Miami-Dade Zoning Board Agenda

>> test miami-dade . >> test miami-dade . >> good morning . We have received notification that CHAIRMAN Gilbert and commissioners garcia and cabrera will not attend tday's meeting. Commissioner bastien. [Rollcall]... [Rollcall] Eight members present . You have a quorum . >>chair: did he say we have a quorum ? I'm going to ask commissioner cohen higgins if he would lead us in the black but I'm going to ask my pastor to lead us in prayer. >> good morning, let us pray. Thank you for the opportunity that we hve every day to have a free government, to have commissioners that represent our county have the best interest for our city, for our community. Thank you for the meetings they pulled every day and we pray that you will give them much wisdom as they make difficult decisions for this city of miami . Bless our time together today and MAY you honor it in jesus name. Amen . >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america ad to the republic or which it stands, one nation, under GOD, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >>vice chair: zoning director, any opening statements you'd like to read into the record? Do we need to swear in ? >> MISTER Chair, as a preliminary matter there was one change to your agenda, school board memo from one of the applications and with that addition a motion to set the agenda would be in order. >> so moved . >>vice chair: seconded by commissioner higgins . All in favor say aye . All against, say nay. The agenda is set, swearing the speakers . >> all items have been legally advertised in the paper, notices have been mailed and properties have been posted. Items will be called up and heard by agenda number and name of applicant . The record file will include documents from public agencies, department of economic resources and where there is a field from the field for we have the transcript of those hearings. All documents are available to all parties and members of the board of county commissioners who MAY examine these items during the hearing. This statement along with the fact that all witnesses have been sworn shall be included in any transcript. There is a translator present those individuals who require assistance. Would the clerk please swearing witnesses. >> do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to get is the truth, truth and nothing but the truth so help you GOD? Please be seated. Do you swear or affirm you will make a true interpretation of the questions asked and the testimony given? Please proceed. >>vice chair: do we have any deferrals or withdrawals? >> the applicants represented in item 4a requested a deferral . >>vice chair: do they want to give a statement on the deferral? Are they present? >> suite 950, so we just need few months to finalize the plans . We've spoken with the council for the other side of the agreement. >> we have no objection to the deferral requested. >> in APRIL, if possible would be ideal . >>vice chair: the commissioner of the ninth district want to make a motion on this? >> MISTER CHAIRMAN I want to put on the record I am show so proud of these individuals and their groups have shown exactly what it takes to work issues out before bringing them before this board so you said how many months? Until APRIL? Do we have an APRIL date? >> be APRIL bcc meeting is APRIL 20 . >>vice chair: any discussion on the deferral? All those in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed say nay. Motion passes. >> this item is now deferred to APRIL 20 and there will be no additional notice . >>vice chair: let's take item 4a . >> this is an appeal which requires a two thirds vote by the board. This is item 2022, no protests, no waivers . >> there is a memo distributed by the clerk's office from commissioner cabrera's office noting this item concerns his district and do not object to the board hearing the application . Copies are available with the clerk of the court in case anyone would like a copy of the memo and to clarify what MISTER Cohen said, to approve would require a vote of two thirds of members present here today. >>vice chair: we will now open public hearing and I will start with the public first . Say your name and address when you approach the podium, you will have two minutes to speak starting with aexis followed by anna followed by hector , adrian and marialana faraldo . >>speaker: good morning everyone . I've lived on the block for a long time and this will negatively affect the value of all the homes . All the traffic in the area, 71st avenue and in the morning I got to take my kid to school their scars there already waiting in order to make the turn. So I would definitely , it would make the area negative impact . Another thing is the sign was taken down for a period of time that was under bad faith. So this should definitely be denied . There could have been more people here at the hearing and thank you . >>vice chair: anna esquierdo. Anna is not here. >>speaker: I am here, I have two people that will give me their time, hector and adrian. Do that. They're welcome to speak, they signed up but they cannot forfeit their time to you. Way it works. State your name and address for the record. >>speaker: anna esquierdo, southwest 71st avenue, miami florida, been there for five years. I'm here to ask you to deny MISTER Regard the zoning. He's surrounded by one acre properties with a few exceptions, they were voted on unanimously or made changes or grandfathered in 75 years. He is eu1, one of the oldest neighborhoods one of the last few that is still eu1 . MISTER Desmond was denied recently and said he was a small house . I explained to the zoning committee he is allowed to build a small house on a eu1 without having to rezone his property. MISTER Desmond is not insane because evil than ever you want to get out. MISTER Neighbor on the south side for a reason to . ? I don't think so . MISTER His neighbors were approached by an older. If these properties can be, MISTER Desmond was to divide is one properties you can eum which will allow 50,000 acre-feet lot. Bill owns and so were to $6 million . This is the reason is being formed by the holders wanting to . It is being analyzed by three dollars. Home to rock I, there is only one in united left and is in hardware, where the us will left . We have a nesting of bald eagles that makes this all . We are displaying their feeding ground . MISTER Desmond's attorney will spin you story that is he is paid to. You telling the truth . MISTER Was to sell it to offer careless about his neighbors. I'm asking you not to believe is . I do want to see the bald eagles, I have pictures of. They have to 88 sprint now. This is in our pay will be destroyed . >>vice chair: man . >>speaker: I'm going . >>vice chair: please be respectful of other people's ties. Hector esquierdo and APRIL, are you going to see? >>speaker: I am hector esquierdo, 71st avenue been there for five years. Was she saying is absolutely true . The lot is asking to be subdivided for the reason of building a small home on . You can do it already. I basically against the reduction of the lots . It's been happening a lot in our day is a problem for many years now we're asking for you to visit. It so that we can control our own properties and our own destiny. >>vice chair: adrian esquierdo . Please say your name and address for the record. >> JULY 6, 1950 southwest 71st avenue. Pretty much what my mom said is true . Also there sign was