[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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          SPACE HERE AND NO PLACE TO WORK. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING. WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES AND ARE CHARGED WITH THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURALLY WORTHY BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, SITES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ARTIFACTS WHICH IMPART A DISTINCTIVE HISTORICAL HERITAGE TO OUR 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 2000 AND 6-11 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 MODIFICATION OF ANY ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, ACTION OR DECISION OF ANY CITY COMMISSIONER. ANY ACTION, DECISION, RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, ANY 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 A 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 CLAIM ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 39 OF THE CITY CODE. I NOW OFFICIALLY CALL THIS CITY OF CORAL GABLES PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 15TH TO ORDER. THE TIME IS UP 407. PRESENT TODAY ARE TO MY LEFT, MISS SHIELD, MISS ABBOTT, MR. SILVA, AND TO MY RIGHT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? MR. GARCIA PONCE, MISS SPAIN AND MISS ALVAREZ, WE'RE MISSING. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. WE'RE MISSING MISS ROLANDO AND MISS DANNY. SO WE HAVE TWO BOARDS ABSENT. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. HERE WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT, MISS ANNA PERNICE, AND WE HAVE OUR NEW 
          [III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]
ASSISTANT OVER THERE, AS WELL AS MRS. COUCH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER. WHAT WAS THE DATE? 17 17TH. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MISS SHIELDS. YES. MR. SILVA. YES. MR. GARCIA. YES, MISS ROLANDO, NOT HERE. EXCUSE ME, MISS SPAIN. MISS. MISS ABBOTT. YES. MR. MAXWELL. YES. NOTICE REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS BOARD IS A QUASI JUDICIAL BOARD, AND 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 OTHER 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 THE EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENTED 
          [IV. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA]
REGARDING THE MATTER. ON DEFERRALS, WE HAVE ONE DEFERRAL, WHICH IS THE HISTORIC WELL, I'M SORRY, I GOT THE WRONG ONE. I GOT THE MINUTES OF NEXT PAGE. YEP. WE HAVE NO DEFERRAL REQUESTS AT THIS TIME. WE DO HAVE A CHANGE TO THE AGENDA. OKAY. AN AGENDA CHANGE. OKAY. 
          YES. WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THE COA FOR 1721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD TO BE THE FIRST COA TO BE HEARD. OKAY. NUMBER FIVE. OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. THE MINUTES OF AUGUST, 
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ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE THOSE? OH, WE ARE GOING TO I'M SORRY. WE WERE GOING TO DEFER THOSE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE ANOTHER IT ISSUE THAT WE REALIZED IN THE THE SAME GLITCH OCCURRED WITH THAT MOTION. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO UPLOAD IT MANUALLY INSTEAD OF USING THE SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M OUT OF HERE AT SIX. AND I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN. OKAY, GREAT. YOU SAID NUMBER FIVE WILL BE NUMBER ONE UNDER THE CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          OKAY. GREAT PAPERWORK. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SWEAR IN NOW, ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE OR ANY PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD BE TESTIFYING TODAY IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 
          [1. 26-2214 CASE FILE AV 2024-002: An application requesting ad valorem tax relief for the property at 4100 Monserrate Street, a Local Historic Landmark, legally described as Lot 4 & the South 15 Feet of Lot 3, Block 1, Coral Gables Riviera Section Part One Revised, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 28, at Page 31, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The related Special Certificate of Appropriateness, COA (SP) 2022-010 was granted design approval by the Historic Preservation Board on May 18, 2022.]
THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE STILL. YEAH. WHICH ONE? YEAH, RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR BEING LATE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADVIL AND OUR AD VALOREM ISSUES HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CASE FILE AB 2024-002, WHICH IS AN APPLICATION REQUESTING AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF FOR THE PROPERTY AT FORT AT ONE AT 4100. MONTSERRAT STREET, A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT FOUR IN THE SOUTH, 15FT OF LOT THREE, BLOCK ONE CORAL GABLES RIVIERA SECTION PART ONE REVISED PLAT, BOOK 28, PAGE 28. I MEAN PLAT BOOK 28, PAGE 31. 
          MIAMI DADE COUNTY. THE RELATED CERTIFICATES SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WAS GRANTED AS SP2022-01 TEN AND DESIGN APPROVAL BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD ON MAY 18TH, 2022. MISS SOUTH, THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION UP. IT'S LOCATION MAP THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF BIRD ROAD IN THE RIVIERA SECTION. THIS IS AN EARLY 1940S PHOTO OF THE HOUSE. SO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN 1925 BY DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECT ROBERT LAW. WEED. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES IN THE MIAMI RIVIERA SECTION, AND IT IS DISTINGUISHED AS BEING THE HOME OF WHITNEY BLISS, WHO FOR 18 YEARS HE WAS A CIVIL ENGINEER IN THE CITY. ALONG WITH FRANK BUTTON, LAID THE FOUNDATION AND THE ROAD WORKS, LAID OUT THE CITY FOR GEORGE MERRICK. AS YOU NOTED, IT WAS GRANTED APPROVAL IN MAY OF 2022. ONLY PORTIONS OF THE PROPOSED WORK WILL ACTUALLY APPLY TO THE TAX EXEMPTION THAT IS UP TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. SO I'M GOING TO JUST WALK YOU AROUND THE PROPERTY WHILE I DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DID. NEW IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOWS AND DOORS TO MATCH THE EXISTING ON THE HOUSE. NEW GARAGE DOORS, NEW BARREL TILE ROOF PAINTING OF THE HOUSE, RE STUCCOING OF THE HOUSE. STRUCTURAL WORK AT THE EXISTING RESIDENCE, FULL INTERIOR REMODELING AND RENOVATION OF THE HOME AND AUXILIARY STRUCTURES. NEW MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS. A ONE AND TWO STORY ADDITION THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1200FT■!S, A CABAA ADDITION THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT BEHIND THE EXISTING GARAGE, APPROXIMATELY 300FT. 
          NEW ALUMINUM GATES, INSTALLATION OF NEW PAVER WALKWAY AND DRIVEWAY INSTALLATION, NEW SWIMMING POOL AND POOL DECK, AND INSTALLATION OF NEW LANDSCAPING. AND I INCLUDED SOME INTERIOR PHOTOS JUST TO SEE. THERE YOU HAVE IT. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          DISCUSSION. DID THE SCOPE OF WORK CORRESPOND TO THE ORIGINAL. THE PHASE ONE OF THE. YES. ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. YES. YOU MAY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF FOR THE PROPERTY AT 4100 MONTSERRAT STREET. I DO HAVE A 
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MOTION BY MISS SPAIN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MISS EGBERT. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, OR. MR. SILVA? YES, MISS SHIELDS, YES. MISS ALVAREZ, YES. MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS SPAIN. 
          YES, MISS EVERETT. YES. AND MR. MAXWELL. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. MAXWELL. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ASKED, BUT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT ITEM, I BELIEVE. OKAY. JUST CONFIRMING THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT ITEM. 
          OH, I DIDN'T OKAY. CAN WE CAN WE REOPEN THAT? THEN WE CONFIRMED THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS. OKAY. SO WE'RE COMING DOWN HERE TO SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. NO MISS ONE SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOT THE LDH. I'VE BEEN DOING A COURT CASE ALL DAY. 
          SO IT'S LIKE. OKAY WE GOT CASE FILE LDH 2026-06 AND CASE FILE COASP2026-026. CONSIDERATION OF 
          [1. 26-2215 CASE FILE LHD 2026-06 and CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-026: Consideration of the local historic designation of the property at 605 Navarre Avenue, legally described as Lot 15, Block 17, 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 applicant is also requesting the issuance of an Accelerated Special Certificate of Appropriateness and design approval for the demolition and construction of existing garage with extended square footage, alterations to the residence, and sitework. Variances have been requested from Article 2, Section 2-101 D (4) and Article 13, Section 13-303 for the side setback of the new garage and acceptance of the new nonconformance garage.]
THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 15, BLOCK 17, CORAL GABLES. SECTION B PLAT, BOOK FIVE, PAGE ONE. 11 PUBLIC RECORDS. MIAMI DADE COUNTY APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ISSUANCE OF AN ACCELERATED SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR THE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE WITH EXTENDED SQUARE FOOTAGE, ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK. 
          VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D4 AND ARTICLE 13, SECTION 13-303. FOR THE SIDE SETBACK OF THE NEW GARAGE AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW NONCONFORMANCE GARAGE. OKAY, MISS GWEN WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM. WE'LL START WITH THE DESIGNATION REPORT AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MISS ROLANDO HAS JOINED US. IS. YES, ELIZABETH, WE'LL NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, PLEASE. OH, THERE SHE IS. HELLO, ELIZABETH. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COORDINATOR. COMMUNICATION IS THE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT THAT PREPARED BY STAFF. THE POWERPOINT. THE PROPERTY AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE IS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. CONSTRUCTED IN 1926, IT WAS CONFERRED CORAL GABLES COTTAGE STATUS. IN 1994, THE APPLICATION WAS 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 OF PROPERTY MUST MEET ONE OF THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE CODE 605 NAVARRE 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. 
          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. 
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CORAL GABLES IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN PLANNED COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. CORAL GABLES DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR HISTORICAL PERIODS. BUILT IN 1926 605, NAVARRE IS AMONGST THE EARLIEST HOMES IN THE CITY AND EXEMPLIFIES THE BUILDING TOPOLOGY UPON WHICH CORAL GABLES WAS FOUNDED. NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FRANK BUTTON DREW THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MAPS OF CORAL GABLES IN 1921 AND 22, ONE OF WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT HERE. LOTS IN SECTION A WENT ON SALE IN NOVEMBER 1921, FOLLOWED BY SECTION B IN DECEMBER. SECTION B IS IS BOUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE GRAND THOROUGHFARES, GRANADA BOULEVARD, LEJEUNE ROAD AND CORAL WAY. LARGER LOTS LINED ALHAMBRA CIRCLE AND THE GOLF COURSES GREENWAY DRIVES. HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF SECTION B WAS PLATTED WITH 50 FOOT LOTS THAT COULD BE BOUGHT SEPARATELY OR BUNDLED TOGETHER, OFFERING BOTH AFFORDABLE AND HIGHER END OPTIONS. SECTION B DEVELOPED STEADILY IN THE 1920S, AND IN COMPARISON TO OTHER SECTIONS, IT BECAME A WELL DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA. THE HOMES IN SECTION B WERE PREDOMINANTLY ONE STORY AND MODERATELY PRICED. 
          SECTION B REMAINS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THUS 605 NAVARRE. HISTORIC CONTEXT IS MAINTAINED. MERRICK STROVE FOR CORAL GABLES TO BE A SOCIALLY MIXED GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY, WHERE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN QUALITY HOMES, MODEST RESIDENCES OF THE SAME CONSTRUCTION, AND DETAILED TO HARMONIZE WITH THE LARGER MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE. HOMES WERE BUILT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CORAL GABLES. EARLY HISTORY. MANY OF THEM ARE NOW KNOWN AS THE CORAL GABLES COTTAGES, THE HOME, AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE IS AN EXAMPLE OF MERRICK'S VISION FOR THESE HOMES. 605 NAVARRE WAS DESIGNED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE AS A ONE STORY, TWO BEDROOM HOUSE WITH A DETACHED GARAGE PERMIT 2791 FOR THE HOME AND GARAGE WAS RECORDED ON OCTOBER 16TH, 1926, AND IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PERMITS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ISSUED IN 1926 AFTER THE SEPTEMBER HURRICANE. WHILE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE, THIS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH PROVIDES SOME EARLY PRIMARY DOCUMENTATION. RUTH TILTON COMMISSIONED THE HOME IN 1926 FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN TILTON. THE TILTONS OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR FOUR YEARS. DURING THIS TIME, JOHN AN ETERNITY, SERVED AS A CORAL GABLES COMMISSIONER FROM 1929 TO 1930. UPON STEPPING DOWN, HE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MERRICK CHOSE TO DEVELOP CORAL GABLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY BECAUSE HE FELT THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE HARMONIZED BEST WITH SOUTH FLORIDA'S CLIMATE AND LIFESTYLE DURING THE 1920S, AND CORAL GABLES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SPECIFICALLY COMBINED ELEMENTS COMMONLY USED IN SPANISH MOORS 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 THIS STYLE. 605 NAVARRE WAS DESIGNED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, 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 PITCHED, ROOF CLAD AND BARREL TILE WITH CARVED RAFTER TAILS, THE FLAT ROOFS WITH PARAPETS, THE PROJECTING FRONT PORCH BAY, THE JULIET BALCONY ENSEMBLE, THE PREDOMINANT SHOULDERED CHIMNEY AND THE ROUND VENTS ARRANGED AS DECORATIVE ACCENTS ABOVE RECESSED WINDOWS WITH PROTRUDING SILLS. DESIGNED IN THE COTTAGE GENRE, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS INDICATIVE OF THE HOMES BUILT IN THE 1920S. THE ONE STORY HOUSE SITS ABOVE A CRAWL SPACE AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF CEMENT BLOCK CLAD WITH TEXTURED STUCCO. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE MANNER, THE HOME IS UNDER PITCHED ROOFS AND FLAT ROOFS OF VARYING HEIGHTS. THE PITCHED ROOFS WERE ORIGINALLY CLAD IN TWO PIECE CAP AND PANED BARREL TILE. THE CURRENT STYLE WAS INSTALLED IN 2016, AS SEEN HERE. THE 1920S WINDOWS ORIGINALLY DIVIDED LIFE. WOODEN CASEMENTS WITH HIGH PROFILE MUNTINS WERE SET IN RECESSED OPENINGS WITH PROTRUDING SILLS. THE WINDOWS WERE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED VENTILATION AND AIRFLOW IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA CLIMATE. THE DATES FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT WITH THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF AWNING AND SINGLE HUNG WINDOWS ARE UNKNOWN, BUT IT IS CLEAR THEY WERE IN PLACE BY 1994. ABOVE THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS ON THE SIDE FACADES ARE DIRECT, DECORATIVELY ARRANGED 
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ROUND VENTS. SCREEN PORCHES WERE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE 1920S HOMES TO CAPITALIZE ON THE HOSPITABLE CLIMATE, AND ARE A HALLMARK FEATURE ON THIS HOME. THE FRONT ENTRY PORCH WAS SCREENED, AS WAS TYPICAL OF THE 1920S HOMES. THE ENTRY PORCH IS A PROTRUDING BAY ON THE FRONT FACADE. IT IS UNDER A SHED ROOF WITH CARVED RAFTER TAILS ALONG THE STREET FACADE. THE ENTRY TO THE PORCH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OFF THE DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT DOOR REMAINS AT THE PORCH'S EASTERN END AND IS. TWO ORIGINAL WINDOW OPENINGS ARE EXTANT. THE PORCH ALSO RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL TERRACOTTA PAVER AND CRACKED TILE FLOOR AND EXPOSED CEILING BEAMS. THE SCREENED OPENINGS WERE ENCLOSED WITH AWNING WINDOWS AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. ADJACENT TO THE FRONT PORCH IS A RECEDING BAY UNDER A FRONT FACING GABLED ROOF. CENTERED UNDER THE GABLE IS ANOTHER CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE 1920S MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOMES IN CORAL GABLES. A JULIET BALCONY THIS BALCONY ENSEMBLE FEATURES A VERY NARROW LANDING ENCIRCLED BY A METAL RAILING. ORIGINALLY, THE BALCONY OPENING HOUSED A PAIR OF FRENCH DOORS, AND THEY WERE REPLACED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. ALSO ON THIS BAY, AS SEEN IN THE HISTORIC PHOTO, THE NARROW OPENING ORIGINALLY HELD A GEOMETRIC PATTERNED MASONRY SCREEN. ON THE WEST SIDE FACADE, RISING AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE SHED ROOF AND THE PARAPET OF THE FLAT ROOF IS A SHOULDERED CHIMNEY THAT FEATURES GENTLE SCULPTURAL CURVES ALONG ITS STACK. 
