[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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          IS JUNE 17TH, 2026. CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER. ALL OF YOU, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE SILENCE ALL YOUR PHONES AND BEEPERS. SORRY. I THINK THAT WAS A BEEPER. GOOD EVENING. THIS BOARD IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN MEMBERS. FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, AND AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF FOUR MEMBERS SHALL BE NECESSARY FOR THE ADOPTION OF ANY MOTION. IF ONLY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE PRESENT, AN APPLICANT MAY REQUEST AND BE ENTITLED TO A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE BOARD IF IT MATTERS. CONTINUED DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM, THE CHAIRPERSON OR SECRETARY OF THE BOARD MAY SET A SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER SUCH MATTER. IN THE EVENT THAT FOUR VOTES ARE NOT OBTAINED, AN APPLICANT, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, MAY REQUEST A CONTINUANCE OR ALLOW THE APPLICATION TO PROCEED TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-118. THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HAS RETURNED TO TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON MEETINGS. HOWEVER, THE PLANNING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED THE ABILITY FOR PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS VIRTUALLY. FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE APPEARING ON ZOOM AND WISH TO TESTIFY, YOU MUST BE VISIBLE TO THE COURT AND COURT REPORTER TO BE SWORN IN. OTHERWISE, IF YOU SPEAK WITHOUT BEING SWORN IN, YOUR COMMENTS MAY NOT HAVE EVIDENTIARY VALUE. LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND DISCLOSURE ANY PERSON WHO ACTS AS A LOBBYIST MUST REGISTER WITH THE CITY CLERK AS REQUIRED, PURSUANT TO THE CITY CODE. AS ACTING CHAIR, I NOW OFFICIALLY CALL THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 17TH, 2026 TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 602. JILL, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. IGNACIO ALVAREZ. PRESENT. ROBERT BEJAR PRESENT. ALICE. BRAVO. PRESENT. JANE MCLAUGHLIN. 
          PRESENT. FELIX PARDO HERE. GONZALO SANABRIA HERE. ALEX. HERE. NOTICE REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATION. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS BOARD IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD WHICH REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ALL EX PARTE COMMUNICATION AND SITE VISITS AND EX PARTE COMMUNICATION IS DEFINED AS ANY CONTACT, COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATION, CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORANDUM OR OTHER WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMUNICATION THAT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE A PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND A MEMBER OF THE QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD REGARDING MATTERS TO BE HEARD BY THE BOARD. IF ANYONE MADE ANY CONTACT WITH THE BOARD MEMBER REGARDING ANY ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD, THE BOARD MEMBER MUST STATE ON THE RECORD THE EXISTENCE OF THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATION AND THE PARTY WHO ORIGINATED THE COMMUNICATION. ALSO, A BOARD MEMBER CONDUCTED A SITE VISIT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE CASE BEFORE THE BOARD. THE BOARD MEMBER MUST ALSO DISCLOSE SUCH VISIT. IN EITHER CASE, THE BOARD MEMBER MUST STATE ON THE RECORD WHERE THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATION AND OR SITE VISIT WILL AFFECT THE BOARD MEMBER'S ABILITY TO TO IMPARTIALLY CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENTED REGARDING THIS MATTER. THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD ALSO STATE THAT HIS OR HER DECISION WILL BE BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL, COMPETENT EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED ON THE RECORD TODAY. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD HAVE SUCH COMMUNICATION AND OR SITE VISIT TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? NO, I WENT TO THE SITE YESTERDAY. I JUST WENT MYSELF. I STEPPED DOWN AND INSPECTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          SWEARING IN. EVERYONE WHO SPEAKS THIS EVENING MUST COMPLETE THE ROSTER ON THE PODIUM. WE ASK THAT YOU PRINT CLEARLY SO THAT THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WILL BE CORRECT. NOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ATTORNEYS, ALL PERSONS PHYSICALLY IN THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBER WHO WILL SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE US THIS EVENING, PLEASE RISE TO BE SWORN IN. 
          ZOOM PLATFORM PARTICIPANTS. I'LL ASK ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEMS TO PLEASE OPEN YOUR CHAT AND SEND A DIRECT MESSAGE TO JILL MENENDEZ STATING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE BOARD AND INCLUDE YOUR FULL NAME. JILL WILL CALL YOU WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN, AND I ASK YOU TO BE CONCISE FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME. PHONE. PHONE. PLATFORM. PARTICIPANTS. AFTER ZOOM PLATFORM PARTICIPANTS ARE DONE, I WILL ASK PHONE PARTICIPANTS TO COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM. I ASK YOU TO BE CONCISE 
          [C. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]
FOR THE INTEREST OF TIME. CAN I HAVE APPROVAL OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING? MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AYE. PROCEDURE WILL USE TONIGHT. IDENTIFICATION OF AGENDA ITEM BY MRS. SUAREZ. PRESENTATION BY APPLICANT OR AGENT. PRESENTATION BY STAFF. 
          THEN I'LL OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST IN CHAMBER, THEN IN ZOOM, FOLLOWED BY PHONE. 
          I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL HAVE BOARD DISCUSSION. THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION DISCUSSION. AND SECOND OF THE MOTION AND THE BOARD'S FINAL COMMENTS. AND FINALLY VOTE. MR. 
          [E.-1. 26-1692 An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida amending the Future Land Use Map and Mixed Use Overlay District Map of the City of Coral Gables Comprehensive Plan pursuant to Zoning Code Article 14, “Process,” Section 14-213, “Comprehensive Plan Text and Map Amendments,” and Small Scale amendment procedures (ss. 163.3187, Florida Statutes), from “Religious/Institutional” to “Commercial Mid-Rise Intensity” and to include within the boundaries of the North Ponce Mixed Use District Overlay, Block 21, Revised Plat of Coral Gables Douglas Section (110 Phoenetia Avenue), Coral Gables, Florida; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and an effective date.]
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CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM? YES. SO WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THAT WE WILL CONSOLIDATE FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. MY APOLOGIES DEALING WITH SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES HERE. SO WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA E ONE. AND I'LL READ THEM ALL TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THEM FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION. E ONE IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE ARTICLE 14 PROCESS. 
          SECTION 14-213 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AND MAP AMENDMENTS AND SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES FROM RELIGIOUS, INSTITUTIONAL TO COMMERCIAL MID-RISE INTENSITY AND TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT OVERLAY BLOCK 21 REVISED PLAT OF CORAL GABLES DOUGLAS SECTION, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE. E2 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY 
          [E.-2. 26-1693 An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida making Zoning District boundary changes pursuant to Zoning Code Article 14, “Process,” Section 14-212, “Zoning Code Text and Map Amendments:” 1) from “Special Use” to “Mixed Use 2”, and 2) to include  within the boundaries of the North Ponce Mixed Use District Overlay,  Block 21, Revised Plat of Coral Gables Douglas Section (110 Phoenetia Avenue), Coral Gables, Florida; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and an effective date.]
COMMISSION OF CORAL GABLES, MAKING ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARY CHANGES PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE. 
          ARTICLE 14, SECTION 14-212 ZONING CODE TEXT MAP AMENDMENTS ONE FROM SPECIAL USE TO MIXED USE TWO AND TWO TO INCLUDE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT MIXED USE DISTRICT OVERLAY BLOCK 21 REVISED PLAT, CORAL GABLES, DOUGLAS. SECTION 110 PHOENICIA, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN 
          [E.-3. 26-1694 An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida granting approval of a Planned Area Development (PAD) pursuant to Zoning Code Article 14, “Process,” Section 14-206, “General Procedures for Planned Area Development” for a mixed-use project referred to as “Crystal Residences,” including a private school, on property legally described as  Block 21, Revised Plat of Coral Gables Douglas Section (110 Phoenetia Avenue), Coral Gables, Florida; superseding Ordinance No. 1909 and Ordinance No. 2962; including required conditions; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]
EFFECTIVE DATE. E THREE IS THE NORTH OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA GRANTING APPROVAL OF A PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO ZONING CODE. ARTICLE 14 PROCESS. 
          SECTION 14 DASH 2006 GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT FOR MIXED USE PROJECT REFERRED TO AS CRYSTAL RESIDENCES, INCLUDING A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BLOCK 21 REVISED PLAT, CORAL GABLES, DOUGLAS, SECTION 110 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1909. AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2962, INCLUDING REQUIRED CONDITIONS PROVIDING FOR REPEATED PROVISIONS, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND 
          [E.-4. 26-1695 A Resolution of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, requesting Mixed-Use Site Plan Review and an Encroachment Agreement pursuant to Article 14, “Process” Section 14-203, “Conditional Uses,” for a proposed mixed-use project, referred to as “Crystal Residences,” including a private school and live/work units; on property legally described as Block 21, Revised Plat of Coral Gables Douglas Section (110 Phoenetia Avenue), Coral Gables, Florida; superseding Ordinance No. 1909 and Ordinance No. 2962, to permit the current accessory school as a principal use; including required conditions; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date.]
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. E FOUR IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, REQUESTING MIXED USE SITE PLAN REVIEW AND AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 14, SECTION 14-203 CONDITIONAL USES FOR A PROPOSED MIXED USE PROJECT REFERRED TO AS CRYSTAL RESIDENCES, INCLUDING A PRIVATE SCHOOL AND LIVE WORK UNITS ON PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS BLOCK 21, REVISED CORAL GABLES, DOUGLAS, SECTION ONE, TEN PHOENICIA AVENUE, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SUPERSEDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1909. AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 2962 TO PERMIT THE CURRENT ACCESSORY SCHOOL AS A PRINCIPAL USE, INCLUDING REQUIRED CONDITIONS, PROVIDING PROVIDING FOR REPEATED PROVISIONS, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PRESENTATION BY STAFF. OR ARE WE GOING TO THE APPLICANT OR. I'M SORRY. YEAH, CORRECT. 
          MISTER CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. GEORGE ALVARO WITH OFFICES AT 333 SOUTHEAST SECOND AVENUE. WE HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. IF WE COULD HAVE IT PLACED ON THE SCREEN BY WAY OF INTRO. JOINING ME THIS EVENING, WE HAVE MARY PALACIO FROM CRYSTAL ACADEMY, SERENA SORRENTINO AND TONY TALBOT, WHO ARE THE PROJECT PRINCIPALS, OUR LEAD PROJECT DESIGNER, ALBERT CORDOVEZ, IS HERE, AS WELL AS OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT, BOB CHISHOLM. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT WHAT IS TRULY A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT MIXED USE PROJECT, A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT'S A MIXED USE PROJECT THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL LIVE WORK AND OPEN SPACES, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL MIXED USE PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS ANCHORED BY A NEW PERMANENT HOME FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY. I'LL DISCUSS THIS PROJECT IN GREATER DETAIL SHORTLY, BUT I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. THERE WE GO. SO THIS PROCESS BEGAN IN 2021. 
          THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH CRYSTAL ACADEMY. IT HAS UNDERGONE AN EXTENSIVE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS, AS ILLUSTRATED IN THIS TIMELINE, THIS PROJECT WAS CAREFULLY EVALUATED AND IT'S BEEN REFINED THROUGH A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW PROCESS THAT WENT ON FOR MANY YEARS. AND AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO REQUEST THE ZONING APPROVALS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A REALITY. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, AS WAS MENTIONED BY YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, IS A CHANGE OF LAND USE FROM RELIGIOUS, INSTITUTIONAL TO COMMERCIAL MID-RISE INTENSITY AND TO ADD THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT. IT INCLUDES A REZONING FROM SPECIAL USE TO MIXED USE TO A PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT, AND A CONCEPTUAL AND A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN. FOR MANY YEARS, THIS PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY A CHURCH AND IT WAS LEASED TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY. IT'S FOR 
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THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH CRYSTAL ACADEMY. IT'S A NONPROFIT SCHOOL HERE IN CORAL GABLES THAT HAS SERVED MORE THAN 600 FAMILIES FOR MORE THAN 16 YEARS. IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY SCHOOL IN CORAL GABLES THAT PROVIDES SPECIALIZED THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT AND EDUCATION FOR KIDS WITH SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING DISABILITIES. WHEN THE CHURCH DECIDED TO SELL THE PROPERTY IN 2021, CRYSTAL ACADEMY FACED THE REAL POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD LOSE ITS HOME AND ITS ABILITY TO SERVE THE FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN THAT DEPEND ON IT. MY CLIENT MADE A COMMITMENT AT THAT TIME TO PRESERVE THE SCHOOL ON SITE AND TO INVEST IN ITS FUTURE BY DEDICATING A 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT SPACE WITHIN ITS PROJECT, AND TO PROVIDE A 400 ZERO SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AREA FOR THESE CHILDREN. THIS IS BEING BUILT BY THE APPLICANT, FULLY FUNDED BY THE OWNER, AND LEASED BACK TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY FOR 99 YEARS RENT FREE. THIS COMMITMENT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT GIVEN THE GROWING NEED FOR THESE SERVICES AND THE LACK OF AVAILABLE INSTITUTIONS THAT PROVIDE IT. 
          WHILE CORAL GABLES IS HOME TO MANY OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CRYSTAL ACADEMY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT PROVIDES THIS SPECIALIZED CARE. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE CRYSTAL ACADEMY WITH A PERMANENT HOME, WHERE IT CAN CONTINUE ITS MISSIONS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THIS PROJECT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MARY PALACIO UP SO SHE CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THIS PROJECT MEANS TO THEM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS MARY PALACIO, AS JORGE SAID, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN STANDING IN THIS ROOM AND CITY HALL BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARDS ADVOCATING FOR INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. BUT TONIGHT, I'M TALKING FROM A MOTHER PERSPECTIVE AND A FOUNDER OF A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 20 YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY SONS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE AUTISM, AND I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR A PLACE HERE WHERE I LIVE THAT I COULD FIND THE SERVICES FOR MY SON, AND I COULDN'T FIND THAT. 
          AND I HAD TO TRAVEL. AND THAT'S HOW CRYSTAL ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED 17 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE WE HAD A NEED IN THIS CITY FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE, FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE NEARBY TO FIND A CENTER AND A SCHOOL THAT WOULD SERVE THEIR CHILDREN. TODAY, CRYSTAL ACADEMY SERVES THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. MOST OF OUR CHILDREN ARE NON-VERBAL. 
          THEY HAD FEEDING TUBES, THEY USED WHEELCHAIRS, AND THEY HAVE EXTREME BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE A 1 TO 1 INTERVENTION. THEY DO GET BETTER, BUT THEY START THAT WAY. 
          I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AGAIN TODAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS PROJECT COMES TO THIS BOARD, BECAUSE HAVING A RENT FREE AND A NEW BUILDING IS JUST TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. OUR BUILDING IS AGING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, BUT IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SPENT INSTEAD OF SPENDING IT IN, IN, IN COMMUNITY BASED INSTRUCTIONS, IN TOOLS, IN SPECIALIZED STAFFING, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S A BURDEN. AND THE FACT THAT FIVE FUEL COMPANIES HAS HONORED THE AGREEMENT THAT CENTURY BUILDERS DID FIVE YEARS AGO. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM HAVING TO DO THAT. SO HERE I AM, HUMBLING JUST ASKING TO SEE IF YOU CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD SO WE CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING THESE CHILDREN AND THESE FAMILIES WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, THAT THEY CAN LEARN. THEY GROW IN A PLACE THAT THEY CALL HOME BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVING DISCUSSED THE COMMUNITY MISSION THAT STARTED THIS PROJECT, I'D LIKE NOW TO TURN INTO THE PLANNING CONTEXT AND THE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DESIGNING THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF THIS AREA AND WHERE THIS PROJECT IS. AT A HIGH LEVEL. 
          THE PROJECT HAS 184 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 16 GROUND FLOOR LIVE WORK UNITS, A NEW EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE COURTYARD AND A 400 ZERO SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLAYGROUND THAT WILL BE USED BY CRYSTAL ACADEMY DURING SCHOOL HOURS AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE AFTERNOONS 
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AND ON WEEKENDS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BEING A FATHER. THAT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THESE TYPES OF SPACES. SO IN TERMS OF LOCATION, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT ON EAST PONCE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE MAIN ARTERIAL ROADWAY THAT CONNECTS PONCE INTO DOUGLAS ENTRANCE AND SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. THE PROPERTY SERVES REALLY AS A TRANSITIONAL AREA IN THE NORTH PONCE AREA. AND TO TAKE A STEP BACK AS TO WHAT THE INTENT OF THE NORTH PONCE AREA WAS WHEN IT WAS CREATED, IT WAS A UNDERTAKING THAT TOOK MANY YEARS TO COME ACROSS. MANY WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS WERE DONE PLANNING EXERCISES. IT WAS ADOPTED AT THAT TIME TO TRY TO PROMOTE THE REVITALIZATION OF THIS AREA OF THE CITY BY ENCOURAGING NEW HOUSING FOR YOUNG FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. CREATE A WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. CITY SAW THIS AREA AS AN AREA THAT WAS RIPE FOR GROWTH BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT, ITS PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL USES AND NEARBY EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. AND THE IDEA WAS REALLY TO CREATE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY, BRINGING RESIDENTIAL SO IT COULD BE WALKABLE TO COMMERCIAL, BRINGING RESIDENTIAL SO IT COULD BE WALKABLE TO EDUCATION, BRINGING COMMERCIAL SO IT COULD BE RESIDENTIAL, SO IT COULD BE WALKABLE TO ALL THE DIFFERENT OFFICE USES IN THE AREA. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS PROJECT ACCOMPLISHES. AND WE BELIEVE IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE NORTH PONCE AREA. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS MAP, THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE ONE OF THE OVERLAYS IN YOUR NORTH PONCE AREA, WHICH IS THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IN THIS EXHIBIT AND DIRECTLY TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH. YOU SEE THAT UNDER THE EXISTING NORTH PONCE FRAMEWORK THAT EXISTS TODAY TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, YOU COULD HAVE 190 FOOT BUILDING WITH 125 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY IS WHAT WE CALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT. AND THIS AREA, THIS OVERLAY WAS CREATED REALLY TO ENCOURAGE EXISTING GARDEN STYLE APARTMENTS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES TO PRESERVE THEM. BUT IT ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASED THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES IN THIS AREA BY INCREASING THE DENSITY AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT TO 100FT AND 100 UNITS PER ACRE. SO THIS PROPERTY ESSENTIALLY SERVES AS A TRANSITION IN THIS AREA BETWEEN THE HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND MIXED USE CORRIDOR TO THE WEST AND THE MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR TO THE EAST. OUR REQUEST FOR RM TWO AND MID-RISE COMMERCIAL IS INTENDED TO CREATE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. BETWEEN THESE TWO OVERLAYS, WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE MID-RISE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND NOT EXCEEDING THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT THAT YOU HAVE THERE TODAY, WHICH IS 100FT IN HEIGHT, BUT ALSO HAVING A ZONING THAT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THIS EXISTING SCHOOL THAT'S ON SITE. FROM A USE PERSPECTIVE, THE PROJECT IS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREA. 
