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[E.-3. 26-1388 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Article 14 “Process”, Section 14-208 “Appeals” of the City Zoning Code, to revise appeal procedures, extensions, deadlines, increase specificity in notices of appeal; limit the scope of stays; establish provisions regarding consolidation, related approvals, and abandonment of appeals; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date.] E ORDANCEF TH COMMIIO AMEINGARCL4ROSS, SECN ADLINCREASNS, APPE IFIT AND NOT AL.IMHE SCO OF AYS.STABLI PVISIS ALS PDING ABANDONON RELATED VELITY CLAUSEER PROVN CODICAT A IDING FORN EFFTIVEATE. ITEMHREE PEANG. CHRELLOW D MEMBE,CE RST.OR TAN ANEY AND SOHI ALME ITS OU STLY FO RECOTION.F HE Y REMMENONS AT WE RTHER ALG TTHOMSSIO I GIVOU A QCK LITE HIGHGHT OFHAECTLCHS A PSING TFIK WAA VY,Y LONG TE.OSHEITFOUNEM 1 WE ARE PFFINTO RED AT TO 1 TO G I INLIITH SARMUNILE E R HRY THAACDIN ECIFITY. VERY FFICT FHE C CLE REALLY HNNDERSTDINGFCPPEALS WHE' T IS THAS ING APPEAL. SONE THE ON THIS AT W HAVE QU TO CHAO T NOF APPEAL SHA PDE TH PARTICULATYHY ISBEINGPPEALEDH ANDING, ALL OFSE TS ED TODEAS PAR O E NOTIF IENAPPEAL. ADALLY,OUL NOTICETH ITTATES TTIT IDPLETEDPPEAUST CKAGE. TEASON THAT' INDED IS POR TO THI CODE CHAE, T THAT O CO ISURRELY W. ST ALS E TEN D AND WHETRITT NOT IT TO APPE,S [00:10:01] MEANSS YOU N E SE L THE CITCLK'S CE A SG, INTPEAL, B,ND FROM AT S A P TK OFFICE CKE THEN G YOUN WAS ONLYNCLUDEDHATENT, HAT PACGE. IT WAS NEVER EDN RODE.O WE UP, 'RE GCLN EANIN TH FORM. W GOI TOLEANTHE' ALSINO INCLUDEHAT LANGUAHE. TH DECISIOALLOTBE SHALL BE APPEL S A GEANU ME L BE ABLECEINT ANST THATYOU KNOW,LIMINARYCIONS,PIS,T ON-BNGINAL DECISNS ONCE AGAIN FIN DNS B MAD YOUE TT SECOAGE THIRROHE RST DENHEEOIVE RE. SO THE CITMISSION, EN TY RANOMETHIAC TO A LOWER B TYP ITNE OF TH OPTIO TT THE COMN HAS. BELI TRE WN'ENOUGH SOOR OROCEDURROR SRTF FACT FINDISUE,HEWANT TO S TO TEROARDTHEYCAN . TS THEMSHLSTAS T O TE SPECICALLY T DED BY THE C A OPPORTY, A NEW BITE EITH SIDE, A O OF THEW A OTHERRE ALSOIO OI INSOLIDATN.HIS ISHI WE'VE FOUND I AT OFER SIMAS ERNERS PRACTICAL, MULT ALS ORULPLE ISES OF AARTICUROJECT. 'SN ANSSUE WHEREVE AINLARROJECTE HER IT GSONERD O THREEOAETS INDIVIDUAY PEALEDR IIVIDUALMS CAET AEA A CHAES HE BOARD OF ARCTE GET APPEALED. SOHA YOUUPAVINBA NNESRY,NIFICADE OA PJECT. SOMODE FA THAROCESSAS SO ATVERY SINGLP.TAVAAGEAY THECT LA, WE E ADDRESSINGHE BEHEIR POSTPONNEMTS ISN AIC O. I DISCSI WITTHE FIRSTNEHODE GRANTEDF AUTOMATUT DA T SECELS TO1 DA. IRADINANOTO CEED4 CISTCES, AHAT ON STTO T C COMSSN AVA STAKES STAFF TF TH EQUATN WHERE S HAPUT IN VERY ARD SI, AED TO CONTIEND INHIS PARTICUR WWE TAK ITE CMISSN, THE THEY WANTGRT ADAL SHALL EE A THIRDSTNEME. GRAED,NS THEMERGEN ATION ORAT DISR. W, ONE BIG CAVEAAT I SHOUHL F EVEBODY,USISS A QUEIONH NOG TSEECTIONS PREN ADDITLPOSTS UPO AEEMENT OF IF T'S ACA AND IT'SY THAT? D THE'SWAYT HRICANE WAITINOROMEORMAS,ET'S S WE'RE AT'S NOT READIILLEF CIT AND THED PROPER OWNS HEERE THE E,E HAVE NO ISS WIT BEINGEND FURTHER.UT IT'S SOMETHING THATUST NYPPEALS AOTGESTES WITHINHEERAMEHELL BEEEMED ABANDONEDNDD. YAVONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A QUESTION. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR LIKE BOARD OR YOU WANT TO OH, A QUESTION I APOLOGIZE. OH YES. SORRY. GO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE APPLICANT'S STANDPOINT. IN OTHER WORDS, BUILDING A DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THE APPEAL PERIOD SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC AND USUALLY AN AGGRIEVED PARTY IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY IT. BY SHORTENING THAT, YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING ANYTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE. AS FOR AS FAR AS EASE OF A SPEEDIER METHOD OF APPEALING A DECISION WHERE YOU HAVE AN AGGRIEVED PARTY. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S ONLY WEIGHTED ON THE SIDE OF THE APPLICANT BY SHORTENING AND MAKING STRICTER THE ABILITY TO APPEAL. AND NORMALLY IT'S NOT SOMEONE THAT IS JUST HOPING TO DRAG THE FEET OF THE PROJECT TO MAKE THE DEVELOPER PAY MORE MONEY, BUT IT'S MORE LIKE SOMEONE HAS A TRUE OBJECTION AND HAS TO GATHER A BUNCH OF INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO THEN RIGHTFULLY APPEAL. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A LITTLE ONE SIDED. MAYBE I AM WRONG, BUT FOR ME, THE ABILITY TO APPEAL A DECISION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE AGGRIEVED PARTY. USUALLY SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED, POSSIBLY IN A NEGATIVE WAY. SO AS FAR AS THE SPEED, YOU KNOW, IN SHORTENING THESE TIME PERIODS, IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT. KEEP IN MIND THAT MOST PEOPLE THAT APPEAL AREN'T LAWYERS. MOST PEOPLE ARE RESIDENTS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT, HIRE A LAWYER, DO THIS, DO THAT, GET THE INFORMATION FROM STAFF. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE SEARCHES, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE REDUCED THAT TIME PERIOD WHERE IT BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO APPEAL UNLESS THEY HAVE A LAWYER IN HAND, UNLESS THEY KNOW THE PROCESS. AND MOST RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS, AND THEY HAVE TO RELY ON PEOPLE THAT WILL RETURN EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS. SO THAT IS MY THAT IS MY GREAT CONCERN THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT IS NOW, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, FOR A MUNICIPALITY OF 5000 PEOPLE, AND WITH THE [00:15:09] AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE AND WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS, I THINK IT'S IT'S WRONG TO TRY TO SHORTEN AND AND LIMIT THAT BECAUSE IT PUTS THE NORMAL RESIDENT THAT IS AFFECTED IN A VERY BAD POSITION, I THINK. BUT SO I CAN I CAN ADDRESS THAT VERY EASILY. SO IT'S NOT SHORTENING THE TIME PERIOD AT ALL FOR THE PURPOSES OF INTENT TO APPEAL ONLY DECISIONS FROM CITY STAFF, MEANING THE TIMELINE THAT YOU HAVE TO APPEAL. THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, BOARD OF ARCHITECTS. EVERY OTHER BOARD IN THE CITY IS NOT BEING TOUCHED, NOT BEING TOUCHED. YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU HAVE TEN DAYS TO FILE. NOTICE WRITTEN NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAL SUBSEQUENT TO WHATEVER DAY YOU FILE THAT NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAL, YOU HAVE 14 DAYS. THAT IS THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY HANDLED AND IS NOT BEING MODIFIED IN ANY WAY. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS AN OUTLIER WAS 14-2084, WHICH IS APPEALS OF DECISIONS OF CITY STAFF, WHICH, AS I STATED BEFORE, RARELY COMES UP BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAT SOMEBODY CHOOSES TO APPEAL. AND THIS STILL GIVES YOU 50% MORE TIME THAN YOU WOULD HAVE THAN IF YOU WERE APPEALING THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, ANY OF THE OTHER CITY BOARDS. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME THAN YOU WOULD WITH ANY OTHER BOARD. BUT JUST IN THIS SECTION, WE'RE NOT AFFECTING OR CHANGING ANY OTHER NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAL TIMELINES OR APPLICATION PORTION. THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. HOW LONG DID YOU WORK ON THIS? IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED OVER THE YEARS. WE'VE PROBABLY DABBLED OVER, I'D SAY, FRANKLY, OVER 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO YOU YOU HAD INPUT FROM STAFF AND OH NO, THIS WAS WORKED IN. WE HAD PROBABLY, I'D SAY AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT ADDRESSING NOT ONLY THIS PACKAGE, THIS PARTICULAR CODE SECTION, BUT THE ACTUAL APPEAL PACKAGE. THE APPEAL PACKAGE HAS A BIT OF REDUNDANT INFORMATION THAT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH THE CODE. LIKE I SPECIFICALLY STATED BEFORE, HOW THE 14 DAYS WAS NEVER CODIFIED ANYWHERE IN OUR CODE, AND NOW WE'RE CHOOSING TO CODIFY IT SO THAT WE. SO BASICALLY, WHEN SOMEBODY GOES TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, PICKS UP AN APPEAL PACKAGE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM WHAT'S ON THE CITY CODE OR THE ZONING CODE AND WHAT'S ON THE APPEAL PACKAGE. FELIX, I THINK THIS THIS IS GOING TO SIMPLIFY IT. AND THE WAY I SEE IT, YOU'RE NOT I PRINTED IT, I READ IT VERY CAREFULLY. I READ IT BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. AND I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SIMPLY A DEFERRAL BEFORE WE CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SIMPLY TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT. WE RECEIVED OUR PACKAGE, AS YOU KNOW, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND I PRINTED IT, I READ IT, I READ IT AGAIN, I WENT BACK, I TRIED TO GO BACK AND THEN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WERE. AND THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT I, I'VE ALREADY STATED MY POINT ABOUT MY CONCERN ABOUT THE ABILITY TO APPEAL. I THINK IT YOU KNOW, YOU THIS IS APPEALING, LIKE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, IT DOESN'T APPEAL PLANNING, ZONING BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, NONE OF THAT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT CHANGING ALL OF THAT, WHICH TO ME ARE THE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE MORE CONCERNING FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THE STAFF, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE STAFF IS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE BOARDS AND THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO APPEAL. I, I UNDERS T CON. M RELY NEE TOE TO I HA ENOH TIME TO DSS WITH STAFF COULD UNDERST. WH DUE RESPTFF,EAN, I DON'CATHEY PUTOTHER. YOUNOW,YO.I CARE WHAT OARDECIO WHHE'SHIRD, THEBODF AHITECTS,RCE A OTHER BOARD,HAT'E ON IANE THE APPEAL.ECSE, YOU K WE COME H AHEOAMES, Y KNO BRDTA MEMB COMES A PRENT MA MIFATIO TOE,HE CONCERNS, CSSTAT CLE, IOT E OERS, THE PNN FOR E BRDTECT NE T'S NOTEING COMPROMISEHEOARDS TH A BEINGTEBYHIS CHAN THE BRDSD TTARCULAR CE. S DECISIFR THETATHATT.ISIO FROM TE TH CY ARCCT,HOUGTYPIRCHICT, ARCHITTSBUT'SAY EV RSON,ITY ARECN AVERAGE PERTH SS TT MBE THE'SN MHAAS BEEN PROV BTH MANAG'S FICE A SOMEONE IS CCE THE MOT. SOLLASU YE5S TO RUNARE ITTOPPHAT DECIS ONCEOUIND O MADE DEON ULTAT DECISN ON THA,CHN THIS CEWOUL BTH CYAGO UIGHT B GOIO PLI AT AND IT CAKE RIT AWE, TO BE OET THE INT IN THEIGECTI. ULD MTHE MEUMEN I THIT'SYEROA IT'S PREMUN NE WITH L OTHER CIPALITI. I AMMANG THATI INKS LIN ERYOTMUNICIPALI THINK ITCONSNT. I 'RBE MTHR. BOU'D LE TO ME AT RECODATION E SOME ROMMEATNS AND WE . E HAPPY TO CLUDE THEM WH PRENTATI T THE CITY COMSSIO SO, M CHAN, THE RE KING FOR MORE ME IE [00:20:03] I WANTBE ABLTO LEA TT B MORE ABT TS,USE ERY E MAKEL MEING, Y K IS. M O, PLEASE,N SIME TERMS, RESE YR CCERN SI CAN UNDERSTANDT. M M CCERN IS TH SAK TO TH MIC PLEASMY CCERN U OKT THE DIFFEREECISIONS AT A MADE ADMINISATIVEL LE. A T PEO D'THA AFFECRMOUS OW NESRI WHOHE CANORF THEYEAL NF FISIO. ANDOM OTHEMOTIMEOR TSE YS E S DNS ARE DEC CIONATFFECPL IRUALITY OF . SO JUSTINR TIMEO ARE HINGE.W,WHAT W T RAMICAT THE ASSISTANT CNTITY Y DHIS BORRD ACTUAMENEHA THISAS? ATHIS TIMHE RSO WH THI COMG BES IS BAU TSEHAES E T PLAING, T INHEINHE ZGOD SOS ESEHA WERETH CITY CO. OULDE RE ZO CODE, T ZONINEE IN T REIR THAITOMES BEFTHRD F RECOMMS DEFE.S THATOR? WE COU BEMMISSIOO AL. I TTO WAST T TT HERE'SNY COENTI ANY CS, EM PRODE TM TO TH CISS WHO ARE L DECISION MAKER BUT A THE END OF E DAY, IM INY I CAN Y ICAR TVOTEWAYR THE OTHER.U HAVE ME CNTS OR , Y KW, IEA I, YOU KNOW, TODDT, I , I'D BE MOR THA THI IHI ITOU HAVTTGO, B YOU KN, EN I TT CLD H ENRENT BY STAFF A LOT CLEER TJU THE STKE OSCA TRE DEONROMIFFEREE UNDERSTAN IT,ASNIIDRINTEDT SPEI RESENTATNHAT IAW TOGHH ALL EPECT T, THE TO THE A? MPO BE A TONDSTDITTEROT TOOT TOS UNTAND BETTEO I FCED ITE NO. IST' UP TO JUORE. THI IT. OOET'SSE OIS PUBL COMME I GUE ON , PLEASE, JT TO TRY TOEST.EA I FALITATE THE DCUION,WOULUAYN YO, AT TSSOMPLISHINGND TH BIT IT? SO IN SEE, THI CLEAN FOROUR, O ZONG C, IF OUR SCUEN OURON, T BI OAMMATN TWN OEAL PACKAGE RRENY IEONING CODHA AEMS BNGSEOMSOGTHEYBO RCT THEAU RE THIS.AS ONE OSE,OIO REVI ATROSS,E LOOKT TRYG TOCLEAN TANF SO E WHE ONOF SECTIONS,E FO ITREYXCESSI IS PP FROY F. AT THEND OTH THEERSON THAT TYPICAL W APPEECION OF CYAFMEER IE IC SELV M YE N G TO HAVEAGGRVEDPAY BSEN