          PROMINENT CHIMNEYS ARE COMMON IN MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE AND ARE A CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE 1920S. HOMES IN CORAL GABLES, AS SEEN HERE THE REST OF THE 1920S PORTION OF THE EAST FACADE AND THE WEST SIDE FACADES REMAIN. WHILE THE WINDOW TYPE IS CHANGED ON BOTH SIDE FACADES, THE FENESTRATION OPENINGS WITH PROTRUDING SILLS AND THE ASSOCIATED ROUND VENTS REMAIN. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL FEATURES ON THESE SIDE FACADES. 
          THE HOME HAS HAD ONE ADDITION. IN 1994, A FAMILY ROOM WAS BUILT TO THE REAR OF THE HOME OFF THE NORTHEAST CORNER, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT EDWARD SILVA, THE ONE STORY RECTANGULAR ADDITION IS UNDER A FLAT ROOF WITH PARAPETS SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL HOME. IT'S CLAD IN TEXTURED STUCCO THAT, WHILE SIMILAR, IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT, AND THUS THE ADDITION IS DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ORIGINAL HOUSE. THE LARGE HORIZONTAL WINDOW ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIN SILLS ALSO DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE 1920 SECTIONS. THE 1994 REAR ADDITION DOES NOT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE. THE HOME CLEARLY REMAINS A 1920S MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE COTTAGE, IN KEEPING WITH MERRICK'S VISION, AND IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE EARLIEST HOMES OF THE CITY. 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 DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE HAD DETACHED GARAGES PROPORTIONED TO THE 1920S. AUTOMOBILES. WHILE THE GARAGES ARE OFTEN SIMPLE, THEIR LOCATION TO THE REAR OF THE HOME, BUT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, PLAYED A ROLE IN DEMONSTRATING MERRICK'S VISION. THE 1920S GARAGES WERE DESIGNED TO BLEND WITH THEIR MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOMES, AND ARE A CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE PROPERTY. THE GARAGE BUILDING, AT 605 NAVARRE 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, THE ONLY ALTERATION TO THE GARAGE APPEARS TO BE THE CHANGE OF THE VEHICULAR DOOR FROM A PAIR OF CARRIAGE DOORS TO A MODERN ROLL UP. THE SIZE, DETAILING AND LOCATION OF THE GARAGE SPEAKS TO MERRICK'S VISION FOR CORAL GABLES. IN CONCLUSION, 605 NAVARRE AVENUE RETAINS ITS ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY, AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES AS PART OF A COLLECTION OF QUALITY STRUCTURES PLANNED DURING THE LAND BOOM PERIOD. BUILT IN 1926 DURING THE CITY'S INITIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE, THE HOUSE AND ITS DETACHED GARAGE EXEMPLIFY FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK'S VISION FOR A COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED CITY. THE COHESIVE USE OF 
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MEDITERRANEAN DESIGNS WAS A CORNERSTONE OF MERRICK'S PLAN. 605 NAVARRE AVENUE EMBODIES THOSE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, AS IT WAS SPECIFICALLY UTILIZED IN THE CITY. MERRICK'S PLAN ALSO INCLUDED THE GARDEN CITY PRECEPT OF ENSURING QUALITY HOUSING FOR VARYING INCOME LEVELS. AMERICAN VISION, CORAL GABLES AS A SOCIALLY MIXED GARDEN CITY DEVELOPMENT WHERE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN QUALITY HOMES, HE COMMISSIONED ARCHITECTS TO DESIGN FINELY DETAILED, MODEST HOMES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THOSE SMALLER. THE MODERATELY PRICED HOMES IN CORAL GABLES HAD THE SAME QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ESTHETICS AS OTHER STRUCTURES SHAPING THE NEW CITY. THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED, AND BY THE MID 1920S, MODEST RESIDENCES DETAILED TO HARMONIZE WITH THE LARGER MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOUSES WERE BUILT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CORAL GABLES EARLY HISTORY, AND MANY ARE NOW CLASSIFIED AS CORAL GABLES COTTAGES. 605 NAVARRE AVENUE IS ONE OF THESE HOMES, HENCE, THE PROPERTY AT 605 NAVARRE 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. STACKED RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE. BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. WE HAVE THE REPORT OKAY, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE DESIGNATION FIRST. OR WE COULD DO WHATEVER WE WANT, BUT WE SHOULD DO. THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WILL BE CONSIDERED IF AND WHEN THIS PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED. SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DEALT WITH FIRST BEFORE WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE COA. THE DESIGNATION. OKAY. DISCUSSION. 
          PRO FORMA. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SORRY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, JUST CONFIRMING HERE. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT STILL AT THE BOARD. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME, OR THIS DESIGNATION? ANYBODY ON NOTE? DO YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF CORAL GABLES THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING? AND WERE THEY IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSED IN SUPPORT? THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE WE READY? OKAY. COME BACK TO THE BOARD. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL LITTLE BUILDING, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION UNLESS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS BY MR. GARCIA POND. SO I HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND. SO I'LL STATE THE MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE. BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. OKAY, GREAT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY MR. GARCIA AND A SECOND BY MISS SPAIN. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? IF NOT, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MISS ALVAREZ? YES. MISS SHIELDS, YES, MR. SILVA. YES, MISS EVERETT. YES. MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS ROLANDO. YES. MISS SPAIN. YES. MR. MAXWELL, OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. AND DO YOU WANT TO. YES. NOW, I THINK THE TIME IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 2026 026. AWESOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NATALIE AND I'M PART OF THE HISTORIC STAFF I WILL BE INTRODUCING TODAY. 605 NAVARRE, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE AS NOTED TODAY, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 15, BLOCK 17 OF CORAL GABLES, SECTION B, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE PLAT BOOK FIVE AT PAGE ONE. 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI DADE COUNTY. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING WITH THE ARCHITECT THE PROPOSAL FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF A DETACHED GARAGE, ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE TO INCLUDE RESTORING THE FRONT PORCH AND SITE WORK. THERE IS A VARIANCE THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THERE IS A VARIANCE THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO ALLOW A THREE FOOT SIX INCHES TO MAINTAIN THAT SIDE SETBACK, INSTEAD OF THE FIVE FEET THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE ZONING CODE, WHICH IS UNDER ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO, 101, D4 OF CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE. THANK YOU. MR. GIBBS. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. SO, CALUM GIBB CALUM, 
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ARCHITECT 353 ALCAZAR AVENUE. TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT 605 NAVARRE. A LITTLE BACK HISTORY. 
          I WAS THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, AND WE DESIGNED A TWO STORY ADDITION TO THE HOME. THEN DURING RESEARCH OF THE ORIGINAL DETAILS, I FOUND IT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED A COTTAGE. LUCKILY THEY WERE VERY PLEASANT ABOUT IT AND THEY SINCE SOLD THE HOUSE TO MR. STEVENSON, WHO IS NOW THE CURRENT APPLICANT. HE WAS HAPPY THAT IT WAS A ONE STORY HOUSE AND HIS. I'M SURE HAPPY THAT IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED. HE DOES TODAY WANT TO MAKE AN APPLICATION TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT GARAGE. IT'S QUITE SMALL AT THE MOMENT, SORT OF AN OUTSIDE DIMENSION OF LESS THAN 11FT AND LESS THAN 20. SO WE'RE TRYING TO JUST CONSTRUCT A NEW NEW BUILDING IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF A 12 BY 22. SO HERE'S THE TWO SITE PLANS. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE IN THE REAR AND THE PROPOSED NEW STRUCTURE, KEEPING THE SAME SIDE SETBACK AND REAR SETBACK EXISTS. AND THEN GROWING THE GROWING GARAGE TOWARDS THE EXISTING HOUSE. WE ARE MAINTAINING THE FIVE FOOT DIMENSION BETWEEN THE TWO STRUCTURES FOR THE AS REQUIRED. AND THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AS PART OF THE RENOVATION. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE FRONT PORCH BY REMOVING THE EXISTING AWNING WINDOWS, AND THEY WILL NOT BE REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT WINDOWS. IT'S GOING TO KEEP IT OPEN IN THE. THERE IS A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE. THE WINDOW UNDER THE FRONT GABLE FROM AN AWNING WINDOW TO A PAIR OF FRENCH DOORS, RESTORING THEM BACK TO THE ORIGINAL USE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE PROBABLY IN. IN SWING DOORS, WHICH ARE ALLOWED FOR THE VERY SHALLOW BALCONY. SO THE GOAL IS TO REPLACE THEM WITHOUT SWING DOORS AND THEN JUST EXPAND THE BALCONY TO ACCOMMODATE THE OUTWARD SWING AND AT THE SAME TIME REPLACE THE AWNING THAT'S COVERING THEM, EXISTING THE CANVAS AWNING WITH A SORT OF A STRUCTURAL ROOFED COVER, AND THEN EMULATE THAT SAME SORT OF DETAIL ON THE ABOVE THE DOOR OF THE GARAGE. THE GARAGE IS ALSO GETTING A LITTLE TALLER AND, AND SO THAT PARAPET IS GETTING A LITTLE TALLER OR LARGER ABOVE THE DOOR. SO WE THOUGHT THAT ADDING A LITTLE TRELLIS AREA OR ROOFED AREA THERE WOULD HELP COVER THE BLACK HOLE. IT WAS VERY LIGHT. AND THAT'S VERY. 
          GOING BACK. THERE WE GO. SO REALLY THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO THAT'S THE DIFFERENT PROPERTY. 
          SOMETHING'S GONE AWRY HERE. SORRY. NO. YEAH, I'M TOO FAR. THERE WE GO. SO BACK TO THE ELEVATIONS. SO THE UNFORTUNATELY THE DRAWINGS OF THE GARAGE SEEM VERY FAINT HERE. 
          BUT IT'S A SIMPLE RECTANGLE AND WE'RE RECREATING IT IN IN SORT OF LOCATION, JUST LIKE I SAY, EXPANDING THE SIZE AND THE I'M SORRY, PART OF THE ORIGINAL COTTAGE DESIGNATION WAS THAT IT HAD A DETACHED GARAGE. SO MAINTAINING A DETACHED GARAGE MAINTAINS ITS COTTAGE STATUS, WHICH ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING SETBACKS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THERE WAS SOME SORRY, GO THROUGH THE COMMENTS. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE THE WINDOW ON THE FRONT ELEVATION, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY A SORT OF A CONCRETE SCREEN, A BIT LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE MAYBE IN A GARAGE, PROBABLY HAD LITERALLY IT'S A CLOSET BEHIND IT. SO MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE NATURAL VENTILATION TO KEEP IT OUT. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A FIXED PICTURE WINDOW, A VERY THIN FRAME. SO THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY FILL IT IN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF. MAYBE THE SHADOW LINE OF THAT WINDOW WOULD BE MAINTAINED AS A RECESS, RATHER THAN MAKING IT SMOOTH AND PATCHING IT, RATHER THAN REPLACING IT WITH AN ACTUAL GLAZED WINDOW, WHICH IS NOT QUITE WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. AND MAYBE THE RECESS IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE CONSIDERING. CAN YOU POINT THAT ONE OUT THE WINDOW? THE WINDOW IS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE PAIR OF DOORS ON THE FRONT ELEVATION. I THINK IN THE IF WE GO TO THE. MR. GIBBS. YEAH. IF YOU SEE IT IN THE HISTORIC PHOTOS, THERE'S THE PHOTO ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE. THE WINDOW IN QUESTION IS THE RECTANGULAR WINDOW ON THE UNDERNEATH THE GABLE ON THE. GO AHEAD TO THE LEFT OF THE JULIET. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT AT 
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CREATING A BLIND WINDOW THERE THAT WOULD ALSO THAT WOULD REPLICATE, YOU KNOW, THE SCREEN THAT WAS THERE. THOSE SCREENS ARE USUALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, BATHROOMS, CLOSETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST AS AIR VENTILATION. BUT IT COULD BE A BLIND WINDOW WITH THAT ELEMENT REPLACED. NOT HARD AND NOT EXPENSIVE. ORIGINALLY WE WERE THINKING OF JUST REMOVING, WE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT THE ELEVATION WITHOUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MAINTAINED THE HISTORIC AND WE'RE ADDING THAT ROOF. SO IT SORT OF KEPT THE A LITTLE LESS CLUTTERED. BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE IF WE WANT TO FILL IT IN BECAUSE IT'S A CLOSET BEHIND IT, NOT HAVE A WINDOW, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO USE A SIX INCH CONCRETE WALL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A TWO INCH RECESS, BUT WE WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO CREATE A, A CONCRETE PERFORATED PANEL. BUT SO I THINK THE EITHER COMPLETELY FILLED IN OR POTENTIALLY WITH THE OUTLINE EXPRESSED WOULD BE THE TWO INCHES THICK. I SAID, IT'S ONLY TWO INCHES THICK. YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH ROOM IN THERE TO PUT THAT BACK AND STILL FILL IN BEHIND IT. I MEAN, IT'S A CAST STONE PIECE THAT WAS THERE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST DECORATIVE. IT'S NOT ANY IT'S NOT ANY MORE. 
