[2. 26-1699 CASE FILE LHD 2026-03: Consideration of the local historic designation of the property at 1624 Granada Boulevard, legally described as Lots 23 & S7FT of Lot 22 & Lot 24 & S10 FT of Lot 21, Block 1, Coral Gables Section “C,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at Page 26 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida.]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST ITEM. THEN WILL BE A LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION, WHICH WILL BE CASE FILE LDH2026-03. CONSIDERATION OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 23 AND THE SOUTH, SEVEN FEET OF LOT 22 AND LOT 24 IN THE SOUTH, TEN FEET OF LOT 21, BLOCK ONE, CORAL GABLES.

SECTION C PLAT BOOK EIGHT, PAGE 26 MIAMI DADE COUNTY. ARE THERE ANY EX PARTE OR ANYTHING THAT ANYONE NEEDS TO DISCLOSE? WONDERFUL. AND CAN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE? IF WE COULD HAVE. ELIZABETH GWYNN INTRODUCED THE ITEM AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO BE SWORN IN. YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IF WE COULD HAVE EVERYBODY WHO WILL BE TESTIFYING TODAY ON PERSON OR IN ZOOM. NO. NO WORRIES. RISE AND RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND FOR THE COURT REPORTER TO SWEAR THEM IN. ALSO, IF THERE'S ANYONE ON ZOOM, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON AND MAYBE EVE CAN HAVE THE COURT REPORTER SWEAR THOSE PEOPLE IN AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SURE. YES. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS, PLEASE. THE E WHO, AND NHITHE TRUTH,.O T TH RECDEFCT TTY. THA YOU. RGET ROLANDO HASOINED HEE? YES HLO,ER. YOU EVERNE. EZABETHOUNG, COORNATORROM TH FOLWI PRESENTATI IS UMMARY OF STORIC PREATN PREPED BY STAITH AWAS POWEOINT PASE.

THE 1925 HOME, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT MARTIN HAMPTON AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD, IS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY THE OWNERS FOR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION. AS PER ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-103 OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE, A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, MUST HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHARACTER, INTEREST OR VALUE AS PART OF THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, ESTHETIC OR ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY, STATE OR NATION FOR DESIGNATION OF PROPERTY MUST MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE CODE.

1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD IS ELIGIBLE AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK BASED ON THREE CRITERIA HISTORICAL CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA FOR IT EXEMPLIFIES THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL TRENDS OF THE COMMUNITY. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE CRITERIA ONE. IT PORTRAYS THE ENVIRONMENT IN AN ERA OF HISTORY CHARACTERIZED BY ONE OR MORE DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND CRITERIA. TWO IT EMBODIES THOSE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OR PERIOD OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION. THE PROPERTY, AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD, IS A 107 BY 200FT LOT AT THE

