THE RECORDING. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE WILL OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO
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ORDER. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. HISTORIC PRESERVATION RECORDING IN PROGRESS. WE ARE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES AND ARE CHARGED WITH THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURALLY WORTHY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, SITES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ARTIFACTS WHICH IMPART A DISTINCT HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY. THE BOARD IS COMPRISED OF NINE MEMBERS, SEVEN OF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION, ONE BY THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE NINTH IS SELECTED BY THE BOARD AND CONFIRMED BY THE COMMISSION. FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CONSTITUTE A QUORUM, AND FIVE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ADOPTION OF ANY MOTION.ANY PERSON WHO ACTS AS A LOBBYIST PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2006-11 MUST REGISTER WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OR PRESENTATIONS BEFORE CITY STAFF BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND OR THE CITY COMMISSION. A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. FAILURE TO REGISTER AND PROVIDE PROOF OF REGISTRATION SHALL PROHIBIT YOUR ABILITY TO PRESENT TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD ON APPLICATIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION THIS AFTERNOON.
LOBBYIST IS DEFINED AS AN INDIVIDUAL CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED, WHETHER PAID OR NOT, BY A PRINCIPAL WHO SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE THE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, ADOPTION, REPEAL, PASSAGE, DEFEAT OR MODIFICATIONS OF ANY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, ACTION OR DECISION OF ANY CITY COMMISSIONER. ANY ACTION, DECISION, RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, ANY CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, QUASI JUDICIAL ADVISORY BOARD, TRUST AUTHORITY OR COUNCIL, OR ANY ACTION, DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION OF CITY PERSONNEL DURING THE TIME PERIOD OF THE ENTIRE DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON THE ACTION, DECISION OR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH FORESEEABLY WILL BE HEARD OR REVIEWED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OR CITY BOARD OR COMMITTEE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, QUASI JUDICIAL ADVISORY BOARD, TRUST AUTHORITY OR COUNCIL. PRESENTATIONS MADE TO THIS BOARD ARE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S FALSE CLAIMS ORDINANCE. CHAPTER 39 OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES CITY CODE. I NOW OFFICIALLY CALL THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026 TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 414. PRESENT TODAY ON MY LEFT ARE MISS EBERT, MISS SCHILL, MR. SILVER ON MY RIGHT, MR. GARCIA, MISS ALVAREZ, AND MISS ROLANDO AND MYSELF. MICHELLE. DANNY. THE NEXT ITEM
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ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING ON AUGUST 13TH, 2026. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? WE'D LIKE TO DEFER THAT. OH, I THOUGHT WE FOUND THE COMPLETE.NO. MR. APOLOGIES, THERE ARE SOME ERRORS IN THAT, SO WE'LL DEFER IT TO THE NEXT MEETING.
OKAY. SO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES IS DEFERRED. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS BOARD IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD. THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE, WHICH REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ALL EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. AN EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION IS DEFINED AS ANY CONTACT, COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATION, CORRESPONDENCE, MEMORANDUM OR THE WRITTEN OR VERBAL COMMUNICATION THAT TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE A PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND A MEMBER OF A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD REGARDING MATTERS TO BE HEARD BY THE QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD. IF ANYONE HAS MADE ANY CONTACT WITH A BOARD MEMBER WHEN THE ISSUE COMES BEFORE THE BOARD, THE MEMBER MUST STATE ON THE RECORD THE EXISTENCE OF THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATION, THE PARTY WHO ORIGINATED THE COMMUNICATION, AND WHETHER THE COMMUNICATION WILL AFFECT THE BOARD MEMBER'S ABILITY TO IMPARTIALLY CONSIDER
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THE EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENTED REGARDING THE MATTER. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT ON THE AGENDA THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED? OKAY. ANY PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANY PERSONS ON ZOOM WILL BE TESTIFYING TODAY. PLEASE RISE TO BE SWORN IN, AND PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERAS ON AND RISE TO BE SWORN IF YOU ARE ON ZOOM. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TODAY WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. THANK YOU. OKAY.[1. 26-2089 CASE FILE LHD 2026-05: Consideration of the local historic designation of the property at 314 Cadima Avenue, legally described as Lots 14 thru 16 Inc, Block 23, Coral Gables Coconut Grove Section One, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 14, at Page 25 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida.]
THE FIRST CASE WE HAVE TODAY IS CASE FILE LHD202605. CONSIDERATION OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 314 KADIMA KADIMA AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 14 THROUGH 16 INC COMMA BLOCK 23 CORAL GABLES, COCONUT GROVE, SECTION ONE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 14 AT PAGE 25 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS OR SITE VISITS TO DISCLOSE AT THIS TIME? OKAY, THEN. THE STAFF LIKE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION. YES. ELIZABETH, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM? GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.ELIZABETH BOYLAN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COORDINATOR. THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED BY STAFF. COULD YOU PLEASE PLAY THE PRESENTATION? THE PROPERTY AT 314 CADIMA AVENUE IS BEFORE YOU FOR
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CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE DESIGNATION IS RESULTING FROM A HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION FILED BY THE OWNER. AS PER ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-103 OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE. CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS. 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, A PROPERTY MUST MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE CODE. 314 CADIMA AVENUE 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. 314 CADIMA AVENUE IS IN THE CORAL GABLES COCONUT GROVE SECTION, SOUTH OF THE SAN SEBASTIAN BETWEEN LEJEUNE ROAD AND SALCEDO STREET. IT'S AN INTERIOR, 70 FOOT BY 100 FOOT LOT. STRUCTURES INCLUDE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A DETACHED SINGLE CAR GARAGE, BOTH BUILT IN 1925. THE HOME RETAINS ITS HISTORIC INTEGRITY AS A MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOME. DESIGNED IN A SMALL COTTAGE GENRE. CORAL GABLES WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS A MIAMI SUBURB AND ATTRACTED INVESTORS FROM ACROSS THE NATION. DURING THE SOUTH FLORIDA REAL ESTATE BOOM OF THE 1920S, FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK DREW FROM THE GARDEN, CITY AND CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY TO CREATE HIS VISION FOR A FULLY CONCEIVED, MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY. CORAL GABLES IS NOW RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. CORAL GABLES DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR HISTORICAL PERIODS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOME AT 314 CADIMA AVENUE OCCURRED DURING THE INITIAL PHASE, SIMULTANEOUS TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY, AND IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MERRICK'S VISION. NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FRANK BUTTON DREW THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MAPS OF CORAL GABLES IN 1921 AND 22, ONE OF WHICH IS ON THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE. THROUGHOUT THE EARLY 1920S, MERRICK CONTINUED TO REINVEST EARNINGS INTO PUBLIC AMENITIES AND LAND ACQUISITION.BY LATE 1924, HE HAD ACQUIRED LARGE AMOUNTS OF LAND TO THE NORTH AND THE EAST AND WAS EXPANDING TO THE SOUTH, AS SEEN IN THE 1925 MAP ON THE RIGHT. 