          IT'S NOT ANY THICKER THAN ANY WINDOW FRAME THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AT THE TIME. I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. I'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S A QUESTION OF THE THICKNESS OF THE OVERALL WALL. THE OTHER ITEMS WHICH WERE CALLED OUT WERE THE THE WINDOW TYPES AND MUTTON PATTERNS. THE HIGH PROFILE MUNTINS TYPE OF GLASS. FRENCH DOORS TO HAVE A THICKER BOTTOM KICK PLATE TO KEEP THE STUCCO ON THE ORIGINAL. NOT TO RECYCLE THE WHOLE HOUSE AND TO TRY AND MATCH THE REPAIRS. THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE GARAGE DOOR THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE OPTION WAS MAYBE TO MAKE THE DOOR A LITTLE TALLER AND THEN WORK WITH STAFF ON THE NEW RAILINGS, OR THE RAILING OF THE NEW PORCH IN FRONT OF THE DOORS AND, AND THEN THE SCREENED WINDOW. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH STAFF ON THOSE. QUESTION ON THE GARAGE, ARE YOU THINKING OF LEAVING ONE OF THE WALLS, PARTICULARLY THERE ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN REBUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF IT? YES. SO THE ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT THAT KEEPING THE THE REAR END SIDE WALL WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED THE. BECAUSE IT'S A COTTAGE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME SETBACK. BUT WE GOT THE VARIANCE JUST IN CASE THE WALLS ARE REALLY BAD AND MAYBE THERE'S NO FOUNDATION. SO WE ARE ALLOWED TO REBUILD IT IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE VARIANCE. MR. SILVA. THANK YOU, MR. JIB. IT'S IT'S IT'S NICE TO SEE ONE OF THESE COMING TO US WHERE WE'RE OPENING THE PORCH AGAIN. RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS TO ENCLOSE PORCHES, AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS DIFFICULT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE OPENING THIS UP AGAIN. IT REALLY IT REALLY DOES A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE MASSING AND TO THE STREET PRESENCE OF THE HOUSE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ON THE I DIDN'T SEE ANY ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS. RIGHT. ORIGINAL PLANS, I GUESS THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE. AND IN THE 1940S PHOTOS, THE PORCH IS COMPLETELY OBSCURED IN EVERY ANGLE, RIGHT? I, I DOUBT THAT THE WAY THAT THOSE COLUMNS ARE CONFIGURED NOW IS WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE? IS THERE IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING BURIED IN THERE, OR DO YOU THINK THOSE WERE REMOVED AND, AND COMPLETELY FILLED IN? I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY DECORATIVE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS THERE. THE OPENINGS LOOK PRETTY CLEAN. NOTHING REALLY STRUCTURAL WAS CHANGED ON THE MAIN HOUSE. SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YEAH, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SCREENED OR OPEN. PROBABLY WAS SCREENED. RIGHT. MY ONLY COMMENT ON THAT PORCH WOULD BE IF IF I AGREE WITH STAFF'S CONDITIONS AND WITH MR. MAXWELL'S RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT KIND OF RESTORING THAT SCREEN, I THINK YOU CAN DO IT IN THOSE TWO INCHES. BUT IF IF YOU DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR DEMOLITION, YOU SEE SOMETHING, RIGHT? I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND SEE IF THERE'S IF THERE IS SOMETHING BURIED IN THERE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SALVAGED, OR IF, IF YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE ORIGINAL ELEVATIONS, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN WORK WITH STAFF BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD ADD TO THE, TO THE PROJECT, RIGHT? IT WOULD ADD TO THE, TO THE DESIGN OF THE PORCH AND ALL THAT. THEN IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCES, I'M IN SUPPORT, I THINK YOU'RE NOT INCREASING THE THE EXISTING NONCONFORMANCE. AND, AND YOU'RE BY ENLARGING THE GARAGE, YOU'RE MAKING IT MORE USABLE. I GET IT, YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP TO CURRENT CODE AND YOU'RE ENCROACHING INTO THE SITE INTO YOUR SIDE OF THE SITE. RIGHT? SO, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE VARIANCES. THANK YOU, MR. 
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SILVA. JUST ONE QUESTION. HOW WIDE ARE YOUR GARAGE? IS THE GARAGE DOOR GOING TO BE? HOW WHY WOULD THE NEW GARAGE DOOR BE THE NEW GARAGE DOOR? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THAT. I SEE SO MANY HOUSES THAT HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE GARAGE DOOR. 
          PEOPLE DON'T USE THE GARAGE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM BUILDING MY HOUSE, THE CHANGE WAS MADE AT THE LAST MINUTE. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE MADE TO BE NINE FEET WIDE. AND IT'S JUST MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR. YEAH. SO THE OUTSIDE DIMENSION WILL BE IT'S A 12 FOOT INTERIOR. SO IT'LL BE 138. SO WE COULD CERTAINLY FIT A NINE FOOT WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. SO I MEAN THE THE GENTLEMAN DOES INTEND TO USE THE GARAGE. I MEAN THAT'S HE'S NOT HE'S NOT USING IT AS A WORKSHOP. HE WANTS TO PUT HIS NICE CAR IN THERE. SO YEAH, NINE FEET WOULD BE GREAT. 
          I AGREE WITH ALEX'S COMMENTS. I THINK IT'S A. OH NO NO SORRY. OKAY, SO ONE TIME YOU TALK AND GO AHEAD. YEAH. NO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE UP. I THINK THAT'S ALL SHE HAD. YEAH. PEGGY, I'M IN FAVOR. I THINK IT'S. SYMPATHETIC. KELLY I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT DOES SAY THAT THE ARCHITECT CONFIRMED THE REAR AND WEST WALLS OF THE GARAGE WERE GOING TO BE MAINTAINED. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE WE WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT. THAT'S THE INITIAL PROJECT PLAN. AND THEN IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, DURING THE DEMOLITION, IF THERE'S ANY SURPRISES FOUND WITH THE FOUNDATION OR THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE WALLS, THEN IT ALLOWS THEM TO REBUILD IN THAT SAME LOCATION. RIGHT? OKAY. MISS ALVAREZ, ANOTHER GO. OKAY, MISS. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE A BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, BUT NOT REALLY. I MEAN, I HAVE A BIT OF A CONCERN THAT YOU'RE DEMOLISHING AN EXISTING HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE GARAGE AND THEN REBUILDING IT. I SOMEHOW THAT SHOULDN'T BE DONE. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT, AND I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE. I ALSO HAVE A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH REPLACING THAT AWNING WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CHANGING HISTORY, BUT IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER AND MAKES SENSE. SO ALL IN ALL, I HAVE, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE LETTER OF THE LAW ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WHAT YOU'RE DOING, LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I GUESS IT MAKES SENSE. I HAD TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD THOUGH. THANK YOU, MISS SPAIN, IF I MAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT TWO MEETINGS AGO I MENTIONED WHEN YOU WERE OUT THAT WE WERE SEEING MORE AND MORE REQUESTS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THOSE SECONDARY BUILDINGS, AND AT LEAST LOOKING AT IT IN A STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, IT'S THAT YOU'RE MAINTAINING THE MAIN STRUCTURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAKING THOSE ALTERATIONS TO THE MAIN. BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE FRONT FACADE IS CHANGING. I MEAN, I WAS ABOUT TO GO TO YOU'RE SAYING YES. AND SO THE SAME THE FABRIC AWNING CONDITION HAS BEEN THERE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FABRIC AWNINGS. IT'S NOT THE SAME STYLE THAT WAS THERE IN THE ORIGINAL PHOTO. SO YES. OKAY. SO IS IT A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO HAVING AN AWNING CONDITION THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO THE STYLE OF THE BUILDING? THAT'S KIND OF THE, AT LEAST IN STAFF PERSPECTIVE, HOW WE GET THAT RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE OF THE NEW GARAGE, THE, THE FACADE OF THAT ISN'T, ISN'T MIMICKING THE OLD. YEAH. NO, THE, WELL, THE FRONT, I THINK THE ACTUAL, IF YOU REMOVE THAT AWNING, THE, THE INTENT WAS TO COPY MATCH THE EXACT DESIGN, BUT THAT LITTLE ROOF CONDITION WAS ADDED, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SEE SOMETIMES ANYWAYS, WE WOULD SEE SOMEBODY, I GET IT, BUT NOT ON THIS, NOT ON THIS HOME. RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD ARCHITECT. YOU MAKE IT WORK. THANK YOU. 
          JUST PREPARING YOU FOR THE NEXT ITEMS, MR. GARCIA, I GET IT. YES, SIR. I SHARE MISS SPAIN'S COMMENTS. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION OR COMMENT. IS THE PROPOSED GARAGE ELEVATION SHOWS THE FRONT NEW WALL TO BE TEN FEET NINE INCHES WHEN THE EXISTING IS NINE SEVEN. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE BACK TO THE FRONT WILL JUST BE TALLER. NO, THE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ALL TALLER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE INTERIOR ROOF IS ONLY SEVEN FOOT 4 OR 2 OR SOMETHING. IT'S LIKE VERY LOW CEILING. SO THE GOAL WAS TO GET IT ENOUGH SO WE CAN HAVE A DOOR THAT WORKS. SO THEN THE THE BACK AND SIDE WALL THAT WOULD REMAIN. WOULD YOU INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF IT? YOU PUT A NEW BEAM ON TOP. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY BOARD 
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MEMBERS? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IN ONE OF THE CONDITIONS, THE STATEMENT THAT THE THE REAR AND WEST WALLS THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO TO KEEP THE REAR AND WEST WALLS AND WORK WITH STAFF. IF THAT'S DOESN'T HAPPEN, THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL. 
          THAT IS. THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO CONTINUE IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE TWO WALLS. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THE REPORT. THAT WAY, MISS SHIELD, YOU CAN MAKE THAT AS A MOTION AND YOU KNOW, AS PART OF YOUR MOTION OR AS PART OF A MOTION AND ADD IT ON, YOU KNOW, LATER ON IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. MR. GIBB? OKAY. MR. GIBB, AS ALWAYS, IT'S A CLEAR PRESENTATION. WE UNDERSTAND IT. I HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE MANY ONES YOU BRING HERE THAT NEVER GET BUILT. BUT. BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. AND I APPLAUD YOU ON THAT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AS LIKE THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS? DID WE RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION? DID WE RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY REGARDING THIS NOMINATION, THIS ACTION? NO, NO, WE DID NOT. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO ONE ON ZOOM OR ANYTHING. OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. BOARD. YEAH. I'M SORRY. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION, MAYBE MISS SHIELD YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT. I'D BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITIONS IN THE REPORT. THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 605 NAVARRE AVENUE. AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE CONDITION. 
          NUMBER NINE, THAT THE ARCHITECT AM AN OWNER WILL. ATTEMPT TO. SALVAGE THE REAR AND WEST WALL OF THE GARAGE. IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THAT AS AS A CONDITION. OKAY. DO WE. I'D LIKE TO OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT. I'D LIKE TO OFFER ALSO TO INCLUDE RESTORING THE CAST ON SCREEN ON THE FRONT WALL AS A BLIND WINDOW, EXCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS NUMBER TEN. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS ROLANDO. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MISS SPAIN? JUST COME BACK. YES. SHE JUST. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MR. SILVA. YES. MR. GARCIA. PONCE. YES, MISS. YES. MISS. SHIELDS. 
          YES. MISS. ROLANDO. YES. MR. MAXWELL. YES. MISS. SPAIN. YES. SHE SAID YOU DID IT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GIBB. VERY CLEAR 
          [2. 26-2216 CASE FILE LHD 2026-007 and COA (SP) 2026-027: Consideration of the local historic designation of the property at 825 Almeria Avenue, legally described as Lot 17, Block 4, Coral Gables Section “A,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 102, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The applicant is also requesting the issuance of an Accelerated Special Certificate of Appropriateness and design approval for additions and alterations to the residence and detached auxiliary structure. Variances have also been requested from Article 8, Section 8-203 C (1) and Article 2, Section 2-101 D (10) c of the Coral Gables Zoning Code for the elimination of off-street covered parking.]
PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. STAFF. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE FILE. LDH 2026-007 AND COASP2026-027. CONSIDERATION THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 825 ALMERIA AVENUE, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 17, BLOCK FOUR, CORAL GABLES, SECTION A PLAT BOOK FIVE, PAGE 102. MIAMI DADE COUNTY APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ISSUANCE OF AN ACCELERATED CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND DETACHED AUXILIARY STRUCTURE. VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-203, C ONE AND ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D TEN C OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF OFF STREET COVERED PARKING STAFF. MAY I HAVE THE REPORT? MISS GWEN, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE ITEM, PLEASE? 
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YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET'S REALLY BEEN SLOW TODAY, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY I WAS LATE. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OLD LIKE MYSELF, YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN YOUR TV CAME UP AND THERE WAS NOTHING ON IT. THERE WOULD BE LITTLE SIGN THAT WOULD SAY, STAY TUNED. YOU ARE OLD, I AM OLD, I'M 75 TOMORROW, BUT I REMEMBER THAT WE'RE READY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. THANK YOU. SORRY. I HAD TO GET GOING ON HERE. SO, ELIZABETH GOODWIN AND THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION BY STAFF. PLAY THE VOICEOVER. THANK YOU. THE PROPERTY AT 25 ALMERIA AVENUE IS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE HOUSE AND GARAGE BUILDING WERE CONSTRUCTED IN LATE 1924. THE APPLICATION WAS FILED BY THE OWNER AS PER ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION EIGHT DASH 103 OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE. CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF 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. 825 ELMIRA 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. 825 ELMIRA AVENUE IS IN CORAL GABLES, SECTION A ON A 50 FOOT BY 120 FOOT LOT NEAR THE VENETIAN POOL. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A DETACHED GARAGE. 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 MOVEMENT 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. BUILT IN 1924, 825, AMERICA AVENUE IS AMONGST THE EARLIEST HOMES IN THE CITY AND EXEMPLIFIES THE BUILDING TYPOLOGY UPON WHICH CORAL GABLES WAS FOUNDED. NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FRANK BUTTON DREW THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE MAPS OF CORAL GABLES IN 1921 AND 22, WITH GREAT FANFARE ON NOVEMBER 23RD, 1921. BUTTONS PLANS WERE MADE PUBLIC IN A TWO PAGE SPREAD IN THE MIAMI TIMES THREE DAYS LATER IN A HEAVILY ADVERTISED AUCTION. THE FIRST 324 LOTS WERE OFFERED FOR SALE. 
          THEY WERE IN THE 75 ACRES PLATTED AS SECTION A, JUST SOUTH OF MERRICK'S HOME ON CORAL WAY. RECORDS INDICATE THAT UPWARDS OF 5000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SIX DAY AUCTION. 
          IT NETTED OVER A HALF $1 MILLION, SELLING OVER 300 LOTS. CORAL GABLES RECEIVED GLOWING REVIEWS, AND SECTIONS B THROUGH D WERE QUICKLY PLACED ON SALE IN LATE 1921 AND EARLY 22. 
