 00043. Please note that in order to overrule the (Word?) And out you will need a vote of two thirds of the bcc members present. >> present on the dais are present in all intending our virtual attendees? Question it would include every vote. >> what numbers this? This is 2a? >> that is correct. >> okay. Where do we start? >> would you like to hear from the members of the public first or from the applicant first? >> I will give the applicant the choice. Would you like to go first or hear from the public first? I would like to hear from the members of the public first. >> okay have a seat and I will go through the cards. Okay public hearing on this is no open. I'm going to call you to the microphone and please give me your name, your address, and you have two minutes. Yeah, jean (Name?) Come on down. We are going to have josette pier, joseph (Name?), and daniel (Name?). Those are the people next you can line up on you. >> my name is (Name?) Nine 1915 e. 1/22 street miami, florida. I support it. >> you support it. Thank you for coming. >> my name is josette (Name?) And I am here to support. >> thank you for coming what is your address. >> 420 north 148 street. >> can money my name is joseph (Name?) And I live in (Indiscernible) Miami, photo 33168. I'm here to support. >> thank you very much sir. Margaret read, diane williams, aneras (Sp?), and thus- >> I am not in support of this. >> are you here on this item? >> are you here on this item? >> yes. 184 montebello. >> yes he is for this item because he is here for this item? >> can I wait? Can speak now. >> I can speak now. Perfect. >> give me her name and address and give you two minute speed. >> we did have a photo that was supposed to be put up there to help us in our instruction if it is around. My name is daniel (Name?) And I live at 360 ne. 152 street and I am against the project that is on sixth avenue. Excuse me. Biscayne gardens is being smothered with massive development without consideration of the flooding and traffic impact. As of no the roads are already backed up and main arteries and northwest second avenue and miami avenue are greatly congested. Here is a photo you see up there, I would like you all to consider the big picture because there are so many other developments that are coming down the pipe. Thousands of new apartments and condos on 166 at northwest second avenue and 188 that we talk about today, and by the way the council advisory board stood with us on that one to deny the variance because they want to take every square inch of that property. Unlike the other developers who want to work with us and put lakes to help deal with the water situation. There are 235 going on northwest sixth avenue and- -we need to see the whole big picture hundred hundred 50 on hundred 59 street. These development will deliver thousands o cars to the fragile info structure. We do not believe this area can withstand the outline growth with the requested zoning changes. The flooding in the area has produced health concerns. Overflowing septic tanks release bacteria that is dangerous to children, adults, and the animals in the area. I have up to two feet of water in my yards at times. Elevating the increased density will worsen the conditions. We are asking to please consider delay or moratorium until the study that has already been approved by this commission be completed and we believe after that would be greatly in favor of our cause pretty thank you very much. >> thank you. >> hello my name is margaret read my address is 14621 north spur drive miami, florida 33161 and I am against this project as well. It is too congested as it is right now. They have over 1000 parking spots and they want to add more to it. You will also be looking at the schools. The impact on the schools will be tremendous as well. The flooding is a problem as well paired the traffic is a problem as well. They want to ncrease the parking. Where are they going to park these people's cars? On the swells? They have to be realistic. This is too much for us. Why can't they build it in their neighborhoods then? It is too much, it is too congested. It gets too long to get to the grocery store alone. I have cars zooming by my house all the time just for shortcuts. It is ridiculous. You have to say no. The flooding is crazy. You have feces in the yards when it overflows. They are not planning for this. They have no plans for this. They say they do, but at the end of the day they don't. They are going to talk about affordable housing, really, you really think somebody is going to use pay that much for those small little permits. Somebody that can afford it? I don't think so. I think this is ridiculous, this was approved. Listen to your constituents. We are the ones who put you in office. Thank you and have a great day. >> you too. Thank you very much. >> good morning commissioners my name is (Name?) Williams and I live at 484 northwest. 156 road miami, florida 3361. I'm here to talk about the bhi montebello develop meant consisting of 588 units on a 8.82 acres, which is over the- -multifamily residential zoning requirement already established by the planned area develop meant. I'm requesting that the covenant should state and tact. Please do not allow the rezoning of this area to re-occur. The quality of life as we know it will be changed, not for the better, for the residents living in this area, but for the worse. As a board member of monte carlo I am familiar with bhi montebella, the developer of this develop meant because they renovated the current date -- with 348 units on ninepointacres of land. Less units on a more land. The units that were remodeled were installed with inferior appliances and the poor workmanship. Also with not enough money in the reserves to cover the roof and elevator repairs, which led to a lawsuit that the monte carlo association one in order to make the necessary repairs. After the fall of champagne towers in surfside we have to take an in-depth look at the plans of structure of these 588 units on a.2 acres of land. With the limited square footage of living space, the traffic in the area is categorized as an f, which fails to provide the roadway necessary for the intended traffic levels that developers study of the traffic completed for northwest sixth avenue predictions. The findings have covered over 2021 to 2040, which is impossible to have-to determine the accuracy could also the location. >> thank you very much if you could bring it to close. >> okay. Therefore I am appealing to all commissioners to reconsider the rezoning of this area to keep it at the 12.9 units per acre and to ensure a peaceful environment that presently exists in biscayne gardens. Thank you. Good morning my name is (Name?) And I live at 484 northwest. 