314 CADIMA AVENUE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED COCONUT GROVE SECTION, WHOSE LOCATION IS POINTED OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CORNER OF THE 1925 MAP. HERE. THE UNBRIDLED FLORIDA LAND BOOM RESULTED IN A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SOUTH FLORIDA BY THE MID 1920S, AS CORAL GABLES GREW EXPONENTIALLY, SO DID ITS WORKFORCE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES IN CORAL GABLES COULD NOT KEEP PACE WITH THEIR BURGEONING NUMBERS. THIS, COUPLED WITH THE ACUTE HOUSING SHORTAGE IN THE REGION, PRESENTED A CHALLENGE WHICH BY 1925, MERRICK TRIED TO MEET HEAD ON. MERRICK BEGAN A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE. HE PROVIDED TEMPORARY HOUSING IN THE FORM OF TENT CITY, AS SEEN IN THE PHOTO IN THE UPPER LEFT, HE COMMISSIONED THE SAN SEBASTIAN APARTMENT HOTEL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE APARTMENTS FOR THE COMPANY, EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND HE REACHED OUT TO ML RAUSCHENBERG AND ATLANTA BUILDER AND A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND WHO AGREED TO BUILD TEN APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THE DOUGLAS SECTION, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE 128 FAMILIES. MERRICK ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE THE OPTION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AS A RESULT OF HIS TRIP TO ATLANTA TO BROKER THE DEAL WITH RAUSCHENBERG. MERRICK'S INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF LINDSAY HOPKINS AND HERBERT NICHOLS. LINDSEY HOPKINS, WHO IS PICTURED HERE, WAS A NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INVESTOR. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF COCA-COLA COMPANY, THE FEDERAL BANK RESERVE IN ATLANTA, AND THE RED REYNOLDS METAL COMPANY. BUT PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT TO MERRICK WAS THAT HOPKINS, WITH HIS PARTNER, HERBERT NICHOLS, A PROMINENT BUILDER, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE HOMES IN DRUID HILLS. DRUID HILLS, AN EXCLUSIVE SUBURB OF ATLANTA, WAS INITIALLY PLANNED BY THE PREMIER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FRANK LAW OLMSTED, IN 1893. IN 1908, IT WAS SOLD TO ASA CANDLER, THE PRESIDENT OF COCA-COLA, AND DEVELOPED IN
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LARGE PART BY HOPKINS AND NICHOLS. BETWEEN 1910 AND 1936. DRUID HILLS IS NOW LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND WAS ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS MERRICK STUDIED WHEN PLANNING CORAL GABLES. HOPKINS AND NICHOLS APPROACHED MERRICK IN EARLY 1925 WITH A LARGE BUILDING PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 500 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IN ADDITION TO READY CAPITAL AND THEIR EXPERIENCE BUILDING AT A LARGE SCALE IN A PLANNED COMMUNITY, MERRICK ASKED THEM TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY TO MOBILIZE QUICKLY AND INDEPENDENTLY OF CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN CORAL GABLES. IN RESPONSE, HOPKINS SHIPPED TEN RAILWAY CAR LOADS OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND SUBMITTED PLANS TO BUILD A CONCRETE BLOCK PLANT IN CORAL GABLES. THUS, IN APRIL 1925, WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRST 50 LOTS AND THE SUBMISSION OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY H.GEORGE FINK THAT DEMONSTRATED THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MERRICK'S VISION FOR THE CITY.
A CONTRACT WAS ISSUED AND THE PLAN ANNOUNCED. THESE FIRST 50 LOTS WERE. IN THE UNDEVELOPED SECTIONS. 30 OF THE HOMES WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE COCONUT GROVE SECTION, JUST SOUTH OF THE PLANNED SAN SEBASTIAN HOTEL, WHICH BROKE GROUND LATER IN AUGUST. THESE 30 HOMES, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECTS H. GEORGE FINK, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF MERRICK'S DESIGN TEAM, WERE TO BE MODERATELY PRICED COTTAGES THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO MERRICK'S EMPLOYEES. THEIR CONSTRUCTION WAS MONITORED BY MERRICK'S CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, AND ONLY AFTER MERRICK APPROVED THEM COULD THE CONTRACT MOVE FORWARD. AS SEEN IN THE ARTICLE ON THE LEFT, THE FIRST 40 HOMES WERE UNDERWAY. BY MAY OF 1925. THE HOME AT 314 CADIMA WAS AMONGST THIS CADRE LOCATED IN THE CORAL GROVES COCONUT GROVE SECTION. IT WAS DESIGNED IN APRIL 1925 BY FINK AND PERMANENT IN MID-JULY BY MR. NICHOLS. DURING THE 1920S IN CORAL GABLES.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SPECIFICALLY COMBINE ELEMENTS COMMONLY USED IN SPANISH, MORSE AND ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE, AND HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE.
DURING THE 1920S, STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES WERE BUILT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE STYLE. THE DESIGN OF 314 CADIMA AVENUE LEANED HEAVILY ON SPANISH AND MORSE INFLUENCES LISTED HERE AND DISCUSSED IN THE DESIGNATION REPORT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME, MOST NOTABLY THE TEXTURED STUCCO, THE FLAT ROOFS WITH PARAPETS EDGED WITH BARREL TILE ARCHES ACROSS THE FRONT FACADE. THE PORTE COCHERE, THE PREDOMINANT MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CHIMNEY, THE ROUND VENTS ARRANGED AS DECORATIVE ACCENTS ABOVE THE RECESSED CASEMENT WINDOWS WITH PROTRUDING SILLS. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ADDITIONS TO THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH BY THE CURRENT OWNER. IN 2011, AN APPROXIMATELY 13 FOOT BY 21 FOOT KITCHEN ADDITION WAS BUILT ON THE WEST FACADE BEHIND AND ABUTTING THE PORTE COCHERE, WHOSE LOCATION IS SHOWN HERE IN BLUE. A COVERED TERRACE ALONG ITS WEST WALL COMPLETED THIS ADDITION. THE SECOND EDITION WAS TO THE GARAGE BUILDING. AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE BY 11 BUMP OUT WAS BUILT ALONG ITS EAST FACADE, SHOWN HERE IN ORANGE. A PERMIT FOR THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE, BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM AERIAL PHOTOS THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 2017 AND 2023. DESIGNED IN THE COTTAGE GENRE, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE EMPHASIZES SPANISH INFLUENCES AND INCLUDES SEVERAL MORE FEATURES. IT EXHIBITS THE TYPICAL FINE CONSTRUCTION AND BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED DETAILS OF THE HOMES BUILT IN CORAL GABLES DURING THE 1920S, THE ONE STORY HOUSE SITS ABOVE A CRAWL SPACE AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF CEMENT BLOCK CLAD IN TEXTURED STUCCO. SCREENED PORCHES WERE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE 1920S HOMES TO CAPITALIZE ON THE HOSPITABLE CLIMATE AND OUR HALLMARK FEATURES. THIS HOUSE ORIGINALLY HAD A SCREENED FRONT PORCH, A REAR SCREENED SLEEPING PORCH AND A SMALL BACK PORCH. ALL THE PORCHES WERE ENCLOSED FOR ADDITIONAL LIVING SPACE AT UNKNOWN DATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE MANNER, THE HOME IS UNDER FLAT ROOFS OF VARYING HEIGHTS. THE SIMPLE ROOF PARAPETS ARE EDGED WITH BARREL TILE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A TWO PIECE CAP AND PAN. IT WAS CHANGED TO AN S TILE IN 2012. THE WINDOWS ORIGINALLY DIVIDED LIGHT WOODEN CASEMENTS WITH HIGH PROFILE MOUNTAINS WERE SET IN RECESSED OPENINGS, WITH PROTRUDING SILLS BELOW. THEY'RE WELL PROPORTIONED GROUPINGS AND VARIED SIZES ADDED TO VISUAL INTERESTS OF THE HOUSE, AND WERE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED VENTILATION AND AIRFLOW IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA CLIMATE. ABOVE THE WINDOWS ON
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MOST FACADES ARE DECORATIVELY ARRANGED SQUARE VENTS. THE CASEMENTS WERE REPLACED IN 1958 AND 61 WITH JEALOUSIES. THEY WERE SWAPPED FOR AWNING WINDOWS IN 1980, AND THE WINDOWS WERE RETURNED TO CASEMENTS. IN 1993, A PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE CURRENT HORIZONTAL SLIDING WINDOWS HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE, BUT AERIAL PHOTOS DOCUMENT THE CHANGE TO CIRCA 2016. THE FRONT FACADE HAS TWO DISTINCT BAYS THE FRONT PORCH AND THE PORTE COCHERE.WING WALLS EXTEND FROM BOTH CORNERS, EXTENDING THE STREET PRESENCE OF THIS COTTAGE HOME, DOMINATING BOTH BAYS AND TYING THEM TOGETHER ARE LARGE, STYLIZED REVERSE OGEE ARCHES.