          CORAL GABLES DEVELOPED AND EXPANDED AT AN ASTOUNDING RATE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THIS AERIAL PHOTO, DATED TO JANUARY 1925, SHOWS A PORTION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. NOTE THAT MOST OF THE EARLY HOMES WERE BUILT IN THE VICINITY OF THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE, ALTHOUGH SECTION A WAS THE EARLIEST SECTION, IT FOLLOWED SUIT. THAT WAS IN PART DUE TO THE CORAL ROCK QUARRY LOCATED IN ITS SOUTHEAST CORNER. MARKED HERE AS B. IN MID 1923, THE QUARRY CLOSED AND MERRICK'S TEAM TRANSFORMED THE SITE INTO THE VENETIAN CASINO, NOW KNOWN AS THE VENETIAN POOL. IT OPENED IN DECEMBER 1924. WITH THE CHANGE FROM AN INDUSTRIAL SITE TO A RESIDENTIAL AMENITY, THIS 
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AREA BECAME DESIRABLE FOR HOME BUILDING. CONTEMPORANEOUS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF 825 EMERY AVENUE. THIS AREA OF SECTION A WAS RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING. IN ADDITION TO THE VENETIAN POOL, PLAZA, DE SOTO WAS DEVELOPED WITH AN OLD WORLD FOUNTAIN AT ITS CENTER AND GRANADA BOULEVARD WAS EXTENDED FROM PLAZA TO BYRD ROAD. NEARBY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AND THE BILTMORE HOTEL AND GOLF COURSE WERE ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AMERICAN VISION CORAL GABLES AS A GARDEN CITY COMMUNITY WERE WELL DESIGNED. MODEST HOMES WERE BUILT ALONG GRAND PALAZZOS TOWARDS THAT END. SECTION A OFFERED BOTH LARGE AND SMALL LOTS TO ACCOMMODATE BUYERS FROM DIFFERENT INCOME BRACKETS. FOLLOWING THE GARDEN CITY PRECEPTS, MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION WAS PLATTED WITH 50 FOOT LOTS THAT COULD BE BOUGHT SEPARATELY OR BUNDLED TOGETHER, OFFERING AFFORDABLE AND HIGHER END OPTIONS. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MERRICK THAT BOTH THE WEALTHY AND THE WORKING CLASS LIVE IN AND ENJOY HIS COMMUNITY. HE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO HAVE HIS DESIGN TEAM DEMONSTRATE THAT, THOUGH SMALLER, MODERATELY PRICED HOMES IN CORAL GABLES HAD THE SAME QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ESTHETICS AS THE OTHER STRUCTURE SHAPING THE NEW CITY. THEY WERE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CORAL GABLES EARLY HISTORY, AND MANY ARE NOW CLASSIFIED AS CORAL GABLES COTTAGES. THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND DETACHED GARAGE BUILDING AT 825 EMERY AVENUE WAS BUILT ON A 50 FOOT LOT IN THE COTTAGE GENRE. 
          IT WAS AMONGST THE FIRST PROPERTIES BUILT IN THIS AREA, AND IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS THE FOUNDING PREMISE OF CORAL GABLES. THE ONE STORY, MODERATELY AFFORDABLE HOME HAS SIX ROOMS, AS WELL AS A FRONT SCREENED PORCH AND A REAR SCREENED SLEEPING PORCH. THE PLANS FOR 825 ELM AVENUE WERE RECORDED AS PERMIT 293. THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED TO DATE. A LATE 1924 CONSTRUCTION DATE FOR THE HOME IS VERIFIED BY THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWN HERE. THE PHOTO IS DATED TO JANUARY 1925 AND SHOWS THE RECENTLY COMPLETED VENETIAN POOL THAT OPENED IN DECEMBER 1924, ONE BLOCK NORTHEAST OF THE POOL COMPLEX IS A 25 ELMIRA, AS INDICATED BY THE RED ARROW. THE POEM APPEARS FINISHED AND THE LACK OF LANDSCAPING SUGGESTS IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY COMPLETED. 
          SUBSEQUENTLY, THERE WAS ONE ADDITION TO THE HOME. IN 1991, ARCHITECT JORGE HERNANDEZ ADDED A REAR BEDROOM. IT WAS JOINED TO THE HOUSE BY A HYPHEN DRESSING ROOM. ORIGINALLY, A SCREENED PORCH OCCUPIED THE PROTRUDING BAY AT THE HOME'S NORTHEAST CORNER. THE ADDITION UTILIZED THE PORCH'S LARGE OPENING AT THE REAR FACADE FOR ENTRY INTO THE HYPHEN. THE ADDITION IS UNDER FLAT ROOFS WITH PARAPETS LIKE THE ORIGINAL HOME. THE HEIGHT OF THE HYPHEN IS LOWER THAN THE 1924 HOME AND THE ADJACENT ADDITION, FURTHER EMPHASIZING ITS CONNECTING FUNCTION. THE TEXTURE OF THE 1991 ADDITION IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT, AND IS SEEN HERE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE ORIGINAL HOME, AND THE ADDITION IS EASILY DISCERNIBLE. FURTHERMORE, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS OF THE NEW ADDITION HAVE A DIFFERENT VOCABULARY AND PROPORTION FROM THE ORIGINAL HOME, WHICH AID IN DISTINGUISHING THE ADDITION FROM THE 1924 HOME. IN STAFF'S OPINION, THE 1991 REAR ADDITION DOES NOT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE HOME. IT IS EASILY DISCERNIBLE, AND IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE HOME. 
          THE HOUSE CLEARLY REMAINS A 1920S MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE COTTAGE. IN KEEPING WITH MERRICK'S VISION. MERRICK CHOSE TO DEVELOP CORAL GABLES AS A MEDITERRANEAN INSPIRED CITY BECAUSE HE FELT THAT THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE HARMONIZED BEST WITH SOUTH FLORIDA'S CLIMATE AND LIFESTYLE. DURING THE 1920S AND CORAL GABLES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SPECIFICALLY COMBINED ELEMENTS COMMONLY USED IN SPANISH MOORS AND ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE, AND HAS COME TO BE KNOWN AS THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL. DURING THE 1920S, STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES WERE BUILT ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS STYLE. 825 ALMERIA WAS DESIGNED IN THIS STYLE AND LISTED HERE AND DISCUSSED IN THE DESIGNATION REPORT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME. 825 ALMERIA AVENUE PRESENTS AN ATYPICAL CORAL GABLES MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL COTTAGE MANOR. THE ONE STORY HOUSE SITS ABOVE A CRAWL SPACE AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF CEMENT BLOCK CLAD WITH TEXTURED STUCCO. ITS UNDER PITCHED AND FLAT ROOFS. THE PITCHED ROOFS ARE CLAD IN TWO PIECE CAP AND BAND BARREL TILE, WITH THE CURRENT 
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HANDMADE BARREL TILE INSTALLED IN 2019. THE FLAT ROOFS HAVE MISSION AND SIMPLE PARAPETS. 
          THE 1920S WINDOWS WERE ORIGINALLY DIVIDED. LIGHT WOODEN CASEMENTS WITH HIGH PROFILE MUNTINS, AND WERE SET IN RECESSED OPENINGS WITH PROTRUDING SILLS. THEY WERE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED VENTILATION AND AIRFLOW FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA CLIMATE. 
          ABOVE, THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS ARE DECORATIVELY ARRANGED ROUND VENTS. THE CURRENT MIXTURE OF SINGLE, HUNG AND HORIZONTAL SLIDING WINDOWS WAS INSTALLED IN 2007. WHILE THE WINDOW TYPE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE HOME, IT APPEARS THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL, THE ORIGINAL OPENINGS WERE RETAINED. HENCE, FUTURE WINDOW REPLACEMENT CAMPAIGN COULD RETURN THE WINDOWS TO THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. THE FRONT FACADE HAS RECEDING AND PROJECTING BAYS WHOSE PITCHED ROOFS VARY IN TYPE AND HEIGHT. A TOWER FEATURE, A BELFRY INSPIRED CHIMNEY, AND A SERIES OF ARCHED OPENINGS. THE FRONT ENTRY TO THE HOME IS UNDER A CENTRAL TOWER FEATURE. ONE OF THE CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES OF MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE IN CORAL GABLES IS AN EXTRUDED TOWER EVOKING A BELL TOWER AT THE FRONT FACADE. IN THIS HOME, THIS FEATURE SERVES AS THE FRONT ENTRY. THE SQUAT RECTANGULAR TOWER IS ONE AND A HALF STORIES, WITH A PYRAMIDAL ROOF. UNDER ITS ROOFLINE IS A LARGE GEOMETRIC OPENING WITH MASONRY LATTICEWORK. ON THE FIRST STORY, THE TOWER OPENS UNDER A THREE CENTERED ARCH. 
          STEPS LEAD UP TO THE ARCHWAY AND INTO THE COVERED ENTRY. THE ROUND, ARCHED FRONT DOORWAY SITS OFF CENTER AT THE BACK OF THE STOOP. THE FRONT DOOR APPEARS ORIGINAL TO THE HOME. 
          THE WOODEN DOOR HAS A CHEVRON PATTERN WITH A DIAMOND SHAPED COLORED GLASS OPENING AT EYE LEVEL. THE DOOR ALSO RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL HARDWARE. THE TOWER AND THE FRONT DOOR ARE HALLMARK FEATURES OF THE HOME. SCREEN PORCHES WERE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE 1920S HOMES TO CAPITALIZE ON THE HOSPITABLE CLIMATE. THIS SHED ROOF BAY WAS ORIGINALLY THE SCREENED FRONT PORCH, ACCESSED FROM A SCREEN DOOR OFF THE DRIVEWAY. OVER TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ADDITIONS TO THE PORCH, AS SEEN HERE. THE FRONT OPENING CONTAINED A SERIES OF WOOD ELEMENTS. SPANNING THE TOP WAS A CARVED WOODEN BEAM. CARVED PEACHES WERE ATTACHED TO A SIMULATE COLUMN. CAPITALS SUPPORTED BY SPINDLE POST, CREATING THE IMPRESSION OF A SERIES OF FLAT ARCHED OPENINGS AS SEEN IN THE 1925 HISTORIC PHOTO. THE COLUMNS WERE PAINTED TO CALL OUT ELEMENTS OF THE SPINDLES. SPANNING THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING WAS A KNEE HIGH SPINDLE RAILING THAT SAT ON THE PROTRUDING SILL. PHOTO DOCUMENTATION SHOWS THAT BY THE 1980S, THE WOODEN ELEMENTS ON THE FRONT AND THE SIDE ENTRY DOOR WERE REMOVED AND JEALOUSY WINDOWS INSTALLED. IN 1989, A PERMIT DOCUMENTS THE REMOVAL OF FIVE GALAXIES AND THE INSTALLATION OF FIVE WINDOWS WITH THE CURRENT FANLIGHT CONFIGURATION. STUCCO CHANGES CLEARLY MARK THE INFILL, ACCOMMODATING THE NEW CONFIGURATION. EAST OF THE FRONT ENTRY IS A PROTRUDING BAY UNDER A FRONT FACING GABLE ROOF, RISING BEHIND THE GABLE APEX IS A CURVED MISSION STYLE PARAPET TO MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE FLAT ROOF PORTION OF THE HOME. 
          IN THE APEX IS A GROUP OF DECORATIVELY ARRANGED ROUND VENTS CENTERED OVER THE FACADE. 
          SINGLE WINDOW A FLOWER BOX ORIGINALLY SAT BELOW THE WINDOW, AND ITS MASONRY SUPPORTS ARE EXTANT. ANOTHER CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE HOME IS THE PROMINENT CHIMNEY STACK, WITH THE BELFRY INSPIRED CAP. BELFRIES WERE COMMON ELEMENTS IN SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS, AND THEIR FORMS ARE OFTEN FOUND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE. THEY ARE A COMMON DECORATIVE FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1920 HOMES OF CORAL GABLES, RISING AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE WEST FACADE IS A SEMI DETACHED, CURVED SHOULDERED CHIMNEY STACK WITH ITS BARREL TILE CAP, SLENDER TOP AND ARCHED CUTOUT OPENINGS. IT IS AN EYE CATCHING FOCAL POINT FROM THE STREET ALONG THE BASE OF THE STACK. ON THE WEST FACADE IS A LARGE INCISED GEOMETRIC PATTERN ECHOING THE GEOMETRIC VENT ON THE FRONT FACADE. A GLIMPSE OF IT IS SEEN IN THE CIRCA 19 HISTORIC PHOTO. THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOME, APART FROM THE REPLACEMENT OF 
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THE PORCH DOORWAY WITH TWO ARCHED WINDOWS, RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT. FLANKING THE CHIMNEY ARE SINGLE, SLENDER, ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS ECHOING THE ARCHED OPENINGS OF THE CHIMNEY CAP. LIKEWISE, THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE EAST FACADE ALSO APPEARS TO RETAIN ITS FENESTRATION PATTERN AND FEATURES VEGETATION HINDERS CLEAR PHOTOS OF THIS FACADE. 
          NOTE THE GROUP VENTS OVER THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS. THE NORTHERN OPENING WITHOUT THE VENTS WAS ORIGINALLY A SCREENED AS PART OF THE SLEEPING PORCH. ALSO NOTE THE MISSION STYLE PARAPETS. 
          THE REAR FACADE OF THE 1924 HOME RETAINS MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL FABRIC. THE ORIGINAL BACK DOOR ENTRY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER AND THE ADJACENT WINDOW REMAIN AT THE WESTERN END, NEAR THE PROJECTING SLEEPING PORCH, A WINDOW WAS CONVERTED TO A DOORWAY FOR A PAIR OF FRENCH DOORS. ROUND VENTS ARE ABOVE THE ORIGINAL WINDOW OPENINGS. A WOOD ROOF SPANS BETWEEN THE REAR FACADE AND THE DETACHED GARAGE. THE 1924 HOUSE INCLUDED A PROJECTED SCREENED SLEEPING PORCH AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER. IT WAS ENCLOSED WITH WINDOWS FOR A LIVING SPACE AT AN UNKNOWN DATE, AND IN 1991, AN ADDITION WAS BUILT BEHIND IT. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PARAPET HEIGHT CLEARLY MARKS THE JUNCTION OF THE ADDITION WITH THE SLEEPING PORCH. THE ADDITION IS SIMPLE AND RECTANGULAR. UNDER FLAT ROOFS. 