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NORTHWEST CORNER OF GRANADA BOULEVARD AND AVENUE. THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, BUILT IN 1925, IS AMONGST THE FIRST HOUSES ON THE STREET, ALSO ON THE SITE, AND IS AN AUXILIARY BUILDING BUILT IN 1972. GEORGE MERRICK FOUNDED CORAL GABLES IN THE EARLY 1920S, BASED ON HIS VISION FOR A FULLY CONCEIVED, MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY. THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR HISTORICAL PERIODS. 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD WAS BUILT DURING THE CITY'S FIRST PHASE, AND IT EXEMPLIFIES THE CITY'S FOUNDING IDEALS. CORAL GABLES WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS A SUBURB OF MIAMI AND ATTRACTED INVESTORS FROM ACROSS THE NATION. DURING THE SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE BOOM OF THE 1920S, MERRICK DREW FROM THE GARDEN, CITY AND CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY TO CREATE HIS VISION FOR A MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY, WHICH IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FRANK BUTTON PRESENTED THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MAPS OF CORAL GABLES IN 1921. IN 1922, WITH GRANADA BOULEVARD AND CORAL WAY AS THE MAJOR END TO END THOROUGHFARES. WHEN MERRICK OPENED CORAL GABLES FOR LOT SALES IN 1921, HE HIGHLIGHTED A SERIES OF CORAL ROCK RESIDENCES ALONG CORAL WAY TO ILLUSTRATE HIS INITIAL VISION, AND HE HEAVILY ENCOURAGED INVESTORS TO BUILD ALONG GRANADA BOULEVARD, WHICH HE ENVISIONED AS A PROMINENT THOROUGHFARE ARCHITECT H. GEORGE FINK, A MEMBER OF MERRICK'S ORIGINAL DESIGN TEAM, SHARED THEIR VISION FOR GRANADA BOULEVARD AS PART OF A FULL PAGE ARTICLE IN THE MIAMI HERALD ENTITLED A CORAL GABLES HOME, AN EXCERPT OF WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. IT WAS MERRICK'S GOAL FOR CORAL GABLES TO BE THE PREMIER SUBURB OF MIAMI, AND HE BUILT A GRAND GATEWAY CALLED MIAMI ENTRANCE, WHERE GRANADA BOULEVARD MET MIAMI AT THE TAMIAMI TRAIL. MERRICK SPENT SEVERAL YEARS EXPANDING HIS LAND HOLDINGS NORTH TO THE TAMIAMI TRAIL IN THIS AREA, AND HE NAMED IT THE GRANADA SECTION. AT THIS TIME, HE CHANGED THE ENTRYWAY TO BE CALLED THE GRANADA GATEWAY, WHILE PORTIONS OF GRANADA SECTION WERE PLATTED FOR SMALLER ONE STORY HOMES, GRANADA BOULEVARD REMAINED A GRAND THOROUGHFARE INTENDED FOR LARGER, PROMINENT HOMES. THE RESIDENCE, AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD WAS CLEARLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH MERRICK'S PLAN.

CONSTRUCTED IN 1925 ON A CORNER LOT WITH 100 FOOT FRONTAGE ALONG THE BOULEVARD, THE TWO STORY HOME WAS DESIGNED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE BY MARTIN L HAMPTON, A MEMBER OF MERRICK'S DESIGN TEAM. IN 1930, THE PROPERTY WAS DESCRIBED AS A LARGE SPANISH TYPE MANSION, FOUR BEDROOMS, TILE BATHS, FULL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT, TWO CAR GARAGE, SERVANTS QUARTERS, SPACIOUS GROUNDS, A COMPLETE HOME EVEN WITH A BILLIARD ROOM. MERRICK DEVELOPED CORAL GABLES AS A MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY BECAUSE HE FELT IT BEST HARMONIZED WITH SOUTH FLORIDA'S CLIMATE AND LIFESTYLE. DURING THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD, DESIGNS COMBINED ELEMENTS COMMONLY USED IN SPANISH MOORS AND ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE, AND IT'S COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE. THE HOME AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD HAS MANY CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE SHOWN HERE AND DISCUSSED IN THE DESIGNATION REPORT. OF NOTE ARE THE PROJECTING AND RECESSED BAYS OF VARYING HEIGHTS. A VARIETY OF BARREL TILE PITCHED ROOFS, THE FRONT ENTRY STAIR HALL EVOCATIVE OF A BELL TOWER, A BELFRY INSPIRED CHIMNEY, BALCONIES, METALWORK, ARCHED ELEMENTS, TWISTED ENTRY COLUMNS, APPLIED CAST FEATURES, URNS, DECORATIVELY ARRANGED ROUND VENTS AND WING WALLS. THE HOME EXHIBITS THE TYPICAL FINE CONSTRUCTION, THE EXTENSIVE WALL MASSES AND THE BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED DETAILS OF THE PROMINENT RESIDENCE. BUILT IN CORAL GABLES DURING THE 1920S, THE TWO STORY HOUSE SITS ABOVE A CRAWL SPACE AND IS BUILT OF CEMENT BLOCK UNITS COVERED WITH TEXTURED STUCCO. PROJECTING FACADE PLANES CREATE THE JUXTAPOSITION OF ONE AND TWO STORY ELEMENTS UNDER A VARIETY OF BARREL PITCH TILE PITCHED ROOFS. THE ROOFS ARE CURRENTLY CLAD IN CAP AND PAN TWO PIECE BARREL TILE INSTALLED IN 2007, AND THEY ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE ORIGINAL TILE. THE APPROXIMATELY 4800 SQUARE FOOT LIVING SPACE IS PRIMARILY UNDER TWO STORY CROSS GABLE CORE, WHICH IS RELATIVELY NARROW TO ACCOMMODATE CROSS VENTILATION.