MASONRY ARCHES ARE ANOTHER CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE.
THE REVERSE OGEE IS A MOORISH ELEMENT OFTEN FOUND IN MEDITERRANEAN ARCHITECTURE. THE PROJECTING FRONT PORCH WAS ORIGINALLY SCREENED AND COMPRISED OF A CENTRAL ROUND ARCHED DOORWAY FLANKED BY THE TWO ARCHES. THE ARCHED DOORWAY HELD A SCREEN DOOR WITH A SPINDLED FRONT, WHOSE PATTERN WAS REPEATED IN THE RAILINGS OF THE LARGE ARCHED OPENINGS. THE PORCH WAS ENCLOSED FOR LIVING SPACE AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY, AND THE HEIGHT OF THE OPENINGS WAS REDUCED, CENTERED ABOVE THE ARCHED DOORWAY ARE THE MOORISH FEATURES OF A WINGED PARAPET AND A MINIATURE MINARET. AT THE WEST IS THE PORTE COCHERE. IT IS ALSO A HALLMARK FEATURE. MERRICK DESIGNED CORAL GABLES WITH THE AUTOMOBILE IN MIND, AND MOST 1920S HOMES HAD BOTH A PORTE COCHERE AND A DETACHED GARAGE. THE STYLIZED, REVERSED OGEE ARCH AT THE FRONT VEHICULAR OPENING IS ECHOED ON THE WEST FACADE, WITH SMALLER OPENINGS SITTING ON PROTRUDING SILLS. THE REAR VEHICULAR ARCH WAS ENCLOSED WITH THE 2011 KITCHEN ADDITION. ABOVE THE FRONT ARCH IS AN INSET MASONRY PLAQUE WITH AN ABSTRACT FLORAL DESIGN, AND AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER, AN URN SITS ON A SMALL BATTLEMENT CORNER. RISING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PORTE COCHERE IS THE BELFRY INSPIRED CURVED CHIMNEY.
BELFRIES WERE ALSO COMMON IN SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS. THEIR FORMS ARE COMMON IN MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE AND ARE A PROMINENT FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1920S.
HOMES IN CORAL GABLES. EXCEPT FOR THE CHANGE OF WINDOW TYPE, THE EAST FACADE REMAINS RELATIVELY INTACT. ORIGINALLY, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WAS THE SCREENED SLEEPING PORCH. IT WAS ENCLOSED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE, SEEMINGLY KEEPING THE SAME FENESTRATION OPENING. BUT AS SEEN HERE, IT WAS REDUCED BETWEEN 2006 AND 2024. THE SLEEPING PORCH OPENING ON THE REAR FACADE WAS LIKEWISE REDUCED. THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE REAR FACADE IS SHOWN HERE. IN THE 1971 HISTORIC PHOTO, A PORTION OF THE ENCLOSED SLEEPING PORCH OPENING IS VISIBLE. THE PHOTO ALSO SHOWS THE BREAKFAST NOOK AND CLOSET WINDOWS, THUS VERIFYING THE ORIGINAL PLANS WERE FOLLOWED DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE OTHER SCREENED OPENINGS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WAS FOR THE BACK PORCH. THE TWO WINDOWS IN THE BACK PORCH OPENING WERE BLOCKED UP. THEIR LOCATION AND SIZE, HOWEVER, ARE EASILY DISCERNED BY THE CHANGE OF STUCCO TEXTURE. IN ADDITION, THE SILL FOR THE BACK PORCH OPENING WAS RETAINED. IN 2011. A FLAT ROOFED KITCHEN ADDITION WITH COVERED TERRACE WAS BUILT AT THE CENTER OF THE WEST FACADE, ABUTTING THE PORTE COCHERE BY THE ADDITION MIMICKED THE ARCHES AND STUCCO TEXTURE OF THE ORIGINAL HOME, ITS PROPORTIONS AND POSITIONING AID IN IDENTIFYING IT AS AN ADDITION. MERRICK WAS FORWARD THINKING, AND CORAL GABLES IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. HE DESIGNED CORAL GABLES WITH THE AUTOMOBILE AND PUBLIC TRANSIT IN MIND. HENCE, MOST HOMES BUILT DURING THE CITY'S INITIAL PHASE HAD PORTE COCHERE AND DETACHED GARAGES, WHILE THE 1920S DETACHED GARAGES ARE OFTEN SIMPLE, THEIR LOCATION AND DESIGN PLAY A ROLE IN DEMONSTRATING MERRICK'S VISION. THE 1920S GARAGES WERE DESIGNED TO BLEND WITH THEIR MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOMES. THE GARAGE, AT 314 CADIMA AVENUE, IS CLAD IN STUCCO, WHOSE TEXTURE MATCHES THAT OF THE HOME. IT'S UNDER A FLAT ROOF WITH SIMPLE PARAPETS.