OU CEAE EV PAR, YOU NEED IVEOTO T OY ON TT'S GNG TECEIVE NOTI OF AINTRAT ICT. TCASHAVE MORANUG O FILE THEIAL. SO MAYB ZG REVIEWE HAS NI PLA X,'DE APPEAL TTECISN. I H DAOILNOTI OFENT TOPPEAL. ONCOUILUR CENT TO , YOLL G AN AL DAO GETF YOUR DUC A ROW. MAKE YR LA TT RRE AN THENITAKE IT T PILLHETHE D ADMENTS OR THE HISTS T PEGARDSALEOPLE ANHI O THANATUREHASMEING THATEAG AN'T S B AB BAU YE NO ANRIEVAR BYY THE DENI OUR O ZONING CODEE ALSOUND T S DEENNG IT ONRIPEORBUSE W BOS.NDHAEST MEAN THAT AN EXTEND I 'VEXTDED IT, ESCI WHEN THERE'SOT PARTIES AD. I'M'M BUILDING TWOTORYE ONSUETVE IEEDG ISTOC PSEAT BEE PROY WASSTORALLYIGNA W GREE IT D I TTHE COSIET THDAY, THE OY INJ PTYE M FROMASI DEENT OR PROPOSET WITHY PROP MAY B THE ONLINJUD RTIS ME. T ISS WHO'S TYPICALSYABUSTH PROCE ANC AM OF DELS, COULDAVEENAY YBE MONTR TWMONT O TH'SS NO WA ATTEME TOEMNYEAL RIGHUT AIS PARLA Y'S CRENTLY WENYOU CAV AROPERTYS ENLE O5, S, SEVEES WH PTPOF MTHS THAUS UNCESSARAY. ANDNK NIMIZE PTPONEMTS ATTHE D OF THET ITONTE CITY SI,HO'S THEIN SI. THAT'S MA ISOUNIKE RE AIF DIFYING. WHA THECTE IN THEUMHA U'AKG SFF'S TRE FICIENT.Y DON'T HAVE T GO DIGGIORETHINGHSTHEY C D WITHT THE A THE PCESS.OR ANYDYLSE ONLEMOUN TIME. ALLIC M WIL ROL RI I'MISEDIT INFORMATN.NK AIAN OKAY,O AAD AND WHENOU LOOK A YOUR IS WH IN E ZONCO RNOW.N OER WORDSHT EDOUTS ATIVR TH PKAGE, THE IN DT COLICTHHAT'INHE. T NOW, THEGOD LI YOU WILL SEE TEN DA TOILE NOTICE INTEN GO T CIT CRK'SOFFICE AND YOUKUR PEALAC,OU'RE IN U 14AYS PLETE IS PACKAGE. ITIMY OT YORE NIMITED T JNSLOOKT ODE O TC E NINTH Y OF 1H DAY,M GONNA HE 4 TOTAL 2 24 T CEAVE MYKAGEGEDUCKA W,MY RESEAH,ETY IL LAB MAKMY PNT,D TAKEE LL THE. ANHEFROM T OBVUS ALOU HIOTI BECAE FE TH IO THERE T B LEA3S FOR CE. SO Y FIL'S SAYOUE NG, YOU COMETE ND [00:25:03] ETING OR THEPPPRIATEBOD FOYOTI APPES.TORIC PSERVAT YOU' NOT GOI T BON TN MEG BECE DON'T HA DTO SENDOTICE.OU' G T ON NEXT CUMENTN TH PARLAK AT ONE SE, THE ZONINGOD AND KNOTH AROCM H WAS NOTTF QUESTIO PLNED. MR. ROB. AT SOMEEXACT WHH EXAIDO T T PSONHI THAT'S DL? IS ERE LI AN APPCAON PCESS? HEOU HE TS DAY,HI EVERYTHI'S ON ER IT' THE.O TICE INTENTO APP SOMNG TA TYCALLONLYIND OURZONIOD BUTT'SY PLN AT WEN TOULAR HI OR ARD OF ARITTS WHATEVER BE, IF U A STAFF, HI DON'T AEEHTHATISION. O APPETHEYSILYELL Y U VEENAYS FILTH NO OF TE TOEAL. WE E RYIBHEIT CES THATERPRE, BECAE AT E OF THE DAY, THE ST PAPER. IYOU A POSYONE'DUESTS. GN IT AND HIT TL CL ANDHAT ARTS YYO C FOUREXT WOBE AN ADDIAL 14 DA TOOMETYOUR PKAEABUMYST IAT TOI A D THDE, TETIN T P THAT TH G , NO HAV. NOW YOULIIME. SO PERS KF ON ES DIRTLTO T COFFICE A PK S, PIP THE APAL PGE, ALL THATFOIO W PRN THBELFI HE NO COT. IVERHEAHATHEINALTE NOCOMMT. THM APPEAL. YOUNORNE NO YOU DON D T YOU QUESS. 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I E T AN ORDINANCF THE CY [E.-2. 26-1570 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Ordinance No. 1952, as amended, which changed the zoning on Lots 1, 2, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24 Block 120 and Lots 1 thru 5, Block 131, Country Club Section, (430, 440, 450, and 520 University Drive), Coral Gables, Florida, to remove certain conditions of approval that limit the use of the properties to overflow parking and that revert the zoning of the properties to single-family zoning; all other conditions of approval contained in Ordinance No. 1952 shall remain in effect.] MMISSION ANDINRDANCE ER 195 AS AME, WHI ANGED THIN LOT O TW THREE 20, 2D24,CK 1ND LS ONE CL SON 444 50ND 51NTRY UNIVERSIRIVELORI.OREMOERIN CONDO THE PPERTY TO OLOW LY ZONIN ALL OTHERED THE CONDITF APPROVAL COAINED ORDINCE NBE 52 SHA REMN INFFT. E PLIC HEARING GOOD EVENG. JNIR GARCI OUTH POWND ZINTO YO SO BEFORE 1972, THESE TWO PROPERTIES, ONE BEING BETWEEN BOTH ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE, ONE BETWEEN SARTO AND CAMILO AND ONE BETWEEN RIVIERA AND KADIMA, WERE ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. I'M ASSUMING THEY WERE VACANT AT THE TIME. AND THEN THROUGH ORDINANCE 1952 AGAIN, THE YEAR 1972. A LITTLE CONFUSING, I KNOW. THE COMMISSION THEN APPROVED TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO SINGLE. SORRY TO LET ME GO BACK TO SPECIAL USE. AND PART OF THAT ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 1952 INCLUDED FOUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DEAL WITH KEEPING THE PROPERTY, AS WAS THEN IN 1972, TO NOT BE PAVED FOR OVERFLOW. OVERFLOW PARKING INVOLVING BOTH THE LIBRARY AND THE YOUTH CENTER. THE SECOND CONDITION OF APPROVAL HAS TO DEAL WITH USING THAT PROPERTY THAT'S NOW ZONED SPECIAL USE TO BE USED AS OVERFLOW PARKING, AND AGAIN FOR YOUTH CENTER AND FOR THE LIBRARY. CONDITION NUMBER THREE INVOLVED LIMITING THE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO ONLY BE FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF MEANS ERECTED TO CLOSE OFF THOSE PROPERTIES TO NOT BE USED UNLESS THEY'RE USED FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARKING NEEDED FOR OVERFLOW PARKING, FOR YOUTH CENTER AND THE LIBRARY. AND THEN CONDITION NUMBER FOUR HAS TO DEAL WITH THE ZONING. AND THAT IF THE CITY DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO USE FOR EITHER OF THOSE PROPERTIES, THAT THE ZONING WOULD HAVE TO BE REVERTED BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY WITHOUT INVOLVING PUBLIC HEARING. SO TODAY WE ARE LOOKING JUST AT THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS KNOWN AS 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH IS BETWEEN RIVIERA AND KADIMA. THIS IS NOT INVOLVING THE NORTH PROPERTY, WHICH IS BETWEEN SARTO AND CAMILO. IT'S JUST THE 520 PROPERTY AGAIN BETWEEN RIVIERA AND KADIMA. AND THERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE THE PLOT. SO THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. AND AGAIN, THE ZONING IS STILL ZONED SPECIAL USE ZONING. SO WHAT'S PROPOSED TO DO BEFORE TODAY ONLY AFFECTS [00:30:02] THE PROPERTY AT 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND TO TAKE AWAY THAT RESTRICTION OF ONLY USING THE PROPERTY FOR OVERFLOW PARKING, BUT TO ALSO ALLOW FOR ANY KIND OF PARK USE. SO THE PROPERTY WAS STILL NEED TO BE KEPT AT A PARK LIKE MANNER WITH THE EXISTING TREES. THE SECOND CONDITION WOULD BE AMENDED TO AGAIN ONLY AFFECT 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO ALSO ALLOW ANY KIND OF PUBLIC PARK. IN THE FUTURE, CONDITION NUMBER THREE WOULD BE AMENDED THEN TO SPECIFY THAT THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS TO DEAL WITH THE TEMPORARY OVERFLOW PARKING, AND THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, KEEPING IT FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN CONDITION NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE REMOVED ALTOGETHER SO THAT THE CITY DECIDE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE THAT THEY WOULD INVOLVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. SO THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING DEALING WITH THIS EXACT ORDINANCE CHANGE. IT WOULD BE MOVED TO CITY COMMISSION FOR FIRST SECOND READING. AS ANY ORDINANCE IS DONE, THE LETTERS WERE SENT OUT WITHIN 1000FT OF THE 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE PROPERTY, AS THAT'S THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES AND THOSE LETTERS SENT OUT ONE TIME FOR THIS MEAN FOR TONIGHT. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ONCE AS WELL. WEBSITE WAS POSTED AS WELL AS NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. SO STAFF HAS DETERMINED THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AS FAR AS LOCATING PARKS NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT? JILL. EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS. SYLVIA KING, MR. CHAIR, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TIME. HOW TO USE THE. CORAL GABLES TV. PULL UP THE POWERPOINT THAT I SENT. SORRY, FORWARDED. SORRY. ABOUT SIX. SO JUST PRESS THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES OF COURSE. GOOD EVENING. I'M SYLVIA PEREZ KING, 3617 HARLAN STREET. I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION. WE FILED A COMPLAINT. LOWER THE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE FILED A COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BACH PARK AT 520 UNIVERSITY. NO AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE 1952 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. WHILE THE LITIGATION IS PENDING. WE WAIVE NO RIGHTS BY VOICING OUR OBJECTIONS HERE. I'M GOING TO MAKE THREE POINTS. FIRST, THIS HEARING SHOULD NOT TAKE PLACE. THERE SHOULD BE A DEFERMENT. RESIDENTS WITHIN 1000FT OF ALL THE PARCELS LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE WERE NOT MAILED NOTICE. THE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ALL THE PARCELS, NOT JUST 520 TAKING AWAY OVERFLOW PARKING AT 520 UNIVERSITY SHIFTS THE BURDEN DIRECTLY ONTO THE OTHER LOT. AND THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE. THIS HEARING SHOULD BE DEFERRED FOR THAT REASON. NEXT, THE INTENTION OF THE CITY IS TO PUT A BACH PARK AT THAT NEW AT THE 520 UNIVERSITY SPOT. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF. WE HAVE AN OVERWHELMING NEED FOR PARKING IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE LIBRARY HAS A LOT OF EVENTS. THIS FIRST PICTURE, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. JUST A RANDOM DAY, NO EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT WAS FULL. HERE WE HAVE CARS PARKING ON THE SWALE NEXT TO THE LIBRARY. HERE WE HAVE CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF 520 UNIVERSITY AND ALL ALONG THE SWALE HEADING TOWARDS THE YOUTH CENTER. HERE. WE ALSO HAVE MORE CARS BECAUSE IT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE YOUTH CENTER. AND HERE, IN FACT, WE SEE THE CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE YOUTH CENTER. PARKING IS A REALLY BIG ISSUE HERE, AND WE DO NEED OVERFLOW PARKING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LITERACY FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY. THE CITY OPENED AN OVERFLOW PARKING LOT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE YOUTH CENTER. THEY DIDN'T OPEN UP. 520, JUST THE ONE IN FRONT OF THE YOUTH CENTER. IT QUICKLY FILLED. ACTUALLY, I THINK I SKIPPED A SLIDE. WELL, THERE'S A SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET. YEAH, HERE WE GO. THE OVERFLOW PARKING LOT [00:35:04] QUICKLY FILLED UP AND PEOPLE STARTED TO PARK ON THE SWALES ALL THE WAY DOWN CAMILO AVENUE. THIS IS ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE OVERFLOW PARKING OPENED BY THE CITY. CARS PARKING ALONG THE SWALE ALL ALONG UNIVERSITY DRIVE, AND THEY FOUND THEIR WAY TO 520. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT MARKED BY THE CITY, AND THEY DID NOT PUT UP BARRICADES OR HAVE POLICE OFFICERS THERE. BUT THE THE PUBLIC FOUND IT AND THEY PARKED THERE. AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THEY SAW THE LITTLE SIGN POSTED THERE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THE CITY WANTS TO SAY THAT THE OTHER PARCELS AREN'T PART OF THIS, BUT THEY WERE SIGNED AS WELL FOR THIS HEARING. THEY JUST DIDN'T MAIL TO THE NEIGHBORS. BUT ANYHOW, THESE CARS ARE PARKED ON 520. THERE IS A NEED WHEN THERE ARE SPECIAL EVENTS TO HAVE PARKING IN THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, WE. DEVELOPED OUR OWN LITTLE PLAN HERE SHOWING WHAT PARKING AT UNIVERSITY, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 83 PARKING SPACES FOR A FUTURE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THE CITY HAS NO PLANS FOR THE PLACE OF THE THE LOST PARKING. WHEN THEY PUT A DOG PARK THERE, THOSE SPACES ARE GOING TO BE GONE AND PARKING IS GOING TO BE CHAOTIC. AND WHERE WILL THE BURDEN FALL? IT'LL FALL ON THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT WANT A PARK THERE. THERE ARE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OFF LEASH DOGS. WE HAVE CHEWY. WE HAVE SALVADOR. YOU CAN GO DOWN TO CHAPMAN PARK. WE. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE DOG PARKS. WHAT WE NEED IS PARKING FOR THE LIBRARY TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. WILLIAM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BILL RIVENBARK. I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNITED UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A 501 C FOUR. I LIVE AT 3616 HARLOW STREET, APPROXIMATELY 125FT FROM 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CORAL GABLES PUBLIC LIBRARY AND GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS WHICH YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING TO MAKE CLEAR WHY ORDINANCE 1952 SHOULD NOT BE AMENDED TO BEST UNDERSTAND WHY CORAL GABLES PUBLIC LIBRARY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO OVERFLOW PARKING IN THE LOT, YOU NEED ONLY LOOK AT THEIR CURRENT DOOR COUNTS. DOOR COUNT IS MIAMI-DADE LIBRARY SPEAK FOR HEAD COUNT. HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN ON A DAILY BASIS TO VISIT THE LIBRARY. THIS INCLUDES SPECIAL EVENTS AND COUNTY WIDE EARLY VOTING ATTENDANCE. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, I EMAILED THE MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM A SERIES OF QUESTIONS REGARDING ATTENDANCE AT THE CORAL GABLES BRANCH. I RECEIVED A TIMELY AND VERY THOROUGH RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS DIVISION OF THE MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. HERE'S WHAT WE LEARNED. THE CORAL GABLES BRANCH LIBRARY AVERAGES 30 TO 40 PROGRAMS PER MONTH. PROGRAMS IN THERE SPEAK AGAIN ARE SPECIAL EVENTS, CERTAIN COURSES, CERTAIN TOPICS WHAT HAVE YOU OTHER THAN JUST SOMEONE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE LIBRARY, THERE ARE PROGRAMED RELATED ATTENDANCE ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1000 AND 1250 PEOPLE PER MONTH. THAT'S 12,000 TO 15,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR. VISITING THE LIBRARY FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. CURRENTLY, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 26, THE DOOR COUNT AVERAGES ARE APPROXIMATELY 26,000 VISITS PER MONTH. THAT'S 312,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY, THE THIRD HIGHEST AMONG ALL 50 BRANCHES OF THE MIAMI-DADE LIBRARY SYSTEM LAST YEAR. FISCAL YEAR 2425. THE CORAL GABLES BRANCH AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 31,000 VISITS PER MONTH, OR 372,000 VISITS PER YEAR. THE SECOND MOST VISITED LIBRARY IN TERMS OF DOOR COUNT, [00:40:07] SURPASSED ONLY BY THE MAIN LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI FROM 2018 TO 2024. COUNTYWIDE EARLY VOTING AT THE CORAL GABLES BRANCH LIBRARY HAS RANGED FROM 16,000 TO 25,000 PARTICIPANTS. THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN A CONCENTRATED TWO WEEK PERIOD FOR THE PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL ELECTION, WITH GOVERNOR, U.S. SENATOR, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND MANY OTHER STATE POSITIONS. IN ADDITION. NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE CORAL GABLES ELECTIONS, THE NUMBERS WILL AGAIN BE HIGH FOR A TWO WEEK PERIOD. PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THE CORAL GABLES BRANCH HAS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE TOP FIVE TOP FIVE OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, WHERE EVERYONE COMING THROUGH IN OR NEAR CORAL GABLES CAST THEIR BALLOTS. A DOOR COUNT OF 372,000 ANNUALLY, 15,000 SPECIAL EVENT ATTENDEES YEARLY AND 25,000 VOTERS DURING EARLY VOTING. IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THE ABILITY TO HAVE OVERFLOW PARKING IN THE LOT MUST REMAIN. TAKING AWAY THE OVERFLOW PARKING AT 520 UNIVERSITY MAKES NO SENSE. THE NUMBERS SIMPLY DO NOT ADD UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEAN DAVIS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEAN DAVIS AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION. I LIVE AT 3710 HARLAN STREET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, WHAT IS THE TRUE PURPOSE OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES? THE PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF REPORTS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CITY'S INTEREST IN HAVING A 400 ZERO SQUARE FOOT OFF LEASH DOG PARK AT 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE REPORT SAYS THE CITY'S REQUEST WOULD NOT ALLOW DENSITIES OR INTENSITIES BEYOND WHAT IS PERMITTED UNDER THE APPLICABLE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. CLASSIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. BUT HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THE CURRENT PASSIVE GREEN SPACE OPEN TO EVERYONE WITH A 400 ZERO SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK, WHICH IS ONLY FOR THE DOCKS? THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE AMPLE AND EFFECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT ALL LEVELS OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. GOVERNANCE AND DECISION MAKING. THAT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, BUT WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T HAVE INPUT AS TO WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A DOG PARK, BUT WE WOULD ONLY HAVE INPUT INTO HOW IT WOULD BE DESIGNED. THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE CITY WILL ENSURE RECREATION FACILITIES ARE WELL MANAGED, WELL MAINTAINED AND THAT QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN A TEN MINUTE WALK TO ALL RESIDENTS. THE PASSIVE GREEN SPACE THAT IS THERE NOW IS READILY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPLIANCE. IF THIS IS ABOUT A DOG DOG PARK PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD KNOW. THE REPORT SAYS THAT IT DOES NOT PERMIT USES WHICH ARE PROHIBITED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY OF THE PARCEL, BUT ONLY PLACES A DOG PARK IS MENTIONED IN THAT DOCUMENT IS UNDER POLICIES REC DASH 1.4.2, WHICH REFERENCES THE. WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON CHAPMAN FIELD COUNTY AND DOG PARK FACILITY FOR THE CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. LENA FERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LINO FERNANDEZ AND I LIVE AT 415 KADIMA AVENUE. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION. IN GENERAL, AS YOU'VE HEARD, THIS DOG PARK IS JUST NOT A NOT A GREAT IDEA. TRAFFIC. THE CITY IS STILL YEARS BEHIND TRYING TO [00:45:05] CATCH UP WITH OUR CURRENT TRAFFIC ISSUES ON KADIMA AND RIVIERA AND WHERE THIS DOG IS. DOG PARK IS WANTED. IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR FOR YOUR BOARD TO REVIEW TRAFFIC STUDIES BEFORE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, YET NONE TO OUR KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM LEJEUNE ROAD TO BIRD ROAD AND GRANADA BOULEVARD IS A LARGE COLLECTOR STREET MOVING. AN EVER GROWING NUMBER OF EAST WEST COMMUTERS DURING MORNING AND EVENING PEAK HOURS. THIS TWO LANE ROAD EACH WAY IS ALSO A MAJOR APPROACH FOR FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, GOING CONSTANTLY TO DOCTORS, HOSPITAL EVENING RUSH HOURS COLLIDE WITH PEAK PEAK ACTIVITY AT THE LIBRARY AND THE YOUTH CENTER. LONG LINES OF CARS CAN STACK UP AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND RIVIERA, AS WELL AS SEGOVIA AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WAITING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO CHANGE AND PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS THE IDLING. SCHOOL BUSSES, STUDENT PICKUP AND DROP OFF AT CORAL GABLES HIGH AFTER SCHOOL, DROP OFF AT THE YOUTH CENTER. CHURCH SERVICES AND THE EXPANSION PLANS FOR SOMERSET SOMERSET ACADEMY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S TRAFFIC CONGESTION. PLEASE ASK FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR SOMEONE'S PET. THE CITY IS RUSHING INTO AMENDING ORDINANCE 1952 WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIVE BASIS AND WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE REALITY OF THE DAY TO DAY NEED FOR PROTECTING. 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. JOSIE. YES, IT'S RIGHT IN HERE. HELLO TO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. THE BOARD IS BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON A MATTER WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION. CAN YOU PLEASE. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? YEAH. HI. MY NAME IS JOSE VALLE AND I LIVE IN 520 CADIMA AVENUE. RIGHT? RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE OPEN SPACE. OPEN GREEN SPACE. SO THE BOARD IS IS BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON A MATTER WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION. AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE MAY NOT BE CORRECT. I LIVE, AS I SAID, IN 520 CADIMA AVENUE, IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET OF 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE WITH MY WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, RANGING FROM SIX WEEKS TO FIVE YEAR OLD. TODAY. TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY. AS THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ORDINANCE 1952 AND WHY THE BUFFER IS IMPORTANT. BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING. YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT ORDINANCE 1952. OUR ATTORNEY REMINDED THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT IT. ABOUT IT. IN JANUARY 13TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. BUT THEY SAID NOTHING. IN 1971 AND 1972, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND THE CITY COMMISSION, AFTER THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY PUBLISHED AND NOTIFICATION OF ALL PROPERTY OWNERS OF RECORD WITHIN 300FT WAS MADE, HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS SEEKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY TO S USE WITH SPECIAL CONDITIONS. LOTS ONE THROUGH FIVE BLOCK 131 AKA FIVE, 24, 34, 40 AND 450. UNIVERSITY DRIVE HAD BEEN SOWN SINGLE FAMILY RS14 FOR HOMES AT LEAST 2500FT■!S UNTIL THE LIBRARY AND THE YOUTH CENTER RELOCATED TO THE CURRENT DAY LOCATIONS. ORDINANCE 1952 STIPULATED THAT THE PROPERTIES COULD ONLY BE USED FOR OVERFLOW PARKING, THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE UNIVERSITY DRIVE, THAT THE PROPERTIES BE KEPT IN A PARK LIKE MANNER THAT THE TREES AND FOLIAGE PRESERVE IN A CURRENT STATE, AND THAT THE. IF THE OVERFLOW PARKING WAS NO LONGER NEEDED IN THAT ZONING OF THE PROPERTIES REVERT BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. THE CHANGE OF ZONING AND THOUGHTFULLY. CONDITIONS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH NOTICE PUBLIC HEARINGS TO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT BUFFER BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND THE YOUTH CENTER. WITH A QUIET, SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH. THESE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED ADDED ASSURANCE THAT THE THREE HOMES AND MINE IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING WHAT IS KNOWN AS 520 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, INCLUDING THE TWO STORY 1925 EARLY MEDITERRANEAN HOME THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS RELIED AND CONTINUES TO RELY ON THESE [00:50:02] CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE REVERT CLAUSE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. THIS INNOVATIVE YET TESTED OVERFLOW PARKING ARRANGEMENT PROVIDES PASSIVE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE WHILE PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM PARKING AND TRAFFIC INTRUSION DURING PLANNED OCCASIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS. JUST AS EXAMPLE, THESE EVENTS INCLUDE THE EXTREME EGG HUNT, THE LITERACY FESTIVAL, THE 4TH OF JULY NIGHTMARE AT 405 COUNTY WIDE EARLY VOTING IN ALL PRESIDENTIAL AND NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS, POLITICAL CAMPAIGN EVENTS, SPORTING EVENTS AT THE YOUTH CENTER, SOCCER, BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL, GAMES AND TOURNAMENTS, HURRICANE AND EMERGENCY CENTERS, AND OTHER HIGH TRAFFIC EVENTS ALL YEAR ROUND THAT YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT FROM OTHER SPEAKERS. THE TEMPORARY BARRICADES HELP GUIDE PARKERS DURING LARGE SCALE SPECIAL EVENTS. THE CITY RARELY CHOOSES TO USE 520 UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE NEEDED PARKING RELIEF DURING SPECIAL EVENTS. PLEASE KEEP THE BUFFER IN PLACE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN LEARNING TO RIDE OR SKATE, TEENAGERS WALKING TO THE YOUTH CENTER, YOUNG FAMILIES WITH STROLLERS, SENIORS, SOME IN THE LATER YEARS BLESSED WITH A COMPLETE NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS, MATURE TREES, HISTORIC HOMES, AND TREASURED GREEN SPACE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE LIBRARY OVERFLOW PARKING SO PATRONS DON'T PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DOGS ARE WALKED, WHEELCHAIRS ARE ROLLED, STROLLERS ARE PUSHED, AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS GET THEIR STEPS IN AS PART OF THE DAILY ROUTINE. WE'RE NOT HERE. WE'RE NOT HERE TO DEBATE WHETHER BACH PARKS ARE GOOD. IT'S YOUR BUSINESS. WHETHER YOU TAKE YOUR DOG TO ONE. IT BECOMES OUR BUSINESS. WHEN THE CITY TRIES TO FORCE A DOG PARK IN OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE ZONING AND DOG ORDINANCE CLEARLY FORBID IT, AND WE ARE CLEARLY DON'T WANT IT, WE FULLY SUPPORT DOG FRIENDLY AMENITIES IN CORAL GABLES. WE SIMPLY BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE PLACED WHERE THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES, AND DO NOT IMPOSE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON A SMALL GROUP OF RESIDENTS. OUR GOAL IS NOT CONFLICT, BUT A SOLUTION THAT SERVES THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE SAFETY, CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SARAH CORTEZ. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M SARAH CORTEZ AT 511 KADIMA AVENUE. I AM A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS LIVING IN THAT HISTORIC HOME THAT JOSE JUST MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED DOG PARK WOULD ACTUALLY BE RIGHT NEXT TO ME IN THE BACKYARD, WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE IN PUBLIC SPACES. I HAVE A DOG. I DO NOT WANT A DOG PARK IN MY BACKYARD. I'M A I'M AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN BY TRAINING, AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WHY PASSIVE GREEN SPACE IS SO IMPORTANT. I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR FOUNDERS AND THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU, RECOGNIZED HOW IMPORTANT GREEN SPACE IS, AND WHAT A BLESSING IT IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE LOSING IT. SLOWLY BUT SURELY. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THAT FOR MANY ISSUES, FOR MANY REASONS, OBVIOUSLY. BUT GREEN SPACE IS BREATHING SPACE, RESPECTING WILDLIFE AND PRESERVING HABITAT ON GREEN SPACE, PROVIDING FOR OVERFLOW PARKING WHEN NEEDED ALLOWS EVERYONE, NOT JUST DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS, TO ESCAPE FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. YOU CAN STROLL AROUND THE SIDEWALKS OF THE TRIANGLE WITH YOUR DOG. YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THE GRASS, OR MAYBE DO SOME GYMNASTICS THROUGH IT. AS MY DAUGHTER DOES. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE BIRDS AND WATCH THE WILDLIFE. YOUR KIDS CAN DO THAT. TODAY. THIS IS PUBLIC GREEN SPACE THAT PROVIDES A HEALTHFUL, HEALTHFUL RESPITE TO ALL. MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA NOTED THAT CHILDREN LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MORE GREEN SPACE HAVE A REDUCED RISK OF DEVELOPING DEPRESSION, MOOD DISORDERS, SCHIZOPHRENIA, EATING DISORDERS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS, ALL OF WHICH ARE ON THE RISE. SPENDING TIME IN NATURE IS GOOD FOR YOU AND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. IT POSITIVELY IMPACTS MOOD, FOCUS, STRESS LEVELS, AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION, ALL OF WHICH I NEED RIGHT NOW. LET'S ALL REMEMBER GREEN SPACE IS BREATHING SPACE AND IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE. [00:55:05] THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, ROSE BAUER. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSE BAUER AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION. I LIVE AT 3716 SEGOVIA STREET. I HAVE LIVED IN THE AREA A LIFETIME. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT DOG PARKS AND PROPERTY VALUES, THE PLANNING AND ZONING REPORT. THESE ORDINANCE CHANGES WILL NOT RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUE OR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, NOTING THAT ACCESS TO NEARBY OPEN SPACE CAN ENHANCE THE DESIRABILITY AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUPPORT LONG TIME STABILITY. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED AND CARED FOR ANIMALS, INCLUDING A FEW CATS THAT LIVE IN THE GREEN SPACE THAT I FEED DAILY. I HAVE A TEN YEAR OLD AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD, AND I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CAT NETWORK FOR MANY YEARS. BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY PROFESSION. I VALUE THE HISTORIC CHARM OF THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE BEEN A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE BROKER IN CORAL GABLES WITH RIVIERA REAL ESTATE FOR 25 YEARS, AND MUCH OF MY SUCCESS COMES WITH KNOWING THE MARKET. SOME MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OFF LEASH DOG PARK WOULD HAVE ON ADJACENT HOMES. THE TRIANGLE TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL HABITAT FOR ANIMALS AND PEOPLE. IT IS MOST CERTAINLY AN AMENITY WHILE PROVIDING OVERFLOW PARKING FOR THE LIBRARY. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS NATURAL GREEN SPACE AND A LARGE, ALL CONSUMING DOG PARK, IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO MULTIPLE HOMES. IF DOG PARKS ARE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED, PROBLEM SURFACE NOT ONLY WITH THE SOUND OF DOGS BARKING THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT WITH ODORS, TIRED LANDSCAPING, AND TRASH. THESE FACTORS INFLUENCED THE PRICE OF SALE TO THE SELLER BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDINGS. HOMEOWNERS LIVE IN CORAL GABLES, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY AND BEAUTIFUL CANOPIES. LET'S NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL FUTURE BY ADDING ANOTHER DOG PARK NEXT DOOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS. ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO. AND ANYONE ON THE PHONE. SO LET'S CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DID YOU SIGN IN, SIR? I'M SORRY. YOUR NAME? SORRY. I JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM. OH, HE DIDN'T MARK THE ITEM NUMBER, SO GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, SIR. MY NAME IS BARRY GOLDIN. I'M A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION. I LIVE AT 3628 HARLAN STREET. I AM FIVE HOUSES AWAY FROM THE PROPOSED DOG PARK. 520 UNIVERSITY BEFORE THE CITY CONSIDERS REVISING THE ORDINANCE, REMOVING CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AND CONDITIONS, AND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL USES, A COMPREHENSIVE PARKING STUDY AND REVIEW SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN. FOR EXAMPLE, NO FORMAL CURRENT OR FUTURE DEMAND STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED. A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY GREEN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION CONDUCTED AN INFORMAL PARKING COUNT BETWEEN 5:30 P.M. AND 6 P.M. AT AND AROUND THE LIBRARY DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY 2026. THIS INCLUDED DAILY SURVEYING THE 48 SPACE LIBRARY LOT, THE 11, INCLUDING TWO HANDICAP PARALLEL PARKING SPACES IN THE CIRCULAR DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY DRIVE ENTRANCE. THE 20 ANGLE PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST SIDE OF RIVIERA. THE FIVE ANGLE PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF RIVIERA, AND THE 22 SPACES IN THE SWALE OF SEGOVIA IN FRONT OF THE WEST ENTRANCE OF THE LIBRARY. THE YOUTH CENTER PARKING LOT PARALLEL TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND THE SEGOVIA NORTH PARKING LOT BY THE PLAYING FIELDS WERE ALSO SURVEYED. ON MOST DAYS, ALL PARKING SPACES WERE EXCEEDING CAPACITY, INCLUDING INCLUDING THOSE AREAS UNDER THE BANYANS MARKED NO PARKING ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE. DEPENDING ON PROGRAMING AT THE LIBRARY OR AT THE YOUTH CENTER, PARKING REGULARLY EXCEEDS CAPACITY AND DRIVERS DROVE FRANTICALLY AROUND LOOKING FOR SPACE TO PARK. I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED THE LIBRARY AND NEW CENTER OVERWHELMED WITH CARS AND TRUCKS. THE AVAILABLE PARKING IS WOEFULLY INSUFFICIENT AND CARE CARS [01:00:02] NATURALLY SPILL OUT ONTO THE 520 UNIVERSITY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCED HIGH VOLUME EVENTS DURING ANY OF THE DAYS SURVEYED. PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES UNTIL A CURRENT OR FUTURE PARKING STUDY IS PERFORMED. HIGH VOLUME EVENTS NEED EASY ACCESS TO OVERFLOW PARKING. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO TAKE AWAY THE OVERFLOW PARKING. THEIR CARS WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO GO OTHER THAN OUR PROPERTIES. SO I SAID THAT I LIVE FIVE HOUSES AWAY FROM 520 UNIVERSITY. OKAY, I'VE LIVED IN CORAL GABLES FOR 20 YEARS. JULY IT'LL BE 20 YEARS. I LOVE CORAL GABLES. IT'S AN HONOR TO LIVE HERE. I MEAN, I LOVE WHERE I LIVE, I DON'T LIVE IN MIAMI. I LIVE IN CORAL GABLES. I'M PROUD TO SAY AND TELL PEOPLE I LIVE IN CORAL GABLES BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE SAFEST, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN SOUTH FLORIDA? I WALKED MY DOG AROUND 520 UNIVERSITY ALMOST EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT I WILL NOT TAKE HIM TO A DOG PARK. OKAY? I'VE HAD DOGS FOR THE ENTIRE 20 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE. I HAD TWO DOGS AT ONE TIME. I'D WALK TWO DOGS AROUND THE 520 UNIVERSITY, AROUND THE LIBRARY, AROUND THE YOUTH CENTER. I'M THERE EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT. AND NOW THAT I THINK OF IT, SARAH BROUGHT UP A FANTASTIC POINT. THE MENTAL PART OF JUST WALKING AROUND THAT QUIET GREEN SPACE. I DO IT EVERY MORNING. I GUESS I JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT I LIVE IN A PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING CITY AND I WALK MY DOG IN QUIET. I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO A BUNCH OF OTHER DOGS BARKING AND YAPPING AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER, AND PEOPLE WALKING AROUND IN CARS AND DODGING CARS, WALKING AROUND THE SIDEWALK. I WALK MY DOG IN PEACE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S MY OPINION THAT THE CITY COMMISSION. DIDN'T FOLLOW PROPER POLICY AND PROCEDURES WHEN THEY VOTED IN NOVEMBER 2025 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DOG PARK. NOBODY, NONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING HERE, RIGHT HERE, NONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AT THE JANUARY MEETING KNEW ABOUT IT, AND THEY TOLD THE CITY ABOUT IT. YOU GOT WE HAD A WE'RE HAVING A ZONING HEARING TODAY. YOU GUYS POSTED A, A SIGN ON MAY 8TH. THIS LITTLE ORANGE SIGN THAT I THINK JOSE VALLE OR TOOK A PICTURE OF. HE NOTICED IT THE DAY IT GOT IT POPPED UP. THERE WERE NO SIGNS IN NOVEMBER LETTING ALL THESE NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS PLANNING ON PUTTING A DOG PARK HERE. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. THEY TRIED TO SAY THAT THEY DID. WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT. THEY CAME TO THE JANUARY 13TH MEETING, AND 50 PEOPLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GREAT, MOST IMPACTED BY THIS DOG PARK, THE TWO BLOCKS AROUND 520 UNIVERSITY, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE UNITED AND CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT THIS AND WE DON'T. AND THEY HAD A CHANCE TO RESCIND THE NOVEMBER 2025 VOTE AND GO BACK, START ALL OVER AGAIN, MAYBE FIND ANOTHER GREEN SPACE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN CORAL GABLES. THEY DIDN'T DO THAT. THEY DIDN'T LISTEN TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE AT THAT COMMISSION MEETING IN JANUARY AND SAID, WE DON'T WANT THIS. THEY DIDN'T LISTEN. THEY JUST MOVED AHEAD WITH A VOTE TO GO FORWARD WITH A DOG PARK. SO I STAND HERE TODAY TELLING YOU THAT THE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS DOG PARK FEEL LIKE THEY WERE BAMBOOZLED BY THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND WE DON'T WANT IT. I HOPE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT. BEFORE I OPEN IT TO BOARD DISCUSSION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON THE ON THE PENDING LITIGATION? I HEARD A COUPLE OF THE PARTICIPANTS MENTIONED LITIGATION. THERE. THERE HAS BEEN LITIGATION FILED BY A GROUP. THEY'RE SEEKING TO ENJOIN THE CITY. CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? OKAY. THERE HAS BEEN LITIGATION BEEN FILED BY A AN ORGANIZATION THEY'RE SEEKING TO ENJOIN THE CITY FROM HAVING. UTILIZING THIS PROPERTY FOR A DOG PARK. AND WHEN THE CITY WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE THE REGULATIONS THAT WERE IN THIS. [01:05:09] 19 IT'S THE ORDINANCE DIDN'T TAKE PLACE IN 1952. IT'S JUST A NUMBER OF THE ORDINANCES. 