taken down a lot a lot of people made it in the know the hearing. I working with in the capital district for a while so adding more homes and stuff like that does cost a problem. It's more people coming in and usually crime my school up from that . Those neighborhoods actually have a big problem with our pass burglaries and stop. It's been a rising issue to so splitting the land and having more pople come in as more traffic and more problems with that. Also love cats due to traffic so it's a hard thing for that . How is the eagles , we don't want to mess that up as well. >>vice chair: next w have marialana faraldo, state your name and address. >>speaker: my name is marialana faraldo, the court and before my time begins because commissioner cabrera is not here commissioner regalado we have a long-standing relationship with . Neighbors have requested to be heard by way of me presenting them so I just digital for the over 50 people that want to be heard is there . >>vice chair: I'm sorry, unless my colleagues are okay with that but I think it's unfair, I am go over . >>speaker: commissioner regalado is aware of the relationship we would be grateful and respect to the d+ neighbors at work to pay their property taxes but also wants to be her seaport . >>vice chair: icon off, I can't in good faith to that started your clock. >>commissioner regalado: you can speak and it we have questions we can ask you to come up. >> that's correct . >>commissioner regalado: you can take your time and ask you to, if we have questions . >>speaker: I've been at denver heights for 23 years, I started our neighborhood association as a response to covid and we are currently 800 neighbors on chat and email. New you've all seen what we do . We defeated the charter school project, the norman brothers project we have now a great relationship with MISTER Miatas and the cc homes group . That has become a problem for another day but for our purposes , that pad designation for that vacant 20 acre lot was done because that is a vacant lot. The florida pines once covered that 20 acres disappeared over 30 years ago so it doesn't count. That has been a vacant lot. About eum right now. Every time this county is approving eu1 building sites, I challenge you all, I really challenge you all look at the arborist reports and I'm going to tell you 910 times every tree , all our needs that are sick somehow lands right in the place where the site plan needs to be a driveway , all or something that is pertinent to the site plan. No one is happy to the site plan because I guarantee if you did you would be horrified at what you're allowing to have . Our canopy is part of the cdmp. Part of the urban academy . Every day you allow a eu1 over told, we lose now with this application which is not a valid application and on MISTER Cabrera when he was campaigning I asked him on video and commissioner cabrera gave us his word he would not allow eum in our neighborhood . >>vice chair: I'm sure some of my colleagues MAY have questions for you in a few minutes . That is it as far as my speaker law. Is that applicant here ? How much time do you need? >>speaker: five minutes. Thank you MISTER Chair, members of the commission. My name is tony riggio, 2800 australian boulevard, suite 400 and I'm here on behalf of pedro medellin right here . There posters on the property . They lived here for 20 years since 2003 . They were part of the neighborhood unfortunately not all of the neighbors are harmonious. That's sad to see. Property itself is one block east of 72nd avenue and 76th street. I apologize for the wonky but I'll try to be quicker . So the property is at 72nd avenue and 71st avenue sorry and 76 street, I apologize. It's within this area between 72nd street , 80th street, 72nd avenue and the railroad. I wanted to give you , it's south of the greek expressway so it's a lot of state density over 2.5 units . The owner's intent is to create a second parcel for himself . This is downsized home, he's trying to move from your house on there, keep that house on the property is not asking to demolish it, he signed himself to a site plan at the house on the property . What he is looking to do is create a smaller lot on the north side of that parcel for himself . He's tied himself to a site plan . Is a smaller . What they're trying to do is downsized . There was less fuel with . Less property, less house and a new warehouse and requires less maintenance . What he has been proposing is a one block existing lot will be reviews 2.64 acres and the other one would be.38 acres. We propose to all minutes to get there . There's the first two items we ask for is one set. Three is another set. Either way will work to achieve that desmond families goals. Staff is recommending approval of the second alternative . Why pay you that? One acre lots which are eu1 is not the norm in this area. This is not a pristine eu1 area . In this zone there is one residential lots . Of those 31 are less than below lot that we are going to create . The larger lots we will and a meeting. In our lot , our lot itself as one property that is roughly the size of the one w're creating and five degrees smaller than the other remnants lot. Most importantly, in 2021 and was an application which propose the same things . This property was one property in 2021. A came to the sieze and they denied it . They appealed it to this commission . This commission rightly so reviewed it. Saw that was the pattern in the area and approved the appeal so they overcame of the we are asking for the same thing . The same thing as our next door neighbor . We're flying blind because of distance goals. Where tying ourselves to that bus house . It needs lot coverage, every height, every aspect of this . We're not asking for any variances to any of those sizable lot . So we heard things I want to address from the area residents . The traffic was a concern . This is adding a 1 pm trip . There was dscussion of potential deal with other properties . There is no deal and where tying ourselves to know about be further from the. Condition number one of the recommendation which we are in favor of , it ties us to that site plan. In terms of overall it meets all these requirements and in terms of the trees durham is recommending approval. We went through tree analysis . We're not taking out any specimen trees. Thank you and I answer questions you have. >>vice chair: a hearing is officially closed . Is not your money has the no saying his he is okay with staff and asian so we will have a motion from commissioner regalado . >>commissioner regalado: did we discuss it ? >>commissioner regalado: I can tell you why I'm happy to deeper it. As mentioned as the years I did represent when they lights. They are an active community . It's surprising there is not more people here to hear all . I don't know what happened with the notice . We passed and I am here allows for adu and in the long quarters . One of the reasons that this was for neighborhoods like fights because they were asking to do this other person was lot and so it is important for to hear where everything lands. And to make sure the neighbors feel (Have their own to speak . I'm happy if you guys don't want to deeper I will ask them to come up and all. There is a view of the district is not here is the saying he didn't have time to organize, it makes more sense for us to deeper that way everyone has the time . >>vice chair: we have a motion, a second by