ALSO LIKE THE HOUSE. OVER THE YEARS, THE VEHICULAR OPENING WAS REDUCED TO ACCOMMODATE
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WINDOW AND DOORS WERE INSERTED ON THE WEST FACADE. THIS IS IN KEEPING IN CHANGE WITH ITS CHANGE OF USE FROM GARAGE TO LIVING QUARTERS. IN JULY 1944, A PERMIT WAS ISSUED TO CONVERT THE GARAGE TO LIVING SPACE IN CORAL GABLES. BETWEEN 1943 AND 45, RESIDENTS COULD APPLY TO CONVERT THEIR GARAGES TO EIGHT IN HOUSING. THE NEARLY 500,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL PASSING THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA FOR COMBAT TRAINING. THE NEARBY SAN SEBASTIAN APARTMENTS SERVED AS A MILITARY DORM, AND RECORDS INDICATE THAT INSTRUCTORS AND STAFF OFTEN TOOK ROOMS OR RENTED IN THE ADJACENT COCONUT GROVE SECTION. IT'S CLEAR FROM SUBSEQUENT RENTAL ADS THAT THE GARAGE CONVERSION OCCURRED. THIS ADDS TO THE STRUCTURE'S SIGNIFICANCE, AS IT MARKS A NOTABLE ERA IN SOUTH FLORIDA HISTORY. 314 AVENUE REMAINS AS ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 HOMES BUILT BY HOPKINS AND NICHOLS AFTER THE 1926 HURRICANE. DUE TO THE DECLINING ECONOMY, HOPKINS AND NICHOLS REDUCED THEIR CONTRACT WITH MERRICK. IN RETURN, HOPKINS PROVIDED THE FINAL FINANCING FOR THE SAN SEBASTIAN, AND EVENTUALLY HE PURCHASED IT IN 1928. IN THE COCONUT GROVE SECTION. THERE WERE VERY FEW HOMES BUILT AFTER 1928 UNTIL THE 1940S. THE BLUE BOXES HERE MARK SITES OF THE PRE 1935 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. MOST WERE PERMITTED PRIOR TO THE SEPTEMBER 26TH HURRICANE. THIS IMAGE, COUPLED WITH THE 1938 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, PROVIDES A SENSE OF HOW QUICKLY MERRICK DEVELOPED THE COCONUT GROVE SECTION. MOST OF THE HOMES WERE BUILT OVER AN 18 MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE HURRICANE. THIS SECTION RETAINS ITS CONTEXT AS A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHEN CONSTRUCTION RESUMED IN THE POSTWAR YEARS, THERE WAS A DISTINCT DEPARTURE FROM THE ORNAMENTED AND PICTURESQUE MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED HOMES THAT HAD DOMINATED THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE. THE NEWER HOMES EMBRACED CONTEMPORARY MODERN STYLES SINCE THE LATER HOMES IN THE COCONUT GROVE SECTION REFLECT MODERN STYLES. THE 1925 AND 26 MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOMES ARE UNIQUE IN THIS SECTION. 314 CADIMA AVENUE DISTINCTLY STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO MERRICK'S VISION A CENTURY LATER, AND IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS OF CORAL GABLES DURING ITS FOUNDING YEARS. IN CONCLUSION, 314 CADIMA AVENUE EXEMPLIFIES THE MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED BUILDING ARCHETYPE UPON WHICH CORAL GABLES WAS FOUNDED. DESIGNED IN THE COTTAGE GENRE BY ARCHITECT H.GEORGE FINK, IT WAS FINANCED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED TEAM OF LINDSAY HOPKINS AND HERBERT NICHOLS, AND REPRESENTS AN INTEGRAL PIECE OF HAL MERRICK DEVELOPED CORAL GABLES. THE PROPERTY, AT 314 CADIMA AVENUE, IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF QUALITY BUILDINGS THAT SERVES AS A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY. IT RETAINS ITS ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF CORAL GABLES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 314 KADIMA AVENUE. BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? YES. PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JAVIER PAYETTE. MY. OH. ■I'M SORRY. YOU WILL NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND AND BE SWORN IN. YES. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JAVIER PAYETTE. I LIVE IN 314 CADIMA. I'M THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE. SO, I MEAN, IF I NEED TO, TO SAY I LOVE TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE. I LIVE THERE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. I LOVE THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE. AND I'M, I'M A MY, MY REASON TO BE HERE AND TO EXPRESS IS TO THAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO ADD AN EXTRA ROOM IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF. MY TWO DAUGHTERS ARE GROWING AND I NEED AN EXTRA ROOM AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE MUCH FROM THE HOUSE BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT IT'S AN HISTORIC. AND I LOVE CORAL GABLES FOR THE. THAT THEY PRESERVE THE HISTORY. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. I MEAN,
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HOPEFULLY I CAN DO MY PROJECT. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND THEIR ARCHITECT ON REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OR DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THAT WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO, HOPEFULLY SOONER. AND THEN IT'LL BE BEFORE YOU ALL FOR THE COA. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER OR FOR STAFF? THANK YOU FOR LOVING THE HISTORIC PROPERTY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR. THANK YOU SUBMITTAL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION? IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DID CIRCULATE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE DESIGNATION SUBMITTED BY CORELLIA CARBONELL ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF CORAL GABLES. YES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR CAN I GET A MOTION? THESE ARE NEW AND RED MEANS OFF AND GREEN MEANS GO.SO THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THEY USED TO BE. IF THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING ANYBODY UP, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 314 KADIMA AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 14 THROUGH 16 INCLUSIVE BLOCK, 23 CORAL GABLES, COCONUT GROVE, SECTION ONE. I KEEP GOING TO THE PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 25 OF PUBLIC RECORDS. MIAMI DADE COUNTY, BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. YES. MR. SILVA. YES.
MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS. EBERT. YES. MISS. ALVAREZ. YES. MISS. ROLANDO. YES. MISS. DANNY. YES.
OKAY. YOU HAVE A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. SEVEN IN FAVOR OF DESIGNATION. THANK YOU. OKAY.
[1. 26-1712 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-006: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 410 Minorca Avenue, a Local Historic Landmark, legally described as Lots 10 & 11, Block 4, 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.]
OUR NEXT CASE IS CASE FILE COASP2026-006. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 410 MINORCA AVENUE, A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS TEN AND 11, BLOCK FOUR, CORAL GABLES, SECTION B, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK FIVE AT PAGE ONE. 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THIS APPLICATION REQUEST DESIGN APPROVAL FOR AN ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS NATALIE DELGADO WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION. TODAY, I PRESENT TO YOU THE REVISED APPLICATION FOR 410 MENORCA, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS TEN AND 11 BLOCK FOUR, CORAL GABLES, SECTION B, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT BOOK THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK FIVE, PAGE ONE. 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA.THIS SITE, THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1935, AND IT'S ONE OF THE EARLIEST HOMES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. TRANSITIONAL STYLE. IT HAS VERY LITTLE OR MINIMAL ALTERATIONS. AND TODAY I PRESENT TO YOU A PROPOSAL OF A SECOND STORY ADDITION AT THE REAR, ONE STORY ADDITION ON THE EAST SIDE, MINIMAL ALTERATIONS TO THE TO THE CONTEXT AND ALSO ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE.