          THE PARAPET OVER THE FRENCH DOOR ENTRY IS A MISSION STYLE, MIMICKING THE PARAPET OF THE FRONT FACADE. THE REMAINING PARAPETS ARE SIMPLE. 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 DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE HAD DETACHED GARAGES PROPORTIONED TO THE 1920S AUTOMOBILE. WHILE THE GARAGES ARE OFTEN SIMPLE, THEIR LOCATION TO THE REAR OF THE HOME, BUT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, PLAYED A ROLE IN DEMONSTRATING MERRICK'S VISION. THE 1920S GARAGES WERE DESIGNED TO BLEND WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE HOMES, AND ARE A CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURE OF THE PROPERTY. THE ONE STORY DETACHED GARAGE BUILDING AT 825 ELMIRA AVENUE ALSO INCLUDED A SERVANT'S QUARTERS CLAD IN STUCCO, WHOSE TEXTURE MATCHES THAT OF THE HOME. IT IS UNDER A FLAT ROOF. ALSO LIKE THE HOUSE, THERE IS A PARAPET WHICH IS OVER THE VEHICULAR OPENING, WHILE SIMPLE PARAPETS RING THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE. ALTERATIONS TO THE STRUCTURE ARE MINIMAL. THE ORIGINAL CARRIAGE VEHICULAR DOOR WAS REMOVED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. ON THE EAST FACADE, A WINDOW WAS REDUCED BUT THE SILL WAS RETAINED, SO THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION IS EVIDENT. THE SIZE, DETAILING AND LOCATION OF THIS GARAGE SPEAKS TO MERRICK'S VISION FOR CORAL GABLES, AND IT RETAINS ITS HISTORIC INTEGRITY. IN CONCLUSION, 825 ELMIRA AVENUE RETAINS ITS ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY, AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES AS PART OF A COLLECTION OF QUALITY STRUCTURES PLANNED DURING THE LAND BOOM PERIOD. 
          BUILT IN 1924 DURING THE CITY'S INITIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE, THE HOUSE AND ITS DETACHED GARAGE EXEMPLIFIES FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK'S VISION FOR A COMPREHENSIVELY PLANNED CITY. 
          THE COHESIVE USE OF MEDITERRANEAN DESIGNS WAS A CORNERSTONE OF MERRICK'S PLAN. 
          825 ELMIRA AVENUE EMBODIES THOSE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, AS IT WAS SPECIFICALLY UTILIZED IN THE CITY. MERRICK'S PLAN ALSO INCLUDED THE GARDEN CITY PRECEPT OF ENSURING QUALITY HOUSING FOR VARYING INCOME LEVELS. AMERICAN VISION CORAL GABLES IS A SOCIALLY MIXED GARDEN CITY DEVELOPMENT, WHERE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN QUALITY HOMES. HE WAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MODERATELY PRICED HOMES IN CORAL GABLES THAT HAD THE SAME QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION AND ESTHETIC AS OTHER STRUCTURE SHAPING THE CITY. THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CORAL GABLES EARLY HISTORY, AND MANY ARE NOW CLASSIFIED AS CORAL GABLES COTTAGES. 825 ELMIRA AVENUE IS ONE OF THESE HOMES, HENCE THE PROPERTY AT 825 ELMIRA AVENUE SERVES AS A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 825 ELMIRA BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. THANK YOU FOR THE 
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REPORT. OKAY. BOARD. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND NOBODY ANYWHERE. OKAY. NOBODY DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE HPACG THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL? I MEAN, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. MAXWELL. IF WE COULD PLEASE CONSIDER THE DESIGNATION PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. DESIGNATION. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. MR. GARCIA PONCE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 825 ALMERIA AVENUE. BASED ON ITS HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION BY STAFF. I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND MISS ROLANDO. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT DO YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MISS ALVAREZ? YES. MISS SHIELDS, YES. MR. SILVA. YES. MISS SPAIN. YES. 
          MISS EVERETT. YES. MR. GARCIA. PONCE. YES. MISS ROLANDO. YES. AND MR. MAXWELL. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE DESIGNATION. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CO NOW. THANK YOU. 
          PUT THE POWERPOINT BACK UP, PLEASE. THE MAIN POWERPOINT. THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS AGAIN. SO THE APPLICATION REQUEST IS ON APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SMALL ADDITIONS. ONE IS TO THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE THAT WILL CONNECT THE EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE STRUCTURE TO THE HOUSE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CLOSET ADDITION ON THE EAST SIDE. EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS. MINOR INTERIOR REMODELING AND CONVERTING THE EXISTING GARAGE INTO LIVING SPACE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SCOPE OF WORK TO VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE REQUESTED COTTAGE DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY, AND STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY POSSESSES ENOUGH SIGNIFICANT CRITERIA TO TO OBTAIN THE COTTAGE DESIGNATION. SO THE TWO VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BASICALLY SEEK TO UTILIZE THE GARAGE AS LIVING SPACE. THIS IS ALLOWABLE UNDER COTTAGE ORDINANCE. IF THERE IS A, A A CARPORT OR PORTE COCHERE PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY. SO IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THAT CARPORT, WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO ADD TO THE HOUSE, A CONJECTURAL FEATURE, WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE THAT THAT DRIVEWAY SIDE ELEVATION BECAUSE IT IS SO FINELY DETAILED THAT IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THAT FACADE OR, OR BEING ABLE TO BUILD A CARPORT THAT MEETS CURRENT CODE GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE. SO IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR DESIRE TO USE THAT AS LIVING SPACE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY AS A ONE STORY STRUCTURE, WE'RE DESIGNATING IT AS A COTTAGE AND ALLOWING THEM TO CONVERT THE GARAGE INTO LIVING SPACE FROM THE FRONT FACING FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT WILL STILL LOOK LIKE A GARAGE WITH A CARRIAGE DOORS, AND THE ADDITIONS WILL BE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SO THAT IS THAT IS THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THE BOA DID APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION WITH WITH THE RECOMMENDATION ALSO NOT TO BUILD A CARPORT. AND WE DO HAVE SOME CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE INCORPORATED AS PART OF IN MOTION. WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GIB. HELLO. ARE YOU GOING TO RESTORE THE PORCH? NO, WE'RE TAKING A DIFFERENT TACT ON THIS ONE. THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD GOING, AND I'M REALLY HOPING YOU COULD YOU COULD TALK YOUR CLIENT INTO CONSIDERING THIS. I MEAN, IT COULD BE A GOOD TRADE OFF FOR THE GARAGE. WELL, WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSE IS THE TRADE OFF, BUT WE'RE VERY JUST A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS ONE. THIS ACTUALLY USED TO BE OWNED BY ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. HE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS. AND I ACTUALLY DID THE POOL IN THE REAR GARDEN. AND THAT'S WHY I GOT THE JOB. WHEN THE NEW OWNER BOUGHT IT, THEY LOOKED AT SOME PLANS OF HOW MY NAME. AND THAT'S SO I NEVER GET TO WORK ON MY BEST FRIEND'S HOUSE, WHICH IS KIND OF STRANGE, BUT THE THE GOAL OF THE PROPERTY IS REALLY TO ONE DESIGNATE THE. THE HOUSE AND I, WE FOUND THE REPORT, YOU KNOW, ILLUMINATING AS TO HOW EARLY THE HOUSE IS. ACTUALLY, THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF IT NEXT TO THE VENETIAN POOL IS QUITE AMAZING. AND THEN ALSO DESIGNATED AS A 
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COTTAGE. SOMETIMES YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVEN THIS LIST AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF QUESTIONING, WELL, IS THIS COUNT AS A CLAUSE OR IS THIS ONE, THIS, THIS HOUSE HAD EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT ELEVATION. IT WAS QUITE AMAZING HOW IT WAS AS THOUGH THEY USED THIS HOUSE AS TO MAKE THE LIST. SO THAT WENT VERY EASILY. THE NEXT THING IS OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THAT WE CAN THEN POTENTIALLY ENCLOSE THE GARAGE BECAUSE THE DETACHED GARAGE WAS NOT NEEDED AS PART OF THAT LIST, BUT WITH THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE BEING SO NARROW, BUILDING A CARPORT TO MEET THE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WAS A CHALLENGE. SO WORKING WITH STAFF, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE'RE GIVEN A VARIANCE TO FOREGO THAT REQUIREMENT. SO THAT'S THE WRONG WAY. I'LL TRY. OKAY, SO THERE'S TWO EXISTING SITE PLANS. THE THE SMALL ADDITION, WHICH IS THE LINK, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A GALLERY WHICH CONNECTS THE EXISTING KITCHEN ON THE REAR OF THE HOUSE TO THE GARAGE AND, AND EXPANDING THE, THE LINK OF THE JORGE HERNANDEZ ADDITION TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL CLOSET. SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOUSE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOU SAW IN THE REPORT THE FLOOR PLANS. SO DEALING WITH THE CLOSET FIRST, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP OF THE PAGE THERE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LITTLE HALLWAY WHICH CONNECTS THE, I THINK THERE WAS MENTIONED MAYBE A REAR PORCH TO THE NEW ADDITION. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE CLOSET ON ONE SIDE. SO WE'RE HOPING TO SORT OF FILL IN THE LITTLE INDENT WITH AN ADDITIONAL CLOSET IF POSSIBLE. ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE NEW CABANA ENCLOSED BUILDING. AND THAT BUILDING WILL GET A PAIR OF FRENCH DOORS OUT TO THE POOL DECK AS WELL. THE THE MAIN SORT OF ACCOMMODATION TO THE HISTORICAL FABRIC WAS THE INCLUSION ON THE FRONT ELEVATION OF A OF A FAUX GARAGE DOOR. THIS IS JUST THE THE THE PAGE WHICH SHOWS ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR THE COTTAGE DESIGNATION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FRONT ELEVATION IS COVERED WITH THE THE SORT OF TAGS. SO THESE ARE THE TWO COMPARISON ELEVATIONS. THE TOP IS THE EXISTING FRONT AND THE LOW WOULD BE THE PROPOSED. THE ONLY CHANGE BEING THAT WE WOULD REMOVE THE. THE SORT OF HURRICANE PANEL PERMANENTLY INSTALLED OVER A BLANK WALL WITH AN ACTUAL RECESSED DOOR OF SOME DESCRIPTION, AGAIN CREATING A SIX INCH WALL WITH A TWO INCH RECESS WHICH CAN RECEIVE A A A CARRIAGE APPEARING DOOR. WE DO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL DOOR, AND WE CAN SORT OF GET CLOSE TO THAT, ALTHOUGH THAT HAD GLASS IN IT. SO THIS ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOLID ALL THE WAY. 
          STAFF HAD HAS REQUESTED THAT BE A WOOD PRODUCT AND THAT PROBABLY COULD BE DONE. OR WE COULD IF YOU FELT. AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE SEAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUYING A GARAGE DOOR AND INSTALLING IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE THAT SORT OF THE, THE ONE COMMENT THEY HAD REGARDING THAT, THE SIDE ELEVATIONS, THEY TOP OF THE PAGE SHOWS THE, THE NEW LINK BUILDING BETWEEN THE TWO STRUCTURES AND A NEW PAIR OF FRENCH DOORS, WHICH WILL BE THE SORT OF SIDE ENTRY. AND AT THE. THE REAR YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE. THE GARAGE. FRENCH DOORS LEADING OUT TO THE POOL TO REPLACE AN EXISTING WINDOW. GO BACK. I BROKE IT AGAIN, BUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THANK YOU. SO AS I SAY, THE. THE MAIN ONE IS TO GET THE COTTAGE APPROVAL AND THEN THE VARIANCE TO OMIT THE THE REQUIRED PARKING COVERED PARKING AREA. THANK YOU. BOARD, MR. SILVA. THANK YOU, MR. GIBBS. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. THE THE EXISTING GARAGE. IT LOOKS REALLY SMALL. DO YOU KNOW DO YOU KNOW THE DIMENSIONS? I COULD I DIDN'T SEE ANY. I KNOW THESE ARE PRELIMINARY PLANS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY ON THE FLOOR PLANS. YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY THE INTERIOR DIMENSIONS. I I'M SURE THERE'S A SURVEY. LET ME JUST SEE IF I CAN FIND IT. I KNOW IT'S GONE. MY MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT THE ACTUAL SQUARE IS ACTUALLY QUITE WIDE BECAUSE IT WAS HALF A GARAGE AND HALF A SORT OF A LIVING QUARTERS. SO AS YOU CAME IN THE, THE SORT OF ONE HALF OF IT WAS A ONE CAR GARAGE AND THE OTHER HALF WAS. SO GENERALLY THEY'RE MORE LIKE 20FT SQUARE. BUT PROBABLY MY CONCERN IS THE DEPTH. IT'S PROBABLY A 20 BY 20. SO IT'S A SEPARATE SHEET. GOT IT. SO 
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THERE IS A SURVEY. IT'S IN A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT. OKAY. 18.5 BY 19.5. EXTERIOR DIMENSION. 
          AND THEN THIS ANSWERS MY OTHER QUESTION WHICH WAS THE SETBACK TO THE TO THE CHIMNEY AND ALL THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I SHOULD ALSO SHOW THERE THAT THE THERE IS A VERY SMALL SIZE SETBACK BETWEEN THE EXISTING GARAGE AND THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE. SO I THINK WE ONLY HAD A 11 OR FEET BETWEEN THE CHIMNEY AND THE PROPERTY LINE. SO GETTING A CARPORT WOULDN'T WORK. I WANT TO GO OVER HERE TO MY LEFT MISS ROLANDO. YES, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE BRACKETS THAT WERE THE FLOWER BOX BRACKETS THERE REMAINING. YES. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THEM? WELL, WE'RE KEEPING THEM. AND ARE THEY GOING TO HOLD THE FLOWER BOX. WELL ACTUALLY THE, THE PHOTOGRAPH, IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE IT WAS A WOOD STRUCTURE THAT, THAT SAT THERE. BUT WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED THAT. SO OKAY. I GUESS IT'S ADDED TO THE SCOPE OF WORK. I LIKE MR. MAXWELL, AM A BIG FAN OF THE ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE PORCH. I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S FAR MORE INTERESTING THAN THE THREE EQUAL ARCHED WINDOWS. YES, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM KARA SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? A PORCH THAT WAS THE TITLE OF IT. YEAH, THIS IT'S REALLY QUITE CHARMING. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. MISS EVERETT. I'M FINE WITH THIS. YEAH. OKAY. MISS SHIELD, IS IT DESIGNATED AS A COTTAGE OR. 
          YOU'RE ASKING? WE'RE ASKING FOR THE DESIGNATION. OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THIS. IT'S NOT PART OF YOUR YOUR PROCESS AS A STAFF PROCESS. OKAY. THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE DESIGNATED IN ORDER TO BE A COTTAGE. THAT WAS. AND THEN. OKAY, THAT'S YOU ALL. STEP TWO IS US WRITING THE LETTER SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT MEETS, WHICH IT DOES. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, THAT CALCULATION TO MEET THOSE CRITERIA. WE WILL GIVE THEM A LETTER THAT HE CAN ATTACH THIS PERMIT SAYING IT'S A COTTAGE AND HE IS FREE TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU. OH, I DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ANY OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT? NO, THEY THE ONLY ONE WAS THE SORT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOOR. WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT MATERIAL AND WHAT PANEL LAYOUT THAT WILL BE. 