          IT PRESERVES THE EXISTING EDUCATIONAL USES, AND IT INTEGRATES THEM AND INTRODUCES RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH ARE ALREADY PERMITTED WITHIN THE BROADER OVERLAY TODAY. FROM A HIGH PERSPECTIVE. AND THIS GIVES YOU A CONTEXT OF THE AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT HERE'S A HERE'S A BETTER AREA FROM FROM A HIGH PERSPECTIVE, THE WAY WE DESIGNED THIS BUILDING WAS TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THE LOCATION. THIS WAS AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND CONVERSATIONS WITH AREA RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, WE INCORPORATED A TIERED MASSING APPROACH THAT ALBERT WILL EXPLAIN THAT SCALES DOWN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING FROM NINE STORIES AND APPROXIMATELY 93FT ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ABUTS THE EXISTING NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT. AND TRANSITIONS AS IT GOES WEST INTO THE INTO THE MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY AREA TO EIGHT STORIES, 83FT, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE 100FT THAT'S ALLOWED TODAY. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, IF YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS AERIAL COMPATIBILITY IMAGE, IS THAT THE PROJECT'S HEIGHT AND MASSING ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH BOTH EXISTING AND RECENTLY APPROVED PROJECTS AND THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREA. 
          THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING ITS PROPORTIONS, SCALE AND MASSING, WAS HEAVILY REVIEWED BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND BOARDS. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS. IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY UPHELD BY THE SPECIAL MASTER BOARD, AND IT WAS ALSO UPHELD BY THE CITY COMMISSION BOARD. SO THIS IS A PROJECT WHOSE ARCHITECTURE HAS GONE THROUGH A VERY STRENUOUS AND VERY DETAILED REVIEW PROCESS. WITH THAT CONTEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALBERT CORDOVEZ SO HE COULD WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROJECT IN GREATER 
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DETAIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GEORGE. MR. CHAIR, GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS. ALBERT CORDOVEZ WITH ARCHITECTS AT 4210 LAGUNA STREET, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING IN REVIEWING OUR APPLICATION. WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO FINALLY BE HERE BEFORE THIS BOARD. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH CITY STAFF. OUR CLIENT, THE EX CLIENTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, WHICH WE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH AND A TRUE COLLABORATION TO WHAT I THINK CULMINATED WITH AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT, A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND SINCE THE ONSET OF DESIGN. JUST WITH THE. IS THE ONSET OF DESIGN, I THINK WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN A SMALL CITY BLOCK, IN A BEAUTIFUL AREA OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY. AND OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS WAS TO TAKE THAT EXISTING PEDESTRIAN REALM TO TRULY ANOTHER LEVEL. AND IN DOING THIS, I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN DESIGN GOALS WAS TO START WITH THE GROUND FLOOR ACTIVE SPACES WITHIN THE PROJECT. AND IN DOING THIS, WE ACTUALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR GROUND FLOOR PLAN, WE ANCHOR THE MAIN. WHAT WE THINK AND BELIEVE IS THE MAIN VISUAL CORNER OF THE PROJECT OF EAST PONTE AND ANTILLA WITH OUR MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE. TO THE PROJECT. WE ALSO HAVE WITHIN THE 200 UNITS, 16 LIVE WORK UNITS THAT ARE ANCHORING A VERY ACTIVE USE AND SPACE AT GROUND FLOOR. AND AGAIN, THE GOAL WAS TO MAXIMIZE THE TRUE ACTIVE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE REALM. WE ALSO HAVE THE 5000FT■!S SCHOOL, SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL. AS MARTY MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR PRIDE AND JOYS OF THIS PROJECT, AND AGAIN, ANCHORING WITH ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROJECT, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY ANCHORING THE REALM WITH THE ACTIVE USE SPACES, BUT ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE AREAS, WHICH WE HAVE GIVEN THIS PROJECT THROUGHOUT BASICALLY ALL THE FRONTAGES, ADDITIONAL SPACES FROM THAT OF THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS. AND IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO DO THAT. WE ALSO WANTED TO BRING THAT GREEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE SPACES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT. WE CREATED A MORE THAN 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT COURTYARD, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE THE GREEN ELEMENTS AND THE OPEN SPACE OF THE PROJECT. WE ALSO FLAGGED IT BY A PASS THROUGH PASEO FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TO JUST EXPAND ON THAT CONNECTIVITY FOR THE FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. AS WE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE 200 UNITS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALSO IS THAT OUR 301 PARKING SPACES, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE ESSENTIALLY FULLY LINED FROM THE VISUALS, FROM THE FROM THE STREET LEVELS ITSELF. MOST OF THE FLOORS ARE TYPICAL, CREATING THAT OPENNESS IN THE COURTYARD. ARTICULATION THROUGHOUT EACH FLOOR VARIES A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE THE ELEVATIONS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED, AND THEN WE CULMINATE AT THE TOP FLOOR WITH THE EIGHTH LEVEL BEING LOWER. THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT JORGE MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WE ESSENTIALLY PROVIDED AN EIGHTH LEVEL TO NINTH LEVEL TRANSITION FROM EAST TO WEST. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS FLOOR HOUSES OUR POOL, OUR AMENITY AREA, AND THE ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WE HAVE AS THE PENTHOUSE UNITS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ELEVATION DESIGNS, BUT I WANT TO BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF A PROJECT THAT ARE PART OF YOUR PACKAGE. AGAIN, EVERYTHING DESIGNED WITH THE CORAL GABLES MEDITERRANEAN STANDARDS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, WITH MANY OF THE FEATURES THAT WE FIND IN THE TRUE MEDITERRANEAN CORAL GABLES DESIGN. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE COURTYARD THAT I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, BRINGING IN THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AGAIN TO THE INSIDE OF THE PROJECT. ANOTHER VIEW FROM ABOVE. ALL IN ALL, WE'RE AGAIN EXTREMELY HAPPY TO THIS I O TE WKEONANYSTIONS ANSW, D HARD AGAINITTHE BOA TH CLIENT TO,GAA BEFE IN THE BEGINNG, Y FEEL THS ANMA PROJECTHE C A REHI I OF MENTION THE MUCH.NK Y. TSOR YS EVIN IHATESANF OJ MOSIGFICA INATIOOF CST AOSSIBLE. THI INCDT INTOHE PJECTF ACVE LS TE EIRNG G EXPANDPECE AMENITIESATOULD OERWB LO UNDER T EXISTING GULATI FOR EXAMPLESTTOU WE'RE IN THR T THE NT OFNCET'S REED BHETH PDS OVLAY REGATIONS, ANDRE TATOU TDN REGU R. SO WERE 
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          SOMEFHA TE'VE WAS OIOUSLYEDING T HGH.UC 10,000FT■!SOVERA F.R BY INCORPED AEDICATEDICP D DP FRE WIT THE A WAS RSTSO HEESENTS ACRTH AND AD A COMTMT T T INCLE Y GROUNLOOR RAION TROUNDEE FULL LINED,LYIV WITHIVE  UNI THATWAEALLTOP THHE TRTIONAL NATURF TH PR I H TO SA TT RESUL OTHE CHANGE WEN ABLE TIN MTHAN 5 PETIO FA RES.HET RE IN THE OT OFTOWN AREIDENTS WITHIN EIGCK OTHIS AAVERAN YEARS, AND MAPERHOFULLW POKE TO A LOT O TM D THEIR FEEDBACK, MAYBE NOT ALL THEIR FEEDBACK, BUT A LOT OF THEIR FEEDBACK HAS GONE INTO THIS PROJECT. HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU A. THAT'S OUR PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN RED WITH ALL OF THE PETITIONS IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AND ITS MISSION. I HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN. YOUR PLANNING STAFF HAS ALSO DONE A VERY DETAILED REVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION. THEY'VE PREPARED A VERY DETAILED STAFF REPORT. 
          THAT'S PART OF YOUR RECORD OUTLINING HOW THIS PROJECT COMPLIES WITH EACH AND EVERY CRITERIA IN YOUR CODE FOR APPROVAL, AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH. WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF REPORT. WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE NORTH PONDS AREA, AND ACHIEVES A LOT OF THE GOALS AND INITIATIVES THAT WERE THOUGHT OF WHEN THIS OVERLAY WAS FIRST CREATED. BY DELIVERING NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, OPEN SPACES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY BENEFIT THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF CRYSTAL ACADEMY FOR THE NEXT 99 YEARS. AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE THIS EVENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO REQUEST FIVE MINUTES OF REBUTTAL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. PRESENTATION BY STAFF. GOOD EVENING. JENNIFER GARCIA, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE HERE FOR FOUR REQUESTS A SMALL SCALE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE ZONING CODE MAP AMENDMENT PLAN, AREA DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGNATION, AND THEN CONDITIONAL USE. SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ENTIRE BLOCK 21 OF THE DOUGLAS SECTION. AND IN BETWEEN EAST PONCE AND GALLIANO AND SOUTH OF PHOENICIA AND ANTHEA TO THE SOUTH SIDE. THIS IS AN AERIAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS SAINT JAMES CHURCH RIGHT NOW. THE STRUCTURE. IT'S HOME TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY. I BELIEVE A CHURCH IS RENTING THERE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AS WELL. AS FAR AS LANDMARKS, IT IS SOUTH OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND TO THE EAST OF CHATEAU BLEU. TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT IS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS MULTIFAMILY BUILDING SO DIFFERENT SCALE? THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE APPLICANT SUBMITTAL. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSED BUILDING THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE LIGHT COLORED, THE PROPOSED SORRY, THE APPROVED PROJECT THAT'S JUST NORTH IS IN THE FOREGROUND. YOU CAN SEE THE DOUGLAS ENTRANCE TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND PONCE DE LEON ON THE SORRY, ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND DOUGLAS DOUGLAS ENTRANCE ON THE LEFT SIDE. SO THE SCHOOL WAS APPROVED AS A CHANGE OF ZONING BACK IN 1967 AS AN ACCESSORY SCHOOL TO THE CHURCH AT THE TIME THAT WAS AMENDED. THEN LATER IN 1971, THE. TO ALLOW THAT KINDERGARTEN TO EXPAND, I BELIEVE, TO THIRD GRADE AND THEN AGAIN IN 1991 TO ALLOW THE FIFTH GRADE AGAIN, STILL AS AN ACCESSORY TO THE SCHOOL, AS A LAND USE, AGAIN AS RELIGIOUS, INSTITUTIONAL. SO THE REQUEST AGAIN IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT, ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION, AND THEN A CONDITIONAL USE. THE CONDITIONAL USE HAS FOUR PARTS TO IT. IT IS A MIXED USE SITE PLAN APPROVAL BECAUSE THAT IS THE EXCEEDING THE REQUIRED THRESHOLD FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, THE CONDITIONAL USE AS WELL. A LIVE WORK UNITS ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS CONDITIONAL USE AS WELL AS AN ENCROACHMENT ON THE GALLIANO SIDE, WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL IS. SO. CURRENTLY THE LAND USE IS RELIGIOUS, INSTITUTIONAL AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. AND WHAT'S PROPOSED IS A COMMERCIAL MID-RISE INTENSITY. SO NORTH YOU CAN SEE THE WOMAN'S CLUB, THE SOUTH, AND TO THE EAST YOU CAN SEE MULTIFAMILY MEDIUM DENSITY. AND THEN DIRECTLY WEST IS THE COMMERCIAL HIGH RISE THAT'S BORDERING FRAMING ALONG PONCE DE LEON. SO LOOKING AT THE CONTEXT, EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE SHOWN IN WHITE. AND THIS THE 
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SUBJECT SITE IS THE MIDDLE GREEN BLOCK. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A MIX OF DIFFERENT SCALES OF BUILDINGS. MOST OF THE LARGER BUILDINGS ARE ON LEON, AND THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE WITHIN A BLOCK AT THE ALLOWED HEIGHT OF 97FT DIRECTLY SOUTH AND TO THE EAST. 
          BUT LOOKING TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF WHAT'S ALLOWED FOR THE HEIGHT. WITH EXISTING ZONING AND LAND USE, THE HEIGHT FOR THOSE MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS IS 97FT OR 100FT. AS MR. NAVARRO ALLUDED TO, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL IN REGULATIONS OR THE OVERLAY. WHAT'S SHOWN HERE ACTUALLY IS THE SIX STORIES OF THE 97FT OF THE MF2 WITHOUT THE REAR OVERLAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE RED THAT'S ALONG PONCE DE LEON TO THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE. AND AGAIN TO THOSE THOSE BROWN BUILDINGS ARE THE EXISTING LAND USE AND ZONING ALLOWED TO HAVE. SO IF THEY'RE PROPOSED, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT LAND USE OF THAT SITE FROM INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE TO BE MID-RISE, COMMERCIAL, MID-RISE, AS YOU CAN SEE ALSO, THERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS SUCH AS 911 PONCE BUILDING, SORRY, 911 EAST PONCE. TO ADDRESS THE CONDO BUILDING, IT IS EXCEEDING THE ALLOWED HEIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE HERE. SO THE ZONING CODE MAP AMENDMENT IS INCLUDING THE CHANGE OF ZONING FROM SPECIAL USE TO RM TWO, AND ALSO MOVING THE LINE BETWEEN THE MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT. 
          SO THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT OR ITS FORMAL NAME IS NORTH PONCE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT. OVERLAY IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THESE OLDER APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE NORTH PONCE AREA. SO IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL USES THAT ARE ALLOWED ONLY IN THIS AREA FOR M, F TWO PROPERTIES AND ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES. THERE IS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION BENEFITS PROGRAM WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING, TDR, ASCENDING SITES AND SIGNAGE, AND THERE'S A GARDEN APARTMENT CONSERVATION BENEFITS PROGRAM AS WELL THAT ALLOWS FOR VARIANCE REQUESTS AND ALSO SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH PARKING. IF YOU ADD ON TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT BEFORE 1964, THAT'S THE CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED A GARDEN APARTMENT IN THIS AREA. 
          AND THEN FOR ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FRONT YARD. 
          SO THERE'S NO WALLS OR FENCES PERMITTED. THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON THE DRIVEWAY WIDTHS AS WELL AS PARKING SETBACK TO HAVE HOTEL SPACE FACING THE SIDEWALK FOR THOSE FRONT YARDS. AGAIN, THERE'S NO OTHER LIMITATIONS IN THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY OR FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT LIMITS HEIGHT THAT LIMITS F, A R, OR DENSITY OR SETBACKS. ALL THAT STILL APPLIES WITH MF2 UNDERLYING ZONING. THE THIRD REQUEST IS A PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT OR THE PAD AS A NATION. SO THEIR MAIN BENEFIT FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE CRYSTAL ACADEMY, AND I'LL GET TO THAT JUST A SECOND. THERE IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER, ACCESSIBLE AFTER HOURS AFTER THE SCHOOL IS OUT, CROSSWALKS, INTERNAL DROP OFF AND PICK UP TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT ACTIVITY OF THE SCHOOL IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE BUILDING AND NOT ALONG THE STREETS. INTERNALIZED CIRCULATION SUCH AS THAT PEDESTRIAN PASEO, THE COURTYARD, AND SOME PUBLIC PLAZA ON THE SOUTH WEST SIDE. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE PAD ALLOWS FOR CODE DEVIATIONS OR DEVIATIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE AND AND RESPONSE TO PUBLIC BENEFIT. SO THERE ARE TWO IDENTIFIED CODE DEVIATIONS THAT THEY HAVE. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE NINE STORIES ON EAST PONCE WHEN EIGHT STORIES IS ALLOWED. THAT'S ONLY ALONG THE EAST PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD SIDE. AND AS I SAID, IT SCALES DOWN TO EIGHT STORIES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT. AND THEIR CODE DEVIATION IS THE GROUND FLOOR TRANSPARENCY. THEY'RE ONLY PROVIDING 27% ALONG THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH IS PHOENICIA. SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THEY ARE OFFERING 5000FT■S OF SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY OR A FUTURE NONPROFIT. AND OF SUCH AS CRYSTAL ACADEMY CEASE TO EXIST, THE SCHOOL WOULD BE ABLE TO BE BUILT THERE BY THE APPLICANT AT NO COST TO THE SCHOOL, AND THEN THERE FOR RENT FREE FOR NINE NINE YEARS. THE 4000 SQUARE FOOT PARK ON THE CORNER, THAT NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE FOR DAYTIME OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACE FOR THE 
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SCHOOL, AND THEN PUBLIC USE THROUGH A PUBLIC EASEMENT AFTER SCHOOL HOURS, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC EASEMENT FOR THE PEDESTRIAN PASEO AND THE COURTYARD ON THE PROPERTY. AND THE LAST REQUEST OF THE CONDITIONAL USE. THIS IS A SITE PLAN AGAIN, THE PARK. THE SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. VEHICULAR ENTRANCE OFF THE SOUTH. THAT'S NOT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH OF ANTIGUA. IT WOULD BE ENTERING INTO THE DRIVEWAY ON THAT SIDE. THE PUBLIC PLAZA ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER. LIVE WORKS ALONG THE GROUND FLOOR, 84 UNITS ABOVE THE COURTYARD AGAIN, AND THE EXIT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WOULD BE ON THE NORTH SIDE TO NOT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE THE SITE IS 1.49 ACRES OF F.A.R PROPOSED WOULD BE 3.5 OR 126,000FT■!S. THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT ALLOWED PER THE MF SORRY MX2 ZONING WOULD BE 97FT. THEY ARE AT 93FT, SO JUST BELOW THE ALLOWED HEIGHT. AGAIN, EIGHT STORIES ARE ALLOWED PER CODE. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE NINE STORIES ON EAST PONCE DE LEON THROUGH THE PAD THE NATION. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE 186 UNITS PER ACRE. SORRY, 186 UNITS TOTAL, PROPOSING TO HAVE 184 JUST BELOW THE ALLOW DENSITY. AGAIN, 16 UNITS ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE SQUARE FEET OF THE PROJECT WILL BE THE SCHOOL AND THEN TOTAL PARKING. 