commissioner higgins and want to monday. Did not say he agrees with that nation, it just says he does not object to us. . I want to make that clear residents. I misspoke earlier so we have to first, a second . A discussion . >> to which meeting ? >>commissioner regalado: to the next meeting . >>vice chair: so the next zoning meeting . Commissioner cohen higgins, you are recognized. >>commissioner cohen higgins: I'm happy to support the girl I want to take a moment to thank the residents for coming up for your advocacy . It's clear you are passionate about this issue and your passion is received by me at least on this for . We're not going to make the decision today it will be at the next meeting and regarding the emails to the woman had emails on her phone (Those out and submit them to the clerk and make that part of the record so just as an fyi . Hopefully we can resolve this our next meeting. >>vice chair: commissioner bermudez 's. >>commissioner bermudez: some of the signage might have been removed, is there a way we can make sure that signage shows back up before the next meeting ? >> is informed we will typically post another site. >>commissioner bermudez: if you could them before they leave today and make sure everybody knows there will be an upcoming hearing. >> we do provide mail out notice as well. >>vice chair: commissioner from district to you are . >>commissioner bastien: I second commissioner regalado's motion to defer. When we hve a chance to inform the way more time to save your case in front of us colleagues, I think we should encourage that so I support the deferral . >>vice chair: any of my other colleagues wishing to speak? mister attorney. >>county attorney: the public hearing was closed so any further would be at the discretion of the chair or numbers of the board that was to ask questions so that they and time on the record the motion would be to this for regular MARCH 16 zoning meeting at 9:30 A.M. >>vice chair: all in favor say five saying aye. This item is deeper . You guys . Meta-attorney, let's take item 2b. Does the director need to read anything into the record ? >> I am 2b , there are zero protests, 13 waivers . >>vice chair: thank you and I have one theater signed up . We're going to open up public hearing. Is lena anne here? State your name and address for the record . >>speaker: miami florida 33150 , I'm here to speak in regards of support for the addis family middle school campus . I'm a third-generation owner, my grandparents and family will be residents there and have been residents there. Another ethos still currently lives at this address. She's ill resident there . The school was tken for a long time. It was a sight where something was consistently happening. People were just hanging out there are not really doing anything great for the neighborhood. They were making it worse . We had a few shootings there where people have died and the school being there would be a commodity I think they. They're asking for a gate to be built around the school that would be at least eight feet tall that would provide security for the school, students and our neighborhood . Being that I am adjacent literally to it, it would add more security for my property as my family that's currently living there. The neighbors and friends that I have, the tenants that lived there all think this is a good day is going to bring hopefully enough security for the whole neighborhood the children are going to be going to the school there. And I just wanted to show my support and is the reason why I came here this morning , taking the time out of my day so I thank you for the opportunity to speak . >>vice chair: thank you MISS Myers and I saw the applicant was eager to start their presentation. >> we will need 8 to 10 minutes if that's okay. We can abridge it . >>vice chair: you have one person supporting but go ahead. >> navarro, 33 southeast second avenue . Here is my colleague on behalf of the's family foundation jewish learning . As you can see a substantial neighborhood outreach since that time we were before te community council. One of the things he is gone not door-to-door on all the immediately adjacent residents also held a neighborhood workshop in FEBRUARY . Has iris will explain shortly main purpose behind this application was security for the faculty, students and families attending the school one item that became apparent just serving security purpose, is serving asia is the purpose . Many neighbors want to have the wall as an additional buffer to the noise and events going on at the school and it serves as a buffer from the noise and traffic on west . So we have a security purpose and wi-fi partners I asked leo school safety and something in the national spotlight . Security experts advise allow your code is not sufficient for purposes of security for this school so I will introduce iris and we can answer any questions . We also have our head of school year that MAY want to say a few words . >>speaker: iris esquerra, 333 southeast second avenue, I worked with george . We submitted a school security report of unity security the greater miami jewish federation . He's an expert in his field provided the data we are presenting today. He's donated a school safety report . He concluded that solid privacy wall is critical school safety on . I'd like to highlight a few data points from his report. The anti-defamation league has reported in 2022 hundred 72 antioxidant incidents for . In 21 increased 34 percent of all 2020 of which 51 percent were the jewish facilities. K-12 there's an article published by k-12 drive reports in school incidences, and 22 there were 300 school shootings . In 2021 250 2114 . these are alarming numbers show an increase nt only in school safety but also and I said it activities operation of both of these batteries is great concern with regards to the school and our consultants and experts advise privacy wall is on was 80 of the school. In addition , a principle of crime pension environmental design is the natural access control which reduces the access once the properties of things the school has been designed to have his main entry of a name for away from the residences in order to prevent and me and ask the neighborhood . The wall design also have many different security features not only the school also to the neighbors as mentioned by one of our neighbors here I would like injuries next rabbi pearl is a highly regarded here in preparatory school and received from harvard university . He will be the headmaster of schools. >> is a pleasure to be here. I just wanted to share with you for a moment . >>vice chair: would you state your full name. >>speaker: 2205 larkspur trail . Share with you for a few moments what the school is about, was founded , was central to his program and jst and a block or two school security . Our school WASb problems . Number one was a student in the miami jewish community for leaving the jewish schools. Because they didn't feel like they had the academic program that could truly challenge our most academically able and ambitious students . Reason number two why the school was founded is because our founders believed that as a jewish school at the core of any jewish school should be the idea of service to others service to the community and it was felt all too often this is just talk and is not action . We need to take community service from the periphery and bring it to the center . We often say community