THE ORIGINAL DIVIDED LIGHT WOOD CASEMENT WINDOWS WERE SET IN RECESSED OPENINGS, AS VERIFIED

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BY GOOGLE EARTH. THE CURRENT HURRICANE IMPACT WINDOWS WERE INSTALLED IN 2019. PERMIT DRAWINGS FOR THE WORK HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE. MANY OF THE ORIGINAL CASEMENT WINDOWS WERE REPLACED WITH HORIZONTAL SLIDING WINDOWS WITH HIGH PROFILE MUNTINS IN A DIVIDED LIGHT PATTERN. THE ORIGINAL TALLER GROUP CASEMENTS HAD TRANSOMS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS FEATURE WAS NOT MAINTAINED WITH THE 2019 REPLACEMENTS. DURING THE 1920S, THE MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED HOUSES HAD VERANDAS, COVERED PORCHES AND PATIOS THAT WERE USED EXTENSIVELY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE HOSPITABLE CLIMATE. 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD WAS DESIGNED WITH TWO SECOND STORY VERANDAS, A LARGE BACK PATIO AREA AND A COVERED FRONT SUNROOM WITH ARCHED OPENINGS.

MERRICK DESIGNED CORAL GABLES WITH THE AUTOMOBILE IN MIND, AND, AS WAS TYPICAL OF THE 1920S HOUSES, THIS HOME HAS BOTH A PORTE COCHERE AND A DETACHED GARAGE. RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED RELATIVELY UNCHANGED FOR 19 YEARS UNDER ITS FIRST OWNER, FRED ARMSTRONG. IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, THERE WERE TWO PRIMARY ADDITIONS. THE FIRST OCCURRED IN 1947, A FEW YEARS AFTER ARMSTRONG SOLD THE PROPERTY, AS SEEN HERE. IT WAS A ONE ROOM, SECOND STORY ADDITION WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL TERRACE. THIS PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED, BUT INSPECTION RECORDS DOCUMENT ITS COMPLETION IN 1947, AS SEEN IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO. THE WINDOWS OF THE ADDITION DID NOT HAVE TRANSOMS. THIS PROVIDED A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AND THE ADDITION. HOWEVER, THE 2019 HURRICANE IMPACT WINDOWS DID NOT RETAIN THE ORIGINAL TRANSOM FEATURE IN THIS DIFFERENTIATION HAS BEEN LOST. THE SECOND EDITION OCCURRED IN 1980. A COVERED TERRACE WITH THE SECOND STORY VERANDAH WAS ADDED OVER THE ORIGINAL REAR PATIO. THE MASONRY ADDITION WAS CLAD IN TEXTURED STUCCO, MEANT TO BLEND WITH THE HISTORIC HOME, AND ITS LARGE OPENINGS MAINTAIN VIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL REAR FACADE. THE TERRACE WAS RECENTLY ENCLOSED WITH FRENCH DOORS. A PERMIT FOR THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED, BUT GOOGLE STREET VIEW IMAGES SHOW THAT IT WAS DONE IN 2019. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DESIGNATION. THE 1947 SECOND STORY ADDITION IS CONSIDERED HISTORIC FABRIC. WHILE THE 1980 TERRACE IS NOT. THE EXTANT FRONT FACADE HAS FOUR DISTINCT BAYS. AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS A SMALL, ONE STORY BAY WHOSE ROOF IS AN OPEN AIR TERRACE. ADJACENT IS THE VISUALLY DOMINANT TWO STORY ENTRY TOWER FLANKING THAT IS THE ONE STORY ARCHED WINDOWED SUNROOM WITH THE SECOND STORY, 1947 ADDITION RECESSED ABOVE, ANCHORING THE SOUTH END OF THE FRONT FACADE IS THE ARCHED PORTE COCHERE AT EACH END OF THE FACADE, WING WALLS EXTEND ITS STREET PRESENCE. A CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE IN CORAL GABLES IS THE EXTRUDED, BELL TOWER INSPIRED FEATURE ON THE FRONT FACADE. IN THIS HOME. THAT FEATURE SERVES AS THE FRONT ENTRY AND STAIR HALL. THE TWO STORY TOWER HAS A PYRAMIDAL ROOF CLAD IN BARREL TILE, CENTERED ON THE SECOND STORY OF THE FRONT AND THE NORTH FACADES IS A WINDOW EVOKING THE INTENDED BELFRY. IT RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL METAL JULIET BALCONY RAILINGS. THE TOWER EXPANDS TO THE SOUTH WITH A NARROW ONE AND A HALF STORY SECTION UNDER A BARREL TILED SHED ROOF. CENTERED BETWEEN THE STORIES IS A SLENDER ARCHED WINDOWS WITH MATCHING METAL RAILING. ITS STEPPED PLACEMENT BROADCAST THE TOWER'S FUNCTION AS A STAIR HALL. OTHER DECORATIVE FEATURES INCLUDE THE APPLIED CAST NICHE FILLED WITH THE SHELL AND A LINE OF ROUND VENTS AT THE CORNICE LEVEL. ON THE FIRST STORY IS THE FRONT ENTRY ENSEMBLE. THE ORIGINAL ARCHED WOODEN DOOR WITH THE CHEVRON PATTERN SEEN IN THE 1925 PERMIT IS EXTANT BEHIND THE METAL SECURITY GATE. ENTRY TO THE HOME IS SHADED BY THE BARREL TILED SHED ROOF WITH PECKY CYPRESS FRAMING AND EXPOSED RAFTER TAILS, AND IS SUPPORTED BY TWISTED COLUMNS. TO THE SOUTH OF THE ENTRY IS A DECORATIVE CAST WALL FOUNTAIN NICHE. ANOTHER CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE IS A SERIES OF ARCHED OPENINGS. ON THE FRONT FACADE. THERE ARE SEVERAL ARCHES ON THE TOWER, AND ITS ADJACENT SUNROOM HAS A PROMINENT ARCADE. THREE WIDE SEMI-CIRCULAR ARCHES SPAN THE ONE STORY SUNROOM UNDER BARREL TILED SHED ROOF. THE SUNROOM,