156th street n monte carlo, which is a block away from where montebella is going to be this going to be confusion for deliveries and people to find the address, but you know they must have a reason for that. My main concern has been exactly what my previous neighbors and residents have said. The parking, the flood, and the traffic of course. Already in monte carlo we ae bigger land then montebella and our residents have to park outside in the swell, on the sidewalk. Floods, we see it constantly after heavy rain and of course we have that a lot here in miami where we have to like take off our shoes and pull up our pants so we can get to our homes. So this is something that you really have to consider. Another concern I have is that this unit of 94 projects is no has increased to 588. I don't know how they went from an original analysis and increase that amount of units, plus I was under the impression that it was only one project around my area. No I know that it is a whole bunch of other projects that adds up to over 1000 units. So I trust you as our authority or city authority will try to organize. These people, these developers should not do this individually. They should come as a team and organize in a way that the community does not suffer the consequences because everybody is doing their own little project and only concentrating on their own little thing. We are going to be affected by the whole entire project around our community and I do please try to get your respect and support and try to organize this in a better way. >> thank you very much. >> good morning everyone. Maria (Name?) 14611 north spurge drive miami, florida -- in opposition of this project are to having live in this area for several years my main concern is traffic and road conditions. When I learned of the many developments proposals to increase density with such a small area I graded an area map of all the proposed development displayed together to share with my neighbors who expressed similar concerns and who are not even aware of these cluster develop and spread that map that you saw up above was handled to each one of your offices and was presented in the bcc meeting yesterday to bring awareness to the situation. Together these proposed opponents can potentially add thousands of vehicles to a deficient and aging traffic infrastructure. Developers including this one will reference the clothes proximate the of the golden glaze multimodal as a potential justification for a decrease in required parking spaces. In theory it could make sense considering how close it looks on a map, but in reality this root still requires a personal vehicle fracture. It takes 30 meant by bus, 40 minute bye-bye, over two hours walking, and only five minutes by car. That is during non-rush-hour conditions. During rush hour all roads leading to the golden glades interchange, as I'm sure you have expense gets congested. This leads vehicles to take alternate routes the residential streets. This poses a major safety concern since frustrated drivers frequently speed through the streets and can endanger the residents that are walking with the children and pets. The situation is even worse when it rains because the streets surrounding the development site become flooded and impossible. In smmary this project could have a considerable negative impact on the current residence quality of life and does not address the known traffic conditions, flood, and safety issues in our community. We would like to see modern solutions to these issues incorporated into the master plan for this area before we support this project or any other similar projects. We together have the opportunity to create a more resilient miami for the generations to come. Both in this neighborhood and elsewhere. Thank you for this opportunity to voice my concerns. >> thank you very much. >> bruce lamberto, (Name?), (Name?), marvin ramsey. Those are the next four. >> good morning mayor and commissioners and CHAIRMAN. What we saw the first application that was here for the-sorry bruce lamberto 110 northwest. 1621 street. It was a great example of a developer working with the community. He brought unity sport in here in support of the project and they are talking about the lennar application. He read the community and he is providing low density, wrkforce housing, he is providing even the sale of one of the commissioner mentioned, the opportunity to purchase the unit. This is a developer who came to our civic association meeting and they said we're going to build 558 units, take it or leave it. They did not work with us. You will see -- and you see the 236. The 236 developer came to the civic association, worked with us, said we told him we want to reduce density and he complied and came down with a lot lower number. The 236 is approximately one third of the 588 and that is something that our community could support. We understand that this is a balancing act. Yet people who do need housing, but at the same time you cannot destroy the single-family neighborhood. If you look at the map, we are surrounded by single family homes all to the east and the south. We need a developer who is going to work with them. We want to work with the developers to come up with a balance here. This is not a balance. That's why the community council unanimously turned this down. He is asking for toomey variances did he wants parking variances because he cannot fail the parking because of all the units he is building. Instead of reducing the number of units to match the parking. It is kind of ridiculous to ask for a parking variance because your building too many units that violates the zoning code. He also wants to bring in the parking lot close to the street so he has to have a very minimal landscape offer. Again, six or seven storytellers right in the middle of a single family, basically neighborhood. So we are asking you to deny this. >> thank you. >> where (Cross talk) Bounces out, think very much. >> thank you. >> laura finnell, 312 north biscayne river drive miami, florida -- bscayne gardens for 30 years and I'm two blocks from this. This proposed omen is a monstrosity. The seventh floor building would tower over the single family homes in the neighborhood. It is unsustainable for this residential area for we do not have the infrastructure to support this. For sewers, schools, roads, or drainage. According to the term memorandum these are mains and pump stations throughout the county do not have the best impedance we don't even know if there is a sewer capacity