          THE PROVIDING IS 301 PARKING SPACES AND A TOTAL OF 20,000FT■S OF OPEN SPACE. THIS IS ANOTHER RENDERING LOOKING ON THE EAST ELEVATION. THIS WAS REVIEWED BY STAFF AT THE DRC, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2022. BOARD OF ARCHITECTS REVIEWED IN 2022 AND 2023. AND THEN THEY CAME BACK FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND HERE WE ARE FOR PLANNING ZONING BOARD. THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COMMISSION FOR TWO HEARINGS FOR THOSE ORDINANCES, LETTERS WERE SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 1500FT, AND I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT WORKED. WE HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE HERE, SO I'M HAPPY THAT PEOPLE GOT THEIR NOTICE, AND THEY'RE HERE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR COMMENTS. SO THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR AS WELL AS FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT. PROPERTY WAS POSTED EIGHT TIMES AND THE WEBSITE WAS POSTED EIGHT TIMES. AND THE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT WAS ONCE FOR THIS MEETING FOR TONIGHT. SO STAFF HAS DETERMINED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AS IT IS PROVIDING HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA FOR INCREASED HOUSING, AS WELL AS PROGRESSING OUR MOBILITY GOALS AND POLICIES OF OUR COMP PLAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. THOSE CONDITIONS ARE ARE LISTED AT THE END OF YOUR STAFF REPORT, BUT HERE IS THE HIGHLIGHT. 
          MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF NINE STORIES OR 993FT. 5000FT■!S OF OF SPACE FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY, A CAP OF 75 STUDENTS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL TO BE A ACCESSORY USE. RIGHT NOW, THE REMOVAL OF THE ARCADE ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE SOUTH FRONTAGE AND THE WEST FRONTAGE TO PROVIDE FOR FRONT YARDS BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT AND REPLACE THOSE ARCADES WITH STOOPS OR PORCHES. 
          INCORPORATION OF A LANDSCAPE SETBACK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PHOENICIA, AND THEN A PUBLIC EASEMENT REQUIRED FOR COURTYARD AND A COVERED WALKWAY IN THE PARK AFTER HOURS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS OF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, AND THE STREETSCAPE. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I GUESS WE'LL OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND BEFORE WE DO, I JUST ASK THAT EVERYONE WHO'SAKING HERE IT SEEIKE AV OFEARS BOTH HERD OO SO CEE TO RE THAT'SINE, B LUST TRY TO KEEP  TTHREE MI . HAT SAID, JILF YOU ALL THT SPKE CAROH.NI. MY NAS CAROL SMITH. IAT 824 GIA STREET. IT'TW OCWA FROTHERYST FOR OR 20EARS M C,D T CASK SPEAKERK TO MROE, PLE . BORE I OHY GOODSSE BINULKE TOAYHAT I'M A RED TER AAV WKEINH PVAND PC SCS. AYNDSOENTO CRYALMY CLASSES. D A S TE, VNCDBOINE SPA NEIRH ANDAUF MY EERE WORKING IN SCHOOLS H AN EA OOW C TIME, HOWNGE, AN A AINDS O ATN THGH AL PNSTO T F GNS, THEY ND  LAR ORIFRENT SPACE. ANN AT WPE T Y K WITH 9 YEAREASE.ITH MPONT I BNGE  READTHIS I THEDUCI PUBLENITUPGS 
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YE LIVG IN TH NORTH P . I H S, I LUTE DGUST BY TH PR DEVOPMENT A10 NOTHING MORE THAA G IS NCRETEITH  FEW CHE TE OVET.HE KD OLS BEN  HTOC LOWE IGHOOD. BUT MY DISGU GOOE G F BEYOND ARET DFERENTIATEALHEYAVI PRO GAESM ERER I. THEE CY OVE OUR STRE TCALE OFUR HAENS BY ACCIDENT.S IIALLO NONT RELTF DECADES OFLAING AND OANS PUT IN PLACEOROTECT THEITYROM EXACTLYT  BEI PPOSE REON AND YET, E WCH THO LS B VELOPERRO OUT OF STATE CODN'TARE LES A UOR ROMMUNITY.ET TALKUT WHAT AFT. THI BLOLLOWS FOUR STORIES. THIS PROJECT WANTS NINE DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT. 
          THE STREET. THE STREETS AROUND IT ARE LINED WITH ONE, TWO, AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS. FOUR FAMILIES LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THERE ARE ORDINANCES THAT EXIST SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FROM EXACTLY THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS PROJECT VIOLATES EVERY ONE OF THEM. AS FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY, BEFORE CRYSTAL ACADEMY, THERE WAS A SCHOOL ON THE SAME PROPERTY CALLED GUARDIAN SHEPHERD, A SCHOOL I ATTENDED. SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES ARE RUNNING AROUND ON THE FIELD CATCHING GRASSHOPPERS. IF YOU LOOK ONLINE, THERE ARE COUNTLESS STUDIES SHOWING THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TEACHING AUTISTIC CHILDREN AROUND A NATURE BASED ENVIRONMENT. I'VE YET TO SEE ONE STUDY SHOWING THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF TEACHING CHILDREN IN A NINE STORY BUILDING. CRYSTAL ACADEMY CAN EXIST WITH OR WITHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS NO GOOD REASON FOR THEM TO SUPPORT A PROJECT THAT RUINS OUR COMMUNITY. EXCEPT FOR ONE THE DEVELOPER FINANCIALLY INCENTIVIZED AND PURCHASED THEIR SUPPORT BY OFFERING THEM FREE RENT. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO MAKE A PLEA TO THIS BOARD. DO NOT DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY FOR ONCE. SHOW THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY THAT THEIR VOICES MATTER MORE THAN A DEVELOPER'S CHECKBOOK. SHOW US THAT A WEALTHY DEVELOPER CANNOT SIMPLY COME IN FROM OUT OF STATE. 
          VIOLATE EVERY RULE WE HAVE, IGNORE EVERYTHING THIS COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR, AND WALK AWAY WITH AN APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THEIR MONEY AND CONNECTIONS. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE STREET, ON THESE STREETS HAVE TRUSTED THE CITY TO PROTECT THEM. TONIGHT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THAT TRUST. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. DENY THIS PROJECT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARIA DE LEON. I LIVE AT 825 MESSINA AVENUE. I'M AN ARCHITECT. I'M ALSO AN ADJUNCT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. I DON'T LIVE DIRECTLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT MY DAUGHTER DOES LIVE CATTY CORNER. SO I AM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME. I JUST ASK YOU, YOU'VE HEARD I SENT YOU A LETTER WITH ALL OF THE TECHNICAL REASONS WHY I BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS NOT AN APPROPRIATE BUILDING FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M SURE YOU HAVE IT, BUT I'M JUST HERE AGAIN, JUST ASKING YOU TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WALK THEIR DOGS IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WORK, AFTER WORK, WHO WALK TO THE CAFE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL TREE LINED STREETS WITH A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS. AND THIS BUILDING WOULD JUST REALISTICALLY JUST DESTROY THE HISTORIC CHARACTER AND THE SCALE. IT IS VERY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE. AND MISS PALACIO, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'VE BEEN PLACED IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION. I THINK SHE'S RUNNING A LOVELY SCHOOL. IT'S A LOVELY MISSION, AND I HONESTLY FEEL THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON THIS SITE THAT WOULD NOT DESTROY THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THIS BLOCK. AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE ARCHITECT AND THE ATTORNEYS ABOUT THIS BEFORE AT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE ALL OF THESE COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION. AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER REJECTING THESE APPLICATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF WE CAN IF WE CAN STOP WITH THE CLAPPING ALTOGETHER AFTER EVERY SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO. I NEED TO BE SWORN IN. SORRY. I SWEAR, MY NAME IS MARIANA FLEITAS. I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT 49 PHOENICIA AVENUE. I HAVE A BIG STATEMENT, BUT I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY ALREADY, SO I WILL SKIP FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. I WILL SAY THAT I AM AN ARCHITECT AND I CURRENTLY 
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WORK AT JANNEY PLATER-ZYBERK. WE WORK A LOT WITH CODES AND URBAN PLANNING, BUT SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE WOMEN'S CLUB. DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS THE CORAL GABLES WOMEN'S CLUB, COMPLETED IN 1936, LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1990, AND ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING EXAMPLES OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN ALL OF FLORIDA. IF WE DECIDE TODAY THAT THE NHPCO OVERLAY IS NEGOTIABLE FOR 110 PHOENICIA, WHAT STOPS THE FUTURE DEVELOPER, A FUTURE DEVELOPER, FROM MAKING THE SAME ARRANGEMENT AGAINST THE WOMEN'S CLUB? A NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING DOES NOT PROTECT A PROPERTY FROM LOCAL REZONING. THE PRECEDENT SET HERE MATTERS. THE GARDEN OF OUR LORD IS ONE OF ONLY THREE BIBLICAL GARDENS IN THE UNITED STATES. ONCE IT IS GONE, IT CANNOT BE REPLICATED. ONCE THIS OVERLAY IS COMPROMISED. EVERY PARCEL IN THIS DISTRICT IS MORE VULNERABLE. I URGE THIS BOARD TO DENY THE REZONING, THE OVERLAYS AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS WRITTEN INTO THE CITY'S CODE MUST BE ENFORCED OR THEY MEAN NOTHING AT ALL. I HAVE GROWN UP IN CORAL GABLES MY WHOLE LIFE. I WAS LIVING IN WEST MIAMI WHILE I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, AND I SPECIFICALLY MOVED BACK RECENTLY WITHIN THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL CANOPY AND BECAUSE OF THE WIDE SETBACKS, THE WIDE SIDEWALKS. I LOVE BEING ABLE TO WALK MY DOG IN A SHADED CANOPY, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY VIOLATES THAT REASON, AND I THINK IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HISTORIC OVERLAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ALEXIS SANTOS. JUDITH PACKARD BEFORE BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, CAN WE TAKE A THREE MINUTE BREAK? THIS GENTLEMAN NEEDS TO USE THE RESTROOM. RESTROOM? I HAVE A MOTION FOR A THREE MINUTE BREAK. WHERE IS THE WESTERN? THREE MINUTE BREAK IN THAT TO MAKE IT A GREAT RECORDING STOPPED. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING. 
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RECORDING IN PROGRESS. WE CAN TAKE OUR SEATS. GO AHEAD. IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT. WE'RE MISSING TWO BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY. TWO MINUTES. I DON'T. 
          HI. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? MY NAME IS ALEXIS SANTOS, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1300 PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD, APARTMENT 308. YOU MAY REMEMBER ME FROM COMING HERE AND READING A LETTER FROM MY FRIEND. I HELPED COLLECT APPROXIMATELY 500 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT AS WELL. WELL, NOW, I HAVE RECENTLY MOVED HERE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO BE. AND BEING HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS A NEIGHBOR OF CRYSTAL ACADEMY IS JUST PRICELESS. SO I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT I AM NOT ONLY COLLECTED 500 SIGNATURES, NOW I CAN SIGN MY OWN AND I HAVE IT HERE. AND I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE THAT SIGNED HERS TODAY AS WELL. THANK YOU TO YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN IT IN TO YOU IF YOU COULD TURN IT INTO JILL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDITH. JESUS, DID THEY READ IT INTO THE RECORD? FOLLOWING WILL BE MARIA. MARIA THROUGH THE CHAIR. CAN WE READ THE LETTER INTO THE RECORD? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. YEAH. IN SUPPORT AGAINST. IF YOU WANT TO PASS IT AROUND, JILL, WE CAN. IF YOU WANT, WE CAN PASS IT AROUND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. THAT WOULD WORK. AND THESE WERE. I BELIEVE THAT THESE WERE ATTACHED TO THE THESE ARE PART OF THE RECORD. 
          OKAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS NEW. I'M SORRY.DVENIY ME I'VEIVEDORNEIGHBOROR 4 YEARSARD M HEREON BSEHI PROJ CSY A RESINT AS S W CABOURE OF CORAL ETSRY DNOW THEE TR COPTHATERS THETHE QUIET OFHES MATA IRACT O EECAD THAT CRAER ON I HAV SPON TON ISAREA SUPS TT T O THISROCTOU CH EVEINGUT WTKES ISEIRHOOD  ANL YS AMY ARGAKN IT. 
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TUALLY H BECART  TFAIC OF THA NE AR AND IEEN THEOOOW PLLY,TN TERMS  THE NUM TENDING CAL FOR THERAPY IN 2016.UTHEASGROW TERMS O ISIAT ISMPORNT BEC A INUTIOIKEST THATHA BOF T FABRI CONT T GROND BECOME A MO PER PART  TFABRICF E CMUTY BI TRIE NFPTIOIFE I PC SOOFO MY S PUBLIC SOO JUSOTT OFF T TYPION TT HEDE ASOE HAD E D ONEN OTHWISE, HE NE HAVEHE SROLIC BENEFITHE ANOINT C UNDER SEE T LRSANYILLE I AO KT'S IMPORTA TGITUTN TO TS. TUT T W IT WOULD BEREAT IF CST AOWNED PPERT IT WE RECEO PCHE PR.ND TRE RUGGLI JT T SY K SINTCEND OLS LIKE TS T MAKE  OTHEIR O.ASS SECD HRONA VEEEN AAN PLANN FALST 40RS. VE E THHIHEODTIN BUILONTEXTTH ANGROPODARE FULLYOE WALE ARETHAT C TO ANEN SURMARKET'S CLO T COMMALREA,ND TS TUALEFITHEL BEUS ALL O T SDE D MY SE TRANT,SING THE TLLEY A E T HAVE T TYP H I VY, VY BENEFICIA SO W THA FULLY SUPPOTH'SECMENDAD CO WH  FMMDATIKOU EFORE OE NE WEEKS,'M TL TODAY?T  Y MI, AND'VE BEENTHELAINGIR O12EAE CI OF HIAMI BCHEC S 1HE D OURBALAKAY. OTTRS.  LIVE O111 OURITRVE OUR CITY ANDESEENT GNMO THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY AND THE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE LARGE BUILDINGS GOING UP AND TRAFFIC GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. 
          GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT GREEN SPACES. WE NEED MORE GREEN SPACE, NOT LESS. THE LONGER WE WAIT TO GET MORE GREEN SPACE, THE HARDER IT IS TO GET IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE BUILT UP. THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ITS PEOPLE, ITS CITIZENS. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR DEVELOPERS, AND WE NEED THIS GARDEN, THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN TO BE PRESERVED AND GREEN SPACE EXPANDED. GREAT CITIES LIKE PARIS AND LONDON HAVE HEIGHT LIMITS AND VAST AREAS OF THEIR CITY THAT THEY HAVE PROTECTED FOR OVER 100 YEARS. WHY CAN'T A WEALTHY CITY LIKE CORAL GABLES DO THE SAME THING? I SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD BOW TO THE PRESSURES OF DEVELOPERS WHEN WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO FUND GOOD THINGS LIKE CRYSTAL ACADEMY AND INCREASE OUR GREEN SPACES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING ART. AFTER WILL BE NICOLAS CABRERA PARDO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ART. I LIVE AT 24 PHOENICIA AVENUE. WE WE OWN A HISTORIC DESIGNATED HOME THERE. I'VE SENT A LETTER, YOU KNOW, WITH LOTS OF DETAIL. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS BEEN SAID HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE IN SUMMARY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE RESIDENTS OF A HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED HOME JUST ABOUT A BLOCK, YOU KNOW, HALF A BLOCK AWAY FROM FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. AND WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY STRONGLY OPPOSE AND HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL THE STAGES THAT IT HAS GONE THROUGH. BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOESN'T FIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THAT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND, AND WE DON'T OPPOSE THOUGHTFUL AND CONTEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS WELL AND 
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BRINGS BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE. SO AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE SCHOOL THERE IS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, A PLUS AND, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD SHOULD REMAIN ON SITE. BUT IN ORDER TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDESIGNED TO, TO REALLY MATCH WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS. AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT AS IT IS, IT VIOLATES, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE ALREADY MENTIONED, MANY EXISTING ZONING AND LEGAL PROTECTIONS. IT ALSO IS NOT INCOMPATIBLE. IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SETBACKS ARE REALLY EXTREME AND UNACCEPTABLE. 