          MR. SILVA, GO AHEAD. SO SO I THE ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSE. I'M FINE WITH. SO MY CONCERN IS THE THE ZONING VARIANCE. RIGHT. AND I DO THINK IT IS JUSTIFIED IN THIS CASE. I MEAN LOOKING AT AT THE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS REQUIREMENT, RIGHT, IS TO PUT A CAR IN A GARAGE, KEEP IT OFF THE STREET, RIGHT. LOOKING AT THIS EXISTING GARAGE, IT IS VERY, VERY SMALL. I DOUBT YOU HAVE 17FT CLEAR INSIDE. RIGHT. THAT DOOR IS VERY NARROW. THE TURN YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO GET THAT CAR IN THERE. I DOUBT THAT WOULD EVER BE USED, RIGHT. AS IF IT WAS KEPT AS A GARAGE. SO THE THE ALTERNATIVE, RIGHT, WITH ZONING, ZONING ALLOWS THAT TO BE USED AS AS REGULAR ZONING ALLOWS THAT TO BE USED AS HABITABLE SPACE. BECAUSE IF WE DECLARE IT A COTTAGE, WHICH IT IS, IT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A COTTAGE, RIGHT? SO YOUR RECOURSE IS THEN TO DO A PORTE COCHERE, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S THE RECOURSE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE WE WE HAVE AN EXISTING RESIDENCE AND BECAUSE OF THE SETBACK ON THE SIDE, THERE'S NO ROOM TO DO IT RIGHT. THAT BUILDING A PORTE COCHERE, THERE WOULD BE A VERY SMALL PORTE COCHERE. AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE BY ITSELF. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT THAT THIS VARIANCE IS JUSTIFIED. IT'S I THINK IT MERITS DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT THIS IS A BIG PART OF OUR ZONING CODE, RIGHT. HAVING A PORTE COCHERE, HAVING A SHELTER FOR THE CAR ON SITE IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE ZONING CODE. AND I THINK IN ORDER TO WAIVE THAT OR TO PROVIDE VARIANCE FOR IT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR AS TO WHY WE'RE DOING IT. AND I THINK THAT IN THIS CASE IT IS VERY JUSTIFIED, RIGHT? WE'RE MAINTAINING THE VOLUME OF THAT EXISTING HISTORIC STRUCTURE IN THE FRONT. WE'RE NOT, AS KAREN NOTED, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ADDING TO IT. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE MASSING OF IT BY DOING THIS PORTE COCHERE, WHICH WE'RE REALLY NOT BE WORKABLE ANYWAY BECAUSE OF IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO TIGHT. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF. THANK YOU, MR. SILVA. I'M GOING TO GO DOWN TO MISS ALVAREZ. YES, I AGREE THAT I THINK THE CARPORT WOULD NOT WORK ARCHITECTURALLY THE WAY CARA DESCRIBED. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE PURE DIMENSIONS OF IT. I WAS WONDERING, WITH THE POTENTIAL COTTAGE DESIGNATION, 
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ARE YOU WITHIN THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THAT ALLOWS WHERE THE YOU CAN INCREASE THE GROUND COVERAGE? YES, YES, YES WE ARE. BECAUSE WHEN I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE POOL, WE HAD THE SIZE, THE POOL TO MEET THE THE 45% TOTAL. SO NOW WE'RE AT 48. SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS BEN. WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT YOU WERE GOING TO END UP WITH A HOUSE WITHOUT OFF STREET PARKING, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A HALLMARK OF CORAL GABLES TO HAVE THAT. BUT I AGREE THAT IT'S IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THAT AND YOU CAN'T USE IT AS A GARAGE ANYWAY. SO I THINK I'M OKAY WITH IT. I LANDED ON ON THE SIDE OF BEING OKAY WITH IT. OKAY. I KNOW, THANK YOU. JUST HOLD ON. MR. GARCIA. YEAH. 
          I HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT MR. SILVA AND I AGREE FOR THE SAME REASONS. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY. I ALSO AGREE WITH MR. ROLANDO. SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ADD A IF CONDITION THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PUT THE PLANTER BOX IN. 
          IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO SO, YOU CAN WORK WITH STAFF TO DO IT SO THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE COA, NOT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL PLANTER BOX. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR? IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE ON THAT FRONT FACADE AND IT'S SUCH A LIGHT TOUCH. IT SHOULD BE. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH THE PORCH TOO, BUT THAT'S NOT A REAL REQUEST. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO A POTENTIAL FUTURE. ADDITIONAL CONDITION. THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA PONCE. MR. GIBB, YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB. I ALWAYS ENJOY LOOKING AT YOUR PLANS. I THINK THEY'RE VERY THOUGHTFUL. 
          AND I KNOW YOU GO THE DISTANCE AND IT SHOWS. I STILL WISH YOU'D DO THE PORCH. I'D LIKE TO DO THE PORCH. AND SINCE WE'RE NOT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, WE DON'T MAKE DEALS WHERE WE HARDEN THAT OFF. YOU GET THE ZONING. IF WE GET THE PORCH, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. SO, YOU KNOW. YEAH, I, I AGREE WITH MR. SILVA AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES. IT'S NOT PRACTICAL TO, TO HAVE OFF STREET PARKING, ANY KIND OF COVERING. THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION. IT PRESERVES THE BUILDING. IT CAN ALWAYS BE REPAIRED AND ALWAYS BE RETURNED. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO IT LOOKS GOOD. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER WHAT MR. GARCIA PONS IS SAYING. IT'S SMALL, WOULD WORK. AND THEN MAYBE YOU'LL DO SOME LOBBYING WITH YOUR CLIENT ON THE PORCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHED OR ONLINE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO HEARING. I MAY JUST HAVE WE DO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE HERE, THE BOARD AND FUTURE APPLICANTS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BECAUSE I THINK AT THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS MEETING, EVERYONE'S EYES LIT UP LIKE, WAIT, YOU'RE ALLOWING THIS NOW? AND I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A BLANKET APPROVAL FOR EVERYBODY TO DO. AND I THINK IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THE SITE CONDITIONS OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND WHETHER OR NOT CARPORTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIRE TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A SECONDARY COVERED PARKING SPACE MAKES ANY SENSE FOR THAT BUILDING. SO JUST TO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS GOES TO A CERTAIN ISSUE THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO HAVE. AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OTHER THINGS HERE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS A BOARD. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THINK THAT HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE ONLY FROM THE 1920S OR MAYBE THE 1930S, BUT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CONTINUUM OF TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, THINGS CONTRIBUTING AND STUFF. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THE ENCLOSURE OF 1920S PORCHES WITHOUT ADDITIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON A VERY LARGE SCALE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE SPACE FROM THIS. OUR POSITION AS A BOARD, ALTHOUGH WE LOOK AT IT AS A CASE BY CASE BASIS, IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE OPENED UP AND SEE OTHER ADDITIONS, PERHAPS IN THE BACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MAY MAY ACCOMMODATE SPACE MORE AND PRESERVE THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE BUILDING, PARTICULARLY IN THE FRONT FACADE. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY GREAT. YOU KNOW, HOW IT LOOKS, HOW IT FUNCTIONS, AND THE INTENT OF HOW WE MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF OUR HISTORY OVER TIME. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE LOSE THAT LITTLE INCREMENTAL THINGS LIKE DEMOLITION AND THIS AND THAT. 
          PRETTY SOON YOU'VE LOST WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PUSH FOR THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT MR. GARCIA SAID WITH A LITTLE BOX IN THE FRONT AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE 
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LAST TIME WITH A LITTLE WINDOW, BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THESE LITTLE THINGS BIT BY BIT OFF NOW, WE NO LONGER HAVE HISTORIC PROPERTIES. WE JUST HAVE OLD BUILDINGS. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT PART. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TALKING. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AN AMENDMENT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A MOTION FOR THE COA. PLEASE. YOU ALSO WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO LIKE THE ADDRESS ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST CHARMING. 
          AND YOU DO SEE IN A LOT OF OLD HOUSES IN CORAL GABLES, AND THEY JUST KIND OF GO BY THE WAYSIDE. IT'S REALLY A SHAME. YEAH. MR. SILVA, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION FROM YOU. 
          WOW. THE FLOWER BOX. NO PRESSURE. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU SIR, I KNOW IT'S VOLUNTARY. I WILL MOVE. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL. LET ME GET THIS RIGHT. YES. THERE YOU GO. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 825 ALMERIA. AS DESCRIBED IN OUR PACKAGE, AND APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITH THE TEN STAFF CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE, AND ADDING AN 11TH CONDITION TO TO PLEASE LOOK AT PROVIDING A FLOWER BOX THERE AND WORK WITH STAFF IF THAT'S FEASIBLE. I WILL ADD TO TO MY MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO NOT PROVIDE A CARPORT OR PORTE KOSHER. AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO RETAIN A DRIVEWAY AND ITS ASSOCIATED CURB CUT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A 2ND MAY I HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION. MAY I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND, MISS ALVAREZ. OKAY. WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE, MISS EVERETT? YES, MISS. ROLANDO? YES. MISS SHIELD, YES. MR. GARCIA PONCE. YES. MISS SPAIN. YES. MISS. 
          ALVAREZ. YES. MR. SILVA. YES. AND MR. MAXWELL. YES. MOTION IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, MR. GIBB, FOR ANOTHER. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT LITTLE PLANTER BOX IN THE FRONT. WE'LL WORK ON THE PORCH NEXT TIME. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO 
          [5. 26-2217 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-025: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 1721 Columbus Boulevard, a Contributing Resource within the “Obispo Avenue Historic District,” legally described as Lots 24, Block 17, 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. The application requests demolition of the existing one-story residence and design approval for new construction of a two-story residence and detached garage.]
MOVE INTO THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS AT THIS TIME. AND WE'RE CHANGING THE THE ORDER SLIGHTLY. WE'RE MOVING NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS CASE FILE COASP2026-2025 TO NUMBER ONE, IF THAT'S OKAY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FIRST. AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP THE REST OF THE ORDER PLEASE. MR. MAXWELL, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I JUMP IN HERE BEFORE WE THIS IS ABOUT SP 2026 025, WHICH IS NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW. 
          MISS ALVAREZ HAS A CONFLICT IN THIS MATTER, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED. SO SHE WILL BE RECUSING HERSELF ON THIS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK HER TO LEAVE THE ROOM, AND SHE WILL FILE THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK WITH THE CLERK OF COURTS. BUT JUST ANNOUNCING FOR THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU, MISS THROCKMORTON. AND PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT MISS ALVAREZ HAS LEFT THE ROOM. MISS PERONACE WELCOME. YOU WANT TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD OR DID I MISS THAT? I CAN READ IT. THIS IS SB 2026 025. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE OBISPO AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT. LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 24, BLOCK 17, CORAL GABLES, SECTION C, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK EIGHT AT PAGE 26 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE APPLICATION REQUESTS DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ONE STORY RESIDENCE AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY RESIDENCE AND DETACHED GARAGE. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? SO, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT REQUESTS DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ONE STORY RESIDENCE AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND TWO STORY RESIDENCE AND DETACHED GARAGE. THE PROPERTY IS 1721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE OBISPO AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING. IN MAY 2008, THE OBISPO AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS LISTED IN THE CORAL GABLES REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. IT IS COMPRISED OF RESIDENTS ABUTTING OBISPO AVENUE. THE PROPERTY, 1721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD, IS CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE. THE PROPERTY IS AN EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE WITHIN THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE, BUT IT WAS DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE DESIGNATION THAT IT LACKED SUFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AND HISTORIC IMPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION. IN 
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ADDITION TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A. ONE AND TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME, ABOUT 3000FT■!S, AND A TWO CAR DETACHD GARAGE. I'M GOING TO ALLOW FOR THE APPLICANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION AND THEIR PRESENTATION, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO READ THROUGH THE CODE CRITERIA FOR YOUR REVIEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON AND EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS PAUL SAVAGE WITH LAW OFFICES AT 200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. MY PERSONAL HOME AND I SIGNED IN UNDER MY HOUSE AT 522 VILLA BELLA AVENUE, WHICH IS, AS YOU KNOW, BEHIND CORAL GABLES. HI. I'M HERE PROUDLY REPRESENTING MY CLIENTS, ALEXANDRA AND MARCO MIGNONE, AND THEY ARE THE PROUD OWNERS OF THIS LOCATION AND SITE. THEY HAVE PLANNED TOGETHER WITH VINNIE TO AND LOCAL ARCHITECTS, THEIR FOREVER HOME AT THIS SITE AND I HAVE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS BOARD MANY TIMES. I KNOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S CONVERSATIONAL IN NATURE AND THAT YOU DON'T LIKE TO HEAR A LOT OF ATTORNEY TALK. SO I'M GOING TO DIMINISH MY PARTICIPATION TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE AND GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET YOU TALK TO VINNIE ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT HE PLANS AND HOW WELL IT'S GOING TO FIT INTO THE COMMUNITY. SO IF I CAN JUST PLEASE HAVE MY PRESENTATION BROUGHT UP AND I WILL JUST VERY QUICKLY. THANKS. OH, WOW. ALL RIGHT. ONE CLICK AWAY. SO AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO FRAME UP THE APPLICATION AND THE PARAMETERS AND THE CODE. 
          AND THEN I'LL LET VINNIE TALK ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE SITE. SO THIS WILL BE 1155 OBISPO. 