for this project. As for schools this project failed the school review four times. They felt the traffic engineering review four times. Regarding traffic our roadways are already overcrowded and cannot the impact of 1004 residence. The traffic study for this -- of intersection such as golden glades paid for which officials say there is nothing they can do to improve it. Especially project to expand 95, though on hold will still happen and will take and away from northwest sixth avenue. There's no reason the developer should be allowed the variance to provide less than the required space between their development and northwest sixth avenue. Similarly the required number of parking spaces is already not eough so the developer should not be allowed a variance to even ofer one less parking space than required. We test-personal vehicles and the advances being made with electrical vehicles they are required electric vehicle parking spaces should not be budgeted so the developer can cram even more apartment. 67 story apartment buildings. A six story parking respite almost 600 apartments total including 86 three-bedroom apartments. Even considering this project as a possible option is a ridiculous and irresponsible. According to the county code of ordinances chapter 33 on zoning the purpose and intent of the planned area development district is to create living varmints that are responsive to the needs of their inhabitants paid to provide an environment compatible with surrounding land use and to promote the public health safety and general welfare of miami-dade county this project is the upset on all counts. It would be too the extreme measurement to the neighborhood and to the county. Therefore I call on the county commissioners to shut down this rezoning fiasco, uphold the ruling. >> thank you if you could bring it to an end. >> to hold in place the covenant that limits the developer to 94 units. Thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning. My name is marvin ramsey and I'm the PRESIDENT Of the biscayne gardens civic association. We represent approximately 36,000 residents in the biscayne gardens community. We are opposed to this project. We do not feel if it's my address is 326 ne. 1/52 street miami, florida 33162. We are opposed to this project, the an armistice of it. It just does not fit. This is a very, our ecosystem in the neighborhood with all of the flooding it just does not fit the neighborhood we offered the developer, we met with the developer it tried to get the numbers reduced from 588. He did not seem to understand what we were talking about. With many neighbors here today. Just letting you know that this is not going to work. The numbers need to be reduced, we continue to want to work with the developer and we just seem like we are being pushed to the side. Okay. The developer has even grown up in the neighborhood and he knows what we are talking about and continues to try to shove this huge project down our throat. We asked that a moratorium be built on all of the projects that are in the map that was presented above and we ask that moratorium be put in place until the mayor's study on traffic and flooding is finalized and presented to the neighborhood as well as to you all. Okay? That was just requested maybe two weeks ago. So if we continue to oppose this project the office-it offers resilience for these projects and offer solutions as in the 236 units. They have a retention pond. This one does not have a retention pond and they don't have any plans to put in there. They want more units, more parking, but we will suffer with all the water around the neighborhood. We at biscayne gardens civic association garden oppose this project. Thank you. >> thank you. >> I had a powerpoint. >> you have a powerpoint? >> yes a little with slides. >> okay do they have it? >> yes they said they have it when I went up earlier. >> if you all could load her graphic. >> okay I'm speaking on behalf of myself dana finnell and my dad robert finnell who has lived in the community for 50 years. I've watched other. >> your address. >> 312 north biscayne river drive. I have watched other parts of the county become concrete jungles and honestly I don't visit there anymore and I don't want that to happen to my own home. The developer's proposal downplays how much of the surrounding areas residential and low density. And even on the streets and sidewalks because I walk my dog there all the time and there is a restriction on this policy of 94 units, but they are trained to put in over six times that amount. I'm a sociologist and I'm like I have a lot of questions about what it will do to the committee because your life chances are affected by your environment. I know that very well. I know the answer to it a lot of this because there is already development, but much smaller develop meant and it is already having the effect. He's to feel safe, bt I look at the statistics and the crime has gone up and there have been drive-by shootings somewhat recently. What about they have arty talked about some of the trash and there's pictures of that, and it talked about the flooding. You can see that our park is more everglades than the everglades bid I walk all the time so they're talking about people taking public consultation and walking, but I marked with the two diamonds. That is two miles of no crosswalks, no streetlights, you just have to jump out there in the street and so is a sociologist I'm like, alright let me look at the evidence been so upsetting is a big topic. A lot of communities are doing that because it seems like a good solution, but if you look at the peer review journal articles these are problems that exist in the literature. They won't say it's there -- decreases in property value, increasing gentrification, the things that you want, like I want, like more accrual housing for everybody is not always there. So the areas not ready for this moment. I'm offended that they said that the council decision was capricious. I calling you to help us and if any of you have financial connections to the developer I ask you to recuse yourself. >> think you. (Name?), susie stefan, lewis perella, miguel valentine. >> good morning. >> can money. >> my name is (Name?) I live at 110 ne. 152nd street miami florida 33162. For the last 30 years I concur with the residence. I oppose this project. It does not fit the community. Thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning my name is susie stefan they live on at 147 35 north spur drive. Right on the canal. I am here because I oppose against-I am against this development. Living in the canal, (Indiscernible) The