          I MEAN, THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT WAS SHOWN ALSO ENCROACHES ON ON STREETS AROUND IT. AND DEFINITELY THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT HANDLE AND SUPPORT THE DENSITY THAT THAT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE MORE THINGS HAPPENING. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MEDIAN AND PONDS THAT NOW CHANGES ALL THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED THAT ARE COMING UP. IF WE ADD THIS BUILDING IN THE WAY THAT IT SCALE AND AMASSED ITS PROPOSED, THERE'S NO WAY IT'S NOT GOING TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE WHOLE AREA. YOU KNOW, ALSO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS WERE SAID ABOUT PAD AND THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. AGAIN, I, I REALLY THINK CLOSED, YOU KNOW, COURTYARD AND IS REALLY NOT A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR, FOR THAT TYPE OF APPROVAL. SO I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WOULD MAKE THIS PROJECT ACCEPTABLE IS, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS REDUCED, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND SURROUNDING CONTEXT, THAT SETBACKS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AGAIN, TO ALLOW FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN WALKS, THAT THE DENSITY IS REDUCED, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF UNITS. AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO PRESERVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SPEAKER BEFORE ME SAID, THE GREEN SPACE AND THE CANOPY THAT'S THERE, THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW DOES NOT INCORPORATE ANY OF THAT IN, IN ITS DESIGN. BASICALLY EVERYTHING IS REMOVED. THIS MASSIVE BUILDING GOES UP AND THAT'S IT. SO AGAIN, I THINK IF IT'S DESIGNED PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, IF IF IT PROTECTS THE TREES, YOU KNOW, THE OAK TREES ON EAST PONCE AND ANTILLA, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFULLY AND WELL. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPPOSING THE PROJECT THE WAY THAT IT STANDS. BUT BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD WRITE A LOT OF CONDITIONS TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE ZONING AND LEGAL PROTECTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND DAVID WINKER THEREAFTER. YES. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS CABRERA AND I RESIDE AT 45 ANTIA AVENUE, CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. FOR CONTEXT, MY BUILDING IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT ON PHOENICIA. I HAVE MADE COMMENTS SIMILAR TO THESE BEFORE, AND I'LL BE REITERATING SOME OF THOSE POINTS. I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT IN ALL ASPECTS. AS A NEIGHBOR, I'M WITNESSING FIRSTHAND THE VALUE THIS PROJECT AND OTHERS LIKE IT ARE BRINGING TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THIS PROJECT IS COMPATIBLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE FOLLOWING. THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF CORAL GABLES. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROBABLY THE THE LAST, MOST IDEAL AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY. AND HERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY IT HAS LITTLE TO NO HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. I HEAR YOU, I HEAR YOU. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE ARE NOT HISTORIC STRUCTURES LIKE THE WOMEN'S CLUB. NUMBER TWO, IT IS THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AREA WITH SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET, DOUGLAS ROAD AND LEJEUNE ROAD AS ITS PERIMETER AND ACCESSIBLE ROADWAYS. NUMBER THREE. IT IS ALSO THE MOST TRANSIENT SECTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF OUR CITY, WITH MOSTLY RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND VERY FEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. NUMBER FOUR, THIS 
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DEVELOPER HAS WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY TO ENSURE THEIR PROJECT IS SMART DEVELOPMENT, NOT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SAKE OF DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS MORE OF A REMINDER TO MY NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US TO BRING THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF GROWTH TO OUR CITY AND TO CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, FACULTY AND STAFF AT CRYSTAL ACADEMY. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF'S FINDINGS VERY SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THIS PROJECT RESULTS IN PUBLIC BENEFITS, INCLUDING, AND I QUOTE, ENHANCED OPEN SPACE, IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, AND THE INTEGRATION OF RESIDENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL USES. THIS CAN BE FOUND QUOTED ON PAGE 14 OF THE STAFF'S REPORT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE NOTES ON SOME OF THE POINTS OF OPPOSITION. SOMEBODY STATED THAT WE'RE LOSING GREEN SPACE. LET'S BE VERY CLEAR. THE GREEN SPACE IS NOT CURRENTLY PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY. THROUGH THEIR LEASE. THE GREEN SPACE, HOWEVER, PROPOSED BY THE NEW PROJECT, IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. 
          AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S 500 ZERO SQUARE FEET. NUMBER TWO, THE PROJECT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND DENSITY. AN IMAGE WAS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT, WHICH SHOWS ALL OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THE 2 TO 3 STORY APARTMENTS ALREADY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE ABOUT THE COMPATIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A. PERHAPS I CAN'T MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE RECORD, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING SOMETHING UP. MISS BOLTON STATED THAT LETTERS AND SUPPORT CAME FROM RESIDENTS OF THE LITTLE HAVANA AREA. THIS IS A VERY HARSH ACCUSATION TO MAKE, PARTICULARLY IF IT IS UNTRUE. IF IT IS UNTRUE, IT MUST BE APPROPRIATELY CORRECTED ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT MY OWN SIGNED LETTER IN SUPPORT AT THIS TIME. 
          AS A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES THAT LIVES DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROJECT, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. DAVID WINKER, 4720 SOUTH LEJEUNE ROAD. I HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH. THANK YOU. HERE WE GO AGAIN. ANOTHER A DEVELOPER WANTING TO BUILD AN OUT OF SCALE PROJECT BY GETTING THE CITY TO GRANT ITS SPECIAL CONCESSIONS. NOW, AN OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPER IS BEFORE YOU, ASKING THE CITY TO REDUCE TO RELIEVE IT FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR CITY CODE OBLIGATIONS. IT WAS AWARE OF WHEN IT BOUGHT THE PROPERTY TO BUILD MORE THAN TWICE WHAT THE OTHER WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD BE ABLE TO OTHERWISE BE ALLOWED TO BUILD. AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT KEEPS HAPPENING IN CORAL GABLES. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT RESIDENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT, BECAUSE IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE WE GETTING IN RETURN FOR THESE CONCESSIONS TO THESE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD PROJECTS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CITY CODE, AND I THINK I CAN SHOW YOU THAT LEGALLY, THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS. NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT MATTERS. THE PROPERTY SITS WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DIRECTLY ABUT THIS PROJECT. REMEMBER, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THIS CURRENTLY ZONED AS SPECIAL USE RELIGIOUS. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE RELY ON WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. THE CURRENT HEIGHT IS LIMITED TO FOUR STORIES AND THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU SAW ON THE MAPS, IS PREDOMINANTLY ONE AND TWO STORY STRUCTURES. THE. THE. I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS SPECIFICALLY PUT ON THE RECORD THE HISTORIC RESOURCE RESOURCES THAT ARE AT RISK. I WANT TO GET INTO THE CODE PROVISIONS. SECTION ONE 103 OF THE ZONING CODE STATES THAT THE PURPOSE IS 
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TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROTECT CORAL GABLES HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER, PRESERVE GEORGE MERRICK'S VISION, PROTECT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FROM INCOMPATIBLE USE, AND REQUIRES COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING ARCHITECTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS PROJECT, CLEARLY ON ITS FACE CONFLICTS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 103 200 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT, 184 UNITS, 93 FOOT OUT OF SCALE HEIGHT. IT ALSO CONFLICTS WITH THE NORTH PONCE CONSERVATION OVERLAY. THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS ADOPTED TO PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER TO PRESERVE THE GARDEN APARTMENT FABRIC. THIS IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING. IT'S BEING IGNORED. AND THERE'S NO REASON. THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION FOR FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE OVERLAY. IT CONFLICTS WITH THE CORAL GABLES HISTORIC CITY PLAN CALLS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, SUPPORTS MAINTAINING LOW SCALE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. NINE STORIES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE HISTORIC CITY PLAN. IT CONFLICTS WITH THE NORTH PONCE COMMUNITY VISION. 
          THE VISION WORKSHOP RECOMMENDED PRESERVING THE. THE GARDEN APARTMENT CHARACTER RECOMMENDED MAINTAINING 2 TO 4 STORIES AND ENCOURAGED PRESERVATION OF SCALE. SUPPORTED EXPLORATION OF PUBLIC PARK AND OPEN SPACE OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THAT. HOW THIS DOESN'T DO THAT. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCONSISTENCIES. REMEMBER, THIS WAS BOUGHT AS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONAL SITE. YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF TALK ABOUT OH, CRYSTAL ACADEMY. CRYSTAL ACADEMY DOES GREAT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. NO ONE'S AGAINST CRYSTAL ACADEMY. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ZONED FOR. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THE DEVELOPER IS THE ONE THAT'S UNDERMINING THEIR MISSION AND PUTTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AT RISK. THE COMPATIBILITY ANALYSIS IS CLEAR. IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE. TRAFFIC AND CONSERVANCY PROBLEMS. CONCURRENCY PROBLEMS. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE RECENT CHANGES. YOU COME IN NOW, YOU SEE THE CHANGES ON PONCE, YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT. NONE OF THAT'S BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DONE. THEY SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO BRING THAT REPORT AND GET THAT DONE PROPERLY. INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS. THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS SIMPLY CANNOT, CANNOT DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO COME OFF OF THIS PARKING GARAGE. THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THE REASON THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT YOU SHOULD RECOMMEND DENIAL IS THE FAILURE TO MEET WITH OUR CODE CONCERNING HAD PUBLIC BENEFITS. THE PAD PROCESS IS INTENDED TO REWARD EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC BENEFITS. APPLICANT IS SEEKING FLEXIBILITY BEYOND ORDINARY ZONING STANDARDS IN EXCHANGE FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THE CODE SAY? THREE? SECTION 501 SAYS A PAD CAN ALLOW ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ONLY WHEN THE PROJECT PROVIDES, QUOTE, SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFIT. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET FOR US. AT FIRST IT WAS, OH, WE'RE GIVING SOME GREEN SPACE IN THIS INTERIOR SPACE WITH LIMITED ACCESS. NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THE BENEFIT IS THE CRYSTAL ACADEMY. WELL, THE CRYSTAL ACADEMY EXISTS. IT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL PUBLIC BENEFIT. APPARENTLY, THE BENEFIT IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF THE SCHOOL. THAT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PAD. THE CITY MUST FIND EQUIVALENT PUBLIC BENEFITS. SO IT MUST BE AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO WHAT IS THERE. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE, THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS, GETTING IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, ADDITIONAL DENSITY, INCREASED INTENSITY, AND THE DEPARTURE FROM THE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE ZONING REQUIREMENTS? IF THE BENEFIT IS NOT EQUIVALENT, THE PAD MUST BE DENIED AGAIN, CLAIMED BENEFIT CRYSTAL ACADEMY PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION OF $40,000 A YEAR. IT CALLS FOR 70 STUDENTS. THAT'S $3 MILLION A YEAR IN TUITION THAT THIS ENTITY IS RECEIVING, NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ACCESSIBLE ONLY TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF FAMILIES. THE PAD CODE IS SIMPLY NOT MET. IT REQUIRES BENEFITS TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY, NOT JUST PEOPLE PAYING $40,000. FINALLY, 
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I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO SECTION 3-502C6, WHICH REQUIRES AT LEAST 20% OF LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE. THE COURTYARD, IF THAT'S WHAT THE BENEFIT IS GOING TO BE, DOES NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, AND IT DOES NOT SATISFY THE CODE. THIS IS A BAD DEAL FOR TAXPAYERS. WE RELY ON OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THESE DEVELOPERS. THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU. PLEASE MAKE THEM GIVE SOMETHING OF VALUE. PLEASE MAKE THEM DO THE HARD WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. IT SETS A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT. YOU'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS AREA IF YOU DO THIS? WE'RE ASKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL OF ALL FOUR OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TO ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE. ANDRES JIMENEZ JIMENEZ. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANDRES JIMENEZ. I LIVE AT 888 SOUTH DOUGLAS ROAD, AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES SINCE 1978. I WANT TO QUOTE SOMETHING HERE FROM AN OLD FRIEND. WHERE IS HE? WHERE IS HE? RIGHT. THE QUOTE BASICALLY IN THE CASE THAT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TODAY, TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO PROTECT WHAT THEY VALUE. THE RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTING A NEIGHBORHOOD, DELIBERATELY CHOSE THAT. THEY DELIBERATELY CHOSE. THE DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO INCREASE THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE LAND AND HAS ASSEMBLED. AND THEN MY FRIEND SAYS THE ZONING BOARD'S JOB IS TO DECIDE WHERE THE BALANCE LIES. WE HAVE TO THEN TO REMEMBER THAT THE ZONING BOARD IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY AND THE NAME OF THE RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, MANY OF WHOM YOU HEARD SPEAKING IN HERE, HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN THE THE BENEFIT THE CITY IN THE STATE IN WHICH IT WAS INTENDED TO BE, TO BECOME. AND THIS IS WHAT I SEE HERE, THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE OPPOSED BY A GROUP FROM. 
          SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE FROM OUT OF TOWN. THE COMPANY IS FROM CHICAGO. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT THERE. ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY HAS A RIGHT TO COME HERE AND DO WHAT THEY WANT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SITUATIONS IN CHICAGO IN WHICH THEY WERE NAMED, AND THE SITUATION WAS EXACTLY THE SAME. ONE OF THEM WAS IN. WELL, I LOST IT ANYWAY. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THAT. YOU KNOW, THE THE FOXES ARE GETTING CLOSER TO OUR HENHOUSE. AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNCTIONS ARE VERY SMART. AND, AND THE WAY I SEE IT, THEY HAVE MADE A VERY, VERY INTERESTING. HOW SHOULD I SAY, A STRATEGY IN SELECTING A SMALL ENTITY THAT PROVIDES VERY GOOD SERVICE, I AM SURE, TO A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY HAVE USED IT AS A SORT OF LIKE A BONE FOR US TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THEIR PROJECT. SO AGAIN, I DO HOPE THAT YOU LOOK AFTER THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES, FROM BY WHOM YOU WERE APPOINTED, AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THAT ONE THAT YOU CAN GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. LUCILA JIMENEZ. KING SWEYN. AND ANNA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS 
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CATHERINE SWAIN. I'VE LIVED IN THE GABLES SINCE 1969. I GREW UP HERE. I TEACH AT CORAL GABLES PREP ACADEMY. I'M A MEMBER OF THE CORAL GABLES WOMAN'S CLUB WHO HAS A COMPLETELY FREE CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC THAT DOES SERVICE. CRYSTAL ACADEMY. I'M OPPOSED TO THIS PROPOSITION, AND I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, WHO IS THE REALTOR THAT DIDN'T TELL THIS GROUP THAT BOUGHT THE PROPERTY THAT THERE IS A HEIGHT RESTRICTION. YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUY THE PROPERTY, BUT IT'S IN A HISTORICAL AREA THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED BY GEORGE MERRICK, WHOSE WIFE WAS PART OF THE CORAL GABLES WOMAN'S CLUB. SO THEREFORE, WHY DID ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS PERSON OR GROUP WHO DECIDED TO BUY THE PROPERTY SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A NINE STORY BUILDING, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A RESTRICTION BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN OUR POCKET OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S POCKET, THAT WE CAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S MINDS. AND I'M SO SORRY IF I'M BORING YOU. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON YOUR PHONES. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ON YOUR WATCHES, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF CORAL GABLES. WE LIVE HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A DESIGN. YES, I HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. GROWTH NUMBER ONE. BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE GUIDES. IF THERE ARE RULES, WHY ARE PEOPLE BREAKING THEM? IF A REALTOR SAYS, HERE'S A PROPERTY, YOU CAN DEVELOP IT UP TO FOUR STORIES, OR LET'S LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE HAVE SO MANY PLACES THAT DEVELOPER CAN GO. NOT ONLY THAT, WHY ARE WE USING A COMPANY THAT DOESN'T EMPLOY THE PEOPLE FROM CORAL GABLES? WHY ARE WE GOING TO CHICAGO? THAT BOGGLES ME. WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. 
          THEY HAVE AN AWESOME SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. WE HAVE ENGINEERS THAT YOU ARE PERSONALLY AWARE OF. I MEAN, SOME OF THEM HELP BUILD A BUILDING AT 1109 ALMERIA THAT THE PERSON TOOK DOWN A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY. AND YOU GUYS WORKED ON THAT. BUT AS I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE NOTES THAT I MADE. IF NOTHING CHANGES, IF YOU ALLOW THE PROPOSAL TO STAND AS IT IS, YOU'RE HURTING THE CITY. WELL, LET ME REPHRASE THAT. LET'S LOOK AT GEORGE MERRICK'S PLAN. 
          IF WE KEEP GEORGE MERRICK'S PLAN, CRYSTAL ACADEMY IS STILL THERE. THEY CAN STILL BE SERVICED BY THE CORAL GABLES WOMAN'S CLUB. PEOPLE CAN STILL WALK THE STREETS AND BE COMFORTABLE UNDER THE SHADE, AND EVERYBODY WINS BECAUSE THAT COMPANY THAT WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY CAN FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU ALREADY SET UP, THAT GEORGE MERRICK SET UP THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING. IF IN MY CLASSROOM, I TOLD SOMEBODY, THESE ARE THE RULES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL CHANGE THEM FOR YOU. WHAT IS THAT SAYING? ARE YOU BEING WISHY WASHY? ARE YOU NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW? I'M NOT TRYING TO BE YOUR MOTHER. 
          I'M JUST SAYING, LOOK AT THE RULES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. FOLLOW THEM. FOLLOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT YOU HERE. THERE'S NO REASON THAT THAT WE CAN'T FOLLOW THESE RULES. WHY DO WE HAVE REALTORS? THEY TAKE CLASSES IN ETHICS. THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES SAYING THIS PROPERTY HAS A LIMIT. I'M SORRY, I'M TAKING YOUR TIME, BUT PLEASE, I'M VOTING AGAINST THIS. 
          I LOVE MY CITY. I LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. HERE. I, I VOLUNTEER, BUT THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANNA. ANNA. HEDMAN. TINOCO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME 
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IS HERMAN TINOCO. I LIVE IN 888 DOUGLAS ROAD. IUST A COUP BCKSPART FRO DISCSIAY. IS ALSO SEVE STOLDG ST IN NOT ONLTHEORTUNI IBILIT FOR MORECTT ACAMY ABR MOR INHE AREHAT ISEA ENOUSE BUILDINTHAT'S IN PONEEONT THIS A VY G OPPORTUNITY ROR GLE GROWPOREEOPLE, GOOD PE OUROMNI IAOUR TE. T, K YOUO W HAVEWOORE THEYUST EN UP TA,. 