ON JULY 16TH OF 2026, THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH STAFF TO TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS OF THE BOARD, WHICH CONSIST OF CONNECTING THE CONNECTING ROOF ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THE ARCHWAY ON THE NEW ADDITION, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE DECORATIVE VENTS ON THE NEW ADDITION. THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS HAS APPROVED, AND TODAY WE STAND AS A STAFF TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION. THE ARCHITECT. JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, THIS IS THE APPLICATION THAT WAS DEFERRED FROM THE LAST MEETING. THERE WAS A COUPLE MOTIONS THAT DID NOT PASS THAT WERE MADE, AND THE APPLICANT DID TAKE TIME TO TAKE IN THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE MEETING AND MAKE A COUPLE CHANGES. AND HE'S HERE BEFORE YOU NOW TO PRESENT. THANK YOU. YES. TV, COULD WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOARD. MY NAME IS JORGE GONZALEZ. I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN, BUT I. I DO, THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
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THANK YOU. JORGE GONZALEZ, VERTICAL DESIGN STUDIO, 150 SOUTHWEST 88TH STREET, SUITE 200, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33176 HERE, REPRESENTING 410 MENORCA. AND AS NATALIE STATED AFTER THE MEETING IN JULY, WE WENT BACK AND ADDRESSED SEVERAL OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY DONNA, SUCH AS THE. THE ARCHWAY AT THE MASTER BEDROOM, WHICH WAS TOO SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE. AT THE ENTRYWAY WE REMOVED SOME OF THE VENTS OR REMOVED THE VENTS OVER THE PROPOSED. GABLES. ALSO TO DIFFERENTIATE THE NEW FROM THE OLD. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE DID IS WE. OUR ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD A. A ROOF THAT WAS BASICALLY SPRAWLING FROM THE OLD INTO THE NEW. WE CREATED THE CONNECTOR PIECE BASICALLY MADE THAT INTO A FLAT ROOF, WHICH NOW DISTINCTLY SEPARATES THE OLD FROM THE NEW. AND WE HOPE THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO THE NEXT SHEETS. YEAH. SO THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION.THIS IS THE EXISTING HOME HISTORICAL PICTURE IS REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO GO BY. AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A FLOOR PLAN AS WELL. THIS THESE ARE THE NEIGHBORS. THESE ARE THE CONTEXT PICTURES. THIS IS THE EXISTING STATE OF THE OF THE HOME. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN. THE CONNECTOR PIECE IS THAT WHITE BOX. BASICALLY WHAT THE EXISTING IS THE DARK ROOF, THE PROPOSES THE LIGHTER ROOF. AND THE CONNECTOR PIECE IS SEEN FROM THE STREET AS THE.
THE SQUARE BETWEEN THEM. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN ALSO SHOWING EXISTING AND NEW IN SHADES.
THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. THE EXISTING ARE THE FOUR STACKED ON THE LEFT. PROPOSED ARE THE FOUR STACKED ON THE RIGHT. ELEVATIONS WITH A MORE DETAIL AND INFORMATION SECTIONS. AND THESE ARE THE PERSPECTIVES. THE TOP THREE ARE THE EXISTING HISTORIC HOME. THE BOTTOM THREE ARE THE SAME VIEWS AND THE NEW PROPOSED DESIGN. AND THESE ARE.
ON THE TOP LEFT IS THE EXISTING HOME. ON THE TOP RIGHT IS THE DESIGN THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING, EXCEPT THAT WE ALSO HAD THE VENTS OVER AT THE GABLE AND THE THE ARCHWAY AT THE AT THE MASTER WAS MORE, IT WAS EQUAL TO THE ONE AT THE MAIN ENTRY. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES IN THE. THE ROOF CONNECTOR PIECE, BOTTOM LEFT IS THE ONE THAT WE HAVE SELECTED AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS. THE BOARD HAD ASKED US TO CONSIDER A HIP ROOF AT THE MASTER. THAT IS THE HIP ROOF DESIGN, WHICH WE DID NOT LIKE THE OUTCOME. SO BUT WE'RE SHOWING JUST TO SHOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU BOARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MR. GARCIA. SO I WASN'T HERE IN JULY. I CAN SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANGE OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE EXISTING HOME AND THE NEW HOME. THAT SORT OF PARAPET, FLAT PIECE. I'M A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR IT, AND I'M GLAD THAT MRS. SPAIN WAS ABLE TO BRING THAT UP AT THE AT THE AT THE MEETING. SO I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT FOR MY BENEFIT, THE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TODAY ARE THE ONES ON ON SHEET A OH SIX. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT ONE, WHICH SHOWS THE THE NEW CHANGES, NOT THE BOARD OF ARCHITECT AND OTHER THINGS. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT WE'RE APPROVING. THAT GUY. SO THAT IS THAT'S THE ONE. YES. PERFECT.
THANK YOU. AND THE GATE AND THE WALL IS THAT PART OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL? I THINK IT'S ONE. IT'S REALLY NICE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT ISN'T. YEAH. OKAY.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE IS PART OF THE APPLICATION. WELL THANK YOU FOR THE REWORK. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND STAFF'S TIME AND EXPERTISE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALVAREZ. SO THE FRONT OF THE THE MASTER PORCH, I THINK I
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DON'T KNOW, IT STILL FEELS ALMOST SCHEMATIC, LIKE IT'S MISSING WINDOWS OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU GET THE THAT SMALL OPENING AND THE BIG WALL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE FENESTRATION THERE. ON ONE SIDE, IT APPEARS TO HAVE A CLOSET. ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S LIKE A PASSAGE. CORRECT? WELL, IT'S A VERY SMALL ELEMENT. THE MAIN ENTRY TO THE HOME IS A BIG ARCH WITH NO WINDOWS. WE THOUGHT A WE COULD CERTAINLY PUT A SMALL WINDOW IN THE CLOSET AND EVEN AN OPENING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. BUT YEAH, I, YEAH, I THINK IT NEEDS. YEAH, I, I WASN'T GOING TO GET INTO DESIGN. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION, A LITTLE SORT OF SIDE PIECES TO THAT FRONT. YEAH. IT'S, IT LOOKS A LITTLE HEAVY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. STAFF HAS REQUESTED CERTAIN CONDITIONS. ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO ANY MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'M SORRY. CAN WE GO OVER THE CONDITIONS AGAIN? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. SO THINGS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. YES. AND WE ARE WE ARE IN AGREEMENT. YES. YES WE KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. YES WE ARE WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS. OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. DID WE DO PUBLIC IS ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE, AND THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION THE MISS ALVAREZ BROUGHT UP TO TO STUDY THE OF TWO TWO WINDOWS OR OPENINGS FLANKING THE MASTER BEDROOM OPENING. SO THAT'LL BE CONDITION NUMBER NINE. SO PROVING THAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 410 MINORCA AVENUE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE ITEM, AND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE. SECOND. OKAY, SORRY, WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? THANK YOU. MISS SIEBERT. YES, MISS ROLANDO? YES. MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS ALVAREZ. YES, MISS SHIELDS. YES. MR. SILVA. YES. AND MISS DENNY. YES. UNANIMOUS VOTE, SEVEN IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE IS CASE FILE COASP2026-24. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
[2. 26-2090 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-024: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 1203 Alhambra Circle, a Contributing Resource within the “Alhambra Circle Historic District,” legally described as Lots 17 & 18, Block 3, Coral Gables Section “E,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 8, at page 13, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for an addition and alterations to the residence, new gazebo and sitework.]