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LIKE THE VERANDAS, CAPITALIZE ON SOUTH FLORIDA'S CLIMATE, THUS HONORING ONE OF MERRICK'S GOAL IN CHOOSING THE STYLE. AS MENTIONED, MERRICK RECOGNIZED THAT AUTOMOBILES WERE BECOMING MAINSTREAMED IN THE EARLY 1920S AND DESIGNED CORAL GABLES ACCORDINGLY. 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD WAS TYPICAL IN THAT HAD A PORTE COCHERE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOME AND A REAR DETACHED GARAGE. THROUGHOUT THE 20TH CENTURY, A SEMICIRCULAR DRIVEWAY OFF SOROLLA AVENUE PROVIDED ACCESS TO THEM UNDER BARREL TILE GABLE ROOF. THE OPENINGS OF THE PORTE COCHERE ARE DISTINCTIVELY SWAGGED AND ARE FLANKED BY URNS. IT IS CLAD IN TEXTURED STUCCO AND WINGWALLS FLARE FROM ITS CORNERS. BOTH SIDE FACADES REMAIN RELATIVELY INTACT, AS DISCUSSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A 1947 SECOND STORY ADDITION EXTENDED THE ORIGINAL GABLE END TO ENCLOSE AN OPEN AIR TERRACE. PROJECTING WEST FROM THIS TWO STORY BAY IS A ONE STORY CROSS GABLED WING, WHICH ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE KITCHEN AND A SCREENED BACK PORCH. IN 1980.