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          THAT STEMENT, IELIEVE, HAS ISING CHILD WITH PROFOUND NESES WH VERY LAR LOGISTIC CHALLENS, MANY OUR FAMIES HA SPENT MANY YE FIGHTING INSURCE NECEARY SERVIS, ONLY FACE DENIALS, REDUCTIONS I CARE AND LENGT DELAYS. AA NOROFIT, PART OF OUR MISSION IS ALSOOKO RAISE FUNDS TOROVIDE SOLARSHIPS AND FINANCLISTANCE TO CHILDREN TT  ATTEND OUR SCHO I MULPLE WS, NOT E SCIALIZED THERAUTICLSO R SERVICES THATH NEE FOR YEARS, OUR FAMIES HA WORKED AROUND A ANGUILDING.LE WE CONSIDER ITERY CHARMING, AL REQUIRES A TF REPAIRS, HAS MANY LKS,ND WE REALLY LO FORWA TO HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WCA FOCUS MORE ON SERVING THE CHILDN, INSTEAD OF RLLY WRYG BUILDI MIGHT BRING. TO BE HONE, THI PROSS HAS TRY FRUSTRATING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE HE OFTEN FELT THAT WE HAV HELPED RHT AROU THE CORNER, BUT THAT HAS BE DIFFICULT A NOTHAPPENED T BUE IELIEVE, I CSIENT WITH THE CHACTER AND QUALI OF CORAL GABS, BUT ULTIMATELY MY OBJECTIVE AND MY GOAL I THAT WE WANT TO BETTER SERVE OUR CHILDREN.EINGAROFHIS COMMUNITY DS ALL US TO UTILIZE THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND ALL THE CITY HAS TO OFFER,WL TEACHING OPPORTUNITI FOR MANY OF O STUDES W GO AND WALK TO TARGET, WHO GO  PUBLIX TO SHOP FOR THEIR GCERIES AND MEAL PLAN. MOSTMPORTANTLY, CRYSTAL ACADEMY IS NOT JUST A BUILDING REALLY IS A COUNITY. IT'S A PLACEHERE OUR CHILDREN FEEL ACCEPTED, WHERE OUR FAMILIE HAVE FND HOPENDHERE OUR STAFF MANY WHO DRIVE AN HOUR OR TWO, HAVEDO HELPING OTHERS. FOR MANOF US, IS IS NOT SIMPLY WHERE WE WORK.HIS  OUR HOME. SO EV IF MY OF US DO NOT RESIDE IN CORAL GABLES, THIS IS AGA O ME. AT THE ENDF THE DAY, WEE NOT ASKINOR ANYTHING EXTRAVAGANT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS CONFLTI OPINIONS OPPORTUNITY TO CONE SERVINGE OUR CHILDREN IN THIS ENVIRONMEN THAT REALLYOES MEET THEIR NEEDS. ON BEHALF OF THE STUNTS, FAMILIES AND THANK  FOUR TIME.NK YOU. GENGRYON YOU CLD B SWO I PLEASE. WILYOUAISEOUR 
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EA AFFIRENYWO D Y THE H,HE W T, ANDNOINT TRUTH, SE YOGO A SO ENG URA OLIVA'M CHI EMY.O NOTOMO UYSTAL PRENDAVY AL EXE ININLANNIN URTU.HOWEVE AM CSIDE AN EXRT IN THE OF A EVELOPMEALISIE IN OLICAL COMNI, CR KWN T SCHOO THAT T CLDRENIT ETPLEX AND LERPRESOTRCHREJECT. S ETIALNVONMENTS FO C ALL OVERSOUTDA I WONDER R E THAT HPOKEAGNS JECT, IF THEYE ST F INSF CHILENAMILIE TRE, U SPBOUTOW C NOT PNYBSTANTIALUBIT. HAS NE ER H O LLEL CONUTIONS YSD THEIAMILS HE HEARD,NDHA TINALLY EORK EY PERED ITH ENOOF LENITOROU? YOU TABOUT GRE SPAS, WT ARE GREPACE W NOT ABLE R EVE R FAMILY?AKE, EXAME, SALDOR PARK. IT'S RALLELREPA F ILND THEAMILIES,SIGN B CIANT FENY, MSIE CAUS OEIRELESVOCATRIBIOF DEDICAITYFFICLS, BUALSO CRYALLDI BEE OFST A THEIR BLSNOS AEA OC WHNC CAN DO FO ALLONED AT AESAYS, A SCHFOR THELT TINGTI AOO NR IST SCRSPS TLITYUSE .T IS AOOTHAT I WE AREONNUOUSLY ATHERC OEGGI DOS EAVE Y AEIAT. WE HO O FROM TEA ARTT ER TYOMROM OR HOWRAMIL RESS OF THEIR M WK. IO HEDSIDENTS ARGUII LI HERHERORGT ONES. ESAGENF POSIT DHEUTCESSEEDUCA RESHHAT TH H ERAPISTS IF OOES FE SAFE OAV ANT L AND TY LIFE, NN THI NUS ICLITY R THI I NROLOGYMOVIMRE SE D EDU LNGHIS JLINICI PRICTABLAN PERESS OMUTEED ELSHE. 
          WHATS A G SPACEF IS SPED FRHEIR UATIS,EIGHBORHOO, FA THASIIN THEHES WITH THEM DAY IAY O, I GUHEUA O ZONING D EA, EPHEM IN TOME. K ORME PUBLIC C AT  TIMMOBL CME'S CLO KOU, MR. CHAIR IF TT PAMENT CLD PUT T WEOINT U N GNGO WAITOR IT O UPKNOWU'VE HERYHYPUD LIKEAKE FESOCORRND CE STEMEN THS WES ANSROM T FITST WAS, WL, OW, OMMI O WHATHEY  CRYST PROPTY WAS S TOUREATY C ROPERINO PROVIDTHE SPEALIZED CARE THAT THEY NEED. THAT BUILDING REQUIRES AN IINITE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FIVE YEARS FOR THIS NEW FACILITY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE COVANT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A COVENANT WITH THE CITY. 
          AND THAT COVENANT PROVIDES THAT CRYSTAL ACADEMY CAN REMAIN IN THIS SPACE IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD UNTIL THEY NO LONGER PURSUE THEIR MISSION IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DON'T. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE A VERY, VERY LONG TIME FROM NOW. AND WE HOPE THEY NEVER DO STOP BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS TRULY SPECIAL. BUT WE HAVE A PROVISION IN THE COVENANT THAT SAYS THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO SELECT ANOTHER NONPROFIT THAT DOES A VERY SIMILAR MISSION THAN CRYSTAL ACADEMY DOES. SO THIS SPACE IS EARMARKED. IT'S RESERVED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME FOR THIS IMPORTANT NEED THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS, AND IS THE ONLY INSTITUTION IN THE CITY THAT DOES THIS. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE GARDEN OF OUR LORD THIS EVENING, AND THE GARDEN ON SITE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE DEALT WITH FOR TWO YEARS, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS. THIS IS A PRIVATE GARDEN. IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS ALSO MENTION OF A PENDING HISTORICAL STUDY THAT IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS AREA. AND THERE IS THAT STUDY IS LOOKING AT SITES IN THIS AREA THAT COULD MEET HISTORICAL DESIGNATION CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT A SITE THAT WARRANTS HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, THAT THIS CITY VALUES VERY MUCH ARE PROTECTED. AND THAT IS A STUDY THAT WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED. 
          THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SITE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY YOUR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICER, YOUR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD, YOUR CITY COMMISSION. THEY'VE ALL CONSIDERED WHETHER THIS SITE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, AND THEY'VE ALL CONCLUDED THAT IT DOES NOT. THOSE DETERMINATIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY UPHELD IN COURT AFTER VARIOUS APPEALS. MY MISS BOLTON, WHO YOU HEARD FROM TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE FOUR SEPARATE AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE REVIEWED THE HISTORICAL ELIGIBILITY OF THIS PROPERTY, THE GARDEN, AND ALL HAVE UNANIMOUSLY CONCLUDED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT HISTORIC, AND THAT CURRENT STUDY WILL NOT CHANGE THAT FACT. ALSO, THE CHARACTERIZATION AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS THE EXISTING GARDEN IS A PRIVATE GREEN SPACE. THERE ARE NO 
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PUBLIC GREEN SPACES ON THIS PROPERTY. THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OPEN SPACES, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE OPEN SPACES BY 9000FT■!S. AND IN TERMS OF OPEN SPACE, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES 30% OPEN SPACE WHERE YOUR CODE REQUIRES 20% FOR A PAD, OF WHICH ALMOST 70% OF IT IS OPEN TO THE SKY. SO THIS PROJECT IS IS DELIVERING, IN FACT, PUBLIC OPEN SPACE BENEFITS. AND THAT IS A PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED IN OTHER PADS IN THE PAST. IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT. ALSO, THE PAD DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT THE LANDSCAPE SPACE YOU PROVIDE IS PUBLIC. A PAD ALLOWS YOU TO PROVIDE BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACES, SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THIS BE ONLY PUBLIC IN ORDER TO QUALIFY. AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. ANOTHER ITEM I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NORTH PONDS OVERLAY BY MR. WINKER. AS A LOW RISE AREA IS FACTUALLY AND LEGALLY INACCURATE. AND I'LL LEAVE AND I'LL PUT UP A PICTURE HERE WHILE I GO THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE I THINK THE PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS. THIS IS THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THIS IS THE CONTEXT THAT YOUR BOARD OF ARCHITECTS REVIEWED IN LOOKING AT THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT FOR ARCHITECTURAL COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK YOU COULD TELL IN THIS PICTURE THAT THIS IS NOT A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS NOT A LOW RISE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS PLANNED FOR MID-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THAT IS WHAT THE NORTH PONCE AREA WAS CREATED FOR. YOU COULD SEE HERE THAT THERE ARE ALREADY MANY BUILDINGS, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND MIXED USE BUILDINGS THAT GREATLY EXCEED THE HEIGHT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. SO OUR PROJECT IS VERY MUCH IN CONTEXT WITH NOT ONLY THE PLANNED FRAMEWORK FOR THIS AREA, BUT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK IN THIS AREA. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BOB CHISM, WHO IS OUR URBAN PLANNER WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NORTH PONCE AREA AND HOW THIS PROJECT FITS INTO ITS CONTEXT. AND THEN I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS AND WE'LL AND WE'LL CONCLUDE OUR OUR REBUTTAL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ROBERT CHISM. I'M THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF R.E. CHISHOLM ARCHITECTS, LOCATED AT 782 NORTHWEST 42ND AVENUE, SUITE 650. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES SINCE 1975, AND WE DO SOME PROJECTS IN CORAL GABLES. MY LATEST PROJECT IS WENT INTO THE PERMITTING PROCESS LAST WEEK, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, SO I'M INVOLVED IN THE AREA. I'VE KNOWN THE AREA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I FREQUENT THIS AREA CONSTANTLY. THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES IS BLESSED BY WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE PRESENT AND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THAT THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS EXEMPLARY, AND EVERYONE IS TO BE COMMENDED. THE CITIZENS, THE STAFF AND THE PROFESSIONALS. I I'VE ONLY BEEN GIVEN A MINUTE BY GEORGE TO TALK ABOUT THIS THING, AND I HOPE I CAN DO IT QUICKLY AND CERTAINLY UNDER THREE MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT IT IS I YOU KNOW, I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN PLANNING. I HAVE BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN IN ARCHITECTURE. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING SINCE 1973, ALL ASPECTS. AND I'VE HAD MY COMPANY SINCE 1978. AND I CONTINUE TO PRACTICE ACCORDINGLY. I WAS THE HEAD OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AT ONE TIME. 
          I ORGANIZED THE OFFICIAL OFFICE, AND I WAS ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE HANDICAP ACCESS PROGRAM BACK IN THE 70S. SO AS A PLANNER, I WAS INVOLVED A LOT IN CONSENSUS WITH THE AND CITIZEN INPUT. AND THAT'S THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE TEAM HAD THE THE FIELD TEAM HAD TO GO THROUGH FIVE, FIVE REVIEWS BY THE BOA IS A COMPLIMENT TO BOTH THE BOA AND THE TEAM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS EXEMPLARY IN EVERY WAY. AND I THINK FROM. I ANALYZED IT CLEARLY FROM AN 
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ARCHITECTURAL POINT OF VIEW AND IN TERMS OF JUST ABOUT EVERY TEXTBOOK ASPECT OF HOW THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS AN EXEMPLARY. I CAN GO INTO DETAIL WHENEVER THE COMMITTEE REQUESTS. IF YOU. IF YOU DO SO. AND. AND I JUST THINK THAT THE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT IN TERMS OF HOW THIS PROJECTS WILL CONTRIBUTE. THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS NOT ONLY THE ACADEMY. IN MY OPINION, THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS THE QUALITY OF PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF ANY COMMUNITY AND ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE WAY IT'S BEEN LAID OUT, THE WAY IT'S BEEN ARTICULATED BY CORDWELL ARCHITECTS, I AGAIN, AND I'M NOT A I'M NOT A HIRED GUN BY ANY. YES, I'M GETTING PAID FOR THIS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE MY, MY, MY KNOWLEDGE AND MY TIME IS, IS REQUIRES THAT. BUT WHEN YOU CONTACTED ME, I TOLD THEM, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT. LET ME TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF IT WAS WORTH AND HAD ANY MERIT AND VALUE AND WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE, WHAT THE TEAM HAS DONE, AND THE CITIZENS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN. THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS AN UNKNOWN, BUT THE EXAMPLE WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE YEARS, IS AN EXAMPLE TO EVERYONE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, SO ON AND SO FORTH. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I THINK THERE'S BEEN PROFESSIONALS HERE WHO, WHO KNOW THE CONTEXT AND HAVE TOLD YOU THAT THIS PROJECT WILL WORK AND IT WILL WORK TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF I KNOW THAT THERE WAS COMMENTS ABOUT THE SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT THE PAD REQUIRES, I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THERE ARE OPEN SPACE ENHANCEMENTS. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS. WE HAVE CREATED VERY LARGE AND WELL LANDSCAPED SIDEWALKS. WE'VE COMMITTED TO INSTALLING 16 FOOT TREES AT THE TIME OF PLANTING, BUT WE ALL KNOW WE NEED SCHOOLS. WE'RE VERY MUCH IN NEED OF SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY SCHOOLS THAT SERVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. AND IF THAT'S NOT A PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A MONETARY VALUE OF WHAT THIS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN CRYSTAL ACADEMY MEANS OVER THE TERM OF THIS 99 YEAR LEASE. THAT WOULD BE $6 MILLION, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST PUBLIC BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION EVER MADE BY ANY PAD THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED. DEVELOPERS USUALLY GIVE A PARK AFTER WE'VE TAKEN THE DENSITY OUT OF IT. THIS IS AN ACTUAL FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION THAT'S TAKING A VERY SIGNIFICANT SPOT IN THIS BUILDING AND IS BEING FULLY BUILT OUT BY THIS DEVELOPER AND MAINTAIN THAT WAY FOR 99 YEARS. 
          I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY MAKES DECISIONS ABOUT THE PLACES THAT IT WANTS TO CREATE. CORAL GABLES IS KNOWN AS A CITY BEAUTIFUL. AND WE OFTEN SPEAK, AND YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT PRESERVING WHAT MAKES THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. BUT WHAT MAKES CORAL GABLES BEAUTIFUL IS NOT JUST ITS TREE LINED STREETS OR ITS WORLD CLASS ARCHITECTURE, OR ITS ART, OR ITS PARKS, OR ITS RICH HISTORY. WHAT TRULY MAKES THIS COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL IS A SET OF VALUES WE SHARE AS A COMMUNITY, AND THE HIGH QUALITY OF SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE THAT CORAL GABLES DELIVERS TO ITS RESIDENTS. THESE VALUES ARE THE REASONS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, CHOOSE TO CALL CORAL GABLES HOME. THIS PROJECT REFLECTS THOSE TRUE CORE CORAL GABLES VALUES. THE CITY IS KNOWN FOR SOME OF THE BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE AND NATION, AND THAT'S BECAUSE CORAL GABLES REALIZES THAT INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PRIVATE EDUCATION IS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLIC NEED THAT'S WORTH INVESTING IN. AND THIS PRINCIPLE SHOULD EXTEND TO EVERY CHILD WITH NO EXCEPTIONS. 
          THIS PROJECT DOES MORE THAN JUST DELIVER NEW RESIDENTIAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVATE AN AREA OR BEAUTIFY AND ACTIVATE A SITE WITH A NEW MEDITERRANEAN PROJECT. AS YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, IT PRESERVES AND STRENGTHENS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN CORAL GABLES THAT SERVICES OUR MOST VULNERABLE KIDS, A RESOURCE THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLACE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO DUPLICATE IF LOST. SO TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL AND TRULY BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A PROJECT THAT REFLECTS THE VERY BEST IN CORAL GABLES, A CITY THAT VALUES EXCELLENCE, INCLUSION, EDUCATION, AND SERVICE. A CITY THAT RECOGNIZES THAT EVERY CHILD MATTERS AND THAT EVERY 
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FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THIS CITY DESERVES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. YOUR STAFF HAS DONE A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD. 
          THIS EVENING. YOUR STAFF FOUND THAT THIS APPLICATION MEETS ALL THE APPLICABLE CRITERIA OF APPROVAL AND WARRANTS APPROVAL, AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. OUR ENTIRE TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO BOARD DISCUSSION, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH MISS BRAVO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE THE AGENDA PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PULL THOSE UP ON DON'T MEAN T POWERTEAN YOU PRESTATI? MEAN FROM OF THE AACHMENN THE ENDA PKA THE ROBUS AGENDAACKAGE? IT IS APPLICANT' YEAH. RIG. YEA AND THE ATTACHMT A APPLICANT SUBMITL. 
          SORRY TO PUT THE TECHNICAL TEAM ON THE SPOT LIKE THIS. MAYBE WE CAN I CAN ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S IT. COULD YOU FLIP TO PAGE 30 IN THAT PDF? WELL, ACTUALLY, IF IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SCROLL THROUGH. 
          30 AT THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN. YEAH. BUT IF YOU WANT TO STOP ON, I THINK SHE'S LOOKING FOR THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN, GROUND FLOOR PLAN. IT'S PROBABLY A THREE ZERO, A THREE ZERO, ACTUALLY. PAGE 24. IF YOU WANT TO STOP THERE FIRST, I COULD ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT'S IF YOU GOT THERE. THAT'S IT'S HARD TO PUT EVERYBODY ON THE SPOT. COULD COULD YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THE A DOES THIS REFLECT THE MOST CURRENT DESIGN? THE ONE THAT WENT THROUGH VARIOUS ITERATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS? IS THIS THE CURRENT ITERATION OR THE PREVIOUS ITERATIONS? WHAT WHAT CHANGED? NO. I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE. IS THIS THE MOST CURRENT APPROVED VERSION? IT IS. THIS IS THE MOST CURRENT. 