A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1203 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 17 AND 18, BLOCK THREE, CORAL GABLES, SECTION E, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK EIGHT AT PAGE 13 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE APPLICATION REQUESTS DESIGN APPROVAL FOR AN. ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE, NEW GAZEBO AND SIDEWALK. THANK YOU. YOU CAN PUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE. THIS IS LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AT 1203 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE. IT IS PART OF THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH WAS DESIGNATED IN 2008, COMPRISING THE ENTIRE. THE ENTIRETY OF ALHAMBRA CIRCLE FROM LAGOON TO SEVILLA. THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS A VERY EARLY HOUSE IN THE CITY. IT WAS DESIGNED IN 1922 AS PERMIT NUMBER 23 IN THE CITY AND DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT WALTER DEGARMO. IT HAS HAD ALTERATIONS OVER THE YEARS. IT IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE AND IT DOES RETAIN ITS HISTORIC INTEGRITY. SO THE APPLICATION REQUEST DESIGN APPROVAL FOR A ONE STORY, APPROXIMATELY 189 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE REAR OF THE HOME. IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADDITION TO AN ADDITION AND AN ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED GAZEBO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY[00:40:01]
270FT■!S AND SOME SITE WORK. THS IS AN EARLY 1920S PHOTO OF THE HOUSE, AND THIS IS A 1940S PHOTO. THE CARPORT THAT YOU SEE TO THE TO THE LEFT, THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE WAS ADDED EARLY. IT IS STAYING. AND THE EXISTING GARAGE THAT EXISTS IS ALSO. IN ADDITION, IT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL GARAGE. SO THE ALTERATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THAT SPACE WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE HISTORIC FABRIC. THIS WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS IN MARCH, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS INTERIOR AND DOES NOT IMPACT THE EXTERIOR. THE GAZEBO IS FREESTANDING AND SET OFF IN THE SIDE YARD. THE ADDITION IS VERY SIMPLE AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN ADDITION TO A PREVIOUS ADDITION AND THE RECONFIGURING OF THE REAR TERRACE OCCURS ALSO AT A LATER ADDITION TO THE HOME.SO WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE ARCHITECT. GOOD AFTERNOON STAFF JOSE SANCHEZ REYES FROM JOSE SANCHEZ REYES ARCHITECTS AT 1395 BRICKELL AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33131. AS KARA MENTIONED, MOST OF OUR WORK IS INTERIOR. THE IDEA IS TO RESTORE DEGARMO'S SORT OF PARTY WITH THE CENTRAL COURTYARD AND BRING THAT CENTRAL COURTYARD INTO THE LIVING SPACES, CONNECTING BOTH THE CENTRAL COURTYARD WITH THE BEAUTIFUL REAR AND THE GROUNDS OF THE PROPERTY. MINOR EXTENSION WAS FUNCTIONAL IN NATURE. FROM THE REAR THERE WAS A DESIRE FOR AN ADDITIONAL GUEST BEDROOM, AND THAT. THAT SPURRED THE THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF THE EXISTING GARAGE INTO A BEDROOM. I WORKED WITH STAFF ON ON THE THE ORGANIZATION OF OF THAT WINDOW. AND AS KARA MENTIONED, WE ARE PROPOSING A GAZEBO TO MAKE THE POOL AREA AND TERRACE MORE MORE LIVABLE, MORE AMENITIES WITH AN OUTDOOR KITCHEN. THERE IS ACTUALLY ON SITE RIGHT NOW A SMALL WHO KNOWS WHEN IT WAS DONE, IT WAS MUCH, MUCH LATER. BARBECUE STRUCTURE THAT REALLY DOESN'T DO MUCH. SO WE ARE PROPOSING ELIMINATING THAT. AND ESSENTIALLY IN THAT SAME SORT OF QUADRANT OF PROPOSING THIS LARGER GAZEBO, WHICH AGAIN, WE WORK WITH STAFF ON CREATING DETAILS WHICH RELATED TO BUT CERTAINLY SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND THE ROOF DETAILS.
I CAN GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION BRIEFLY IF YOU IF YOU WANT. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION PREVIOUSLY. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE OUR FRONT VIEW. AGAIN, VERY LITTLE CHANGE OTHER THAN WHAT YOU SEE THROUGH THE CARPORT AND BEHIND. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ON SITE, THERE'S A GARAGE DOOR AND NOW WE HAVE OR WE'RE PROPOSING THIS WINDOW TO THE BEDROOM. ELEVATIONS OF THE FRONT, WHICH WE JUST SAW IN THE RENDERING FORM. HERE WE OUT ALONG THE WEST ELEVATION. THIS SMALL EXTENSION ON THE LEFT. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PROPOSED. WHERE WE. THAT. BASICALLY GIVING MORE OF A MASTER WALK IN CLOSET TO THAT MASTER. WE SEE OUR REAR ELEVATION, NORTH ELEVATION AND WE CAN SEE THE MUCH GREATER CONNECTION TO THE LIVING SPACE IN THE. THE LARGE FRENCH DOORS TO THE PATIO OR TO THE. THE COVERED TERRACE VERSUS WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS SORT OF A COMBINATION OF A KITCHEN AND, AND THE, THE DOORS WERE ALSO PROPOSING A REMOVAL OF A COLUMN THERE AGAIN, TO MAKE A MORE DIRECT CONNECTION. AS KAREN MENTIONED, THAT WAS THAT'S PART OF A MUCH A LATER ADDITION, I THINK, A 50S ADDITION. WE CAN SEE THE PROPOSED GAZEBO ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE. WELL WITHIN THE THE SETBACK OF THE THE SECONDARY SETBACK. HERE IS OUR COLUMBUS AVENUE VIEW. SO THIS IS OUR SECONDARY SIDE OR EASTERN VIEW.