1952 IT HAS A RATHER UNUSUAL REVERTER CLAUSE. MOST REVERTER OR OWNERSHIP CLAUSES WHERE THE PROPERTY REVERTS TO A. TO AN OWNER AT A PARTICULAR TIME. WHAT'S UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS REVERTER CLAUSE IS IT SAYS IT REVERTS BACK TO. SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. IF IT'S NOT USED FOR THE OVERFLOW, PARKING IT BACK IN 1972 WAS ORDINANCE PASSED. ZONING WAS LOOKED AT AT THAT TIME AS BEING LEGISLATIVE. IN 1993, THERE WAS A CASE CALLED SNYDER VERSUS BREVARD COUNTY WHERE, WHERE THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT SAID THAT REZONINGS ARE NOT LEGISLATIVE, THEY'RE QUASI JUDICIAL. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE HAVE A HEARING, NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. SO IT'S SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC THAT THERE'S A REVERTER THAT REVERTS BACK TO A DIFFERENT ZONING WHEN THERE WON'T BE A HEARING AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AT SOME POINT. I THINK THERE THE CITY IS TRYING TO ADDRESS IT BY ELIMINATING THE REVERTER CLAUSE BECAUSE. BUT IT IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL TO REVERT A ZONING TO A DIFFERENT ZONING SEPARATE APART FROM WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE GREEN SPACE OR NOT. GREEN SPACE. THERE'S A LEGAL ISSUE ABOUT WHETHER PROPERTY CAN REVERT BACK AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING, TO GO FROM ONE ZONING TO A DIFFERENT ZONING. SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE ON THE REVERTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN OWNERSHIP REVERTER, IT'S A ZONING REVERTER, WHICH YOU REALLY YOU DON'T REALLY SEE VERY OFTEN. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. IF IT REVERTS BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHAT HAPPENS? I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT USED FOR OVERFLOW PARKING ANYMORE AND IT REVERTS BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY, WHAT HAPPENS? THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU COULD BUILD HOUSES ON IT, YOUR CITY COULD SELL IT AND YOU COULD BUILD, COULD SELL AND BUILD HOUSES ON IT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT BEFORE IT REVERTS, THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND NOTICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. BECAUSE ORDINARILY WHEN YOU REZONE, THAT'S A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. BUT ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE? NO, NO. OKAY. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WHETHER THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE AMENDED TO. TO, TO GO FROM A OVER ONE, NOT NOT LIMITED JUST TO OVERFLOW PARKING AND TWO TO. AND IT'S A RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING THE ACTIVITY, BUT RECOMMENDATION IS TO WHETHER THE REVERTER CLAUSE SHOULD BE DELETED AND WHETHER THE WHETHER THE PROPERTY, THIS AREA THAT'S A PARK IS JUST LIMITED TO OVERFLOW PARKING THROUGH THE CHAIR. YES. AND I'M GOING TO PUT MY LAWYER HAT ON. SO THE LITIGATION IS SEEKING TO VOID THE REVERTER. WHAT'S THE LITIGATION? THE LITIGATION IS SEEKING TO PREVENT THE CITY FROM UTILIZING THE PROPERTY FOR A DOG PARK. BUT THE CITY IS NOT A PARTY TO THE LAWSUIT JUST YET, CORRECT? NO. THE CITY IS A PARTY. IT IS ALREADY A PARTY. GOT IT? SOUNDS LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE COURT'S GOING TO THROW OUT THE DEED. IF THE DEED IS NOT IS NOT CORRECT. IT'S IT'S NOT A DEED OR AND I AND YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT TO THINK OF IT REFERRING TO A DEED BECAUSE ORDINARILY REVERTS ARE IN DEEDS, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS NOT AN OWNERSHIP REVERTER THIS IS A ZONING REVERTER, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNHEARD OF. WHERE ARE WE WITH THE LITIGATION? SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE? WELL, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A COMPLAINT AND I THINK THERE'S A MOTION TO DISMISS. AND THE CITY IS ATTEMPTING TO RECTIFY WHICH WHAT IT SEES AS A PROBLEM WITH THAT NUMBER [01:10:09] 19521972 ORDINANCE. OKAY. THROUGH THE CHAIR. I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL COMPONENTS HERE. LET'S LET'S TRY TO BREAK THEM DOWN. THE ORIGINAL INTENT BACK IN 1972, MY FRIEND MAYOR E PHILLIPS JR WAS A GREAT MAYOR. THAT'S WHEN IT WAS SIGNED IN 1972. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE PROBLEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE POPULARITY OF THE OF THE YOUTH CENTER AND ITS ACTIVITIES AND THE LIBRARY AND ITS ACTIVITIES. THOSE USES THERE ARE UNDER THE ZONING, WHICH IS SPECIAL, SPECIAL MEANING SPECIAL FOR SPECIAL USE ET-CETERA. IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIFIC, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE PLACED WITH TREMENDOUS THOUGHT AND HOSTING AND PUBLICATIONS TO THOSE NEIGHBORS AT THAT TIME, IS THAT SPECIFICALLY THEY LOOKED AT THOSE AREAS NOT AS PAVED PARKING LOTS, BUT PARK LIKE MANNER. THAT IS WHAT'S IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT WAS PRESENTED. FURTHERMORE, BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT THAT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THOSE TWO USES, THEY SAID THAT THE ONLY ACCESS TO THOSE TWO AREAS FOR PARKING WOULD BE THROUGH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, NOT THROUGH THE SIDE STREETS, WHICH INCLUDE RIVIERA. AND THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON RIVIERA AND UNIVERSITY. SO THEREFORE, WHAT THEY WERE DOING IS KEEPING IT IN A PARK LIKE MANNER. AND IF THAT NECESSITY WOULD EVER DWINDLE, THEN IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ZONING. THE ONLY ZONING THAT WAS CHANGED FROM THE ORIGINAL ZONING, WHICH WAS SINGLE FAMILY, WAS TO SPECIAL USE TO BE ABLE TO PARK. NOT TO MAKE IT INTO A PARK, BUT TO PARK ON THAT AREA THAT WAS PARK LIKE. SO WHEN IT WASN'T BEING USED INTENSELY, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA HAD A GREEN BUFFER. ZONE TWO, UNIVERSITY, TWO, THE YOUTH CENTER, AND TO THE LIBRARY. THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH TIME THAT HAS GONE BACK OVER 50 YEARS THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REDONE, AND THE YOUTH CENTER WAS COMPLETELY REDONE. ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO. THE YOUTH CENTER IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, AND THE LIBRARY IS PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. IT IS OUR ONLY LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, WHICH IS USED BY RESIDENTS, BY UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI STUDENTS AND BY STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE ELDERLY AND EVERYONE ELSE. THE FORESIGHT THAT MAYOR PHILLIPS HAD, AND THAT COMMISSION AT THAT TIME WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A BUFFER AND THAT THE PARKING ISSUE WAS NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT. AND, IN FACT, 35 YEARS AGO, WHEN THE YOUTH CENTER WAS REDONE, THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ON SITE WAS INCREASED. AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS IS AN EYE OPENER. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO STAFF, I LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE SAID. THE STATISTICS OF THE INTENSITY OF SPECIAL EVENTS THERE, AND BY THE WAY, I RAN INTO MR. SANABRIA ON SATURDAY BECAUSE AS A 41 YEAR MEMBER OF THE CORAL GABLES ROTARY CLUB, WE GAVE OUT ALMOST 600 MORE THAN 600 BOOKS FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDREN THAT WERE THERE AT THAT SPECIAL [01:15:05] EVENT. AND THE SPECIAL EVENT WAS PACKED, AND THE GAMES, THE INTENSITY, THE BUFFER, ALL OF THESE THINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND OF WHAT THE INTENT WAS OF THE ORIGINAL COMMISSION IN 1972 WITH MAYOR PHILLIPS, WAS TO PROTECT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FROM THE IMPACT OF THOSE USES. THE SECOND THING IS THE REVERTER CLAUSE, AND I'M NOT AS SMART AS A LAWYER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE INTENT WAS OBVIOUS. IT BECOMES A NORMAL REZONE BACK TO THE ZONING THAT IT WAS, WHICH WAS SINGLE FAMILY, NOT COMMERCIAL, NOT A SWIMMING POOL. NONE OF THOSE USES. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT DID NOT SAY ONE WORD ABOUT THE INTENSITY OF THE DIFFERENCES OF GREEN SPACES COMPARED TO ACTIVE SPACES. I DESIGNED AN AWARD WINNING PARK, NATIONALLY AWARD WINNING PARK, AND THAT PARK IS A 50 ACRE PARK WITH ALL SORTS OF SPORTS BASEBALL FIELDS, FOOTBALL FIELDS, SOCCER FIELDS, TENNIS COURTS, BEAUTIFUL. THAT IS NOT A PASSIVE PARK. THAT IS AN ACTIVE PARK. AND THE YOUTH CENTER IS AN ACTIVE PARK, BUT THE BUFFER IS A PASSIVE PARK LIKE AREA WHICH IS GREEN. MAYOR PHILLIPS WAS VERY SMART IN THAT COMMISSION, WAS VERY SMART IN MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REVERTER CLAUSE, IN MY OPINION, IT IS CLEAR IT GOES BACK TO WHAT THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS. BUT AFTER THE ADDITIONAL POPULARITY OF THOSE TWO INSTITUTIONS, THE LIBRARY AND THE PARK WERE REDONE AGAIN, ALREADY WITHIN THE 50 YEAR PERIOD, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S STILL A DEMAND AND A REQUIREMENT AND A NEED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THOSE USES, NOT FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WHICH IS WHY. WHICH IS WHY HAVING A HEARING ON WHETHER THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE REZONED TO SINGLE FAMILY MAKES PERFECT SENSE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T REZONE PROPERTY WITHOUT A WITHOUT A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT VERY WELL OBJECT TO A SINGLE FAMILY. ZONING MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PROPERTY TODAY. I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT POINT FOR THE SIMPLE REASON. THIS IS IN LITIGATION, AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS REVERTER MAY GET THROWN OUT, PERIOD. SO THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'LL LET FELIX FINISH MY QUESTION. I THINK THAT THE I THINK THE ISSUE FOR YOU ALL IS WHETHER YOU FEEL THAT THIS THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ON THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY ARE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED. YOUR RECOMMENDATION COULD BE VERY WELL BE. WE NEED TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. MR. KÖHLER. ONE THING AND WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE ON QUASI JUDICIAL BOARDS, ON DOZENS OF BOARDS THAT I'VE SAT ON FOR THIS CITY OVER THE YEARS, IS THAT I LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED. WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE CHARGED TO DO. EXACTLY. AND AND THE WHOLE POINT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF A PASSIVE AREA COMPARED TO A BARK PARK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REFERRED TO NORMALLY. AND THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE CHEWY PARK, WHICH IS UNDER THE UNDERLYING PERFECT LOCATION FOR IT. SALVADOR PARK, I KNOW THEY HAVE ISSUES OVER THERE, BUT TO GO INTO THIS AREA, TAKE AWAY THE INTENT THAT WAS THERE TO BUFFER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALTERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A VERY NEGATIVE FASHION. WELL, THAT IS WHAT YOUR DECISION IS. AND THE POINT, THE POINT I'M MAKING IS THAT LISTENING TO THE STATISTICS, LISTENING TO THE WAY THAT THEY WERE PREPARED, LISTENING TO THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY PROVIDED AS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED, THIS BOARD CANNOT IGNORE THAT. I DON'T THINK, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE [01:20:06] SHOULD ALL. BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR OPINION ABOUT ME, LET'S HEAR THE BOARD. DON'T, DON'T DON'T DON'T START THIS WAY AND WE'LL WORK IT. DON'T SPEAK ON MY BEHALF. YOU WANT TO, MR. CHAIRMAN? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS GENTLEMAN, THE GREEN T SHIRT THAT CAME UP WITH ALL THOSE NUMBERS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND ALSO, I WANT TO TELL YOU, I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO RUN BY A BOOTH ON THE ROTARY CLUB. AND THERE HE WAS. HE EXPIRED RUNNING IT. I THINK HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 41 YEARS. KUDOS AND CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. VERY WELL ATTENDED FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND I PARKED IN THAT OVERFLOW PARKING. AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THAT YOU TOLERATE THAT IF I WAS A NEIGHBOR OF THAT OVERFLOW PARKING, I'D BE SITTING WHERE YOU ARE MOANING AND GROANING ABOUT IT. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR BEING TOLERANT FOR THAT. AND IT REALLY IS A BONA FIDE BENEVOLENT GESTURE THAT YOU DO AS NEIGHBORS TO ALLOW THAT TO OCCUR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THAT END, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? MY COMMENT WOULD BE I APPRECIATE ALL THE STATEMENTS I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE ON THE BOARD AND EVERYONE WHO CAME UP HERE. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT DOG PARKS. FROM MY STANDPOINT, THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD ZONING ISSUE RELATING TO ONLY A CHANGE IN ZONING. I DON'T THINK WE'RE SITTING HERE TODAY MAKING A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO INSTITUTE A DOG PARK. AND AS FAR AS MR. COLLAR'S STATEMENT ON THE REVERTER CLAUSE, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ALSO MAKE SENSE. SO I SEE THIS AS A ZONING ISSUE ONLY I DON'T SEE THIS AS A DOG PARK ISSUE TODAY. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF MAKING A DECISION ON THE DOG PARK TODAY. THOSE WOULD BE MY STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT TO GIVE YOUR OPINION, AND I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS. I'M SURPRISED THAT THAT YOU PREFER THE PARKING TO A PARK USE. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT THAT THE MATTER BEFORE US IS, IS THE ZONING CHANGE AND NOT THE SPECIFIC END PRODUCT. BUT, BUT I THINK WHEN I MOVED TO THE GABLES, I SHOPPED MANY HOMES AND THERE WERE A LOT OF HOMES THAT HAVE NO BACKYARD WHATSOEVER. SO IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME DOG PARKS WHERE THEY CAN RUN FREE WHILE I, I KNOW WE HAVE DOG FRIENDLY PARKS, BUT THEY'RE. THE PARKS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LEASHED. SO THIS PROBABLY IS AN AMENITY THAT'S NEEDED SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. I'M, I'M A BIT CONCERNED AND CONFUSED BECAUSE IF THE REVERTER CLAUSE GOES INTO EFFECT, THIS BECOMES SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND THE CITY COULD HAVE THE OPTION. AND I'M SURE IT WILL BE CHALLENGED TO SELL THOSE SLOTS AS SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. CORRECT ME, THE ATTORNEYS, AND I'M GONNA USE MR. PORTILLO'S PHRASE, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. I'M NOT THE SMARTEST IN ATTORNEY. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO MY SON. BUT HE'S NOT HERE. SO I HAVE TO DEFER TO THE ATTORNEYS. IF THAT GOES TO SINGLE FAMILY, THE CITY WILL WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL THOSE LOTS. AND SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND BUILD SINGLE FAMILY THERE. PERFECT. AND YOU PREFER THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD PREFER TO HAVE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LOTS, SIX, LOTS OF SINGLE FAMILY THAN, THAN THAN THAN A, THAN A DOG PARK OR, OR THE OVERFLOW PARKING THAT I AGREE. I MAY NOT AGREE TOTALLY WITH MR. SANABRIA, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM TODAY THAT I WOULD BE VERY UPSET TO SEE THAT THIS IS A A A RESOLUTION OR WHATEVER LEGAL TERMINOLOGY THAT WAS DONE 54 YEARS AGO AND THINGS CHANGES. I, I, I, I, MY OFFICE IS IMMEDIATELY OR 150FT FROM THE PARK, THE DOG PARK. YOU'RE REFERRING TO CHOI PARK. LET ME TELL YOU, I FIRST, I WAS HESITANT AND I HAD MY DOUBTS. IT IS VERY NICE TO SEE HOW THOSE DOGS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, MISS BRAVO MENTIONED, DON'T HAVE TO BE ON A LEASH. THERE'S NO NOISE THERE. AND IT'S CLEAN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I, I WALK BECAUSE WHEN I CROSS THE STREET TO GO TO GRAZIANO'S, I WALK BY IT. I DON'T SEE THE, THE DOG PARK BEING DIRTY OR BEING, YOU KNOW, MORE. FURTHERMORE, THE OR [01:25:04] THE LAST POINT I THINK I WANNA MAKE IS I WAS IN BROOKLYN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO VISITING MY SON AND I HADN'T BEEN TO PROSPECT PARK AND I WENT TO PROSPECT PARK AND I, AND I SAW FAMILIES THAT ARE ALL OVER THE PARK, MUCH BIGGER PARK. AND I'M NOT GOING TO COMPARE THE GREEN SPACE HERE TO, TO THAT, BUT I. DID SEE YOUR FAMILY ENJOY THEMSELVES WITH THEIR DOGS IN THAT AREA THAT WAS NEWLY CREATED FOR TO HAVE THE DOGS RUNNING LOOSE, NOT BEING LEASHED AND NOT WALKING THEM THROUGH THE PARK ON A LEASH. I FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL. YES. DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE CORRECTLY? NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WOULD IT BE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE DEPTH OF THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE QUESTIONING HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. COULD IT BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS, THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES TO THE TO THE SOUTH, I GUESS, AND THE PARK? BUT I, I DO SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE. I DON'T SEE IT AS A NEGATIVE. AND THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION TO PUT IT, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE AN ACTIVE PARK ACROSS THE STREET THAT YOU CANNOT LET YOUR DOG, YOU KNOW, LOOSE ON THAT YOUTH CENTER. AND, AND BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES FOR NOT AS LONG AS YOU, FELIX, BUT FOR 36 YEARS. AND I USED TO COACH MY KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE YOUTH CENTER AND, AND THOSE THOSE THOSE LOTS RARELY, RARELY GET UTILIZED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE OVERFLOW, MAYBE THE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WILL GRANT IT. I WASN'T THERE, I DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ON THE WEEKENDS, THOSE LAWS ARE COMPLETELY EMPTY. SO I THINK THE USE OF DOG PARK HERE, I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD GOOD FOR THE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND THAT'S MY OPINION. THANK YOU, MR. ALVAREZ. I WILL GO IN ORDER ON MY NOTES. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT IMPROPER NOTICE. IS THAT AN ISSUE THAT WILL AFFECT THIS MEETING? I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES, BECAUSE THE THE THE ITEM WAS REVISED TO REDUCE THE PARCELS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THIS. AND WHEN YOU MEASURE THE THOUSAND FEET. AND THE. PLANNING ZONING CAN CONFIRM THIS. BUT WHEN YOU MEASURE THE THOUSAND FEET FROM THE THE, THE PARCEL THAT'S NOW BEEN LIMITED, IT MEETS THE 1000 FOOT RADIUS. THE OTHER PARCELS DO NOT ARE BEYOND THE THOUSAND FOOT RADIUS FOR THIS FOR THIS PARCEL. SO BY LIMITING IT, YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE, IT'S BEEN CURED BECAUSE THEY'VE REDUCED THE. THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THROUGH THE CHAIR I THINK THAT. WERE YOU MENTIONING THE NOVEMBER COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WAS NOT. THE SPEAKERS SAID THAT THERE WAS IMPROPER NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING, FOR THIS MEETING, FOR THIS MEETING? YES. I THINK I COULD HAVE SWORN I HEARD. SPEAKER, THE SECOND SPEAKER, WHEN THE WHEN THE NOVEMBER MEETING. WELL, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT NOTICES THAT WERE MENTIONED. IT WAS IN NOVEMBER. RIGHT. YOU HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, WHICH I WAS AWARE OF, WAS THE THOUSAND FOOT RADIUS WAS MET WITH THE THE PARCEL THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO, AND THAT WAS WHAT HER COMMENTS WERE. THE OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE NOTICE, BUT THE THE THE ITEM WAS REDUCED IN ITS SCOPE. SO THEY WERE NOT IMPACTED IN THE NOTICE. AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE LAST THING, WHICH IS THE EXAMPLE BY MISS BRAVO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ■THAT DON'T HAVE YARDS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE YARDS. THE PROBLEM IS ALL THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE YARDS, REALLY. THAT'S WHERE THE DOG PARKS SHOULD GO, WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE YARDS. AND THEN THAT WAY THEY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO BIGGER AREAS. YOU SEE IT IN URBAN AREAS, WHETHER IT'S CHICAGO, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BUT BUT THE POINT IS THAT THESE AREAS, THEIR DOGS ARE IN THEIR BACKYARDS THAN THE OWNERS CHOOSE TO WALK THEIR DOGS THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND [01:30:01] THE, THE, THE OTHER THING IS THE INTENSITY. WHEN YOU GET. YOU MAY HAVE NO DOGS, BUT YOU ALSO MAY HAVE TEN DOGS AND THE BARKING, ETC. THERE WAS A DOG PARK THAT EXISTED ON ANDERSON ROAD AND IT WAS MADE INTO A DOG PARK, AND THEN IT WAS REMOVED AS A DOG PARK. BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEARBY. SO THE PARK IS THERE, BUT IT'S NO LONGER A DOG PARK. IN FACT, IT HAS A SIGN THAT SAYS NO DOGS. OKAY. I THINK MY COLLEAGUE MADE A GREAT COMMENT. THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE VERSUS THE END PRODUCT. BUT IF WE GO TO THE PLAYGROUND, IT COULD BE ANY PLAYGROUND, IT COULD BE A DOG PARK, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE END PRODUCT HERE, AND I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH TRYING TO CHANGE IT. BUT THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM IS. I STILL DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE DEFERRING THIS AND WAITING FOR THE LITIGATION TO BE DONE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT LITIGATION. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY THROW OUT THE, THE, THE THIS REVERSION CLAUSE AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK HERE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO DO. SO MY PERSONAL OPINION IS WE SHOULD LET THAT LITIGATION PLAY OUT. NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BUYING A HOUSE KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PARKING THERE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND THAT THEN SWITCHING THAT TO A 400 ZERO SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK. I WOULD HAVE IF I WAS THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, I WOULD HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THAT. I DO HAVE A DOG, I LOVE DOGS, I TAKE THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME CUTE DOG AND PEOPLE THAT KNOW ME. I TAKE MY DOG EVERYWHERE, RESTAURANTS, MY OFFICE. IT GOES EVERYWHERE. BUT THERE WAS A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS HERE THAT MENTIONED IF THIS, THEY PUT THIS IN MY BACKYARD. I DON'T WANT IN MY BACKYARD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. I READ THIS IN THE NEWS. I SEE IT IN ALL THE GABLES BLOGS I SEE HERE IN THE COMMISSION MEETING. WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THE MEMBERS, THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED TO HAVE THIS DOG PARK. I DON'T SEE IT. I DON'T SEE THE PARK, THE THE TRAFFIC STUDY. I DON'T SEE THE PARKING STUDY. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO RELAY ON IT. IF TELLING ME THE GENTLEMAN IN THE GREEN SHIRT IS IS CORRECT, HE MAY BE TOTALLY WRONG. HE MAY BE TOTALLY RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WAS DONE TO ADDRESS THAT. BEING A FORMER POLICE CHIEF. OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A DOG PARK AND PEOPLE HAVE TO PARK IN DIFFERENT AREAS, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN TAKE ACTION FOR THAT AND STOP IT. BUT. I THINK THAT THIS IS TOO EARLY. I THINK THAT STAFF SHOULD GO BACK AND AND, AND CONDUCT MORE INFORMATION. I AM FOR DEFERRAL. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO BE A NO ON THIS ITEM FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING STUDIES I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING. I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE WORKING WITH OTHER CONCERNED RESIDENTS AND ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS, BECAUSE IF I BUY A HOUSE IN CORAL GABLES, WHICH AIN'T CHEAP, AND THEY PUT A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT DOG PARK DIRECTLY IN MY BACKYARD, MY DOG IS GOING TO BE AND I'M GONNA BE. FOR THAT REASON. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE FROM ANYBODY HERE. I MOVE FOR THIS TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL THE CITY COMES BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION FOR US TO CONSIDER, INCLUDING PARKING STUDIES, TRAFFIC STUDIES, AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH. THANK YOU. I'LL I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. I'M GOING TO I HEARD ALL OF YOU. I THINK I'M GOING TO ECHO MOSTLY BAKER'S COMMENTS. I DO THINK I MYSELF HAVE GREW UP IN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CORAL GABLES. I GREW UP IN. IN THE YOUTH CENTER, I. I'VE RARELY. EVEN WHEN WE RAN FOR OFFICE TWICE AT THIS POINT, I NEVER SAW THAT PARK. I NEVER SAW THAT PARK BE USED AS AN OVERFLOW, I. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE EVENTS. THEY'RE NOT. BUT I THINK THEY'RE FAR FEW IN BETWEEN. ULTIMATELY, I DO THINK IT'S IT'S A BEAUTIFICATION OF OF THE CITY. I MYSELF LIVE NEXT TO A DOG PARK. I WAS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT WAS AGAINST IT ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THE DOG PARK. BUT NOW I SEE MYSELF USING IT. ULTIMATELY I, I, I, AND I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. LIKE I SAID, I'M WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I'M WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THIS CASE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND I'M ALSO WITH THE YOUTH CENTER, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. THAT'S AN OVERFLOW PARKING THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TOLERATED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. IF WE PUT A DOG PARK THERE, WE MAY BE SATISFYING A FEW, BUT WE ARE HARMING MANY. AND I'LL TELL YOU [01:35:05] WHY. DURING THIS LITERACY ART FESTIVAL JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH I ATTENDED, I HAVE ATTENDED A FEW OF THOSE. THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PARK AND THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE THAT LIVE ACROSS THE WAY. AT 520, ALLOW THE OVERFLOW TO FILL THAT LOT COMPLETELY. WE COULD HARDLY EVEN MOVE A CAR OUT OF THERE, SO I DON'T SEE THE POINT OF EVEN APPROVING THIS FROM THE SENSE NOT JUST OF THE NEIGHBOR'S SAKE, BUT ALSO THE YOUTH CENTER SAKE AND THE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE THERE. IF WE HAVE A DOG PARK THERE, WE'RE GOING TO NEGATE MANY OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY THROUGH THE YOUTH CENTER. SO THEREFORE, MY VOTE IS NO ON THIS ITEM. ANY MORE BOARD DISCUSSION, MOTION. TO DEFER. I WANT TO PUT A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL MY CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GET A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SORRY. MOTION TO DEFER BY MEMBER IGNACIO, SECOND BY PRADO. SHANE MCLAUGHLIN. OKAY. BEFORE WE BEFORE WE GO THERE, WHAT WHAT EXACTLY THE DEFERMENT IS GOING TO DO? HAVE STAFF COME BACK WITH WITH WHAT? NUMBER ONE. ALL I SEE IS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS UPSET. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT STAFF CAN DO TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN? EVERYBODY'S HAPPY, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO SEE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND PARKING STUDY. I WANT TO SEE IF THAT GUY'S THE GREEN SHIRT. I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME, SO I APOLOGIZE IF HE'S RIGHT. BECAUSE IF I BOUGHT MY HOUSE THERE, KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE USED FOR PARKING, I ACCEPTED THAT WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I DIDN'T ACCEPT THEM TO BUILD 4000 SQUARE FOOT DUCK PARK OR PARK OR WHATEVER THING. AND THEN NOW I HAVE PEOPLE PARKING ALL OVER MY HOUSE AND PEOPLE PARKING IN MY FRONT YARD AND MESSING UP MY, MY COUNTY SWALE AND, AND CAUSING ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAMAGE. SO I WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO SEE IF BILL IS CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT THE, THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING MUCH MORE WORK ON THIS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THEM TO, TO PREPARE AND COME BACK TO US WITH. AND THE THIRD ITEM THAT I'M SORRY, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE THIRD ITEM THAT YOU MENTIONED AS A LAWYER IS THAT IT'S IN LITIGATION RIGHT NOW AND. CORRECT. AND MY THIRD ITEM IS WE SHOULD WAIT FOR LITIGATION. WELL, WITH REGARD TO LITIGATION, I THINK THE CITY IS LOOKING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT'S PRIOR TO THE LITIGATION, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A CERTAIN URGENCY. SO IF THE OF THE ITEM GETTING TO THE COMMISSION. SO IF IF YOU ALL FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PARKING STUDY AND A TRAFFIC STUDY, I THINK THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY IN ANY MOTION, EITHER MOTION TO APPROVE OR MOTION TO DENY, OR YOU'RE DENYING IT BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S A DEFERMENT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO SAY NO. YEAH, BUT I THINK YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT. IT'S NOT TO HAVE ONE DONE IS TO HAVE THE RESULTS, TO BE ABLE TO USE IT, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. WELL, THAT'S MY IT'S NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I SEE IT CAN BE A MOTION TO DENY BASED UPON NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT PARKING STUDY, BUT I'M, I, I'M SORRY, I JUST HESITATE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I HEAR, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GET A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. NO, I, I WANT TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT STAFF SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE US, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. LISTEN, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER, TO DEFER. RIGHT. SO ABOUT TO SAY THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT, ROBERT, CALL THE ROLL. CALL THE ROLL. RESPECTFULLY, I DO NOT VOTE TO DEFER. YES. GONZALEZ-SANABRIA I VOTE NO BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE TURNED DOWN RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW. IGNACIO ALVAREZ YES. ROBERT BEYER NO. ALICE BRAVO NO. ALEX BARCELLO NO. NO. AT THIS POINT ANY MOTION IS IN ORDER. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICATION. SECONDED. ONE SECOND PLEASE. IT WAS SECONDED BY MR. SANABRIA. YES. YES. GONZALEZ-SANABRIA. YES. IGNACIO ALVAREZ YES. ROBERT BEYER NO. ALICE. BRAVO. NO. JANE MCLAUGHLIN. NO. ALEX BARCELLO [01:40:09] NO. I WILL MAKE A MOTION. ANOTHER MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER. EVERYTHING IS. TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. AND THE CONDITION IS TO HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY AND A PARKING STUDY DONE PRIOR TO COMMISSION. BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK TO US. RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU'RE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU'RE APPROVING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE BE A PARKING STUDY AND A TRAFFIC STUDY. YES. RECOMMENDATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT WELL, BUT NOTHING THAT WE DO HERE IS EVIDENCE OF RECOMMENDATION. YEAH, I GET THAT. BUT WE'RE JUST THAT'S THE NATURE OF THIS BOARD. THIS BOARD DOESN'T WITH THE EXCEPTION, I THINK SOMETHING TO DO WITH PRELIMINARY PLATS, WHICH I JUST LEARNED ABOUT, THAT YOU DON'T MAKE DECISIONS, YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. LOOK, I'LL SECOND. ROBERT, MR. BURKHART. THANK YOU. CALL ME ROBERT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I KNOW THAT THE THE. THAT THE GREEN AREA INCORPORATES A BUFFER. SEPARATING FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY. THAT COULD BE DETERMINED BY PARKS DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER. YOU STILL SECOND, I STILL SECOND. GONZALEZ-SANABRIA. NO. IGNACIO ALVAREZ YES. ROBERT BEYER YES. ALICE BRAVO. YES. JANE MCLAUGHLIN. YES. FELIX PARDO NO. ALEX. MARCELO. YES. IT PASSED. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM I WOULD RECOMMEND. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK FOR THE REPORT THAT'S BEEN GOING. CAN WE NOT GO. I'D RATHER GO. I'D RATHER GO. OKAY. I'D RATHER [E.-1. 26-1569 A Resolution of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida granting an amendment to a previously approved Conditional Use (Resolution No. 2016-140), with all remaining conditions of approval to remain in effect, pursuant to Zoning Code Article 14, “Process,” Section 14-203, “Conditional Uses,” to allow a private school use with educational instruction from kindergarten through fifth (5th) grade within an existing day care facility, with no increase in square footage or student capacity, on the property legally described as the East 12.64 feet of Lot 3, all of Lots 7-45 and alley lying between, Block 35, Coral Gables Section K (320 Giralda Avenue), Coral Gables, Florida; including required conditions; providing for a repealer provision, providing for a severability clause, and providing for an effective date.] GO. I'D RATHER GO. 8:00. OKAY. ITEM ONE, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, GRANTING AN AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2016-140, WITH ALL REMAINING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO REMAIN IN EFFECT PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE ARTICLE 14 PROCESS. SECTION 14-203 CONDITIONAL USES TO ALLOW PRIVATE SCHOOL USE WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WITH AN EXISTING DAYCARE FACILITY WITH NO INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE OR STUDENT CAPACITY ON THE PROPERTY. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS THE EAST 12.64FT OF LOT THREE, ALL OF LOT SEVEN DASH THROUGH 45 AND AND ALLEY LYING BETWEEN BLOCK 35, CORAL GABLES, SECTION K, 320 GIRALDA AVENUE, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, INCLUDING REQUIRED CONDITIONS PROVIDING FOR APPEAL OR PROVISION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ITEM E ONE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS MARIA PLUCHINO AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING GIRALDA PRESCHOOL PLANT POWERT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TODAY I WILL EXPLAIN OUR REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSED KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AND HOW IT FITS WITHIN OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS. SO GIRALDA PRESCHOOL IS REQUESTING CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE CURRENT CHILDCARE PRESCHOOL USE TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, INITIALLY OFFERING KINDERGARTEN FOR FALL THIS YEAR, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THROUGH FIFTH GRADE IN THE FUTURE. THIS ADDITION DOESN'T INCREASE THE FACILITY'S APPROVED CAPACITY OF 174 STUDENTS, AS IT WILL SERVE ONLY TEN STUDENTS AND WILL BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN OUR EXISTING ART ROOM. SO WE DON'T NEED ANY PHYSICAL MODIFICATION IN OUR FACILITY. THIS IS NOT AN EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY, BUT AN EXPANSION OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR OUR FAMILIES. SO OUR FACILITY HAS AN INDOOR PLAYGROUND THAT IS ALLOWED BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN URBAN AREA. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE KINDERGARTEN WILL BE LOCATED IN OUR ART ROOM THAT HAS AN AREA OF 436FT■!S. ABOUT PARKING. WE HAVE SIX DESIGNATED PARKING [01:45:05] SPACES ONLY FOR DROP OFF AND PICK UP, AND ALSO THE GARAGE BUILDING HAS 305 SPACES AVAILABLE NOT ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL BUT ALSO FOR THE RESTAURANTS AND THE RETAIL. THIS IS OUR INDOOR PLAN. SO THE KINDERGARTEN WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT AND THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THE SIX RESERVED PARKING SPACES WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO A SIDEWALK LEADING TO THE SCHOOL. SO THE PRESCHOOL IS AN APPLE ACCREDITED SCHOOL, AND IT ALSO HOLDS THE GOLD SEAL QUALITY CARE PROGRAM THAT THAT IS OFFERED THROUGH DCF. THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY. SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS AND IT INCLUDES LOW TEACHER TO STUDENT RATIOS. I'M NOT GOING TO BOTHER YOU WITH ALL THE RATIOS IN EACH CLASS, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE 96 STUDENTS IN TOTAL, WITH 16 TEACHERS AND THREE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GAP BETWEEN OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT. THAT IS, 96 STUDENTS AND THE SCHOOL APPROVED CAPACITY OF 174 STUDENTS. TRAFFIC AND ARRIVAL FLOW. WE HAVE WE ARE OPEN FROM 730 TO 6:30 P.M. AND WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE IN THE PRESCHOOL FROM 730 TO 2 2:30 P.M. IS PART TIME AND FULL TIME FROM 730 TO 6:30 P.M. AND MOST SCHOOL ARRIVALS ARE FROM 930, NO, SORRY, 830 TO 9 A.M. OKAY. THE PROPOSED KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN FROM 730 TO 3:30 P.M. AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS HAVE TO ARRIVE AT 730 SHARP. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES BETWEEN BETWEEN ONE SCHEDULE AND THE OTHER. THEN IT WILL MINIMIZE THE CONGESTION WHEN DROPPING OFF OR PICKING UP THE STUDENTS. SO AS A COMMUNITY CENTERED SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF CORAL GABLES, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARRIVE BY WALKING OR BIKING, BIKING, OR WITH STROLLERS. I CAN TELL YOU LIKE THAT, LIKE 70% OF MY FAMILY IS IN THE PRESCHOOL, LIVE AROUND THE THOUSAND RADIO FROM THE SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I FAVOR THIS ITEM. I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO ALL THE COMMENTS. I THINK IT'S BASICALLY AN INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL IS NO EXPANSION AND NO ZONING CHANGES. SO THAN INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS. LET'S HEAR FROM STAFF AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL HAVE BOARD DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MR. CHAIR, PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. CRAIG SOUTHERN, PLANNING OFFICIAL WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION. MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE STAFF POWERPOINT, PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AS MRS. PLUCHINO HAD JUST INDICATED, IS A REQUEST BY THE EXISTING GIRALDA PRESCHOOL OF CORAL GABLES FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE FROM 2016. RESOLUTION 2016-140 FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 320 GIRALDA AVENUE. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE AERIAL MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BLURRED OUT, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ENCAPSULATED FROM THE NORTH SIDE, GIRALDA AVENUE, SOUTH SIDE, ARAGON AVENUE, LEJEUNE ON THE WEST AND SALCEDO ON THE EAST, JUST SOUTHWEST OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED HERE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. CURRENTLY, IT IS A PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE. AS MISS PLUCHINO JUST INDICATED, IT'S [01:50:01] GOT 96 STUDENTS THAT ATTEND IT. IT'S CURRENTLY WITHIN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. DESIGNATION OF COMMERCIAL MEDIUM RISE INTENSITY AND WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT OF MIXED USE TWO. SO THE REQUEST IS TO REFER BACK TO THE STAFF REPORT BRIEFLY. BASICALLY HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, RESOLUTION 2016-140 PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE ARTICLE 14, SECTION 14-203, TO ALLOW A PRIVATE SCHOOL USE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WITH AN EXISTING DAYCARE FACILITY WITH NO INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE OR EXISTING STUDENT CAPACITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION MEETING THAT WAS HELD BY THE APPLICANT ON APRIL 23RD THERE AT THE PRESCHOOL. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HELD A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, A DRC MEETING, APRIL 24TH. SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES A PRIVATE SCHOOL USE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE WITH AN EXISTING GATE DAYCARE FACILITY, WHILE MAINTAINING ALL EXISTING APPROVED OPERATIONAL LIMITS OF THE SITE. THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A LICENSED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FACILITY, SERVING CHILDREN FROM INFANCY THROUGH VBC, AND THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT WOULD FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE PRIVATE SCHOOL ENTITLEMENT WITH THE EXIST WITHIN THE EXISTING DAYCARE FRAMEWORK, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. THE PROPOSED PRIVATE SCHOOL USE WOULD INITIALLY CONSIST OF A KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM SERVING APPROXIMATELY TEN STUDENTS LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE EXISTING 436 SQUARE FOOT ART ROOM. MISS PLUCHINO DID BRING UP AN INTERIOR FLOOR PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AGAIN, BUT ALL THAT'S REALLY CHANGING OF THE EXISTING. 9087 SQUARE FOOT TENANT SPACE IS JUST THIS 436 SQUARE FOOT ART ROOM THAT'S GOING TO BE CONVERTED INTO A KINDERGARTEN FOR TEN STUDENTS. SO THERE WILL BE NO EXPANSION OF ANY ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE TENANT SPACE. NO STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS. THE REQUEST MAINTAINS THE EXISTING APPROVED INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND WILL ALSO CONTINUE, AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, TO REMAIN THE CAP OF A MAXIMUM OF 174 STUDENTS. ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S ONLY CURRENTLY 96 STUDENTS ATTENDING THE DAYCARE, AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO ADD TEN STUDENTS FOR THIS FALL. THAT'S WHEN THE PROPOSAL IS TO OPEN UP FOR THE KINDERGARTEN IS THIS FALL. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 106 STUDENTS. SO OPERATIONS IN CIRCULATION WITH THE ORIGINAL CONDITIONAL USE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP AT THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. SO THE FACILITY CURRENTLY UTILIZES SIX DESIGNATED OFF STREET SPACES WITHIN THE GARAGE FOR STUDENT LOADING AND UNLOADING. AND AS A PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FROM STAFF, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO LATER, ALL VEHICULAR DROP OFF AND PICK UP ACTIVITIES MUST OCCUR WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE, CURBSIDE OR STREET DROP OFF ALONG THE GIRALDA AVENUE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES BETWEEN THE DAYCARE AND THE KINDERGARTEN. PROGRAMS MUST BE AT LEAST STAGGERED BY 30 MINUTES, AND SCHOOL STAFF WILL MONITOR AND ENFORCE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES TO MINIMIZE CONGESTION AND ENSURE SAFE CIRCULATION. SO IN RESPECT TO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT TWO MAILERS, ONE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICIPATION MEETING APRIL 23RD. AND THEN ALSO FOR THIS MEETING, THIS PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING, BOTH TIMES, 583 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. ONCE AGAIN TWO TIMES LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TWO TIMES. PROPERTY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE DRC AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TWO TIMES WEBSITE POSTING FOR THE DRC AND PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. AND FOR THIS MEETING THERE'S BEEN A NEWSPAPER. ADVERTISEMENT. SO THE FINDINGS OF FACT BY STAFF PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-2 OF 3.8 OF THE ZONING CODE STANDARDS FOR REVIEW OF CONDITIONAL USES [01:55:04] BASED ON BASED ON THE ANALYSIS CONTAINED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT. STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED WITHIN THAT SECTION 14 PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. IT DOES NOT INCREASE INTENSITY OF USE. IT WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, AND IT SATISFIES CONCURRENCY AND CIRCULATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF ALSO FINDS THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CONTINUED PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WHILE MAINTAINING THE EXISTING APPROVED OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK. ADDITIONALLY, AS MISS PLUCHINO INDICATED, 70% OF THE STUDENTS CURRENTLY LIVE WITHIN 1000 FOOT RADIUS, SO THIS IS BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION, BASED ON THE COMPLETE FINDINGS OF FACT CONTAINED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. THE CONDITIONS ARE DETAILED WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT THAT EVERYONE HAS, BUT I'LL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THEM FOR YOU. MAINTAINING THE MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT CAP OF 174 STUDENTS, LIMITING OPERATIONAL HOURS BETWEEN 7:30 A.M. AND 6:30 P.M. REQUIRING ALL VEHICULAR DROP OFF AND PICK UP ACTIVITY TO OCCUR WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE, ONLY REQUIRING STAGGERED SCHEDULING AND OPERATIONAL ENFORCEMENT MEASURES REQUIRING ANY FUTURE EXPANSION BEYOND KINDERGARTEN TO UNDERGO SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT, REVIEW, COMMITTEE REVIEW AND ADDITIONAL REGULATORY EVALUATION PRIOR PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TRAFFIC, AND ETC. SO ALL OTHER CONDITIONS, WHICH WERE THREE CONDITIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY CONTAINED IN RESOLUTION 2016 140, SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT OF THE APPLICATION. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF, WE'RE. I HAVE A MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. DOES THE APPLICANT AGREE TO THOSE CONDITIONS? YES, I DO AGR I ERE PUB CMENT? NO COMMT. BOAION.'D KE TO MAKE A MOT APE. NOOMMENT GOOD. MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YES, SIR. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. JILL. IGNACIO. ALVAREZ. YES. ROBERT. BAKER. YES. ALICE. BRAVO. YES. SHANE. MCGLASSON. YES. FELIX. PRADO. YES. GONZALO. SANABRIA. YES. ALEX. LUCERO. YES. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON SOMETHING THAT IGNACIO MENTIONED. AND I AGAIN COMMEND OUR FORMER. NOT WITH YOU GUYS. YEAH. YOU'RE DONE. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. WELL, NO. FOR HIM, IT'S LIKE OFF THE RECORD. YEAH. YOU GOT A GREAT VOICE, BUT DON'T TALK SO MUCH. BUT NO, MY POINT IS. MY POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT I AGREE WITH YOU. ANYBODY? YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS THE PAST. ANYBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES THAT SITS ON THIS BOARD SHOULD COME OFF BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD, AND I THINK THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR HAVING, YOU KNOW, CANDIDATES SITTING HERE WHILE THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. AND I WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. BEFORE WE GO WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR. I'M DONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. CHAIR? YES. ANYBODY WHOSE TERM HAS OVER EXPIRED SINCE YOU ARE OVER EXPIRED, YOU'RE NINE. I THINK YOU'RE NINE YEARS. THIS IS GETTING NOW. SHOULD. SHOULD BE, SHOULD NOT BE ON THE BOARD. ROBERT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE UP WITH SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD BE CLARIFIED. WE DON'T NEED TO BE DOING WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMISSION. THERE'S NO REASON TO GO BACK AND FORTH. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ROBERT, TELL THE THE CITY MANAGER WHO JUST RESIGNED, BY THE WAY, WILL DO. OKAY. HE JUST RESIGNED, BY THE WAY, FOR YOUR VICE VERSA. BUT I CONCUR WITH HIM. FINE. NOBODY RUNNING FOR COMMISSION SHOULD BE ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. GONZALO, WE GOT TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT DO IT RIGHT HERE THAT HAVE DONE IT RIGHT HERE. IT DOESN'T MATTER JUST BECAUSE. WAIT. YEAH. ALEX, JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DID IT BEFORE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S RIGHT. I'M JUST TELLING YOU, GONZALO. IT. DOES IT LOOK GOOD FOR YOU? I HEAR YOU. THERE WAS A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I HEARD, NOT YET. NOW I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DID RESIGN WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE. YES, IF THERE'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.