          THE CITY HAS REQUESTED THAT WE CHANGE THE THE ADDRESS TO REFLECT OBISPO, WHICH WE ARE DOING. THIS IS OUR TEAM, MARTINEZ ALVAREZ ARCHITECTS AND OF COURSE, VINNIE TO WILL BE THE BUILDER AND CONSULTANT. AND WE HAVE A LETTER IN THE FILE FROM THE RJ FIRM AND THEIR PRINCIPAL, WHO IS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN SUPPORT OF OUR APPLICATION. AS ANNA SHOWED YOU, WE ARE JUST NORTH OF THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE HERE ON OBISPO IN THE NORTH GABLES. AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BLOW UP OF WHERE WE ARE AT THE CROSS SECTION OF COLUMBUS AND OBISPO. THIS IS AGAIN SHOWING THE UNIQUE SITE CONFIGURATION. IT'S A LITTLE BIT SKINNY ON THE OBISPO SIDE AND THEN WIDER ON THE COLUMBUS, WITH THE EXISTING HOMES SET BACK PRETTY FAR ON THE COLUMBUS SIDE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE REQUESTING UNDER THE CODE, AS ANNA DESCRIBED, A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION OF THIS EXISTING STRUCTURE AND A PROPOSED ONE AND TWO STORY RESIDENCE THAT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 3000FT■!S ON THIS SITE. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL DESIGNATION, I'M SORRY, THE ORIGINAL DISTRICT REPORT WHERE THEY SAID THAT IT LACKED SUFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AND IMPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION AT THAT TIME. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING HOME HERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A 50 ZERO RANCH HOUSE WITH THE WITH THE BARREL TILE SPANISH TREATMENT, AS HAPPENS, OUR OUR LETTER FROM PROFESSOR LOPEZ TALKS ABOUT THAT. WE ARE AT THE END OF THE ERA OF SIGNIFICANCE. OF COURSE, THE TWO PRIOR APPLICATIONS YOU HAVE IN 1924 AND 26. IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL AND PERIOD. THIS PARTICULAR HOME IS AT THE END OF THAT POST-WORLD WAR II PERIOD. AND HE NOTES THAT IT REALLY HAS NO SPECIAL OR MEMORABLE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. AND LOOKING TO THE REPLACEMENT, IT WILL CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF THE STREET IN THE HANDS OF THOUGHTFUL ARCHITECTS, WHICH WHICH WE HAVE ON OUR TEAM GOING THROUGH THE CODE CRITERIA THAT ANNA WENT THROUGH IN HER FAVORABLE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND WE'LL GO AGAIN AFTER ME. IT'S NOT A LAST REMAINING 
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EXAMPLE OF ITS KIND IN TERMS OF BEING A 50 ZERO RANCH HOME. IT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WILL, IN FACT, THE NEW THE NEW PROPOSED HOME, WE BELIEVE, WILL IMPROVE AND FIT BETTER AS A MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL INSPIRED HOME. AND THEN WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS SOUGHT FOR THE NEW. THE NEW HOME, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FACTORS. HAVE WE SUBMITTED PLANS? WE HAVE. AND I WILL NOTE FOR THE BOARD THAT IN. 
          BACK IN JULY WE WENT BEFORE THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS WITH STAFF SUPPORT AND A UNANIMOUS FAVORABLE RULING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS IN 1 IN 1 SHOT, WHICH SOMETIMES MY APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE TO COME BACK A FEW TIMES. SO I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT. THIS. THIS IS A RENDER OF THE OF THE CORNER OF ONE AND TWO, ONE AND TWO STORY CONFIGURATION WITH A LOT OF ARTICULATION THERE. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE VINNIE TO UP AND ALSO ASK OUR STAFF TO PULL UP THE PLANS SET SO HE CAN GO THROUGH THAT. OKAY. WE HAD A LITTLE CHANGE IN PROGRAMING. PLEASE, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE MY CLIENT, ALEXANDRA, COME UP AND READ A BRIEF STATEMENT AS TO THEIR OWNERSHIP AND PLANS OF THE SITE FOR THEIR HOME. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA HERNANDEZ MIGNONE, AND MY HUSBAND MARCO AND I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD. WE PURCHASED THIS HOME BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HOPEFULLY REMODEL OR BUILD OUR FOREVER HOME WITH OUR TWO DAUGHTERS, EMILIA AND LUCIA. WE ARE BOTH MIAMI NATIVES AND HAVE LIVED IN CORAL GABLES FOR SEVEN YEARS. WE CURRENTLY LIVE ON SARTO AVENUE AND HAVE ENORMOUS RESPECT FOR WHAT THE BOARD AND THE CITY DO TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF CORAL GABLES. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, WE LOVE CORAL GABLES AND CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE OF THESE HISTORIC HOMES AND THE. THE CHARACTER. THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIZES. THE LOT WAS LISTED AS A BLANK SLATE. TO QUOTE THE LISTING. THE TRUE VALUE LIES IN THE LOT, WHICH OFFERS EXCELLENT POTENTIAL TO ADD ON TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURE OR TO BUILD A BRAND NEW CUSTOM HOME. THE LISTING HAD NO MENTION OF THE PROPERTY BEING INCLUDED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT, NOR DID IT MENTION THE STRUCTURE WAS CONTRIBUTING. IF THAT WAS AN INTENTIONALLY LEFT OFF BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, I DO NOT KNOW. 
          HOWEVER, WE ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT UNAWARE OF THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. WHILE OPPOSITION TO OUR PROJECT MAY WANT TO QUESTION OUR MOTIVATION, WE DID NOT GO INTO THE PURCHASING OF THE PROPERTY KNOWING WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THIS REQUEST HERE TODAY, DURING OUR PERIOD OF DUE DILIGENCE, I WAS THE ONE WHO DISCOVERED THE PROPERTY WAS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WENT AS FAR AS TO CONTACT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WHEN I WAS. 
          WHEN I FIRST APPROACHED THE OFFICE, THEY MISTAKENLY TOLD US THE PROPERTY WAS NOT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING, WHICH WAS JUST AN ASSUMPTION MADE GIVING THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS CONTRIBUTING. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING THE PROPERTY. GIVEN THIS NEWS, IT'S AN ENORMOUS FINANCIAL DECISION FOR US AND WE DO NOT TAKE ANY OF THIS LIGHTLY. HOWEVER, IT WAS EITHER US OR A DEVELOPER WHO WAS ALSO PUT IN AN OFFER ON THE PROPERTY, WHO WOULD BE SITTING HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THIS DEMOLITION, AND WE AGREED IT WAS A RISK WE WERE WILLING TO TAKE FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILY. FROM DAY ONE, WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF TO MAKE SURE OUR PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO THE DISTRICT IT CURRENTLY SITS IN, AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT WAS ALWAYS A PART OF OBISPO AVENUE. WE CHOSE TO WORK WITH ARCHITECTS ANA ALVAREZ AND FRANK MARTINEZ, WHO WOULD HELP US TO DESIGN A HOME THAT WOULD BE INSPIRED BY THE HOMES IN THE AREA, AND WOULD FIT SEAMLESSLY WITH HIS EXPERIENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILL BE THE BUILDER ON THIS PROJECT SHOULD IT BE APPROVED. THIS TEAM WAS BUILT INTENTIONALLY WITH CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. 
          OUR MOTIVATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO RESPECT THE DISTRICTS AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS. I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE LETTER FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF CORAL GABLES THAT WAS SUBMITTED, WHICH CITES THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE ENDING IN 1958. 
          THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE WAS AMENDED TO END IN 1955, THE YEAR THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT. 
          THIS COULD HAVE EASILY NOT BEEN INCLUDED HAD THEY DECIDED TO AMEND IT BACK ONE YEAR. WHAT I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS WHAT WOULD BE OUR ALTERNATIVE OPTION TO DEMOLITION, TO DEMOLISHING THIS HOUSE. ANY ADDITIONS WOULD BE QUITE CHALLENGING TO ACCOMPLISH 
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WITHIN THE RULES SET BY THE CITY. GIVEN WHERE THE HOUSE CURRENTLY SITS ON THE LOT. THE INVESTMENT, IN ADDITION, WOULD LIKELY NOT BE WORTH THE COST. WITH WHAT WE WOULD HAVE, WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD WITHIN THOSE RULES. WHILE WE RESPECT ALL THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ENTAILS, WE HOPE THAT THE BOARD ALSO RECOGNIZES WHERE SOMETIMES CHANGE IS NECESSARY. THE PLACEMENT OF THIS HOUSE, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, DOES NOT SIT DIRECTLY ON OBISPO AVENUE, AND ITS VIEW FROM OBISPO IS OBSTRUCTED CURRENTLY BY 12 ISH FOOT HEDGES. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT. WE HOPE TO ADD A BEAUTIFUL HOME DIRECTLY ON THE STREET THAT WILL COMPLEMENT THE HOMES AROUND US. WE UNDERSTAND THE ENORMOUS REQUESTS WE ARE MAKING AND WE DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. SHOULD YOU APPROVE OUR PROJECT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF AS WE HAVE DONE SO FROM DAY ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL. SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE BECAUSE THE OWNERS REALLY TOOK THIS VERY SERIOUS APPROACH VERY EARLY ON. THEY BROUGHT ME THERE DURING THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS ACTUALLY A VIABLE. CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? OH, I'M SO SORRY. MY NAME IS VICTORIA. OFFICES AT 2008 ANDALUSIA AVENUE TOUR COMPANIES. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO HELP WITH THIS PRESENTATION AS TO THE NEW HOME, BUT I THINK I SHOULD SPEAK AS TO THE THE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HERE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT, WHICH IS THE REMOVAL OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. SO WE WENT IN THERE EARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THEY ASKED ME, DO YOU THINK THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE? DO YOU THINK THIS IS SIGNIFICANT? EARLY ON, I, I MEAN, I SEE A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE ASKED OF ME BEFORE PEOPLE BUY. WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT SHOULD WE HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK? AND I DO THIS A LOT. THIS IS ONE THAT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO, TO MAKE SENSE OF BECAUSE THE LOT IS ACTUALLY SKEWED. IT FACES COLUMBUS AND IT HAS THIS HUGE LOT ON THE PIECE, BUT WHICH IS REALLY THE PART THAT MATTERS, RIGHT? SO TO PUT AN ADDITION HERE WOULD HAVE MEANT PUTTING IT ON THE OBISPO ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, ON A RANCH HOUSE THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH GOING FOR IT, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME. SO I MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AT THE TIME WAS, I THINK YOU SHOULD BUY THIS HOUSE. AND I THINK YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUCCEED AT THE BOARD. SO I SAID THAT I HOPE THAT I CAN CONVINCE YOU THAT THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE DOES NOT MERIT TO REMAIN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEW HOUSE. THIS ONE. OKAY. COULD WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? WELL, AS MY GOOD FRIEND RICHARD HEISENBERG WOULD SAY, THIS IS A VERY SWEET HOME. IT'S A SWEET DESIGN DONE BY ONE OF THE PREMIER ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS IN THE CITY. AND THIS HOUSE IS THE EPITOME OF GREAT MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL. AND IT WOULD SIT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFULLY. AND IT'S DONE ARTICULATELY. 
          PERFECT. THE THE HOUSE HAS A LONG SPAN ON COLUMBUS, WHICH IS THE SITE ON THE LEFT, AND NOW IT'S FACING OBISPO, WHICH IS THE TWO STORY SIDE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK DISTINGUISHES HOUSE ARCHITECTURALLY PERFECTLY IS THAT AS THE ORIGINAL HOMES OF THE GABLES, THE TWO STORY MASSING WAS NOT THE FULL HOUSE. IT WAS A PIECE OF THE HOUSE. 
          THIS IS WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS A SMALL TWO STORY PIECE ON THE SIDE OF THE FRONT THAT ALLOWS THE HOUSE TO HAVE THE ONE STORY TAKE IT UPON TO GET IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK. THEN IT HAS THE GRANNY LOFT ON TOP OF THE GARAGE. VERY ATYPICAL TO THE GREAT HOMES THAT WE SEE HERE IN OUR CITY. AS YOU ALL KNOW WHERE IT SITS. THIS IS THE THE SITE THAT I WAS MENTIONING HAS THE HOUSE REALLY FACING COLUMBUS WITH WITH A HUGE LOT THAT WOULD BE ON A BOAT. SO THIS IS THE DIFFICULT PART OF THIS TO MAKE THIS SENSE. YOU SEE THE ZONING INFORMATION, NEIGHBORHOOD PICTURES, ORIGINAL DESIGNS. THIS IS A COURTYARD HOME, PERFECTLY DONE TO ENCAPSULATE THE COURTYARD FROM THE FROM THE NEIGHBORS, YOU'LL. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE POOL IS IN THE PERFECT SITUATION. BACK THE GRANNY LOFT ABOVE THE GARAGE AND THE VERY THIN BUILDING THAT HAS THE PERFECT ARTICULATION FACING COLUMBUS. THIS IS THE ARCHITECTS AND SKETCHES. AND HERE'S THE FLOOR PLAN. AS YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THEN THERE'S THAT PERFECT ISOMETRIC THAT SHOWS THAT SMALLER TWO STORY IN THE FRONT, THE LITTLE GRANNY LOFT IN THE 
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BACK, AND THAT THIN WING THAT FACES COLUMBUS. THERE'S THAT ROOF PLAN AGAIN. AND THEN THERE'S THE FRONT. SO IN CONCLUSION, I, WE THINK THIS HOUSE IS THE PERFECT HOUSE TO REPLACE WHAT IS THERE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE HOUSE HAS THEIR MERITS TO REMAIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO DEMOLISH. I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE THAT VOTE HAPPEN. I ALWAYS SUGGEST PEOPLE TO VERY HARD SCRUTINY AS TO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH THESE HOMES, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN. THIS ONE I THINK, IS IS ONE TO NOT KEEP. AND WE ALWAYS PROTECT ALL THE ALL THE GREAT HOMES, BUT THIS ONE JUST DOESN'T MERIT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. MR. TO IF YOU'LL STAY UP, WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. YEAH, JUST JUST TO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND JUST FOR 30S JUST TO CLEAN UP THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. MR. TO JUST TO CONCLUDE THE APPLICANT'S RECORD, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR FAVORABLE ACTION ON A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BASED ON EVERYTHING IN THE RECORD. OUR LETTERS, MY LETTER OF INTENT, THE FAVORABLE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, FAVORABLE RULING BY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, ETC. AND THROUGH THE CHAIR. IF THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'D LIKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. IF THERE ARE ADVERSE ADVERSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANNA, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE DO WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY LETTERS, ANY COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE. OOPS. YES. WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. THOSE WERE SENT TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. IF I COULD JUST KIND OF COMPLETE A STAFF REPORT JUST. SINCE WE DID GO, WE DIDN'T GO OVER THE THE CODE SECTION, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT PART OF THE RECORD IN TODAY'S MEETING. AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL APPLICATION. AND AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT I WANT I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TODAY THAT THESE ARE CASE BY CASE SITUATIONS. THIS DOES NOT MEAN, AGAIN, THAT CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS CAN BE DEMOLISHED IN THESE DISTRICTS. SO SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING RESIDENCE AT 1721 COLUMBUS BOULEVARD IS CLASSIFIED AS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTED IN THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE. AT THE TIME OF THE DISTRICT DESIGNATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPERTY AT 1721 LACKED SUFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AND HISTORIC IMPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION OR FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. 
          THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF A ONE STORY RANCH STYLE RESIDENCE BUILT IN 1955. THE PROPERTY HAS UNDERGONE MINOR ALTERATIONS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING PARTIAL WINDOW AND DOOR REPLACEMENT AND A REROOF WITH A SPANISH TILE ROOF. WHEN THE CONSIDERATION FOR REQUEST FOR DEMOLITION IS BEFORE THE BOARD, THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE ZONING CODE APPLIED. 