water is going to come right to me. When I moved to my house 27 years ago I had to raise my driveway and my garage because when it rained the water gets into my garage. So no what is going to happen to me when there are so many units, what is going to happen to my house when all of the flood, because we are already in the flood zone. So therefore this developer has to come to a point to reduce the amount of units he wants to place and take out the traffic, and the flood that we will have in the neighborhood. Thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> good morning my name is miguel valentine and I live at 295 north biscayne river drive, 33169. I lived in this area for several decades. We do not approve of this building. It is excessive. Nobody is talking about the schools, the children have no sidewalks half of the time and on on 59th and 1/51 towards I-95 the traffic light that allows the cars to go into I-95 on the southbound, we had the call, the transportation to allow the light to be switched over to a quicker pace because the children crossing the street to go to school-they did not have enough time to cross. The drivers got backed up, which imposes a danger to the children crossing. This area really is a country, country in a manner where it is big lots and we are accustomed to enjoying our yard. We all take pride in our property and the cars going 90 miles an hour. There are so many reasons not to approve this project. They tried a few years ago. We went around to all of the neighbors. None of them wanted it. We still do not want it, but yet it is still coming again. So please vote no on this project. Thank you. >> think you. >> hi I am lewis perella 46 northwest. 156th street road. Thank you all for your time. You know, I am hopeful that you guys denied this project. This zoning change will affect, the effects you have seen and we had great speakers before tat shows evidence that in less than one square mile all of these projects that are going to come to this area, when we have these immense amounts of traffic already and flooding issues, and all of that will greatly affect negatively to this area. So I ask you to please consider that because it will be devastating for the area. Traffic, flooding. Like they mentioned the only way out to get to the highways I northwest second avenue and it is already a one lane street. There's not much to do. There is nothing dot can do about it. Drm has been talking about flooding issues and septic tank failures, and how to raise the -this developer is just here not thinking about nothing. Nothing back to nature, nothing to plan to like offset the over flood and all that. I ask you to proceed in zoning and keep it as it is. Thank you. >> thank you. Cordelia right, keith hall, fred, and jamel smith. You are all up. >> good morning everyone my issue has been covered by everyone. >> sorry my name is cordelia right and address is 21 ne. 168 street. If somebody could put the map up for just a quick reference for myself. Basically where I am living is just maybe 100 yards from the park that was put in by the government. If we have less than two minutes then rain I cannot drive to my home. I have to park my car, get my husband to come pick me up. So what we are seeing here today is that all we are asking you to do for us, get some form of coronation doing all the builders because they have 3000 units going in, plus a mega church, but we have no one to say okay where are you going to get the roads to get there? What are you going to do with the water because of the flooding? What are you going to do about parking? What are you going to do about the construction for the speed bumps because there are people always speeding in the area. All we are asking for, not for them to say zero development, but for coronation between the teams that are supporting us or representing us. That's all we are asking for. Nothing more, nothing less because it is not a lot. As I said I cannot get to my property and I have been there over 20 yars if there's any form of rain because I did have a car that cannot go through the water because it is not bad. I have found it several times and you can check the record I have found drm to see what they can do to help us, nothing. All I'm asking for the board to do for us, just start correlating for us. Not just leaving to us to go to all of these meetings. That has not resulted in any fruitful results. So please please if you could just start correlating for us I would appreciate it because this is not working. Not wrking at all. >> thank you very much. >> demonic ministers my name is keith hall and my address is 390 northwest. 1/53 street and I'm opposed to this development. Thank you. >> thank you. >> my name is fred vickery and I live at 295 north biscayne river drive. Miami, florida 33169. I've been in that area for about 30 years. The decision has already been made. All you have to do is affirm it. That was a good decision and from the number of people who have spoken today and the message is that it was the correct decision. So we need to stand by that. I would also like to say that I'm the person who called the transportation because the backup of cars waiting to get on I-95 to go south and the children who were going to school walk across the sidewalk and the cars that were backed up are interfering with the children and some little child was going to get hurt if I did not do it. So I did it and that those are the sorts of things that we are going to get into. This is in a flood zone, there is no question prudent flooding. I have seen water in most of the neighbors yards around my property and that is getting pretty close. I would also like to say that this was not a land for apartments initially. This land was initially zoned either for half-acre or half-acre lots. The place where I live was a bird sanctuary. I get up in the morning and I still hear birds in the trees. I want to continue to be able to do that. I don't think these people will bring in any trees or bring anything for any of the birds in the area. We have many many many things that come along with the size of the lots in the lot with or a few lots with 800 or 1000 people on them. We d not need, we do not want, we say no. Thank you. >> good morning board members my name is jamel smith they reside at 570 north biscayne river drive miami, florida 33169. Appreciate you. Unlike my other neighbors against this project. I don't want to reiterate the same thing they keep talking about. If you points I want to make is 588 units. That's 588 residents. That's 1000 x requires just on that one project would they have a map that shows