THE PORCH WAS ENCLOSED FOR A LARGER KITCHEN. THE NORTH FACADE IS UNDER TWO STORIES UNDER A CROSS GABLE. FEATURES INCLUDE A CONTINUED USE OF METAL JULIET BALCONIES. ON THE SECOND STORY, A CURVED TRANSITION ELEMENT TO THE PARAPET OF THE OPEN AIR TERRACE AND CURVED WING WALLS. THE REAR IS ROUGHLY U-SHAPED. A CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE HOME IS THE BELFRY INSPIRED CHIMNEY AT THE CENTER OF THE FACADE. THIS ELEMENT WAS OFTEN PROMINENT IN 1920S HOMES IN CORAL GABLES, WITH ITS BARREL TILE CAP, SLENDER FORM AND CUTOUT OPENINGS. IT IS AN EYE CATCHING FOCAL POINT FROM SOROLLA AVENUE. ANOTHER FEATURE OF NOTE IS THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR MASONRY STAIRWAY. ALSO NOTICE THE SECOND STORY BALCONY, WITH ITS METAL RAILING AND THE DECORATIVELY ARRANGED ROUND TILES IN THE GABLE APEX. AS DESCRIBED EARLIER, THE COVERED TERRACE WAS ADDED IN 1980 AND ENCLOSED IN 2019. THE ORIGINAL BACK ENTRY IS STILL EXTANT WITHIN THE ENCLOSED TERRACE ON THE SECOND STORY VERANDAH, AN APPLIED MASONRY PACK REMAINS ON ITS ORIGINAL FACADE NEAR THE FLOOR. IT ADORNS THE CHIMNEY STACK AND WAS ORIGINALLY AN ORNAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE REAR FACADE. MOST RESIDENTS, BUILT IN CORAL GABLES DURING THE 1920S, HAD BOTH THE PORTE COCHERE AND DETACHED GARAGE.

THE ORIGINAL GARAGE WAS 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD, FACED SOROLLA AVENUE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE CURRENT AUXILIARY BUILDING. IT WAS A TWO STORY, TWO CAR GARAGE WITH A SECOND STORY, SERVANTS QUARTERS, WHICH WAS ACCESSED BY AN EXTERIOR STAIRCASE, AS SEEN IN THE DRAWINGS HERE. IT WAS DESIGNED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, COMPLEMENTING THE HOME. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1972, AND THIS ONE STORY, GABLE ROOFED TWO CAR GARAGE ON THE RIGHT, WAS BUILT AND CONVERTED INTO A RENTAL UNIT AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE, WHILE THE FABRIC OF THE AUXILIARY BUILDING IS NOT CONSIDERED HISTORIC, THE LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE AS A DETACHED GARAGE REMAINS TRUE TO THE INTENTION OF THE 1920S DESIGN OF THE PROPERTY, AND PLAYS A ROLE IN DEMONSTRATING MERRICK'S VISION. IN CONCLUSION, THE 1925 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE RETAINS ITS INTEGRITY. DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT MARTIN HAMPTON, A MEMBER OF FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK'S DESIGN TEAM, IT IS IN KEEPING WITH MERRICK'S VISION FOR BOTH GRANADA BOULEVARD AS A PROMINENT STREETSCAPE IN PARTICULAR, AND CORAL GABLES IN GENERAL. IT'S CLEARLY READS AS A 1920S HOME, DESIGNED IN THE STYLE THAT EVOLVED INTO THE CORAL GABLES VERSION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL. MOST OF THE ORIGINAL, CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE STYLE REMAIN INTACT. THE 1947 SECOND STORY ADDITION IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE HOME. OVERALL, MOST ALTERATIONS TO THE HOME ARE THEORETICALLY REVERSIBLE AND DO NOT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY. HENCE, 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF CORAL GABLES AND IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF QUALITY BUILDINGS THAT SERVES AS A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 1624 GRANADA BOULEVARD BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. THANK YOU. MR. YAP. OKAY. DOES