service is done after school and kids are smart enough to know after school as an afterthought . We're bringing it into the center of our program because too many hits and are being priced out of a jewish day school , this school is opening up the doors to any kid irrespective of their ability . I love to focus on the second piece fr a moment, the community service aspects . We're spending two hours of our school day every week in what we call our service membership program . we created a number of partnerships including this one with all public school in palo alto who is leading the way in terms of training kids to design solutions for their community for a btter world. We had one of our rabbis. Their stand for last week training with them and how to train kids to find solutions for their community . We have also created a partnership with an organization called guitars over guns they're doing amazing work in 21 mill and public schools through our region including one down a lot massive mddle school taining you on the left side of music. We offered to them to use the music studio we are building on our campus for those kids who are ready to record what their music to the public . We are forced to use our facilities . Because of his that ji foundation which is a miami based organization run ninja warrior training young people help them gow ninja courses , spartan obstacles. We're going one with the so he can use it to train these young people . Lastly I wanted to mention the three-step t the hospital across the street for volunteer work but lt me say something about security. This is the third school and leading . I had the privilege of running schools in memphis and philadelphia in both cases 15 years ago those campuses were open to this unity, they were open campuses and unfortunately they are both gay and close because what hppened in our country in terms of school shootings what happened in terms of the rise of advice is at mississippi . In our state describes an anti- this coming saturday has been designated by a supremacist and is as a day of eight . It is happening in our disease we need your help to make sure our kids stay safe and can do their work . >>vice chair: thank you to all the speakers. >> I'd like to reference one quick point that we have submitted 13 letters will highlight there's 13 letters of support and really immediately adjacent neighbors as you coordinate a meeting last month . >>vice chair: thank you to all the speakers . Public hearing is officially closed rabbi, you must on the school and and I encourage my colleagues to work with the commissioner and maybe tour of the school as well. Consider bastien, would you like to start by making a motion? >>commissioner bastien: I'd like to ask a question. In terms of the days can you speak to the day and how close it will be the community, the neighborhood . >>speaker: one of the things we've worked with, we've worked with our architect gansler to prepare rendering showing how this will look. Well the public benefit improvements we're making, the school is making approximately $2 million in improvements to the sidewalks and the roadways and landscaping all around the property so we and you can go to slide, you can go back to the park with slides four and five . So there you have before and after where you can see the same angle . The school is reconstructing sidewalks and improving the roadways installing landscaping . One of the things you'll see as our architectural firm has designed the wall. Next slide . There we go. You see this is not your typical wall. Concrete wall. We've incorporated columns to create articulation and variations on the building. We create textures to create an artistic wall which will be nice . It blends in with the wife sidewalks we are creating our planet has installed minus two blend it in with the landscaping so he tried to integrate the wall as a public space the neighbors are appreciative of those efforts. That's not going to be vertical blank wall. >>commissioner bastien: and is a dense wall. Why? >>speaker: it serves two purposes. It prevents people from climbing over the wall. We had openings people use that to jump over the wall. >>commissioner bastien: what I mean is its solid . >>speaker: one is to prevent noise coming out which is something I think the online neighbors wanted there's a lot of traffic and noise on 90 three but it serves as a security component of wine. Correct. That had been found his folks drive their cars into locations . The vehicle is a mechanism to try to get in so the salinity of the wall is important for that aspect so on all the major streets, that's why the wall at the because of a security perspective. >>commissioner bastien: it seems like it's going to be a very beautiful school and I would love to visit , today sure. I have question for staff . What efforts were made for the community to be here this morning? >>speaker: can you review your question? >> I realized the community is not here. What efforts were made for the members of the council, community council to be present ? >> all answer just the last part of that. Community council because they were essentially the lower trial court with only come here because you're the appellate court in trms of the members of the community and sells I'll let . >>speaker: we do our advertising and it sounds like the applicant met with the community so they have letters of support what is this your . >> thank you . >> one of the items council want us to do is to meet with the neighbors so we did have a meeting not door-to-door to all the adjacent residences across the and all the property in 13 letters of spport residents and that was the direction of the unity council. >>vice chair: would you like to move the item? Seconded by cmmissioner bermudez . >> that is per staff recommendation. >>vice chair: commissioner bastien, her staff recommendation. So discussion . >> staff needs to make a modification to their recommendation. >> condition number four reads that the applicant complies with the traffic and planning memo dated 2022. Since that time they been approved that are part of this fence to be open 30 minutes ahead of the opening of the school. We want that condition to be that the applicants comply with the applicable conditions, requests and other povisions of traffic planning section and economic resources asked approved through the entrance feature application. >>vice chair: perfect . Commissioner, the seventh district. >>commissioner regalado: frst and foremost as a former school board member I love you cars for guns . I worked with them several years at the district so thank you for telling us the programming. I think that's unusual but it's something I think most of us to understand the nature of what's occurring on the campus. We get a lot of school requests and usually it's very difficult for us to neighbors his the expansion of schools for placing schools and asked the former school board member I have to rely on people we need schools and schools and neighborhoods. The fact that we are considering all wall that's bigger than what we usually allow a moving forward it's something that we should consider is whatever the upper obviously this is done for security reasons and we understand that I don't a school security should be limited to one school. JULY board , I think it's something we might want to consider of the cdmp when it is a school because we put landscaping buffers where