AND THE. THE GAZEBO CAN BARELY TELL THE EXTENSION BEYOND BEYOND THAT GAZEBO, WHICH IS A SMALL EXTENSION OF THE WALK IN CLOSET AND A CABANA BATHROOM. SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL LITTLE WINDOW THERE. SO VIEW OFF OF COLUMBUS AGAIN, THE GAZEBO. I THINK YOU CAN MAKE OUT THAT
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THAT THE EXTENSION WITH THE SMALL WINDOW THERE TO THE THE CABANA BATHROOM. DIFFERENT VIEW BUT BUT SAME ELEVATION ESSENTIALLY. THESE ARE SOME. BLOWUPS OF THE GAZEBO. WE'RE PROPOSING A WOOD BRACKETS ALONG THE SIDE ALONG EITHER SIDE OF THE OF THE OF A WOODEN TRELLIS.WE ARTICULATED THE THE COLUMNS, THE FREESTANDING COLUMNS, THE BASE AND THE AND THE THE THE, THE CAP AT THE TOP. PER BOA'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON ZOOM? NO. OKAY. THEN I GUESS WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. ONE QUESTION. I THINK IT'S JUST THE GRAPHICS, THE ELEVATION, THE WINDOW THAT'S REPLACING THE GARAGE DOOR APPEARS TO BE OFF CENTER. IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE CENTERED ON THE ON THE. PEAK OF THE IT'S CENTERED ON THE ON THE MASS BEHIND, NOT ON THE CARPORT. OKAY. AND GRAPHICALLY, I THINK IT IS JUST OFF. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE PLANS IT'S CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION. IS ONE OF THE FIREPLACES AND CHIMNEY BEING REMOVED THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THERE? IT WAS AN ADDITION. IT WAS AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE. YEAH. ARE YOU REMOVING THE RAILINGS? WE ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE RAILINGS IN THE FRONT. THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA FLOURISH THAT ISN'T REALLY PART OF THE SORT OF THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DETAILED. I KNOW ONE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS IS, I THINK, EITHER TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE DESIGN OF THAT OR REMOVE IT ALTOGETHER, BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T TECHNICALLY NEED IT JUST WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE REPLACED. AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE THEM, YOU DON'T YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO KEEP THEM. THEY'RE NOT ORIGINAL. BUT YES, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU IF THEY DO WANT TO KEEP THEM TO A MORE APPROPRIATE DESIGN. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OF THE STAFF CONDITIONS? NO.
OKAY. OKAY. CAN I CAN I HAVE A MOTION? OH. I'M SORRY. MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE SITE. WORK ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1203 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND TO APPROVE. WITH THE 13 CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE, THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. I. SECOND. OKAY. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MR. SILVA. YES. MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS. ROLANDO. YES. MISS.
SCHILDT. YES. MISS. EBERT. YES. MISS. DANNY. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.
BOARD. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OLD BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? NO. DO NOT. OKAY. I DO HAVE NEW A COUPLE
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ITEMS TO BRING UP FROM THAT ARE NEW. OKAY, GREAT. LET'S MOVE TO NEW BUSINESS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OLD BUSINESS. THE NORTH POND STUDY. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING US. CAN YOU TELL US THE NEXT STEPS? SO THE NEXT STEPS IS WE'RE COORDINATING WITH I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING. SO WE'RE GOING TO COORDINATE WITH SERBIA TO COME PRESENT TO THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THEIR FINDINGS. AND BECAUSE IT'S A THOROUGH I MEAN, IT'S A, I THINK, 400 SOMETHING PAGES. SO IT'S THOROUGH. SO THEY'LL COME AND PRESENT IT. AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY HAD A MEETING WITH THE MANAGER, WITH THE CONSULTANT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE FINDINGS. AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT THE RESULTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US. ANY ACTION THAT COMES OUT OF THERE IS DEPENDS[00:50:02]
ON BOARD AND, AND MANAGER KIND OF DIRECTION. AT THAT POINT. IT'S JUST THE SURVEY AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT A DESIGNATION REPORT. OKAY. SO I SEE THE I SEE THE GLIMMER IN YOUR EYES. I APPRECIATE YOU SETTING ME STRAIGHT. SO IT'S, IT WILL COME TO US WITH THE PRESENTATION AS JUST A PRESENTATION. OKAY. AND THEN OF THE FINDINGS. RIGHT. OKAY. AND SO ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION OR IT'LL BE DISCUSSION OR GO FROM THERE UP TO YOU ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WHEN THE PREPARER MAKES THE PRESENTATION, CAN YOU BRIEF US ON THE NEXT STEPS? IF WE WERE TO VOTE TO HAVE IT, THE NORTH PONCE HISTORIC THE NORTH PARK DISTRICT CERTIFIED AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT. YES. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS.[X. NEW BUSINESS]
AND IF YOU. OH, SORRY. AND IF YOU DO HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DOCUMENT IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT WE COULD BE PREPARED TO GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAILS OF, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU NEED. THE ONLY OTHER ITEMS THAT I HAD FOR YOU ALL IS WILL BE CIRCULATING OUR ANNUAL REPORT. WE'RE JUST FILLING IN THE BLANKS OF HOW MANY COA'S, HOW MANY DESIGNATIONS HAPPEN WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. SO THAT COULD GET SUBMITTED TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THEN CAN BE SIGNED AND APPROVED BY MR. MAXWELL AS THE CHAIR. WE DID WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE ACTUALLY TODAY ONE OF OUR APPLICANTS RECEIVED A FAKE INVOICE. SO IF YOU ALL HEAR OF ANY INVOICES THAT APPLICANTS ARE RECEIVING VIA EMAIL THAT ARE CLAIMING THAT CHAIR MICHAEL MAXWELL IS ISSUING AN INVOICE AND THAT THEY NEED TO BE PAID BY, I THINK, CASH OR WIRE TRANSFER. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET APPLICANTS KNOW THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE AN INVOICE ISSUED THAT WAY. OR IF YOU'RE HEARING ON, YOU KNOW, FROM DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THINGS AND THAT CITY ISSUED INVOICE WOULD BE THROUGH OUR GOV SYSTEM AND WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED BY STAFF. AND WE WOULD NEVER REQUEST FOR A WIRE TRANSFER. ANNA, COULD YOU MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT MEETING? BECAUSE THIS IS AT THE END OF THIS MEETING? YES. MORE PEOPLE. AND SO AND ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A DISTRIBUTION BY COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY HAPPENING TO US, IT'S ALSO HAPPENING AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND I'VE ALREADY FORWARDED THE LAST THIS LATEST INVOICE TO CHIEF HANLON.SO HE'S GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTING IT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING. OUR IT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND EVERYONE ELSE THE CITY IS AWARE AND AND WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN. WE HAD COMMUNICATIONS GO OUT IN OUR E-NEWS AND WE HAD THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. SO WE'RE REVIVING THAT AGAIN AS THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY'RE VERY DETAILED. THEY INCLUDE THE BOARD MEMBERS NAMES, THE CORRECT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE DESIGNATION NUMBERS, ETC.
BECAUSE IT'S ALL INFORMATION THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. BUT WE'RE WE'RE WELL AWARE. BUT IF YOU RECEIVE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, FISHY, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL FORWARD IT.
IF YOU GET ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW. THANK YOU. YES. I THINK LAST MEETING, MR. MAXWELL RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. AND THEN THE OTHER THING TO DISCUSS THAT, JUST TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR AGAIN, IS THAT WE HAVE OUR LANDMARKS ADVISORY JOINT MEETING TO BE SCHEDULED. WE TYPICALLY DO THAT, HAVE DONE THAT IN THE FALL. WE CAN WAIT MAYBE DEPENDING ON HOW THE OCTOBER AGENDA LOOKS LIKE, WE MIGHT HAVE A VERY HEAVY AGENDA. SO I DO NOT WANT TO PUSH IT FOR THAT. BUT JUST TO KEEP IN MIND, WE MIGHT HAVE A 30 MINUTE WINDOW IN NOVEMBER RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING. SO JUST MAYBE BE PREPARED TO BE HERE FOR 330 RATHER THAN FOR EITHER IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER TO HAVE THAT JOINT MEETING. I THINK WE ALL AGREED THAT 30 MINUTES WAS OKAY. WE WOULD HAVE IT IN THIS ROOM AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. GREAT. AND THAT WAS IT FROM ME.