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THE APPLICANT WISH TO MAKE A PRESENTATION? APPLICANTS NOT HERE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE AN OWNER'S REP ON THE ZOOM. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE MEETING AND HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY MIGHT NOT ATTEND, BUT MIGHT BE ON ZOOM. THIS APPLICATION, LIKE AS MENTIONED, CAME BEFORE US AS A HISTORIC IFAN DTI CTURE THAT ED T WEREPONGO ALL FOROA. WE'VE BNRKING WITH N TH'RE ING THROH THOCS NOWDDITIOS MENETHATT ULD THERITERIS BEOUHEE TODAORT.ND N ANYTHING TWANTO, THEYECO T SPEAKF T. WE'REOO OKAY. YES.O LEME JUST SHE'S GNG THE ARCHITECS GOPEAK. ODFTERNOON ERYE. I'M MARIARNEZ OM LANDMK LOIN FRD TO TCLIS HISTICALESIGNAON AND DICATION TE W TBK WIT SETHATSOU. THAT THEISTO ME, RTICULARLY TO T. NEW GARE EA THAT THED LIKE TO ENCLOSNDE'D YR OPN T A WELL,UT I F AURE DATE. THANK YOU UCOR Y CONSATIO THANK YOU. IDON'T KNOWP DON'TWNY WAY W CAN SI TH PEOPLE. TT'S THE PERSON OH,KAY. YEAH.SEE TV IOSSV BE VISIBLEN THE OHE SCREEN. THAT WOU B HELPFUL GUE IN HEAR. CAN YOU MORNING. AFTON I W ETG, SO I APOLOGIZE F NOT INHE PSS OF T BLA AND E A MATTER, MOST OF WHICH WE HISCUSSED WITH THEVNNA. AND WE MY MING OUTISSEDDIW YO WERE SPI PART OF WHAU ID. I HADST MENONOE APPLIOMEEFSND BE WNGITH STAFF ONHE DIFICAONS THAT CAT A LATERE FOE LATE PSENCE AND TT THATOROUR RE THOA, CE THE BRDE ARECTS HAS ME A DERMATN.Y, SI GUESS DON'T KNF 'S. I T SO DO WE.REE GETNG NISCUHA OFFLINE FLL, WPINN WITPO EVERNG ELSE SOUSENATI ANM SURE TH'LE HAPPY SPEAKOR OAINSDISH TOECION IS MA. ICIO HE HE IN THEETG,NG NNYINYOF OK LET GO BA TOHE BOARD WE'LL CSE THAT RT OFHE MEENG. OKAY. BOARQUTIONS.EANG NONE, HAVE MOTION ACCEPT. BN'USH.ISSI VE TT F AROL. THE PROPTY KWN 14 GRANADABOULARD,ALS LO 23HE SOU S FEE OFOT 22 AOT 2 ITH MR.HA, I BELIE WE HAVE YES.KAY. COU WADAS ON SECON 8-103 ANDHE NDIN ITHE STA REPORT,THINWEHOULN BASED UPO T PSENTN BY STAFF. TE .ND THE STAFFEPORT.REATONRFUL.

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[3. 26-1701 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2024-010 RENEWAL: An application for the reissuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 1256 South Greenway Drive, a Non-Contributing Resource within the “Country Club of Coral Gables Historic District,” legally described as Lots 3 & 4, Block 5, Coral Gables Section “E,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, Page 13 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for the demolition of the existing residence and the construction of a new single-family residence.]

OKAY. WE'RE GOINGO GO ON TOE CASE LE2024 DASH TEN.S A RENEWALCATION THESS OF APECIAL E APPROTESS 1256OUTH GREEN DRIVENO CTRIBUTIC GALLESCRSOTS TISTRICT. ANDR, BCK FIVE, CAL THE PLAT RORDED INOK GHE3. PLICECDS MIAM D APPCAON RSTDESIGNPPROVARE DEMOLITI OAN EINSIDENCEND THE CO OF NEWGLE F SIDE OKAY, I HAVTHE PRENTATI PASE. YES GOOD