we ask them to leave a certain space they tell us if the trees come down, you know, so never enough . It's nice to see an application where you have a school and they are 100 percent behind the wall has a lot to do in terms of the noise and as one of the neighbors safety on both sides . Because we do have a lot of issues with faults getting into schools, not necessarily the way they are supposed to. A lot of cmplaints we get from neighbors I'm happy just it will be a wonderful addition to your district but moving forward from a cdmp perspective we might want to consider certain establishments like schools that have as much traffic and their security concerns maybe we want to go although it higher on the walls . So those are my comments. I'm happy to the item . >>vice chair: commissioner from the eighth district c8 thank you commissioner regalado, I was going to say is. I want to me just for . We are being presented with application for the construction of a school in our community a justification that has been presented for me for this eight foot wall is best for violence taking place in our community and this group feeling this need to have this additional investment to create these additional safeguards to keep our children safe and it's tragic and unfortunate and sad that we're in this position . I'm happy to support the application . As commissioner regalado stated it is something we need to consider when we're doing any of schools in our community . This MAY be one viable otion this law is not the only security feature these particular individuals that are creating the small art . It is love several security measures they feel they need to put in place to keep our children safe and I thank them for doing the additional financial investment and unhappy to support this application . >>vice chair: commissioner from the fifth district . >>commissioner higgins: I don't want to repeat what commissioner regalado and cohen higgins said but I'm supportive of his vision. We have to keep our schools safe but my question would be is the wall effective and it is . I wish there were landscaping around it . To the cdmp staff I agree with commissioner regalado . If you need us to put something together, look at what is a wall school? It's not the same thing as all for a whole because this is happening across our nation. We had this problem, we should be behind no offense to you , we should not have to happen have to hire less used attorneys and lobbyists to come here to build a full wall to keep our kids safe . We need to easier so I suggest we, with some diamond so are able to do that aboard? >> the wall had a separate zoning code . >>commissioner higgins: you want to work on that commissioner regalado ? >>commissioner regalado: I've already made the request. >>vice chair: commissioner from district. >> go all the sentiments, so was appreciate you and thank the applicant were coming forward and making this application and explaining all the pennies and reasons for the wall and for the reasons that these schools need to be safe and protected and hopefully the message carries on that these schools have a right to be here . The students have a right to safe environments and I'm grateful that the neighborhood is addressing. >>vice chair: commissioner from district 11 . >>commissioner gonzalez: I want an assessment from my with commissioner is in management for stay especially with all things we are seeing with antisepsis all throughout. I would like to acknowledge the rabbis were in and for explaining in the school and taking the time to mold our young minds and put on his . It is joyous is exactly what we in this community . Young leaders are going to lead us into the future so thank you rabbi . this is the school I would have loved to go to when I was young and I'm definitely supporting this I . >>vice chair: to staff once the commissioner from the seventh district places all I want to be a cosponsor on that as well so I want to record . That said MADAME Clark , please call the role . >> I can count, requires a two. Both because it is an appeal from community . >>vice chair: I appreciate the clarification once again . >>commissioner bastien: before the clerk calls the role my offer to visit the school stands . I would be looking forward to the visit . >> we would coordinate with your office . >>commissioner bastien: I will be sure my colleagues to join us . >>vice chair: please call the role. [Roll call vote] For the record, CHAIRMAN Gilbert and commissioners cabrera and garcia informed us they would not be attending today's meeting . >>vice chair: in that your two thirds, is that acceptable? Thank you . Congratulations guys. Non-attorney . Let's go ahead and take 3a . >> first baptist church of lakewood inc., 116, no protests, no waiters . >>vice chair: we will open public ring, I'll start with the public first . Please line up and say your name and address . When you reach the well you will have two minutes to speak . First of MARCH mortensen followed by george rivero and marcus morrison, jose perez and ernie thomas . >>speaker: morning MISTER Chair, commissioners. Thank you for allowing us to be today. My name is morrison, 10501 southwest 46 in miami florida. Easier first baptist church liquid christian schools youth ranch which is located at the 801 southwest 20th . We're here today to present our application to modify conditions of prior resolution and order a new site plan for a proposed addition of a two-story church worship center as well as a sngle-family house . I'm not to give you a list of history I had a first baptist church of westwood lake was established in 1957 and we are celebrating our 66 years today . We were started by sylvania heights church in west miami made years ago seeing a new community needed churches they came and founded the church . Years later we purchased property on birth road 100. Were there through 2016 . We had a property in forced country we purchased and 1966 that was one day going to be our future home . We moved there and everything up to that point we use the facilities for a summer camp. Has been a great lesson to us and I want to thank you for hearing our case . Many applicants are here to support us. Vacancy we want but we would be left to allow ernie thomas to be able to share the . >>vice chair: thank you for leading us in prayer earlier. . MISTER Attorney I don't know how to handle this but we got registered seniors, are they not wishing to seek a longer? Waving support? Can everybody just waving support ? The two georges, josc sounds good and ernie thomas , please state your full name, you have to . >>speaker: thank you honorable commissioners, ernie thomas, 65. Once . Hold or my family resides is catty corner to the applicant's property in question today. I have nothing nice things to say about miami-dade . They have been fantastic . Anytime we had an issue in horse country there there helping us that. And today I stand proud to stand with tem. I ask that you approve this application . There is no better shine example of love thy neighbor the church at 1/20 at westwood christian . I thank them publicly , pastor mark and his organization so thank you for your time . >>vice chair: and now the applicant . How much time you need? >>speaker: I have a 5 to 7 minute presentation but I think you've seen his. I'll run through it as greatly as possible. >>vice chair: 3 to 5 minutes for . >>speaker: hgo guard, brickell avenue joined