there's going to be potential 1500 other units coming up as well. We also have one unit there at 236 they want to demolish the church just to put their apartment complex there. Another question you should ask these gentlemen in the suits here is how big are these apartment compasses going to be and they are going to try to squeeze this many units in 28 acres of land. We do not need more permit complex appeared as you see we already have some. We have some for rental, workforce,, for formal housing. Love the projects that are came up you're building affordable housing and workforce. Why don't we build like lennar and build single family homes. Commissioner monestime mentioned that everybody wants to own a home and build wealth for their community. We are not doing that by continuing to rent from developers and put money in their pocket. Another suggestion would be too do townhomes, single family homes, increasing public value instead of putting more apartment complexes in this area. Another thing to is if you look at the street there's only a two way street northwest sixth avenue by (Word?) That takes you to second avenue. Once these deponents come full circle these residents are going to be using shark has been they will be coming down our residential neighborhoods to try to get to I-95 s. And to the turnpike. Another thing to is I'm on nrth biscayne river drive. Who wants to see a seven story parking garage is a view from their apartments? So in closing I just want you guys to take into consideration that we live in this area we want you guys to consider to deny this project. >> thank you. >> okay. Duane nguyen, charisse chester, linda joseph, naomi (Name?). Connie knapp -nappier. >>-session for skin river drive and I appreciate you guys taking the time to listen to our complaint. I live on north biscayne river drive and as a first responder once you look at the map it will demonstrate trying to get to (Name?) Hospital where the red is is a nightmare for first responders for our church please. Sixth avenue is a nightmare. With that said we are impacting lives with additional units coming in, the traffic that will affect our children, our lives, and the response time of our first responders. So I am against this project. We are willing to work with them to decrease it, but to increase it would be a very dramatic impact on our community. Thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning charisse chester 501 north biscayne river drive miami, florida 33169. I've been a resident of biscayne gardens for 21 years and if we could pull up the map on the screen that would be great. As a 21 year resident I'm concerned about the collective impact of six planned deponents two blocks away from my home. The 588 units will bring 1200 vehicles for an already congested area and I do appreciate that my neighbors were very articulate in terms of communicative this, but I'm so passionate about this issue and I just wanted to also use my two minute speed this high-rise building will overwhelm our siegel family neighborhood through traffic impacts and other mitigating factors. Our neighborhood is currently serviced by two lane roads and the southwest can action is arty congested with traffic, which was mentioned eloquently performed. -- we expected a discussion with the developer on this project, rather we are here today because it has been redirected for an appeal. We are open to a discussion and we welcome the opportunity, but we do recommend to the board to keep the covenant currently as designated for the 94 units as it is most favorable and complement ore to our neighborhood. Lastly please allow the recently approved traffic study to be completed to evaluate the collective impact and are not-in our neighborhood. Don't know what time it is. Lindy just of. Still morning adjust bills like afternoon. >> it is linda just have. I live in the neighborhood so I will be the one impacted. 275 northwest. 157 street. I stay one block away from this deponent. Listen, look at this neighborhood. Look at the people have come up here. This is the best of america. It is all of us that live here. There are all nations, all residents, black, white, haitian, jamaican, cuban and we are all saying collectively that this is not good for our neighborhood. It is not good for our children, it is not good for our living, our cost of living in the way we want to live. The school cannot withstand this. This can gardens and tj cannot withstand this. We're talking about 530 people times to end it MAY be times three. That is 1500. They have children, they have cars. This is a two lane road. I MAY repeat that two lanes. One going up and one going down. We cannot. We have to wait for all the studies to be done just to prove our fact that we cannot handle it. I love my neighborhood, I love my neighbors. It is the bedroom town. This is the best of america. It is all of us collectively so please deny this project. Thank you. >> please. >> good morning commission naomi (Name?) 685 ne. 26 street north mining florida 33161 and I'm here to speak in favor of more workforce housing. The cost of housing in miami-dade county is simply unaffordable. There's a major push to recruit tech jobs and due to covid we have an influx of people who are moving to miami-dade and residents end up in a literal bidding war just to secure apartments. The cost to purchase homes has increased and in some areas it is almost doubled in the last 24 months and those of us who grew up in the area cannot afford to live here. We cannot afford to live where we grew up. We are literally being pushed out. Also one of the core reasons causing the U.N.-affordability is the lack of workforce housing. Oer 140,000 renters in miami-dade county are paying more than half of their income just on rent. Providing workforce housing with rents between $1200 and the $1700 for new apartments will help ensure that the essential workforce or workforce individuals can continue to live in our county. Location is extremely important. The property's location is in close proximity to major workforce employment centers such as jackson north, the toyota dealership, and publix warehouses. Placing workforce housing in close proximately to these employment areas will give the employees of jackson north, toyota, and publix warehouse among others opportunity to live closer to their jobs, reduce commute, and at times incentivize them to use mass transit. Thank you. Thank you. >> my name is connie (Name?) And my address is 9301 -- >> did you come back from cornell. >> I thought that was you. >> so I understand everyone's concerns and I understand that they love the neighborhood, but I think at the end of the day I love my cty as well. These people can be opposed to these measures because they have homes at the end of the day. here two reps on the people who do not have homes, who cannot afford to live here even though they are working here. I've heard complains about traffic. Don't know what causes more traffic than me having to drive from drought to my mid beachwear work or the police officer who works I miami-dade has to live in premier pines because he can't afford to live in the county in which he serves. There is a need for housing here and I understand there are issues that are going to arise when housing is placed in the neighborhoods, but there's a need placed for us here. I'm here to reps on those people. Thank you. >> thank you. Okay. Terry lewis, rodney murray, sandy (Name?), and naomi (Name?). >> good afternoon again commissioners. Terry lewis my address is 1230 northwest. 