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TEN.AERNA, HTORIC PRVATION O.USTOGIVE QUICK BACUN, ON APRIL 1H, 2HE P2010.HE APPLICANT APPROVE BN WORKGN PER DRAWIN, DOA EXP SKING TOENEW THE C PRALN DETOEIVE PT BINNSUCTION.E E ONA COA. WN BEENDDRESS IN THE PERMIT DRAWGS. I APPLINT I HE. THELD LIKE TO MAKERENTION. T DRGS A TRE IOU NDTHEM, BUTHE'SNO CHANGES. IT'E SAM DRAWING EREPPVE THI PROCEDURAL TNG B THE COD U ALLOR NEW CONCTIOTHOUT IT COME THE RENAL OF TH CS E LAST THING WNE. SE STAT YOUR MEOR TT 3ELM AVENUE, A IS THE LAS THING THAT ND ANK YOU ST ITIR.PERMITUT.R IN NOINHAS CHA WVE STOR. A THESAND YOU RAISEOROME OF THIN THING YOU NT SO AFSE EEN SATISFIED. THANK Y BOARD. I'M NOADI. BUTF ALREADYROD BY THEOARD MISSLVAREZ, GNG TO ASKYO CLY TOU OPHONE. MY GS A N , SO T THANK Y. CAN . THROUGH THE CHAIR, MR. GARCIA? SO I TOOK A LOOK. THE THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE DRAWINGS WERE THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THIS BOARD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, BUT I'M HAPPY TO MOVE IT BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE HEARD. YOU SHOULD MOVE IT. OKAY. I'M ASKING THE CHAIR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. OKAY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE. MISS ALVAREZ, DID YOU HAVE. NO. NO COMMENT. IF THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD BEFORE. THE ITEMS INCORPORATED HAD TO DO WITH PRIOR REVIEW. OKAY. NO, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE, MAKE A MOTION AND MOVE IT IF IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE LOOKED AT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE DRAWINGS, AND SO I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO DISCUSS IT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

LET'S LET'S CONTINUE ON. MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. MR. SILVA? NONE. OKAY. MISS ROLANDO? NO, JUST MOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, MR. CHAIR, IF WE COULD JUST CONFIRM THERE'S NOBODY, NOBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC WANTING TO SPEAK IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM. I'M SURE SOMEONE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HEARING? NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. OKAY. MR. GARCIA PONCE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I CAN'T. YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS FOR THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 1256 SOUTH GREENWAY DRIVE, AND APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. WE HAVE A MOTION.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MISS SPAIN. ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MR. SILVA. YES, MISS. ROLANDO. YES. MR. GARCIA.

YES. MISS SPAIN. YES. MISS. DANNY. YES. AND MR. MAXWELL. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE COMING TO OUR LAST ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WE DID FOR THE ITEM AT 1624 GRANADA AVENUE. WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION BY CORELLIA CARBONELL ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF CORAL GABLES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE'LL COME TO OUR FINAL ITEM

[4. 26-1702 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-009: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 808 Majorca Avenue, a Local Historic Landmark, legally described as the East 25 Feet of Lot 7 & All of Lot 8, Block 30, Coral Gables Section “B,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for an addition and alterations to the residence and sitework. A variance has also been requested from Article 5, Section 5-502 of the Coral Gables Zoning Code for a flat roof.]

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AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN MARCH OF 2024. THE APPLICATION REQUEST DESIGN APPROVAL FOR A ONE STORY, APPROXIMATELY 700 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, ALTERATIONS AND VERY MINOR SITE WORK VARIANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE ZONING CODE TO ALLOW A FLAT ROOF, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO ALLOW THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE TO HAVE A FLAT ROOF. THE CODE REQUIRES THAT ALL ROOFS HAVE A PORTION OF PITCHED ROOF, AND BECAUSE THE STYLE OF THIS HOUSE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT, AND IT ALREADY HAS NO PITCHED AREA, WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE VARIANCE TO ALLOW. THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT, AND ALSO A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AFTER THE ARCHITECT MAKES THIS PRESENTATION. SO. THANK. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. OH, I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS DANIEL LOPEZ. I'M THE ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING STAFF. ALSO, I'M HERE WITH MR. JUAN ARSON, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A PROJECT TO PUT AN ADDITION TO THE TO THE EXISTING HOUSE. IT'S A ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A FAMILY ROOM, MASTER SUITE, SOME INTERIOR REMODELING, SELECTIVE DEMOLITION TO CONNECT TO THE ADDITION AND SOME EXTERIOR UPDATES WITH A FLAT ROOF. AS THE STAFF MEMBER WAS EXPLAINING.