by leadership from the church as well as congress and ernie thomas. Next slide . This is the property on the south side of miller unless I want to eat the in horse country is approximately 23 acres . Next slide . We're modifying previous request so sometimes ago. And site plan and we're modifying it now we can go to the next slide . What you see here is the proposed site plan is for building on the top left corner and it's in essence approximately a 40,000 square-foot sanctuary, secondary capital sunday classroom space . There's no impact to the existing school, note will increase. This is solely about the church , sanctuary and building you can see on the top the second request next slide, you can see at the bottom right we are also adding a single-family home residence that the pastor can reside in . Obviously very much in keeping with the characteristics of that neighborhood so the site plan modification before you is because as a previously approved site plan we must modify that site plan efficiently to rent these two buildings and the pastor's residence . Next slide. We need all parking calculations, we're not asking for a variance for the. Next slide. I have recommendations for approval by all your pertinent departments so next slide. This is just now what the master site plan would look like some building is in great the building in the northwest quarter is proposed and southeast corner would be residence as proposed that would be the entirety. Next slide. We can skip. Here we go. Church will look like once constructed. I blieve that it . I think I held it to about three minutes . We would ask you follow staff recommendation of support and reward these folks have come to hear this and you just expand your church . >>vice chair: now public hearing is closed . I asked the commissioner from the district today for working it as this is in my district . >> would you like to move your item and introduce it? >>vice chair: I want to go what MISTER Thomas said . This church has ben a steward in our community long-standing member of our community . Also a neighbor just a few blocks away and also seeing this does not increase the students does not increase membership, does not increase traffic as a result of that I support this for. Per staff recommendation . >> any discussion or question from our colleagues, commissioner . >>commissioner grcia: this is one of the best days I've ever been on this diet. We had a great school come forward are you get closer to GOD and meet now another project for a working center . Praise GOD, I'm going to be supporting this 1000 percent . >> anyone else wish to be recognized? With our clerk these capable. . [Roll call vote]... [Roll call vote] Motion passes 920 . >>vice chair: thank you to the entire westwood community. Let's take item 3b . >> item 3, lennar homes 00 50, no protests, no waivers . >>vice chair: we will start with the public first as usual. We only have one person, so there is no need to line up . If you'd like to approach the well. , I have an opportunity to meet with the pastor, he's a pastor a neighborhood church. He's supported and he wanted to introduce himself. Welcomes it , here and speak but he said he would be happy to have me we spoke earlier. >>vice chair: so he's waiting in support, physically waving. How much time will you need on this one? >>speaker: probably the same five minutes I probably do it in three. Next, hugo garza , representing let our homes in the princeton community urban district joined by my colleagues arturo and miriam ramos . The property is on the south side of 247 feet the arrival . And south to forward and 44th street spanning 128 to 129th avenue yet working in gross acres . Your you can see it's in an area see all the amount of development . It's in an urban cnter also you will slide the property could be developed a thought more. It could be developed with a lot more density . In fact the two squares to our north and northeast princeton gardens and windmill farms , those two are much denser projects in our near facility. Lennar bills single-family homes and townhomes. The joint staff recommendation of support, it's more of a transition from where we are really providing for reasonable townhome ownership . This would be in keeping with the urban center with the rear alley entrances. None of that is being thrown out . All that is being incorporated but if you go to the next slide you might wonder why the arguments. The longer is that in the urban center. Next live . Here's the entire reason why we're here is to change the top right corner of rm you can build this project did a bl mascot in which rowhouses have to be . That little area would have to be a condo and the rest of his could be traditional feasible sale and that would be really so same site plan we would have proposed class . The only request is to change that and 02 rm . That doesn't have the effect of changing the density anywhere near the maximum density but it allows you to do on feasible ownership so that's the reason for why we're here this morning . Next slide . Your stuff will again the mo and on the other side is the rm . The density could be higher in this case we're bringing projects that we think could be a nice transition to those other larger projects meatballs he. Those site plan again, you can see what we're proposing is 87 townhomes so roughly speaking you're talking about a little under nine units to the acre here again in comparison to some of the wealthy family projects is considerably lower . Hit on these issues and on the third one roadway networks are important. We are maintaining the road network the urban center requires but we are realigning the streets but it provides east-west connectivity. We want to highlight. That is. The one on the left is in these are the elevations of what we propose to do with that I tried to keep it under five minutes . We were for your support with proper, falling staff recommendation of support . >>vice chair: public hearing is now closed and I would turn it over to the commissioner from the eighth district for words and emotion. >>commissioner cohen higgins: public hearing was close but there was one speaker on the docket, I want to make sure he doesn't want to say anything because he came all the way down here and I know it's not trip I welcome you to take a few moments since you are here and we are grateful . As much as I like to hear from the wonderful attorney I always for to hear from the residence . >>speaker: I reside at 244 55 on the southwest one 27,000 . We're here just in support of lennar. A lot of homes being built and a church would be a great thing to support the community there . We've been there most years and we are here because we want the larger homes to support us. So to accommodate the community there . That's basically all . By GOD's grace hopefully we can find support . There are 501(C)(3) As well we're looking for support to welcome the community coming in so we can provide religious activities for our community . >>commissioner cohen higgins: thank you. I'm happy to move this application cnsistent with staff rcommendation the proper time . I also want to note appreciation to lennar for not building at the density of allowable iraq expected to do because in miami-dade county we are seeing an explosion of development and your ability to go up to 360 units on this parcel and instead delivering t7 is sgnificant because it's wednesday as us on our traffic