          YES. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO COULD YOU WALK US THROUGH. ABSOLUTELY. THE DESIGN. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE THE PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE ACTIVE SPACES THROUGHOUT ALMOST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE OF THE SMALL CITY BLOCK. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE HAVE THE LINER UNITS IN BLUE. WE HAVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE PROJECT ON AXIS WITH WHAT WE CONSIDER THE MAIN FOCAL POINT, WHICH IS THAT ARTERY. THAT'S THE CORNER OF EAST PONCE AND ANTILLA. AND THEN WE CIRCLE BACK ALL AROUND ON GALIANO. WE HAVE THE SCHOOL, WE HAVE THE PARK ON THE VERY NORTH EAST CORNER. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE INTERNALIZED COURIER. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID ALSO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPLETE CIRCULATION OF IS THE PEDESTRIAN WAS, WAS UNIQUE IN ALL, IN EVERY SENSE. NOTICE THAT IN THE FRONT SETBACKS ON EAST BONDS AND ON ANTILLA, WE PROVIDED MORE THAN THE REQUIRED SETBACK JUST TO INCREASE THE LANDSCAPING SOMEWHAT AND FEEL MORE OF A BEAUTIFUL PEDESTRIAN REALM. 
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TODAY, THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE DON'T HAVE THAT. YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL EXISTING PROPERTY ABUTTING RIGHT TO THE INSIDE PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK. THESE ARE WIDER. THESE HAVE MORE LANDSCAPING. WE WANTED TO BRING MORE LARGER TREES INTO THE SITE AS WELL. AND ULTIMATELY ALSO WE CREATED THE CENTRALIZED PARCEL. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COURTYARD, WHICH IS ALSO SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC USE, HAD A VERY DIRECT CONNECTION FROM THE SOUTH AND FROM THE NORTH, EXTENDING TO IT WITH A REALLY NICE, BEAUTIFUL WHITE PARCEL. THE LAST THING WE DID IS ALSO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLES AND THE ENTRANCE AND THE DROP OFF AREAS TO THE SCHOOL WERE TOTALLY INTERNALIZED. WE CREATED A SECOND LANE. IT'S A ONE WAY DIRECTION FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, BUT WE CREATED A SECOND LANE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PASS THROUGH OF VEHICULAR CARS COMING IN TO AN INTERNALIZED ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WORKS IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, NOT AFFECTING THE DROP OFF AREAS AS WELL. AND ULTIMATELY, WE INTERNALIZE THE LOADING FACILITIES, WHICH HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ONE OF THE ELEVATOR CORES FOR MOVEMENTS AND MOVE OUTS. SO AGAIN, ALL IN FAVOR OF CREATING A BEAUTIFUL PEDESTRIAN REALM WITH MINIMIZING THE CURB CUTS AND ENHANCING THE PEDESTRIAN QUALITY AND THE CONNECTIVITY. 
          OKAY. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PHOENICIA, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE, THE WOMEN'S CLUB ON THE NORTH SIDE IS WHERE WE HAVE ACROSS THE STREET. AND WE LOOK AT THE ELEVATIONS OF THAT, WHERE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF BACK OF HOUSE AREAS THERE THAT ARE REQUIRED BY CODE LIKE THE FPL VAULT AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, WE DRESSED IT UP IN A WAY THAT THEY LOOK IN COMPLETE HARMONY WITH THE BUILDING. IT'S RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE THROUGHOUT. AND DOES THAT STREET ALSO HAVE THE INCREASED SETBACKS EVERYTHING HAS? YES. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          INCLUDING THE PARK, WHICH REALLY ANCHORS OUR CORNER. REALLY BEAUTIFUL, WHICH IT DOES NOT PROVIDE. IT PROVIDES A RELIEF OF AMASSING IN THE CORNER. AND THAT PARK IS COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER HOURS AFTER THE SCHOOL CLOSES, IT IS OPEN TO THE COURT. SO IS IT FENCED IN? ITS DUAL USE, RIGHT? RIGHT. COULD YOU YOU'RE ON 30. COULD YOU GO BACK TO 20 FOR. TWO? PAGE 24 OF THE PDF. YEAH, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE. ALL RIGHT. I FOUND THIS VIEW INTERESTING IN TERMS OF PUTTING THINGS INTO CONTEXT ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER. THAT'S THE DOUGLAS ENTRANCE PROPERTY. CORRECT. THOSE BUILDINGS. DO WE KNOW THE HEIGHT OF THOSE BUILDINGS? HOW MANY FLOORS? THE HEIGHT OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS PROBABLY INCLUDING THE ONES ACROSS PONCE ARE 16 STORIES, 14 STORIES, TEN STORIES HIGHER THAN US FOR SURE. OKAY. YEAH, THE ENTIRE OVERLAY, IF WE LOOK AT THE MAP ALSO AS WELL, IT IS ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THE HEIGHT THAT WE HAVE AND EVEN A FEW MORE FEET THAN WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE. AND THEN ON, ON PONCE, WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S TWO TALL BUILDINGS. THERE'S THE GLASS ONE, THE ONE BEHIND IT. AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE'S LIKE TWO SMALLER PROPERTIES. I THINK ONE OF THEM IS A MOTEL. CORRECT. BUT THOSE ARE ALLOWED TO BE. AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR. THOSE TWO PROPERTIES SOUTH OF THE TALL BUILDINGS ON PONCE ZONING THERE WOULD ALLOW THOSE TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT. THAT COULD GO UP TO 190FT. THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. YES. ALL THE PROPERTIES YOU SEE ON PONCE DE LEON ARE ZONED RM THREE. 
          THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE 150 OR 1 90.5 WITH MEDITERRANEAN BONUS. RIGHT. SO LIKE THAT FIRST GLASS ONE THAT WE SEE THAT IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S ALLOWED THERE. THAT'S PROBABLY 150 BECAUSE IT'S NOT MEDITERRANEAN AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO UP. HOW HIGH TO 190 WITH MEDITERRANEAN BONUS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S THE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, I GUESS, OTHER BUILDINGS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THIS GIVES SOME CONTEXT THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE IS NOT OUT OF SCALE. WE CREATED THAT SLIDE FOR THAT SAME REASON, BECAUSE IT'S VERY TELLING. IF WE LOOK AT ONE SPECIFIC LITTLE PROPERTY HERE AND THERE, YEAH, THEY'RE SCATTERED SMALLER, BUT THE ENTIRE AREA IS DESTINED FOR THAT. IT WAS ZONED FOR THAT AND IT STARTS BEING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S IN RIGHT IN CONTEXT WITH A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS ARE THERE, WHICH ARE EVEN TALLER THAN US. AND I 
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IMAGINE I, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND THERE'S THAT MOTEL PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE TWO TALL BUILDINGS ON PONCE, I IMAGINE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING NEW. IT'S ON THE MARKET. VERY VALUABLE PROPERTY. RIGHT? OKAY. I, I THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF, OF DOUGLAS ENTRANCE AND, AND THE VOLUME OF OFFICE SPACE THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF REDUCING TRAFFIC, HAVING HABITABLE SPACES THAT COMPLEMENT THOSE OFFICE USES THAT, THAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE SMART PLANNING FOR THIS AREA. 
          SO A QUESTION TO OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE DIFFERENT ISSUES RAISED DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IS DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING THAT THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED OR REVIEWED BY STAFF IN PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATION? I HEARD I HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC. AND WE HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY. WE HAD THE CONSULTANT HERE AS WELL. I HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE HISTORIC. AND WE WENT THROUGH THE HISTORIC PROCESS. AND BEYOND. OTHER CONCERNS I HEARD ABOUT WAS THE CITY PLAN, WHICH WOULDN'T BE APPLICABLE HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY DEALING WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CHANGES TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THOSE ARE THE WAY WE AMEND THEM AS WELL. OUR HISTORIC OFFICER OF THE CITY DID NOT DEEM THIS CHANGE TO BE A CHANGE TO THE CITY PLAN. SO WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ANY OTHER CONCERNS, BUT AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH A LONG, LENGTHY REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE CITY STAFF, WITH THE BOARDS, WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, EVEN TO. IS THIS A TYPICAL TIMELINE FOR A PROJECT IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES? EXPANDED. OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU SAID IS, IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT THEN THE COMMENTS YOU HEARD HERE WERE VETTED AND CONSIDERED AND STAFF THE ISSUES THAT WERE MADE IN THE COMMENTS? YES. OKAY. RIGHT. WELL, YOU MENTIONED SOMEBODY HERE THAT PREPARED THE TRAFFIC STUDY. YES. WE HAD THE CONSULTANT OR WE HAVE CITY STAFF HERE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TRANSPORTATION WHO REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC STUDY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? I JUST IN TERMS OF YOUR REVIEW AND, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE NETWORK. 
          FOR CLOSE TO EIGHTH STREET OR CLOSE TO LEJEUNE. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HI, MY NAME IS SHERRY AND I'M A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER FOR THE CITY. SO WE DID REVIEW IN 2020 2ND OCTOBER 2022, A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE PONCE PHASE THREE MEDIAN PROJECT ALONG PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. ALSO, THERE WERE TWO FDOT PROJECTS ALONG SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET. ONE WAS A RESURFACING PROJECT AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS LIGHTING. THE STUDY SHOWED THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND BASICALLY, IT WAS APPROVED AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2022, A TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM WAS SENT OUT AND THAT WAS ALREADY REVIEWED. MOST RECENTLY, WE LOOKED AT PONCE EIGHT AND YES. SO THE PONCE EIGHT PROJECT DID NOT TRIGGER ENOUGH TRIPS TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY BASED ON THE THE EXISTING LAND USE VERSUS THE FUTURE LAND USE. THERE WAS A NET GAIN OF 26 TRIPS IN THE PEAK HOURS, AND ALSO RECENTLY, DUE TO THE CHANGES OUT IN THE. THAT WERE IN THE SITE PLAN, WE ALSO REVIEWED FOR THE CRYSTAL PHOENICIA DEVELOPMENT THEIR REVISED TRIP GENERATION LETTER TO SEE IF IT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO IF THEY WOULD NEED TO UPDATE THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY AFTER REVIEW. IT ACTUALLY CREATED LESS TRIPS BECAUSE REMOVED ON THE OFFICE SPACE FROM THE SITE PLAN. AND WE USE OUR IT ENGINEERING MANUALS TO VERIFY THAT. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM REVISE THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY. SO THEY WERE GOOD TO GO FROM THERE AS WELL. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHARLES HART. THANK YOU. THROUGH THROUGH THE CHAIR. CAN I ASK THEM ONE QUESTION? I'M SORRY. JUST ONE QUESTION. I'M ON. THE MAP IS OFF ALMEDA AND PONCE AND ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DOING THE CENTER LANE AND THEY'RE DOING THE WE'RE DOING THE SIDEWALKS. LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN ONE LANE ON WHICH ONE I'M SORRY, ON LIKE BY 999 PONCE. YEAH. RIGHT OFF OF EIGHTH STREET. THERE'S NO MEDIAN OFF OF EIGHTH STREET FROM FROM FROM EIGHTH STREET TO MINORITIES TO. CORRECT. OKAY. 
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THE CENTER MEDIAN IS BEING DONE TO. YES, YES, THAT'S A PONZI THREE PROJECT TO BE ONE LANE OR TWO LANES. NO, IT IS TWO LANES WITH TWO LANES THAT SHRINK DOWN TO ONE. IT GOES INTO THE ONE LANE. THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD FIT TWO LANES. IT IS A TWO LANE. YOU'RE NOT. WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS FOR THE WORK. NOW THEY'RE PUTTING THE BARRIERS, THE TEMPORARY BARRIERS. BUT IT WILL BE A TWO LANE. NO, IT'S NOT A TEMPORARY BARRIER. THEY'RE DOING THE LIKE THE THE CURB OUT BECAUSE THOSE CARS ARE GOING TO BECOME PARALLEL PARKING INSTEAD OF ANGLED PARKING. THEY'RE GOING TO BECOME PARALLEL. THERE'LL BE LESS PARKING. YEAH. PARALLEL PARKING INSTEAD OF DIAGONAL ANGLE PARKING, WHICH IS DANGEROUS. BACKING UP ONTO PONCE DE LEON. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO LANE WITH PARALLEL PARKING THAT I KNOW BECAUSE I'M DOING A PROJECT. I FINISHED A PROJECT ACROSS THE STREET, SO I HAD TO ADHERE TO THOSE PLANS. SO I KNOW I'M EAGER TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PUT TULANE'S THERE, BECAUSE THAT CURB COMES LIKE STRAIGHT OUT. WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS THAT EVERY OTHER STREET THEY. THEY LIMIT THE LEFT TURN. THEY LIMIT THE LEFT TURN. THAT IS. SO JUST A REMINDER, THE COURT REPORTER CAN ONLY TAKE DOWN. YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE PERSON IS SPEAKING. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. SO THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION HOW IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO DOWN IN ONE LANE. NO, I ASSURE YOU IT'S GOING TO BE TWO LANES WITH A PARALLEL PARKING AND WE ARE GOING TO LOSE SOME PARKING SPACES. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. ROUNDABOUT. YEAH. OKAY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. 
          WELL, WHENEVER YOU'RE DONE, I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM A QUESTION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND COME BACK UP. I, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PONCE CORRIDOR HAS A JAGGED EDGE. AND IN TERMS OF MODIFYING THE ZONING TO CAPTURE THIS PROPERTY, I THINK THIS IS A SMART, SMART DEVELOPMENT AND I'LL BE IN SUPPORT OF IT. YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THEM OR CAN I MOVE ON TO ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER? OKAY. GO FOR IT, PLEASE. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. SO I READ THE KIMLEY-HORN TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE BUILDING A SHIP IN A BOTTLE. IT DOESN'T TAKE ANYTHING ELSE INTO ACCOUNT. THE THE QUOTE UNQUOTE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT NOW ON PONCE. EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY, IF YOU WILL, YOU HAVE LESS OF AN ABILITY OF PEOPLE USING MORE OF THOSE ARTERIES. 
          AND THEY USE LESS ARTERIES. TODAY, IN MY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON KADIMA, IT TOOK ME TEN MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON GOOGLE IS GETTING ALL OF THE TRAFFIC GO DOWN KADIMA, BECAUSE IF THEY GO DOWN UNIVERSITY, THEY HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON LEJEUNE AND THEY'RE BEING REROUTED THAT WAY. SO OUR TRAFFIC HAS INCREASED MAYBE 400% IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AND THAT'S WITH SCHOOL BEING OUT. WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF THE THE FDOT LEVEL OF SERVICE ON THE TRAIL RIGHT NOW ON EIGHTH STREET? YES. IF IT'S I HAVE TO TRIPLE CHECK. I KNOW THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ON THE JUNE IS F, IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO F OR DEAR F ON EIGHTH STREET. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THE JUNE IS F. YES, EIGHTH STREET IS F AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF DOUGLAS IS CLOSE TO THAT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A GLASS OF WATER AND IT'S FILLED ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, YOU JUST HAVE TO ADD ONE DROP FOR IT TO SPILL. AND I THINK THAT KIMLEY-HORN BEING A VERY LARGE FIRM WITH A VERY LARGE TRAFFIC COMPONENT TO THEIR FIRM, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY GIVE THE ANALYSIS, IT'S ALMOST. LIKE EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS NOW BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. SO WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE AND YOU SEE BACKUPS AT ANY TIME OF DAY, ADDING ONE PARKING TRIP OR ONE TRAFFIC TRIP RATHER BECOMES A PROBLEM. AND EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT, BECAUSE. IT DOESN'T WARRANT A TRAFFIC STUDY, BECAUSE THE SITE DOES NOT PROJECT ENOUGH TRIPS, YOU'RE USING IT AS A VACUUM. AND IT'S BEING IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF CORAL GABLES THAT HAVE TO THEN NOT ONLY ACCEPT 
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THE FACT OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT AND ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WHEN YOU ADD THEM, BUT ALSO THE CROSS, THE CROSS TRAFFIC THAT GOES THROUGH OUR CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, EAST TO WEST AND WEST TO EAST. I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT IS WRONG FOR THIS TO BE GLOSSED OVER THIS WAY. WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEM. WE HAVE A TRIP PROBLEM, AND IT'S IT'S NOT BEING RESOLVED BY ADDING MEDIANS ON THE NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR OF PONCE THAT WAY. 
          WELL, THE PONCE PHASE THREE PROJECT WAS. THE DESIGN WAS ONGOING PRIOR TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY IN OCTOBER 2022. THE REASON WHY YOU SEE MEDIAN CLOSURES IS TYPICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGH NUMBER OF NUMBER OF CRASHES. SO THOSE EAST WEST MOVEMENTS, AND I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF AS I DRIVE DOWN EVERY DAY DOWN PONDS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THROW THEIR CARS ACROSS AND THEY'RE SOMETIMES THEY'RE SEVERE ACCIDENTS. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE MEDIAN CLOSURES TOOK PLACE. I KNOW, I KNOW, AND IT'S THE SAME THING AS LEJEUNE. YES, IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE POLICE STATION, RIGHT? AND IT BECOMES AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO SPEED. SO YOU CAN'T EVEN ASSUME 30 MILES AN HOUR, 25 MILES AN HOUR WHEN PEOPLE ARE FLYING THROUGH THERE AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S PART OF THE CRASHES THAT YOU DO GET. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S BECOMING A FUNNEL EFFECT ON NOT JUST ONE STREET, BUT MANY OF THEM. AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE OUT ALL THE PARKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE, THAT BECOMES A PROBLEM WE NEED TO EXTEND BEFORE THE 9:00. YEAH. SO WE COULD MR. CHAIRMAN, GIVE ME ONE. A MOTION FOR 30 MINUTES. 30 MINUTES. MOTION TO EXTEND TO 939 30. OKAY, BUT YOU MOVED IT. 
          SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? HI. HI. OKAY. SORRY. GO BACK. NO, NO, ROBERT. I DON'T KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN. IF YOU ALLOW ME, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET THEM FINISH. WE'LL. PLEASE. ONE SECOND. THE THE LEVELS CAN BE EXPLAINED BY OUR VICE CHAIR. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE FDOT HAS A RATING. YOU KNOW, YOU GET AN A, YOU GET A B, YOU GET A C. F IS THE WORST WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC VOLUME. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THE ROAD CANNOT TAKE THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME THERE. SO WE'RE SURROUNDED BY F. BUT THEN THE PART THAT'S NOT IN THERE IS ALL OF OUR LITTLE SIDE STREETS, IF YOU WILL, ALL OF OUR LITTLE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHICH ARE. IT BECOMES A TSUNAMI WHEN IT WHEN IT IS. EARLY MORNING OR LATE AFTERNOON, GOING TO WORK, PICKING UP KIDS, COMING BACK AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT OUR LITTLE COLLECTOR STREETS, RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE FLOODED WITH THAT. THE WORST PART NOW IS THAT BECAUSE NOW THE CITY IS PUTTING IN THIS MEDIAN, PUTTING IN PARALLEL PARKING, AS WE DID MANY YEARS AGO ON ON MIRACLE MILE, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THAT PARKING. SO YOUR BUSINESS ON ON PONCE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO NOW BLEED PARKING INTO THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO THERE'LL BE LESS PARKING, WHICH IS IS CREATED BY MANY THINGS BASED ON SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT NOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, THE ORIGINAL ONE DID CONSIDER THE PONCE PHASE THREE PROJECT AND ITS ANALYSIS. AND THEN THE REASON, WELL, THE REVISED TRAFFIC TRIP GENERATION LETTER WAS COMPARED TO THAT STUDY. RIGHT. AND THAT CAME WITH FEWER TRIPS THAN THE ORIGINAL FORECAST. SO SO WE'RE JUST USING AN ANALYSIS THAT WAS ALREADY DONE. AND THEN USING A TRIP GENERATION LETTER THAT IT SHOWED LESS TRIPS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE, YOU KNOW, ANY CHANGES HAD TO BE DONE OR IF A REVISED TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT IT WASN'T THAT WE DID NOT CONSIDER THE PONCE PHASE THREE. AND I DON'T MEAN TO POUNCE. NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECTED ON THE RECORD. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT PROJECTS IN A VACUUM, IT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING ELSE WORSE. IT'S THE SAME THING AS LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WHAT THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE USES ARE ACROSS THE STREET. WE DO WELL, WE DO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO SUBMIT ANYTIME WE DO ANY CLOSURES OR ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR PLANS TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AS WELL, FOR THEM TO TAKE IT AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE IT'S A WHOLE NETWORK, LIKE IT'S OUR CITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR CITY. BUT ALL THE ROADS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ARE 
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OUR NETWORK, SO WE'RE NOT IN A. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT TO SPEAK, PLEASE. 
          YEAH. I'LL CALL THE NEXT BOARD MEMBER. LET LET FELIX FINISH ONE SECOND AND AND IF AND AND I'M SORRY, I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERY PROJECT THATREOOKI A IT BECOS VERY COMPLEX. AND BY THE WAY. THAT THE NEXT NATURAL OUTLET GOING NORTH SOUTH IS THIS STREET RIGHT HERE. SALCEDO. AND AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS, THAT IS A VERY RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH PARALLEL PARKING. RIGHT NOW. 
          PEOPLE FLY THROUGH THERE WHERE THEY HAVE BUILT AT LEAST FROM HERE TO EIGHTH STREET, AT LEAST 8 TO 10 SPEED HUMPS TO TRY TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. SO IT IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A PROBLEM. AND I THINK THAT REALLY STAFF SHOULD DO A MORE HOLISTIC JOB IN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, TO THIS BOARD FOR OUR DECISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GONZALO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU CAN SIT DOWN NOW, PLEASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          WE HAVE HEARD ENDLESSLY, REPETITIVELY PULLING AT THE HEARTSTRINGS. OF CRYSTAL ACADEMY AS IF IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY THROUGH THIS FACT. THIS REALITY IS THE PROJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS 226,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET. THE PROMISE TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY IS LESS THAN 2% OF THAT TOTAL BUILD OUT, 5000FT AND MINIMAL CONTRIBUTION VERSUS WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT BUILDING IS. SO LET'S BE TOTALLY CLEAR ABOUT THIS. THE VERY SMALL CONTRIBUTION. I KNOW THERE WAS MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND THE APPLICANT HAS COMPETENT STAFF AT ALL LEVELS, AND I ADMIRE THAT. BUT LET'S BE FRANK AND LET'S BE REAL, THIS IS A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE BONNIE COME UP FOR A SECOND AND JUST GIVE ME A HISTORY AGAIN OF THE GARDEN OF OUR LORD. WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE INFORMATION WE COULD USE IF BONNIE, IF YOU WOULD. ARE YOU IN THE AREA HERE? YOU STILL COME ON UP BEFORE SHE COMES TO CITY. CAN WE. YES. YOU MEAN THE THE THE PROCESS THAT INVOLVED THE REQUEST FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THE HISTORY OF THE GARDEN. AND I THINK THE GARDEN OF OUR LORD. THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THAT'S NOT BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY. WHAT'S BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I HEAR YOU. SO THEY COULD ALSO SWITCH OUT THE GREEN SPACE THAT THEY HAVE ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE GARDEN. AND I WOULD STOP FIGHTING. BUT YES, I'M VERY HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE GARDEN OF OUR LORD. JUST TELL US WHAT YEAR IT STARTED AND THE TRADITION, PLEASE. IT WAS BUILT IN 19511951 BY ROBERT FITCH SMITH, A RENOWNED SOUTH FLORIDA ARCHITECT WHOSE MANY OF HIS PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED HISTORIC. IT'S A CEMETERY. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THREE BIBLICAL GARDENS IN AMERICA. SOME OF THE TREES AND BUSHES THAT GROW THERE AT THIS MINUTE CAME AS SEEDS FROM GETHSEMANE. THAT'S THE GARDEN WHERE JESUS WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS CRUCIFIXION. IT'S ALSO A WAR MEMORIAL, MEDICAL MEMORIAL AND COMMUNITY MEMORIAL. MR. CHAIRMAN AND CITY ATTORNEY, WHY ARE WE. THIS IS NOT PART OF THIS APPLICATION. I DON'T I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE HERE. I HAPPEN TO AGREE AS WELL. GONZALO, IF YOU CAN WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN THIS MISS BONNIE, I APPRECIATE BONNIE'S COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO. THE BALANCE SHEET HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT COMING. THAT SQUARE BLOCK, 1.4 ACRES. AND ALSO CAVEAT EMPTOR, THE CENTURY GROUP ARE VERY, VERY SAVVY INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS FROM YEARS BACK. THEY DID NOT BUY 
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THIS PROPERTY ON THE BLIND. I'M SURE THEY DID THE DUE DILIGENCE. THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE BUYING AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY COULD DO IN PLACE. HOWEVER, SOMETHING HAPPENED AND NOW THEY'RE SEEKING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT, A RADICAL CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT ZONING. 
          AND THE THING THAT EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS BOARD AND THE COLLEAGUES AND EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS, IS THIS IS NOT A CRYSTAL ACADEMY APPLICATION. IT IS A DEVELOPER'S APPLICATION, VIRTUAL ECONOMIES FOOTPRINT ON THIS IS 2% OF THE BUILD OUT. SO WITH THAT SAID, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A FEW OTHER THINGS HERE. THE NORMAL SETBACK ON THE CURRENT ZONING FOR BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY VARIES FROM 25FT TO 15. THE PROPOSED PROJECT SETBACK IS EIGHT INCHES, NINE INCHES, BASICALLY ZERO SETBACK. SO THIS OPEN SPACE DIALOG THAT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO IS AN INTERNAL PATIO AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. IT IS REALLY INCONGRUOUS WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING. SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IS A MAJOR IMPACTING DEVELOPMENT IN A VERY CHERISHED OPEN GREEN SPACE AREA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. SHANE. ANY COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS, MAYBE FOR STAFF IF POSSIBLE, OR THE APPLICANT, WHOEVER'S BEST SUITED FOR THE QUESTION. I KNOW EARLIER WE LOOKED AT AGE 24 OF THE APPLICANT'S PACKAGE, AND THAT WAS AN IMAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS RIGHT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A PREDICATE TO MY NEXT QUESTION. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DIGITALLY FILLED IN THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO I'VE SEEN IN THE PAPERS AND IN CONVERSATION THAT THIS IS CALLED A TRANSITIONAL PROPERTY AND THAT IT'S AN INAPPROPRIATE TRANSITION. AND MY QUESTION IS WHAT? MAYBE THIS IS A SIMPLISTIC QUESTION, BUT WHAT MAKES IT TRANSITIONAL? WHEN I GO TO THE PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I SAW IT YESTERDAY, TO ME IT LOOKED LIKE IT FIT APPROPRIATELY IN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SO WHAT MAKES THIS A TRANSITIONAL PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PROPERTIES ON THAT, THAT AREA THAT'S WITHIN THAT CONSERVATION DISTRICT? AND I THINK THE SECOND PART TO THAT QUESTION IS WHAT STOPS THE PRECEDENT FROM ALL THOSE PROPERTIES BEING UP ZONED. SO I'LL I'LL TAKE THE QUESTION. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR, WHO ALSO DID THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THIS REQUEST. BUT JUST TAKING A STEP BACK, I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY LIKE IT'S SPECIAL USE DISTRICT. RIGHT. AND I'LL GET TO YOUR QUESTION, I PROMISE. I THINK THIS CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT. WHEN THE NORTH PONCE AREA WAS STUDIED, IT CREATED TWO AREAS. IT CREATED THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS, AS YOU'RE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR SAID, BETWEEN 150 AND 190FT IN HEIGHT. AND THEN IT CREATED THE RESIDENTIAL INFILL DISTRICT, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE NORTH PONCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS 100FT IN HEIGHT AND 100 UNITS. THERE WERE PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT STUDIED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD EXISTING SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH PLAN, NORTH PONCE CORRIDOR PLAN TODAY, THE ONLY PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN M, F TWO OR RM IN THE ENTIRE AREA ARE THE RELIGIOUS IN SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, YOU LEAVE THOSE INSTITUTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY ARE EXISTING EDUCATIONAL USES. WHAT MAKES THIS PROPERTY A TRANSITIONAL PROPERTY IS THAT EAST PONCE BOULEVARD CURRENTLY HAS THREE PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE, ONE OF THEM ALREADY APPROVED FOR, I BELIEVE, 165FT, WHICH IS A REGENCY ON THE PARK, AND IT HAS 190FT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE EAST. 
          PONCE IS A CORRIDOR THAT BASICALLY IS THE MAIN ARTERIAL CORRIDOR IN THAT AREA. OTHER THAN PONCE, IT CONNECTS PONCE DIRECTLY TO DOUGLAS ENTRANCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RETAIL AND OFFICE DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE OF PROBABLY DOWNTOWN AND MERRICK PARK IN THIS AREA. 
          SO IT IS A MAIN ROADWAY. AND YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY, THE NORTH PONCE DE ALREADY EXTENDS. SO WHAT MAKES THIS A TRANSITIONAL SITE IS 
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THAT THIS IS NOT HALF A BLOCK OR A PORTION OF A BLOCK. IT IS AN ENTIRE BLOCK THAT BASICALLY SITS BETWEEN 100 AND 90FT IN HEIGHT AND 100FT IN HEIGHT. AND WHAT THIS PROJECT TRIES TO DO IS TO KEEP THE MID-RISE, KEEP IT AT 100FT, BUT CREATE A MIXED USE PROJECT THAT TRANSITIONS FROM THIS VERY HIGH, INTENSE, THE MOST ACTUALLY THE MOST INTENSE ZONING AND LAND USE THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS CITY TO A MID RISE RESIDENTIAL. IT'S CREATING A BUFFER BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL SITE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SITE IN THIS WHOLE AREA THAT SITS BETWEEN THESE TWO. THAT'S AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK AND THAT SITS ON A MAIN ARTERIAL ROADWAY. AND IS THAT LAST PART ESSENTIALLY THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR FOR OTHER PROPERTIES ON THAT SAME AREA FROM ALL BEING ZONED? CORRECT? YEAH. AND I THINK WHAT WOULD BE INTERESTING IS IF WE COULD TAKE A TIME MACHINE AND GO BACK IN TIME, HOW, HOW THE NORTH PONCE CHARRETTE WOULD HAVE TREATED THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT STUDIED, IT WAS JUST LEFT AS IT'S A SCHOOL, IT'S A CHURCH. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT JUST JUST AS INSTITUTIONAL. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, IF I IF I MAY, I'M PROBABLY THE LAST LIVING MEMBER OF THE NORTH PONCE APARTMENT DISTRICT. NOT IT WASN'T A CHARRETTE. I WAS A COMMITTEE AND I WORKED ON EXCUSE ME, I SAT ON IT. AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS NOT CORRECT. WHAT YOU ARE REFERENCING IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AFTERWARDS. 
          AND WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF EVERY HISTORIC BUILDING THAT WAS IN THAT AREA. AND AS MANY, MANY STUDIES, IT WAS SHELVED. BUT WAS IT STUDIED? YES. WAS THERE AN INTENT? YES. AND I SPEAK FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT BECAUSE I WAS THERE. AND WHAT WAS JUST SAID NOW IS NOT CORRECT. BUT, FELIX, I WASN'T INVOLVED, AS YOU AWARE, MAYBE, BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN THE SENSE THAT IN 2015 THE CITY TOOK IT LOW CANOUUPHE M,ND OM TT HAT,UT THAEDYWH YID W0EARS WENT TGHPPVAL. I00FTHAT ARE WELE UGH APPL.THATN'T IT NT WASHAT I'M SAYIN I ANIT WASOOKED ATVERY TY. WHAT WHATR. NAV ATORRE THA INSTUTIONA PROPEYER NOT KE I CSIDERATIEYULAVE BE CHESREOI AWAY. EVERY NGLE O THEED S AS I SPES A SCI BECAUSE TRE SPEALZONING F THAT,T ANTICIPATING TT IN THE FUTURE THEY COULD BECOME SOMETHING ELSE THROUGH THE CHAIR. IF I COULD JUST FINISH ANSWERING THE QUESTION. SO INTERESTING CASE IS ACTUALLY DIRECTLY TO OUR NORTH AT THE TIME OF THE 2015 2016 CHARRETTE, WHICH I WAS A PART OF, THERE IS A SITE JUST NORTH OF THIS. YOU CAN'T SEE IT ON THIS MAP, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP THAT WE HAD THAT SHOWS THE LAND USE THERE. EAST PONCE CORRIDOR WAS BEING STUDIED, AND THEY JUST DECIDED TO SAY THERE WAS A SITE THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE, BUT THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE IT. THEY WANTED TO SEE THE PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO GO IN THERE. AND THAT'S REGENCY ON THE PARK. 
          THAT SITE WAS RECENTLY INCLUDED IN THE NORTH PONCE MIXED USE DISTRICT, EXPANDED UNDERSTANDING THE CHARACTER OF EAST PONCE BOULEVARD TODAY. ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT THIS SITE WAS NOT ALWAYS RELIGIOUS. IN 1971, THIS SITE WAS REZONED TO RELIGIOUS. TO PERMIT THE CHURCH. BUT IN GEORGE MERRICK'S PLAN AND THEN THE OLD ZONING CODE, WHERE WE HAVE THE HEIGHT MAPS THAT SHOW WHAT THIS PROPERTY WAS DESIGNATED FOR, AND WE HAVE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR HERE WHO COULD CONFIRM THIS. THIS BLOCK IS ACTUALLY A TRANSITIONAL BLOCK, BECAUSE HALF OF THE BLOCK IN THE HEIGHT MAP THAT WAS CREATED FOR THIS DISTRICT ALLOWED 150FT IN HEIGHT, AND THAT WAS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE BLOCK. 
          THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS BLOCK ALLOWED 60FT. THAT'S HOW THIS AREA WAY BACK WHEN, BEFORE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT NORTH PONCE OR NORTH PONCE, CHARRETTES OR ANYTHING, THAT'S HOW THIS AREA WAS PLANNED FOR. THIS SITE ACTUALLY HAS A SITE SPECIFIC ZONING IN PLACE TODAY THAT ALLOWS 150FT IN HEIGHT AND ALLOWS FOR RESIDENTIAL. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN POLICY WITH THE CREATION OF NORTH PONCE DISTRICT, BUT THOSE SITE SPECIFIC STANDARDS DATE BACK ALL THE WAY TO IN. GEORGE MERRICK PLANNED THIS PLAN THIS TO SO TS IANSITIONA BLK TAY. IT WAS TRANSITIONAL B BKHEN. 
          ANDHE RN I IT BHAITSEN YRMONTENMEL AREAS ON A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT 
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IS USED TO GET, YOU KNOW, TWO WAY STREET INTO DOUGLAS ENTRANCE, AND THAT SITS BETWEEN MID-RISE RESIDENTIAL. TWO LAST VERY QUICK QUESTIONS. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROPERTY IF THIS DOESN'T PASS? I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROPERTY AND WHAT HAPPENS TO CRYSTAL ACADEMY. SO THE THE WAY THAT THIS DEAL CAME ABOUT WAS IN 2021, WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FROM THE CHURCH. THIS DEAL HAS TO MAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL SENSE IN ORDER TO SAY, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE FREE SPACE. FOR 99 YEARS, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FOR LIVE WORK UNITS VALUED AT 6 MILLION BUCKS. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING. SO IF IF THIS PROJECT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR AGREEMENT WITH CRYSTAL IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE. AND I KNOW MR. SANABRIA MENTIONED IT. THIS PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY CENTURY. 