120th street. We already know the conversations day-to-day about how expensive it is to live in miami. I am in favor of this item. I think it is important. My colleagues, my friend, everyone, the talk is that we cannot afford to live here in miami, what will we do? Everybody is sticking out the next city, the next day to move. It is not fair. We need affordable housing and I ask that you guys consider it and please approve this item. Thank you. You. Name is rodney murray and my address is 14801 northwest fifth avenue by me for, florida 33168 and I'm in support of to 19. Recently retired in 21 years in the service and the first thing I wanted to do was move back home. >> think a free service. >> appreciate it. Wanted to move back home and be close to my aging grandmother and my parents. Affording housing is crazy. I'm on a fixed income. My father and I are both service disabled veterans and it just brace my heart the fact that I just want to move back to where I grew up at. Where it all started. Maybe give back, do what I can. After 21 years. So I understand those who oppose it, but they are already established bid there are people in the future that want to build wealth and want to find somewhere affordable to live in miami and that is all I have to say about that. Thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon cindy (Name?) 55 ne. 69th street. I am in favor of this project. Totally understand the resistance from those who are already living in the community, but I think everyone needs to think about the big picture and think about those of us who want to move into the area, who want to stay in the area we just want an opportunity we are asking the commission to support the project and to also support the initiatives that will make this less of an impact for those who are already living in the area because we know it is possible for all of us to get what we want out of the situation. Thank you so much. >> thank you. Public hearing on these item is) The applicant? There's a lot going on here so what we are going to do is, you can goat's set that at 10 minutes. >> if I could get 12 minutes and 30 seconds I can make it work. >> what you can do is get 10 minutes and then if you go over, just try your best and we will be flex well because I know you have to address a lot of the concerns. So we will do the very best we can. You do your best and we will do our best didn't we will meet in the middle. >> awesome that is all I ask. Staff please pull up the bhi montebella -- and I'm trying this one by my colleague james williams also of holland and I. We are here on behalf of bhi and (Word?) Blessed. We are requesting approval for a multifamily develop meant, which will include 20 percent workforce housing and is paid we have made substantial changes, which the neighbors know about, which we met with them about whereby ever reduce the number of units from 588 to 425 units. Net reduction of 163 units. For whatever reason it was not mentioned. If also reduce the number of stories from seven stories to five stories and eliminated the parking variance that was a part of the initial application. If met with the local civic association and have had numerous meetings with them and with individuals within the civic association, but unfortunately we are unable to be able to move past the impasse because at the end of the day they keep lumping us in with the other projects that are not be for you, that have not filed zoning applications and have not been approved. We are thankful to have staff's recommendation of approval -- is essential right arising that this county has dmonstrated an intent to provide for 10,000 workforce housing units in the years to come. If you don't remember anything else about my presentation this morning I want you to remember two things bid this project helps address a need for workforce housing at the right location for need at the right location. Those are the two main points if you don't remember anything else about my presentation. When the smoke clears and we get a better sense of the impact that this pandemic has had on arc trinity went to state that there will be even more people that will be in need of workforce housing. Our teachers, our sanitation workers, firefighters, hospital workers, our police officers are in dire need for workforce housing. Showing that they have access to workforce housing and beautiful communities like biscayne gardens is essential. One of te core reasons justifying this request is that we have limited land supply here at miami-dade canopied of the everglades to our west and biscay national park to our east. Limited land supply creates pressure on rent prices throughout miami-dade county. When you add to the fact that between 2010 and 2019 we have been growing by 2000 people everything a month and a 70 people every signal day it doesn't take a rocket scientist to conclude that there's going to be continue prices and demand on rental pices. For example because of the significant increase in demand rent rates have gone up substantially. As a result an estimated 55.6 percent of all renters and my muted county are severe sleep cost burn treated them in their paint over half of their income just on housing. Half of yur income just on housing in miami-dade county. Miami-dade county since 2012 more than -- have become severely cost burden. The situation in the getting has gotten so severe the county to date outpaces every other county, every other county in the united states of america when it comes to the percentage of houses that spend more than 30 percent of their income just on housing. Specifically in the county today the renters are cost burden. That's why does application is so important because