THIS IS NOT TOO CLEAR IN HERE, BUT THIS IS THE EXISTING VERSUS THE PROPOSED. WE DID ALL THE A AREA ANALYSIS. WE MET WITH THE A. ARCHITECTURAL BOARD SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEY DID A LOT OF ACTUALLY VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WAS A THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WAS MUCH BIGGER. IT WAS REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE WITHIN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE ALSO MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEY WERE ALSO VERY HELPFUL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE HOUSE, THE TILES, THE ARCHES, THE FLAT ROOF. SO WE APPRECIATE ALSO THAT THE GUIDANCE THERE IS AN EXISTING FENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH THE ADDITION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PAGE. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO REMOVE THIS WINDOW TO CONNECT TO THE PROPOSED ADDITION. THIS IS THE ELEVATION ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY EXISTING AND PROPOSED. AND WE'RE GOING ALSO TO DIFFERENTIATE THE EXISTING STUCCO TEXTURE. AND THE NEW ONE WILL BE MORE LIGHTLY TEXTURED. THAT THAT IS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS. THEY HAVE 11 RECOMMENDATIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT. AND WE ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THEM. THIS IS THE EXISTING HOUSE, AS YOU AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE SOME SURROUNDING HOUSES IN THE AREA. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS ARCHITECTURE. AND THIS IS THE PROPOSAL. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TRIED TO PROVIDE A SEAMLESS ADDITION. SO YOU CANNOT DIFFERENTIATE WHAT IS EXISTING OR WHAT IS NEW. AND THE FLAT ROOF HELPS A LOT IN THAT WE ARE PRESERVING, OF COURSE, THE EXISTING. PARAPETS. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. I THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE REPORT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO EITHER ME OR. MR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

BOARD. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE ARCHITECT, PLEASE? I DO, MR. GARCIA PONCE. MR. LOPEZ, A QUESTION NUMBER. WELL, TWO THINGS THE COMMENT, THE ADDITION THAT HAS THE RECESS WITH THE CONNECTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO. IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHOSEVER IDEA. THAT E WIN ADDN.HEYESINDNEATH. IT SAE Y NOT DIFNTIATION OR T RECOMMENDA S WE' ACTU WREOING TOM AL THE 11OMNDATIONS YOUAVE A P Y AS RENTIATE. HOYO WT TO DEA TSE.

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THAT ONE. YES. YOU COULD SEE IT ALSO IN THE IN THE RENDERED ELEVATION.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MORE WINDOWS OR OPENINGS THERE? ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD WAS TO REDUCE THE. THE WINDOW, THE SIZE OF THE WINDOWS AND THE WINDOWS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE ONE. AND IN THAT AREA WE HAVE A CLOSE, A WORKING CLOSET AND A BATHROOM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT WINDOWS IN A WALK IN CLOSET OR MORE WINDOWS IN A BATHROOM. IT'S FOR PRIVACY, BUT ALSO WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE WINDOWS? OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 807, THE PLAN, IT SHOWS THE BATHROOM AND THE WALK IN CLOSET, THE WINDOWS AND THE WALK IN CLOSET. YES. MAYBE INSTEAD OF FENESTRATION, THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF ARTICULATION. BUT IT'S THE PLAN DOESN'T REALLY LEND ITSELF TOWARDS WINDOWS. BUT THE WINDOW IS IN THE WALK IN CLOSET. THEY HAVE ONE. YEAH, I'VE HAD THAT ONCE IN MY LIFE AND I HATED IT. I JUST I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I'M. I HAD TO GET BLACKOUT CURTAINS AND IT WAS A MESS WITH THE CLOTHES. ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU NEED MORE WINDOWS THERE, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE ONE IN THE BATHROOM FOR THE SHOWER AND ONE IN THE WALK IN CLOSET. THAT WAS REDUCED. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SUBTLE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE IN THE PARAPET. I THINK THAT THE PARAPET IS EXISTING. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT. NO. I MEAN IN THE PROPOSED ADDITION. SO ONE OF ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT THERE THERE BE SOME DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PARAPET. SO IT'S NOT ON LIKE THE FRONT ELEVATION, DEAD CENTER AND THEN DEAD CENTER. SO MAYBE IT'S SPACED OUT. SO THERE ARE TWO OR THERE'S NO BARREL TILE WITHIN THE RECESS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. IF YOU ALL HAVE A SUGGESTION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IMPLEMENTED, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT IF NOT, STAFF IS HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM. OKAY. YEAH. SO. THERE.