          IT WAS SOLD, AND NO ONE NEEDS TO HONOR THIS COMMITMENT. BUT FIFIELD HAS COME IN AND SAID, WE ARE GOING TO HONOR IT. THEY'VE BEEN TO THAT SCHOOL. THEY KNOW WHAT THIS SCHOOL MEANS. AND I THINK ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN IN THAT SCHOOL UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 
          THEY MADE THE COMMITMENT AND DECIDED TO KEEP IT. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IF THIS PROJECT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD, CRYSTAL'S FUTURE IS NOT BRIGHT. BUT SO THEN WHO WOULD OWN THE PROPERTY THOUGH, JUST SO I'M CLEAR. SO THERE THERE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A CHANGE IN THE PLAN. AND THAT CHANGE WOULD BE TO NOT HAVE CRYSTAL AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY WANTS TO SEE THAT. BUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN? IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED. YOU KNOW GET SOLD AGAIN. NEW PROPOSAL COMES IN. EITHER WAY. I THINK WE COULD ALL AGREE WHETHER YOU'RE IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT, THAT IF THIS PROPERTY DID NOT HAVE A SCHOOL OR A CHURCH IN 2016, WHEN THE CHARRETTE WAS CREATED, AT A MINIMUM, BARE MINIMUM, THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE MF2. WHAT WOULD THAT ALLOW? 100 UNITS AN ACRE AND 100FT IN HEIGHT. WHAT DOES THIS PROJECT PROPOSE INSTEAD? 93FT IN HEIGHT THAT TRANSITIONS TO 83FT IN HEIGHT AND 125 UNITS AN ACRE, PLUS THE PRESERVATION OF CRYSTAL ACADEMY FOR 99 YEARS AND IN A BRAND NEW FACILITY WITH NEW CLASSROOMS, NEW ART ROOMS, NEW THERAPEUTIC ROOMS, AND A BRAND NEW OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL AREA. SO WE CAN'T SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING FROM SPECIAL USE TO RM TWO. IF THE WHOLE AREA OF NORTH PONCE WAS PLANNED FOR 100 UNITS AN ACRE, 100FT IN HEIGHT, THAT'S WHERE WE START. OKAY. AND JUST LAST QUESTION, WHY DOES THE BUILDING HAVE TO BE NINE FEET AS OPPOSED TO EIGHT? SO. WELL, I'M SORRY, NINE STORIES, NINE STORIES, STORIES I HEARD I HEARD NINE FEET AS WELL. I SEE FEET. SO THE REQUEST FOR THE PAD AND I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LONG NIGHT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO SAY THIS QUICKLY JUST TO ADDRESS IT. IT IS NINE STORIES, BUT IT IS WITHIN AN EIGHT STORY BUILDING ENVELOPE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ARCHITECTS ON THIS BOARD. BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE TAKEN NINE STORIES AND PUT IT INTO AN EIGHT STORY ENVELOPE. THAT IS WHAT THE PAD DESIGNATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS PROPERTY ALLOWS US TO DO. 
          YOU'RE ALLOWED EIGHT STORIES WITHIN 97FT IN HEIGHT. WE ARE ASKING FOR NINE STORIES WITHIN 93FT IN HEIGHT. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS THE MASSING. IT ALLOWS US TO REDUCE IT, AND IT ALLOWS US TO CREATE THESE WIDE SIDEWALKS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. OKAY. WELL, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT. AN AMAZING PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION. BUT I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES. BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, FELIX, DO YOU WANT TO HB FOR BEAUTY? YOU SAY YOU WERE HISTORICAL. OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. ONLY SURVIVING PERSON. YEAH, IT'S BETTER DISTINGUISHED THAN EXTINGUISHED. SO. OH, SO THE THE POINT THE POINT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROPOSED ZONING. LIKE IF THAT'S WHAT'S EXISTING ON THE SITE, IT'S NOT. AND MR. SANABRIA MADE EXCELLENT POINTS. IT BECOMES A POINT OF WHAT BECOMES REALISTIC FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. THERE ARE POINTS OF CONTENTION. ONE OF THE AREAS THERE, IT WAS 
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SAID THAT IF IT WAS JUST BE FLIPPED TO ANOTHER CORNER, THE THIS GREEN, THIS, THIS OPEN SPACE WHICH IS INSIDE OF A BUILDING THAT WOULD WORK BETTER. THE FOUR THINGS TONIGHT IS THAT WE'RE TAKING AGAIN NOW, NOT JUST ZONING, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE MASTER PLAN AND THROWING IT OUT THE WINDOW. THE MASTER PLAN IS HAS LIMITS AND THE LIMITS THAT THE MASTER PLAN HAS GOES BACK MATHEMATICALLY TO WHAT THE LEVELS OF SERVICE ALLOWS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR USES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AS A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN URBAN AREA, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT BASED ON JUST THE AREA, THE SIZE. BUT IT IS A HUGE IMPACT. THE SECOND THING IS THAT THE ZONING, AGAIN, IS GOING FROM SPECIAL USE TO SOMETHING OTHER. THIS IS NOT RM TWO RIGHT NOW. IT'S S AND EVERYTHING. YOU GET ONE FOOT ABOVE S IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TODAY. THE THIRD POINT IS THAT THE FUNNY PART ABOUT IT IS JUST FROM A POINT, HISTORICAL POINT OF REFERENCE, THE REASON THE PAD WAS CREATED WAS BECAUSE OF THE DOUGLAS CENTER, THE DOUGLAS CENTER, WHICH WAS A HISTORIC BUILDING, WAS GOING TO BE TORN DOWN, AND A GROUP OF ARCHITECTS PURCHASED IT AND THEY MADE IT THEIR HOME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND THEN THEY DEVELOPED THE REST OF IT TO BE ABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE MAKEUP OF WHAT WAS THERE. SO THE PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT WAS DESIGNED, THE PAD AS A TOOL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SPECIAL, SIGNIFICANT NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC BENEFIT. AND IN THAT CASE, WAS SAVING A HISTORIC BUILDING. THERE IS NO SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC BENEFIT HERE. FINALLY, THE MIXED USE SITE PLAN REVIEW GOING BEYOND THE LIMITS, WHERE NOW WE CAN HAVE AN 18 INCH SETBACK COMPARED TO WHATEVER THE MINIMUM SETBACKS ARE TODAY, I THINK THAT WE HAVE REACHED A POINT IN THIS CITY. THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'VE GONE FROM. 
          WHAT I CONSIDER. URBAN PLANNING TO HOSTILE DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK WE'VE REACHED THAT POINT IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY. AND FOR ME, AS AN ARCHITECT, THAT DEPENDS ON DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITS. I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT COULD BE REDUCED IN HEIGHT AND VOLUME AND SIZE, AND STILL KEEP A CRYSTAL ACADEMY THERE AS A TENANT, BUT I THINK THAT BEING AN ECONOMIST, MR. SANABRIA SAID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, THAT PARTICULAR USE IS 2% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS PROJECT, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THE 300 AND SOME ODD SQUARE FEET OR 300 AND SOME ODD PARKING SPACES THERE IN AN AREA WHERE NONE OF THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS ARE GOING TO GROW. AND YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE EXAMPLES WHEN YOU GO DOWN SOUTH ON SEGOVIA, WHERE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE POPPING UP AND THE STREETS ARE BECOMING NOT WHITER, THEY'RE BECOMING NARROWER. WHAT USE ARE WIDE SIDEWALKS WHEN YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE IN CARS? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE TRAVEL HERE FROM POINT A TO POINT B, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. MR. MR. CHAIR, BEFORE YOU GO, LISTEN, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT. I KNOW WE HAD A I SAID A HARD STOP AT 930. I THINK WE SHOULD EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE END. I THINK WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE VOTE. SO I'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION TO EXTEND ANOTHER 30 MINUTES. SURE. OKAY. SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN WE TAKE A TWO MINUTE BATHROOM BREAK? HALF A MINUTE, HALF A MINUTE. RECORDI I PRRESS. ALL RHT, BAC O GY. ALL RIG. IGNACIO. SOR THANKOU, MR.HAIR. OKAY, 
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          AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE APPLICANT TO SHOW ME OR SOMEBODY WHERE EXACTLY IS THE LOCATION OF THE GARDEN OF THE LORD, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE, TO THE SITE, THE SPECIFIC EXACT LOCATION OF THAT IS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER. BECAUSE NORTHWEST CORNER, NORTH IS UP. OKAY. IN THE CLASSES, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT MAYBE IT WAS THE APPLICANT WHO PUT IT UP. OH, IF HE COULD, I MEAN, WE COULD USE THAT BECAUSE THE YOU COULD, YOU COULD ZOOM THAT BECAUSE THAT SHOWS THAT TO THE EAST. ZOOM IN THERE TO THE EAST OF THE SITE, ALL AROUND THE SITE. AT A MINIMUM, YOU HAVE THE M F2 ZONING, WHICH ALLOWS 100FT AND 100 UNITS PER ACRE. IS THAT RIGHT OR NOT? EVERYTHING AROUND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS MF2. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS MF2. SO. AND THAT CURRENTLY ALLOWS 100FT AND 100 UNITS PER ACRE FOR A LARGE PROPERTY. THERE ARE 20,000FT■!S OR MORE. YES. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WHAT IS THERE NOW IS THE ZONING THAT ONLY ALLOWS ONE AND TWO STORY. THERE ARE ONE AND 
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TWO STORY STRUCTURES, BUT THE ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOWS UP TO 100FT. CORRECT. IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE 1.7 ACRES, YOU'RE GOING TO MEET. WHEN YOU HAVE 60 SOMETHING THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEED IT BY THREE TIMES, RIGHT? OKAY. SO COMPATIBILITY IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE TO THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IF WE GO ONE BLOCK TO THE SOUTH, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING WHICH I WAS LOOKING ON MY PHONE ON GOOGLE EARTH SEVEN STORY BUILDING, IS IT NOT? OR EIGHT STORY BUILDING TO THE SOUTH TO THE EAST, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO TO THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE 12 TO 14 STORY BUILDINGS ON EAST PONCE. EAST PONCE AS YOU GO, BECAUSE THERE IS TWO TWO BUILDINGS ALREADY ON JUST IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTHEAST THAT ARE FAR HIGHER THAN THIS PROPERTY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PULL UP THE POWERPOINT THAT I HAD? YES, PLEASE. YES. MASSING. OKAY. YES, PLEASE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE REASON THAT THIS PROPERTY, IN MY OPINION, WAS NOT LIKE, LIKE MR. NAVARRO STATED, IT WAS NOT MADE OR REZONED BACK THEN IN 2015, 2016 TO THE MF2 BECAUSE IT HAD A SCHOOL, HAD A CHURCH. BUT THIS IS ONE THAT PROPERTY THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT. AND ON THIS EXHIBIT, AS YOU GO NORTH ON EAST PONCE, AT THE END, YOU HAVE A BUILDING THAT IS LIKE 12 STORIES. THAT ONE. YES. OKAY. THE 911 EAST PONCE. OKAY. THEN TO THE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT ONE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER STRUCTURE, 7 OR 8 STORIES. YES. ON WHEN YOU SHOW THAT GREEN TO THE TO THE BLOCK ON SANTILLAN AND EAST PONCE, THERE'S A BUILDING THERE THAT'S COMING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS TEN STORIES. YES. APPROVED, READY TO START CONSTRUCTION. WHERE? AT THE BUILDING. 
          JENNIFER WAS CUT RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE THAT GREEN AREA THERE? THERE'S A BUILDING THAT'S STARTING CONSTRUCTION THERE THAT IS TEN STORY. AND THEY JUST CLOSED OFF EAST PONCE ON PONCE THAT INTERSECT THERE. IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH THEN YOU CAN'T CROSS OVER. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. I MEAN THAT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S A DIFFERENCE WHICH MAKES IT WORSE. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENT. BUT THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ALREADY. SO THEY COME TO BE THE COMPATIBILITY ON ON THIS IS THERE ALREADY. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE THEY'RE INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW. THE, THE, THE YOU HAVE ON THIS PROJECT, YOU HAVE A HISTORIC COMPONENT AT 83FT AND A NINE STORY AT 93, WHICH IS FAR, YOU KNOW, NOT FAR LESS, BUT IT'S LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT YOU ALLOWED TO HAVE. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING. AND THIS IS NOT THIS, YOU KNOW, AGAINST THE ARCHITECT AND IT'S A VERY GOOD ARCHITECT. I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY STARTED PLACING THAT GREEN SPACE MORE OR THAT PARK MORE IN AN AREA TO TRY TO PRESERVE THOSE TREES. MAYBE THE PLANNING WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, SIX OF ONE HALF DOZEN OF THE OTHER, I, I, I WOULD HAVE ALSO THE YOUR PART, CAN YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN OR THE GROUND FLOOR PLAN? YEAH. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE COULD BE LOOKED AT AND DO IT AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. MAYBE THAT PARK, INSTEAD OF RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH, YOU GO EAST AND WEST. 
          TTLE MENN WIT WOM CB AT.AN WN? AY, S MAYBE TT' DENS ANY SE FOOTAGE OYTHING. IT. AND THINK THATOULD B INAROUN FLA OPINION, A GOOD COMPROMISE THERE. YOU COULD SEE THE TREES IF YOU SEE THERE AND IF I WHERE YOU HAVE WHERE YOU HAVE THE. I WISH I HAD A POWERPOINT ON THE TOP. WHAT IS ON WHAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT RAMP? THAT'S THE PART THAT'S A RAMP TO GO UP TO THE GARAGE. CORRECT. WHAT IS ON THAT SIDE OF THE RAMP? THE FINAL VAULT. OKAY. AND AND WHAT HAPPENS? BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND 
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YOU PUT THE PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE, GOING EAST AND WEST, I THINK IT'S GOING TO SERVE THE SAME THING BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SCHOOL THAT YOU COULD OPEN IT, AND IT COULD RELIEVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, MORE OPENNESS TO THE WOMAN'S CLUB WITH THE MATURE TREES. AND HONESTLY, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE STARTED THAT WAY, EXACTLY THAT WAY, EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING. BUT WHAT HAPPENED, ROBERT, WAS THAT THE WIDTH OF THE PARKING RENDERED US A VERY THIN SLIVER BETWEEN THE LINER UNITS ON THE SOUTH AND THE PARKING ITSELF. WHAT CAN YOU GO UP TO THE UPPER FLOORS? SO WHEN WE TURNED IT AROUND, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD LINERS ON BOTH SIDES. SO IF I KEPT THE LINERS TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB, WHICH WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN I TURNED IT, WE HAD A VERY, VERY THIN SLIVER ON THE SOUTH, BUT THAT'S HOW I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PLAN IT OUT. BUT IT'S IT'S YEAH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AGAIN, YOU COULD REVIEW IT. WE COULD YOU COULD LOOK AT IT. I THINK I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THAT SETBACK TO THE WOMAN'S CLUB THAN THE WAY IT IS TODAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT WORKS AND ITS FUNCTIONS. I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS. I AM NOT ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE BIT. AGAINST THE PROJECT. I, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT THAT, THAT ONE OF THE, THE SPEAKER MADE ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE INTERIOR COURTYARD. IS THAT COURTYARD REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? IT IS. AND WE ALSO HAVE IT ON COVENANT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S WHAT WE CREATED THAT NORTH SOUTH PASEO TO BE ABLE TO. AND IT'S NOT A SMALL PARCEL. IT'S A PRETTY WIDE. I THINK, ALBERT. I MEAN, IT MAY BE, BUT FOR ME AS A PUBLIC TO ACCESS THAT THROUGH THE PASEO, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CALLING TO ME AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WELCOME. 
          AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THERE FOR THE PUBLIC, BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THAT'S THE CASE. AND, YOU KNOW. I THINK THAT IF WE DID A COUPLE OF THOSE, IF YOU TRIED TO IMPLEMENT A COUPLE OF THESE MINOR I DON'T THINK THEY'RE MAJOR, YOU KNOW, SOLUTIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE EVERYBODY WOULD BE HAPPIER, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT GREEN SPACE, TO THE PARK. AND IF THE PARKING WERE ORIENTED INSTEAD OF NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST AND TAKE THE 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT AND THEN SIMPLY MAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER OR LARGER ON THE ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR LINER, YOU TOOK THE 5000 SQUARE, NOT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, BECAUSE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS IT WILL BE. NO. YOU SAYING THE NORTHWEST CORNER. I MEANT THE NORTHWEST CORNER. I THINK THE NORTHEAST CORNER BECAUSE I. I LIKE WHAT HE'S DOING ON THE PUTTING THE THE NORTH ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER. RIGHT. BUT BUT HE COULD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE THE THE LINER UNITS. NO, NO, WITHOUT A DOUBT. 
          BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE 500 ZERO SQUARE FOOT OF THE OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS REALLY INSIDE, ACCESSIBLE ONLY THROUGH THE PASEO, THEN WOULD BECOME IRRELEVANT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MOVED TO THE TO THE NORTH EAST CORNER, AND IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER. IT'D BE MUCH BETTER. 
          AND YOU'D PRESERVE. I JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT, STUDY IT. WE YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO. WE WON'T. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALMOST FIVE YEARS ON THIS PROJECT ON AND OFF. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, INTERNALIZE THAT DOES NOT THAT DOES NOT. WHAT'S ANOTHER 30 DAYS? EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING, THAT WE'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT AND STUDY IT. AND IF IT'S THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, WHY NOT? IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THE EXTERIOR AT ALL. AND, AND BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAKE, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION. CAN WE ON THE ZONING BOTH SIDE OF EAST SIDE OF PONCE DE LEON, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO UP TO 190FT, RIGHT. PONCE DE LEON ON PONCE DE LEON. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE RECORD THAT BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD MARIA'S CRUISE COMMENTS SAID THAT IT'S ONLY ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF PONCE, BUT IT'S IN FACT, IT'S ON BOTH 
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SIDES. OKAY, I, I HAVE NO MORE NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I JUST, I, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MADE A COMMENT THAT THEY, THEY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARKING IS AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO THE STAFF. AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT IN REGARDS TO THE STAFF AND THE FACULTY FOR CRYSTAL ACADEMY. IS THERE PARKING WITHIN THE BUILDING? YES THERE IS. YEAH. WE'VE ACCOMMODATED A DEDICATED PICKUP AND DROP OFF AREA. AND WE ALSO HAVE DEDICATED PARKING FOR CRYSTAL WITHIN THE GARAGE. GOT IT FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND YEAH, AND STAFF. 
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