it helps ensure that the -- this developer has demonstrate the ability to provide for the workforce by providing an average rate of $418 and the average tenant in their location between 32,070 $2000 a year. In fact the majority of their enterprises are below 80 percent of the area median income, what they could charge for the area meeting four miami-dade county throughout the county. No shown in the slide the lack of wrkforce housing makes us less competitive in attracting more talented teachers to our local schools. We have an excellent school district and the need for work force housing has considered innovative ways to provide more housing that is affordable to the teachers. This is one example of how the lack of workforce housing makes us less competitive as a county. The property is located just south of northwest 161st street and east of 106th avenue. The properties is 8.2 acres and is east of I-95. The property is located within the urban infill area, which is the specific area of the county where we want to see more development. The urban info area also serves as the traffic and currency area because this is where the county anticipates that develop it should occur. It is far away from environmentally sensitive areas and agriculture. It is miles away from the urban develop meant boundary line and is located in urbanized areas. There are apartments, car dealerships, healthcare facilities, implement centers, all in close proximity to the site and in addition this is oe of the few locations in all of miami-dade county where residents would have access to the 826, the florida turnpike, I-95 within a two minute drive of the property. This is exactly where you want to see more units and precisely where workforce housing should be located. This life provides perspective of the nearby area. We heard about the singh family and I heard one person say that this is a country area. Immediately to the east of our property at the top right portion of the site is a government of a 58,000 square foot church with 465 parking spaces. In addition at the bottom right portion of the site you'll see that the monte carlo apartment's are right across the street from our property. They have 340 apartments right across the street from our property. I don't see how this could be a country area and I think it is already a dynamic area that is already beautiful that would allow for a diverse range of property types. This develop meant is more of the detail oriented of the church that is bing palpated you can see the 465 parking spots. You can see the height of the church is going to be 48 feet, six inches. It is 59,400 square feet. This is a large institutional use that would bring positive impact in the area, but we think it is definitely compatible given the intensity. This is another slide demonstrate the urbanized areas that this area is located in. No one of the game changes within this area is the golden glades multimodal facility. This facility will provide 251,000 -- 4500 square-foot transit hub with 50 new bus base bid if you add this to the access of I-95, a 26, and the photo turnpike this transportation access makes is probably unparallel. In addition the property provides residents with easy access to bus routes 105, the 22, the 77, the 95, the 236, and the 277. No to include two bus routes that provide easy access to broward -- with these bus routes in their connections residents can get to any employment center at all of miami-dade county. I noticed there were references throughout some of the oppositions presentations regarding a 94 unit decoration restrictions. This property was a part o a land use change, which is the constitution for develop meant and all of miami-dade county where this board approved 75 dwelling units per acre on the site as a planning perspective and all we are doing today is we are actually substantially reducing that from 75 dwelling units per acre, which would permit 650 g^g^g^g^g^g^g^ c^ c= c^ c=c^ c^c^ c= c^ c=c^ c^c^ c= c^c^ c^c= c=c^ c^ c= c^ c= c^c^ c= c^c=c^ c= c^c=c^c^c^c= c^c^ c= c^c=c^ c^c^c= c= c^ c=c^c=c= c^ c= c^ c= c^ c= c^ c= c^ c= c^c= c=c^ c^c^ c= c^|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||xxxx|||||||||||||||||?A|||||||?|?|?@??A???|?||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| testing captions testing captions. >> will hlp us to provide a company to be able to assist with the need for workforce housing we thank you for your time and we appreciate your attention to this because we do anticipate that this is an important issue. Thank you so much. >> well thank you. Okay. Dennis where are we on this now. >> at this point I believe you because the public hearing to the applicants and no you are up for discussion. >> or discussion. Commissioner regalado your request. >> thank you. I have a quick question for staff because there seems to be a discrepancy. This is in the city of north miami, but in the memo, specifically and then also if you look at page 42 of the package it says that they will be receiving their water and sewer provider is going to be there, the city of north miami. >> that this is not an city of north miami. >> the application in several places says that it is in north miami. I'm saying there's a discrepancy. >> is unincorporated dade county. >> this is unincorporated. I believe the water srvice area is north miami. >> so that's the question. So is the water service area the city of north miami or is it wazdee? >> the septic and I will confirm that because we have representatives from jim's team. >> circle again it is actually in the wazdee service area. Across the street I believe is north miami beach. >> is the reference, is there going to be-do you have an issue with the mains? >> we actually hve no issue with the mains. What is typical in all of the drm comments, which might be discussed always puts all developers, every developer in my mechanic and make them aware that there is a dissent decree which means you can't pull building permits until we know there is sewer capacity for the moratorium or whether the pump station is an moratorium. But we're talking about here is that we will connect to public sewer and we will connect to public water. So we actually have the sort of researcher to connect one second. Page 26. >> hold on one second I was remiss. Should have gone to commissioner monestime first because it is his district. My apologies. MR. Monestime do you have much more on that MR. Regalado because I would really like to get his input on his district 1st. >> of course. On page 26 in the mmorandum from water and sewer when it says water it specifically says, the proposed of element