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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP? SORRY, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE DESOTO FOUNTAIN. WE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I KNOW IT'S LIKE THROUGH A GRANT THROUGH DOT, AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE COMING.OKAY, SO YES, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING AT DESOTO FOUNTAIN RIGHT NOW. I THINK A FEW YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, PUBLIC WORKS CAME AND PRESENTED A POTENTIAL PROPOSAL TO KIND OF DO WORK AROUND THE AT THE ROUNDABOUT OR CREATE A, A REAL ROUNDABOUT REALLY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A PAVED AREA. SO THAT IS THROUGH THE DOT GRANT THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. AT THE SAME TIME, IN PREPARATION FOR ALL THE ROAD WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE RICHARD HEISSENBÜTTEL WORKING ON AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
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FOUNTAIN, BECAUSE WE DID REALIZE THERE WERE SOME CRACKS ALREADY WITHIN THE FRAME, THE THE TOWER PORTION. SO WE'RE COMPLETING THAT. WE SHOULD HAVE THE ASSESSMENT REPORT, I BELIEVE, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FOUNTAIN STABILIZED AND PROTECTED. AND BEFORE THEY START TEARING UP THE STREET AND DOING ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE KIND OF GOING HAND IN HAND WITH PRIORITY TO STABILIZING THE FOUNTAIN FIRST. OKAY, MISS ABER, I'D JUST LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA, WE'RE HAVING AN AFTERNOON WITH DOCTOR MARVIN DUNN, AND HE IS GOING TO BE THERE AT 130. WE'RE HAVING A RECEPTION AND AT 230 HE IS SHOWING TWO SHORT DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT ROSEWOOD, WHICH WAS THE COMMUNITY IN NORTH FLORIDA THAT WAS DESTROYED. SO IT'S A $5 TICKET OR A 20 OR A $30 TICKET. THERE'S A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS CENTER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? A FOLLOW UP TO THE DESOTO FOUNTAIN. I KNOW THAT WE I THINK WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE RECEIPT OF THE FDOT GRANT A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME TO US WITH THE DESIGN. I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A ROUNDABOUT, BUT THAT IT NEEDS TO REALLY STILL FUNCTION AS A CORAL GABLES ELEMENT. AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS COMING BACK OR IF IT IS TO COME BACK. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD THEY HAD LIKE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN THAT HAD BEEN IN NOTHING. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED, BUT WE COULD HAVE THEM COME BACK TO DO A PRESENTATION THAT WOULD BE GREAT ON A LATER AGENDA, THE PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH. BECAUSE AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR LIKE THE LAST 15 YEARS. SO AND NOW EVERYONE'S DRIVING BY IT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE WATER IN IT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LIGHTS ON AND WE GET THE CALLS EVERY NOW AND THEN. SO IF THAT'S IF YOU'RE HEARING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE ASSESSMENT PORTION THAT WE WERE DOING. AND YES, WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC WORKS COME AND BRING YOU THE LAST TO FOLLOW ON THAT. ON MR. BARNES'S QUESTION. I'VE SEEN THE PLANS AND THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL, I. I LOOK BACK AT THE ITEM WHEN WE HEARD IT, AND THERE WAS NO PRELIMINARY THING PRESENTED. WE HAD ASKED THAT IT COME BACK FOR APPROVAL AND. AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD COME BACK FOR APPROVAL. I THINK THAT SINCE THE CITY HAS CHANGED COURSE AND INVOKED THAT CAUSE, THAT CLAUSE IN THE ZONING, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM US, BECAUSE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE THE DESIGN IS MOVING FORWARD. AND SO THE, THE, THEIR, THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT DESIGN YOU SAW. I'M SORRY. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT DRAWINGS YOU HAD. THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME BEFORE US WHEN THEY CAME AND PRESENTED, THEY SHOWED, I THINK, THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. RIGHT. BUT THEY WERE SUPER PRELIMINARY.AND THE DRAWINGS THAT I SAW WERE WERE VERY DETAILED, COMPLETE 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. AND THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THERE ARE NO 100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND I DO KNOW BECAUSE THE LAST ONES THAT I SAW WERE 60%. AND WE HAD PROVIDED A BUNCH OF COMMENTS AND THEY STILL HAD TO COORDINATE THEIR DRAWINGS WITH OUR ARCHITECTS FOR WITH HIGHS AND BOTTLE. SO, SO THERE IS THIS 60%. I KNOW THAT OUT THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT 100. AND I KNOW THERE'S BACK WHEN THEY COME TO US, ARE THEY COMING FOR APPROVAL OR ARE THEY GOING TO COME FOR OUR KIND OF ADVISEMENT ONLY WE HAD SINCE WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE DESIGN OF THAT STREETSCAPE, THAT HASN'T CHANGED IT. IT FALLS WITHIN THE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DESIGNATION FOR THE THE CITY PLAN, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE'VE WE'RE WE'RE JUST HAVING THIS DISCUSSION RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO STREET PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU ALL EITHER AS PRESENTATIONS OR AS COAS. AND THAT'S A DETERMINATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WITH UNDERSTANDING THE FINAL PLAN. AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY AND US FIGURING THAT OUT. EITHER WAY, THEY'LL COME BEFORE YOU. AND JUST TO PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR, BECAUSE IF THE THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT TOO, IS ANOTHER PROJECT ON CORAL WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING WHERE THE INDIAN MOUND TRAIL AND COLUMBUS RUN. SO. WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE DESIGN. THE. THE DOT PROJECT DOES NOT TOUCH THE FOUNTAIN PART. THEY WOULD BE.
EVERYTHING SURROUNDING IT. OKAY. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, CAN I HAVE A. I HAVE ONE MORE THING. I'M SORRY. THE VILLAGERS GRANT CYCLE IS OPEN AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BENEFIT FROM A VILLAGE OR GRANT. THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST FOR THE GRANT.
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IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS AND YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON THE VILLAGE, YOUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS THE VILLAGERS INC.ORG. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO MISS ALVAREZ, I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO WHO WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTS TYPICALLY FOR THE FOR THE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? IT'S A TRAFFIC ENGINEER. OKAY. SO THEY DON'T BRING IN A CONSULTANT THAT DOES TRADITIONAL PLANNING. NOTHING. NO. OH. SO WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY COORDINATE FOR ANYTHING SURROUNDING THE FOUNTAIN AREA THAT THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH RICHARD BARTELS OFFICE.ANYTHING ELSE ON THE STREET IS TRAFFIC ENGINEERS WITH THEIR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS NUMBER ONE GOAL. I WILL PUT IT THAT WAY. AND CAR SAFETY, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST A FREE FOR ALL. YES. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IN THIS PROPOSAL IT IS A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY NUMBER ONE GOAL CAR SAFETY MAYBE EQUAL. BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO CROSS THE STREET SAFELY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.