patterns so we appreciate the units for sale or ownership versus rentals . >>speaker: this is a feasible ownership. >>commissioner cohen higgins: the item >>vice chair: we have a motion and a second by commissioner higgins. Any discussion? Seeing the four please call role . >>clerk: [Roll call vote] >> have a great day . >> can we take item 3c . >> miami-dade county schools and northeast second llc, is the 20/20 200112 zero protests, zero waivers in district three . >>vice chair: okay. We will now open public ring but no one has signed up so the applicant is welcome to do his presentation, how much time are you going to need? >>speaker: as always I'm willing to go down to zero minutes if the commission , the commissions will but I can take it through five you want me to. >> point of order MISTER Chair. >>vice chair: your recognize . >> the district 3 commissioners are present and in the clear precedent of this board to defer in locations where the district commissioner is not present to give any input. I'm not sure what it is the will of the sport to approve this application if so let's do it before we spend 10 minutes on a presentation or however the chair is worth noting the district commissioner is not . >>vice chair: I like to hear from my colleagues because I like to follow the norm but we don't have anybody opposing it . The commissioner from the sun districts . >>commissioner regalado: we should have deferred it from the get-go so we can have public hearing and I'm glad that because I feel like people want to come a different user needs to hear that people have to say make their decision in your bbq support that were not . My only question this given that it's the school board is timeliness issue. That's kind of my only , knowing what I know about this because I've participated in this when I was a school board member in my other life. I actually worked on the first rfp when this without so that's my only would be the only exception so I can ask the . >>speaker: my name is russell and I'm part of the application . This is something we've been working on for over 10 years and commissioner regalado is right, she was from the beginning so it's on on and on. I didn't see to the chair and he told me by all means to go forward and I spoke to the other commissioners in africa. I think this is all matter that's been around for a long time commissioner cohen higgins. I appreciate your thoughts on this but this has been around for a long time and is part of a process and we're at the end of that process and be like to. This is the most important project for the omni and it will bring about the opportunity for nine years to be free for development is something important to have had on a timely basis and that's why we're seeing today . >>vice chair: commissioner, are you moving to defer? With all do respect you waited seven years for this . Another 30 days is not going to count . >> we're happy and respectful to everybody here. This was holiness, is normally your opposition and has never been any opposition is something positive for the children and it's not going to change if we waste three days or not let us change is the cost of capital and getting this building is something very for the omni, the largest project and this is just one of many that still has to happen sure this will be back before these cra motherboards as well. >>vice chair: the commissioner from the third district did not send a memo so we need a motion is to move it were deeper . >>commissioner regalado: my question in terms of the timing, does this have to go back? Does it go back to the cra or the school or? >>speaker: it has t go to the school board, it's got to go quite a few places so this is only one step amongst many and this does have to go back to the school board and does have to go back to the cra even though the deal is fine needs to be fulfilled. >>commissioner regalado: in terms of timing , you're looking at another 3 to 4 months . >>speaker: it's all part of one process . We were supposed to have the approval done as of DECEMBER and we are two months late in this process it seems everything is a . If we delay another 30 days for the respect for the commission is just another 30 days . >>commissioner regalado: I don't know if there's someone here, I'll work on this when I was a school board member and kionne was supportive of it, and he hasn't changed his mind. Is there anyone from the cra that can the commissioners support or commissioner staff , that would also help . I know it's jammed up so it's a month here but then that pushes you out . >> another month. It is really one step of many. >>commissioner regalado: so is there anyone here from the cra? All right. I think commissioner higgins, I'll deferred to her. She's also worked on this. >>vice chair: commissioner from the fifth district. >>commissioner higgins: this is a project essay in a long time and is also one of the things that you all authority has also worked on and been very supportive of an opportunity to do this over sometime. I just want to ask nathan , as you know our metro movers some zone zoning comes with a substantial on the part of the applicant to make sure they are dealing with impacts proper in community benefits which could be things like operating a metro station, and has landscaping . In some cases affordable housing . It's not everything in one development but this application , your staff has reviewed all of those impacts and believes there is a community benefit , proffering that is commensurate with the applicants, what they would like to do and what the school board would like to do . >>speaker: we did look at the community benefits in accordance with the ordinance and also taking into consideration the size of the project and relative density of what they could do under the counties rtc in comparison to what they could do under the city of miami. The city could do a little bit more so we're grateful they are taking advantage of this process so we've looked at the community benefits . The applicant has proffered $100,000 for either the school board or on the metro movers stops which are the two closest tops . In addition the property is required to preserve 100,000 feet square space for the district within the structure . >> which is substantially more than 100,000. >>commissioner regalado: we are in a very awkward situation cause I think there's universal support for moving this forward . There's a lot more time and place to look at it but I don't know do without commissioner hardemon being here. Should we get the feeling at the next zoning hearing that he has worries about this, is there an opportunity for us to reopen it at that time? There is no ability to do that . >>vice chair: do we have a motion? >>commissioner regalado: I'll move to defer it. I'm sorry guys. There's nobody from the omni. Let's say commissioner hrdemon wanted something more. I know you've been doing this a long time. The only thing I would say is since there's no one here if you want to open public hearing and that way we move forward faster. I think get back to us is all I can recommend . >>vice chair: we have a motion to defer. Commissioner from that second district would like to speak. We don't have a second, is there a second on the motion to defer? So there's a second bite commissioner from that second district. And I guess we can discuss it now again. On the deferral. Okay. So all in favor, would you like to discuss the