is located within north miami -- there's a discrepancy in your application. Doctor expect me with the dissent decree is. I'm telling you that page 26 and page 42 there is a discrepancy. >> commissioner monestime you are right next. >> thank you MR. Chair. Well first of all I want to say big thank you to all of the residents that showed up here this money to speak on this issue. That is important for me and for my colleagues. As many of them MAY not know this is a zoning item, previous to the discussions that you had with the developer and with his representatives, actually it is totally inappropriate that you share information with us or we reach out to you to share information with us. As the prior conversation before this day is about the 1016 application. Of course we had many conversations about that. You know what was coming, but for many of my colleagues and myself the agenda is sent to us within a couple of days before this meeting and we are not allowed legally to speak to you about the item until all of you are here. Again, I want to say thank you to all of you and I will address a couple issues before we make a decision on this item. This morning listening to everybody speaking about affordable housing, speaking about traffic, speaking about all the things that they want or don't want reminds me of the statement usually used by MR. Maas. Everybody want to call to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Everybody knows that the cost of housing, affordable housing in particular in the cost of workforce housing is crippling us. It is a huge burden on our workforce. everybody understands that we have some source of scarcity of land that we don't have seven or eight acres anywhere in the urban core where we can build, but of course nobody wants it in their backyard. We understand that. The issue in regards to traffic and water, and sewer, and (Word?) Have been discussed a number of times in regard to bisque and garden. ? How is your department or public works envision that this development, if approved address the issue of sewer and storm water in the area? >> on the traffic and we do have representatives from a traffic engineering. Again the traffic study is being reviewed. This is in the urban infill area so concurrency I not intended in this area and is intended to be provided additionally the transit, the existing transit and consideration to as part of this there is improvement to northeast second avenue that deals with turn lanes to provide more capacity to 1/67 on the north side with regards to stormwater. When applications come I they are responsible per code to provide for the adequate compensation on their site. So part of the infra structure, and this gets a little further down the line when they go for building permits and the code, and drm printing. The comprehensive plan requires that storage be done on site. So that will be required and improves the conditions on the individual site and cannot exacerbate any problem surrounding the site. with water and sewer, and just to clarify the water service area is miami beach, the sewer is miami-dade county. There's a sewer line along second avenue that will be required to from their property to connect. >> if they connect to second avenue does that provide access to sewer for adjacent properties in the area. >> that could potentially come correct. >> so you are talking about the developer must collect from northwest avenue, which is abutting I-95. >> northwest second. >> so they need to get that connection out of northwest second avenue. >> correct with the multifamily deponent of the size they have to have sewer connection. >> they must have sewer connection. Okay then how do they deal with stormwater, which has been the issue for the area. I think my office has requested stormwater studies for the area and we have met with the residents and it is a priority for them because we need to find a way to mitigate. I understand there's a report that needs to come back to the board. Do we have an assessment or ideas as to when that report is due. There anything else that the developer, the development is approving, must do another to mitigate the stormwater issue in the area because as you heard from one of the constituent speaking against the item one of the other developments in the area was- basically suggests to create a retention pond to deal with some of these stormwater issues. How do we address that stormwater with this particular development? >> I'm going to defer the question unstudied to jerry bell who is responsible for that portion of the study and I will answer that question with regards to stormwater compensation individually with the site. Do have a representative from drm. >> just to establish the order we're going in. Next person up is going to be commissioner heyman and then MR. Martinez I see virtually with your hand up. You're next in line. >> go ahead jerry was interrupted. >> your microphone is not on. >> sorry about that. >> -- as nathan mentioned we are working on a study as directed by your office and this commission to really look at and to look at a holistic look at the area and the amount of deponent that was approved or is in the pipeline and to really take a deep dve into the issues of traffic, transportation, and drainage specifically. I think it is a 90 day study and we are working on it. Transportation planner is overseeing the transportation side of it. So he will be working with dpd w on it I believe that drm is working on the drainage issue. We will come back with custody and it is really taking a holistic look at the area and response to the concerns brought up's money by the residents. We will come back with some specific, I think ideas or solutions for the area so we are working on that. >> very good. I don't know if it will be you or nathan which addresses, nathan mentioned earlier the issue that the fact that traffic concurrency is not managed in terms of this project. Actually there was a gentleman that I think more than one that made reference to the traffic impact that this deponent, if approved will bring to the area. So what's worth explaining to those who are basically afraid of the impact, of the traffic, but they are saying, of bringing some consultation to them in terms of the traffic impact that they MAY be affected with. > it is correct that this is new transportation concern to the area so it is not -- this is the area that we have identified in the county where we want to see more development coming in because of the infrastructure. With that said that the concurrency will not be an issue, but what we can do and what the study gives us th