deferral? >>commissioner bastien: the applicant did say he was willing to wait so 30 days will not change. >>speaker: that would mean deferral to the regular MARCH meeting. >>commissioner regalado: we're saying we're closing the public hearing . >>speaker: the only speakers were the applicant . >>vice chair: all in favor signify by saying aye. This item is deferred to the next meeting. Thank you guys. >> it's always a good day when you get to visit stephen j clark . >>vice chair: let's take up item 3d and read into the record all that geat stuff. Gould's property holding, 15 protests, no waivers . >>vice chair: we will open public hearing. State your name and address for the record and once again note that you have two minutes. Jl dempster junior, karen howard , gladys briscoe, duane simmons . Gail nadler. Twine bernard, celeste washington and ken forbes. I have a lot of speakers. They're coming. Take your time. So again we're starting with jl dempster junior. State your name and address for the record and knows you have two minutes to speak. >> I am jl dempster junior, 11025 southwest 223rd street . And this morning you see before you the community of goulds. It's been a rough morning because, and someone won't speak but can you stand please? You see where the community has come out in opposition to this particular project as well. On the way here this morning , unfortunately a truck ran into the church bus . So we had to transport people by one car back and forth to hear, to get here this morning so we had to turn to make sure this does not happen in our community. The area and let me say here real quick, I am the humidity leader that you will all depend on four things in my community and I was the PRESIDENT Of the goulds community development corporation. When we put together a community organization and people for the goulds community and this was made into an ordinance . It was changed, a lot of changes took place because of the density problem. This project is in the wrong place. It's at the outer layer of this particular cdc. It's right next to a church. It has a vacant piece of land. If you approve this one, that development the owner will come and ask you for the same thing . We do have a high crime area problem in our community. We got children on the parks, I'm sorry, dnnis . Is named after me and I thank you for that process as well let me say to you I like is . You . >>vice chair: I'm sorry but we've got a slate of your colleagues and neighbors waiting to speak. Caroline , is that you? We can't defer. I know that you all were driving in because of the accident and our prayers will be with making sure everybody was okay but the district commissioner can call you guys up in just a few minutes . >> that's what I was going to tell MISTER Demps. >>vice chair: is this caroline, are you here? Once again please state your name and address for the record . >>speaker: good morning. Good morning. To the commissioners and my name is carolyn howard and my address is 14521 polk street, richmond heights florida I might not live in goulds but my grandmother did, my mother did and all my friends did and I went to school there so I sent here to tell you that we sat here this morning and heard other churches come here , talk about how they have improved and how their neighbors talked to them and how they agree and I mean, they are just excited for whatever they wanted to do . Well, we are here because our neighbors have ignored us. And we happen to be in an area that I'm very concerned and if you look at all of the police reports you would be concerned. We already have... Okay . Density problems. We do not need to all of us on create another problem in the yard of the church . This church has been there many years and I was told I my family do not d the full history but it has a history and it has a good one and it has been taking care of the community for years and years. mays high school was the result of the founders of mount pleasant . Pineville up was the result that grew out of mays and across the track you had goulds elementary and we stand here saying please do not change modified because if you do when going to have a problem . Thank you and please vote against it . >>vice chair: gladys briscoe . >>speaker: I am gladys briscoe, 2018 southwest 118th court which is right on us one. I'm the last family that lives in that area. My dad and his family came here in 1919 . He was a part , he was a deacon and his father was a deacon . And where it's situated now, there are three churches. Right in that area. Need high-rises in their. You've got apartments in their where the churches are . Across the street from the church and right now on the same side of the church so we do not need high-rise there in the school and the school is on this and . Mays high is right in front of this property. you don't need high-rises because as he said we do have a crime problem in that area. There's never been high-rises in there. That agent used to have apartments in there before the park. And so don't , and spoil our community . It seems like everything lack people have , you want to take it away. The property was given to us by PRESIDENT Taft and MISTER William randolph and he only sold two black people because he said we needed our bones and we needed a school for our children. She saw that we had what we needed for our school and right now our school is an a school . So we don't need no interruption to come into the area to cause problems for us. And I live on us1 and I know now you all have got all these tall buildings going down us1. >>vice chair: tank you so much . >>speaker: I lived on my property 82 years. >>vice chair: we are listening MISS Briscoe. Duane simmons. We do have a few more speakers, please be respectful of the time. please take your name and address . >>speaker: kathy simmons twine . I live at FEBRUARY 18, 2024 southwest 113 in goulds florida . I stand to an what MISTER Demps and all the speakers who came before me said and I like to say my family is very invested in this community . My father-in-law was a farmer in the goulds community ,my husband grew up in goulds judy . We are baptist church adjacent to the property asking for variance. Our concern is that we don't put anything in our area that would detract from us being effective in the community . One of the concerns is that the height of the building , the density of the building and just what they're putting that building into our community , it would be , how it would affect us . I'm just very concerned. My heart is heavy knowing that we have spent years striving to become a great community to live in and get we are always opposed, opposition always comes against us . I'm a little nervous but I want you to understand we take pride in our community and ask that goulds hold the llc .- we be mindful of that . I know that MISTER Demps will share more information I wish I could give him nighttime please know that we are not flagler people. We don't want to keep ayone from doing what they want to do on their property but we want them to be mindful of the fact that we are a family community and the less densely populated building is the veteran in our community. >>vice chair: gail wembley. And after dale we have twine bernard . Approach the second well. Go ahead, gail . >>speaker: my name is gail wembley, 22523 southwest 1/13 place, that's goulds florida. I've been a resident since day one. I've seen the changes