          SECTION 8-107. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD SHALL BE GUIDED BY THE CRITERIA CONTAINED IN SUBSECTION D, SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SUBSECTION D. IT'S ALL LISTED WITHIN YOUR STAFF REPORT. IT'S PART OF THE RECORD. BUT AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE THESE ITEMS ONE BY ONE. SO IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER PROVISIONS IN THE ARTICLE, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA IN EVALUATING APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR DEMOLITION OF DESIGNATED PROPERTIES. NUMBER ONE, THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENT OR SITE CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HISTORIC SITE OR DISTRICT. IN MAY 2008, THE OBISPO AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS LISTED IN THE CORAL GABLES REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. THE HISTORICAL STRUCTURE, FORM EVALUATION STATES THE BUILDING LACKS SUFFICIENT ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AND HISTORIC IMPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION OR NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC PLACE LISTING, BUT IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THIS OBESE AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE FROM THE DISTRICT'S PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE, STAFF AGREES THAT THE PROPERTY LACKS HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION. NUMBER TWO, WHETHER THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENT OR SITE IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING EXAMPLES OF ITS KIND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COUNTY OR THE REGION, THE BUILDING IS NOT ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING EXAMPLES OF ITS KIND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COUNTY OR REGION. NUMBER THREE, WHETHER THE LOSS OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENT OR SITE WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HISTORIC AND OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OR SITE, THE LOSS OF THE BUILDING WOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE THE BUILDING LACKS HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL MERIT. NUMBER FOUR, WHETHER THE RETENTION OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENT OR SITE WOULD PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDY OR LOCAL HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, OR BY DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF THE PARTICULAR CULTURE AND HERITAGE. AS THE BUILDING RETAINS MUCH OF ITS INTEGRITY, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDY OF THE LOCAL HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND 
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DESIGN, AND BY DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF THE PARTICULAR CULTURE AND HERITAGE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS STUDY IN THE CITY. NUMBER FIVE, WHETHER THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR REUSE OF THE PROPERTY, IF THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION WERE TO BE CARRIED OUT AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SAID PLANS TO TO THE CHARACTER OF THE HISTORIC SITE AND DISTRICT, IF APPLICABLE, AND DEMONSTRATION, AS WELL AS THE POSTING OF THE BOND REQUIREMENT THAT ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS IN PLACE TO CARRY OUT SUCH PLANS. AND THE APPLICATION INCLUDES DESIGN APPROVAL FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND DETACHED GARAGE. 
          THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND RESPECTS THE SCALE, MASSING, SETBACKS, ORIENTATION, MATERIAL, FENESTRATION AND PROPORTIONS OF THE HISTORIC CONTEXT. IT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE, BUT I'LL SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO BOND REQUIRED SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OR TO STAFF, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT IF DEMOLITION IS CONSIDERED, THAT THE BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED ONLY AT THE TIME OF THE BUILDING PERMIT ISSUE ISSUANCE FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. NUMBER SIX, WHETHER THE BUILDING STRUCTURED IMPROVEMENT OR SITE POSSESSES AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY, THE BUILDING DOES NOT POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. NUMBER SEVEN WHETHER THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE RETENTION OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE, IMPROVEMENT OR SITE WOULD CREATE AN UNREASONABLE OR UNDUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 8-115 NO, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT CLAIMING UNREASONABLE OR UNDUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. AND NUMBER EIGHT, WHETHER THERE IS A COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRING THE DEMOLITION AND THERE IS NO COMPELLING PUBLIC INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, TO THE STAFF. AGAIN, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE REQUEST, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE DEMOLITION PERMIT SHOULD ONLY BE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF THE PERMITTING FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUEST FOR THE DEMOLITION, AS MENTIONED, THE APPLICATION PROPOSES TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING BUT ALSO CONSTRUCT A NEW 3025 SQUARE FOOT, ONE AND TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE. STAFF IS EVALUATING THIS PROPOSAL PRIMARILY BASED ON ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE OVERALL CHARACTER OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HISTORIC DISTRICT SHALL BE COMPATIBLE IN SCALE, MATERIALS, MASSING AND DETAIL TO ITS SURROUNDING CONTEXT. COMPATIBLE NEW CONSTRUCTION CAN PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY ENHANCING THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED ONE AND TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DESIGN IN A CONTEMPORARY MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE DOES RESPOND TO THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES LISTED ABOVE. AGAIN, STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS GONE OVER THOSE CONDITIONS AND IS IN AGREEMENT, SO I'LL LET THEM CONFIRM. BUT IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME AND THE APPLICANT, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANYTHING. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT. I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO MR. GARCIA PONCE. I HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO PRESENTERS. DON'T DENIGRATE BUILDINGS. I WAS HERE IN THE 80S AND GUESS WHAT PEOPLE SAID THESE OLD 1924, 25 BUILDINGS ARE CRAP. THEY'RE NOT HISTORIC. DA DA DA DA DA DA. 
          KEEP GOING. SO EVERYTHING CHANGES OVER TIME. I REALLY DISTURBING FOR ME TO SEE NEGATIVITY IN SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY SAYS THE BUILDINGS AREN'T ANY GOOD. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY GOOD TO SOMEBODY AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS BUILT. AND THESE ARE JUST. 
          AND WHILE THEY MAY NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, IT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT. IT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD. AND BY THE WAY, THAT IS A CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION. SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN KIND OF PULL THIS DOWN AND QUIT TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD BUILDINGS ARE OR THAT THEY'RE NOT HISTORIC BECAUSE EVERYTHING CHANGES OVER TIME, JUST LIKE YOU AND ME. YOU KNOW, WE ALL GET OLDER, WE IMPROVE, WE BECOME HISTORIC. SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE POSITIVITY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOSING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THE CONTINUITY. EVERYBODY ONLY THINKS THAT THE 20S AND 30 BUILDINGS ARE HISTORIC AND AND 15 YEARS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE 50 BUILDINGS ANYMORE. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. GARCIA PONCE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR OUR NEW CHAIR. YES, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO JUST ASK IF WE COULD HAVE A QUICK MOTION AND VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. GARCIA PONS AS A SUBSTITUTE VICE CHAIR TODAY, AS MR. NASH, OUR NORMAL VICE CHAIR, IS ABSENT. SO IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, IF I COULD HAVE A QUICK MOTION AND VOTE ON THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT. A MOTION I'LL MOVE FOR MR. SILVA. 
          SECOND. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAXWELL. OKAY. COMING BACK TO THE MEETING, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR LATER. BUT I DID HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE. ONE IS FOR STAFF, ACTUALLY, BOTH FOR STAFF. I JUST WANT TO GET THE TIME TIMING CORRECT. SO WE HEARD 
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FROM FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THEY HAD SOME SORT OF DETERMINATION, INFORMAL OR FORMAL, WHATEVER IT WAS THAT THIS WAS A NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE WAS LATER CORRECTED BY STAFF, I'M ASSUMING. WAS THAT DONE BEFORE THE CLOSING OR AFTER THE CLOSING? DO YOU KNOW BEFORE THE CLOSING? BEFORE THE CLOSING? OKAY, THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. SO MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, THERE'S A LOT OF REFERENCE IN OUR PACKAGE TO THIS HISTORICAL STRUCTURE FORM, RIGHT? THE THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT IN THE REPORT, RIGHT. THAT'S AVAILABLE. RIGHT. IT'S IN THE IT'S A, IT'S A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT IN THE IN THE APPLICATION UNDER THE APPLICATION. AND IT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LETTER BY THE ATTORNEY, RIGHT. THAT THAT SPECIFIC FORM. BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF GENERAL PUBLIC RIGHT. SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR THIS. 
          THE THE THE DESIGNATION REPORT FOR THE OBESE HISTORIC DISTRICT, RIGHT. THAT WAS POSTED TO OUR PACKAGE 145 PAGE REPORT. RIGHT. THAT DOESN'T IT'S IN THERE. NO, IT'S NOT IN THERE. OKAY. NO, THOSE FORM THAT THAT PARTICULAR FORM IS NOT IN THERE. THE PROPERTY IS LISTED AS DESIGNATED. BUT I'M JUST WAIT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE FORM? YES. 
          IT'S IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT IN YOUR. IT IS UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR PACKAGE. RIGHT. BUT IN TERMS OF, OF THE OF THE REPORT, RIGHT. THE THE O THE ACTUAL REPORT, THE ACTUAL DESIGNATION REPORT THAT IS. NO, IT'S NOT INCLUDED. THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE. THAT THAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT. 
          YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT. ANYONE COULD ASK FOR THAT. YES. IT'S BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT FORM INCLUDED IN THERE THAT JUST LISTS THE DESIGNATED, THE CONTRIBUTING AND NONCONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES. FROM WHAT I SAW, THE 145 PAGES DIDN'T INCLUDE ONE OF THOSE. 
          THAT'S A DESIGNATION REPORT. SO THE OTHER ITEM THAT YOU'RE, I THINK REFERRING TO IS JUST THE SURVEY. SO THAT HISTORIC FORM IS CREATED AS PART OF THE SURVEY. AND THEN FROM THE SURVEY, A DESIGNATION REPORT IS CREATED. SO THE DESIGNATION REPORT IS ACTUALLY WHAT DESIGNATES THE PROPERTY GETS IT BEFORE YOU ALL. BUT THE THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE IN ADVANCE TO TO USE AS A REFERENCE IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT COMPLETELY. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT FORM COMES FROM. GO AHEAD. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS DISTRICT WAS FUNDED WITH A STATE OF FLORIDA GRANT FROM THE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES. AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT GRANT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT MASTER SITE FILE FORMS TO THE STATE FOR EVERY RESOURCE THAT IS SURVEYED. SO THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE REPORT AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE STATE THEY WANT TO. THEY WANT A RECORD OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SURVEYED IN THE STATE. SO THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE REPORT AT THE END. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WE KEEP HEARING THAT THE THE EXISTING HOUSE IS PLACED STRANGELY ON THIS LOT. 
          WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE LOT? IT'S A CORNER LOT. I BELIEVE THERE'S A SURVEY IN THAT APPLICATION. IF WE COULD GET THE REPORT, THE PRESENTATION BACK UP. IF YOU WALK AWAY. OKAY. 
          AND I MISSED THAT. OKAY. SO IT'S 75 ON THE ABOUT 75 ON THE OBESE SIDE. AND THEN IT IS I CAN'T SEE THAT NUMBER 150 ON COLUMBUS. OKAY. SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY OF THE EXISTING, THE HOUSE THAT SITS THERE NOW IS SET BACK 65FT FROM OBISPO. HOW MANY HOUSES ARE IN THE DISTRICT? I WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. I DO NOT HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SORRY. YEAH. SO YOU COULD SEE HERE THE SETBACK OF THE FRONT WALL OF THE SIDE WALL OF THE BUILDING FROM OBISPO. RIGHT. IT'S IT MIGHT IT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE AS WELL. THERE YOU GO. 
          IT'S A LITTLE CLEARER HERE. YEAH. BIG YARD. I THINK. MR. BURT, THE DESIGNATION REPORT SAYS 122 20. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OH. I'M GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS AFTER. 
          YEAH. THIS IS THE QUESTION TIME FOR EITHER STAFF OR THE APPLICANT. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION LATER. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE. 
          DID THE OWNER EVER CONSIDER KEEPING THE HISTORIC HOME AND ASKING FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR AN ADDITION? IT WAS BRIEFLY CONSIDERED, BUT AS I MENTIONED, JUST GIVEN THE PLACEMENT OF WHERE THE HOUSE CURRENTLY LIES AND THE RULES OF THE CITY DETERMINED BY SETBACKS 
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AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE COST OF AN ADDITION FOR HOW MUCH WE COULD GET OUT OF IT, JUST THE VALUE FOR US WASN'T THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THE HOUSE WAS PLACED DIFFERENTLY ON THE LOT, THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. BUT JUST CURRENTLY, WHERE IT IS AND WHERE IT'S FACING, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING. I PRESUME. THERE WAS A SIGN POSTED ABOUT THIS HEARING TODAY ON THE LOT TWO. OKAY. ARE THERE NEIGHBORS HERE? DID WE HAVE WE'LL GET TO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER. YEAH. OKAY. PROCEDURES BEFORE MR. SAVAGE GOES, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. IT'S ACTUALLY A FOLLOW UP TO THE QUESTION, AND I WAS GOING TO HOPEFULLY EITHER SPEAK TO MR. TURNER OR THE ARCHITECT OF. WERE THERE WHAT ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, KEEPING THE EXISTING PROJECT? I UNDERSTAND FROM MR. SAVAGE AND THE OWNER THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, BUT IS ARE THERE ANY SPECIFICS THAT WE CAN HEAR THAT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT? I THINK ON ALL LEVELS, WHETHER IT'S PUTTING A POOL, HALLWAYS TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE, GARAGE POSITIONS, YOU CAN KEEP GOING AND GOING. 
          THE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP GOING AND GOING. I MEAN, WELL, THIS HOUSE SITS WAY TO THE SIDE. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ADD A MODERN ADDITION WITH ALL THE AMENITIES YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE IN A BRAND NEW HOME. CALL IT GAZEBO, CALL IT A SUMMER KITCHEN, NICE POOL. THEN WE GET INTO THE ZONING SITUATIONS WHERE THE POOL CAN'T FACE THE STREET. THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE ZONING THINGS THAT DON'T ALLOW CERTAIN PIECES OF THIS TO, TO WORK IN THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD. 
          THE MASSING WOULD BE TOTALLY HEAVY ON THE RIGHT. THIS IS A RANCH STYLE HOUSE. YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ONE LEVEL TWO STORY WOULD NOT LOOK RIGHT. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK FOR THIS HOUSE. 
          PROFESSIONAL OPINION WAS THIS IS NOT SIGNIFICANT. HOUSE. I DISAGREE WITH MR. MAXWELL. WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. YOU START WITH THIS DISCUSSION. MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL. THAT'S OUR BLOOD. THAT'S OUR THING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOWN FOR. 
          RANCH HOUSES ARE ALL OVER THE CITY OF MIAMI AND EVERYWHERE ELSE. WE'RE NOT ABOUT RANCH HOUSES, NOT YET. AND THIS ONE DOESN'T MAKE IT. I'D LIKE TO ANSWER IF I IF I WILL, PLEASE MR. THIS IS MY FAULT. I PREMATURELY CUT OFF MY PRESENTATION, BUT I WANTED TO ANSWER. BOARD MEMBER MARLIN EBERT, WHO SAID, HAVE YOU TALKED TO NEIGHBORS? AND WE DID. 
          AND IF I COULD PLEASE PULL UP MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL JUST SHOW YOU QUICKLY A SLIDE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THAT SHOWS THAT THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS ARE IN WHOLESALE SUPPORT OF THE NEW HOME. THEY LOVE IT. AND THE ONES THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO REVISIT, I PROMISE. LET ME JUST GO RIGHT TO THIS SLIDE. BUT THIS WAS OH, HERE WE GO. OOPS. LET ME TRY AGAIN. SORRY. I'M GOING TO GO SLOWER THIS TIME, I PROMISE. I GOT EXCITED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY, STOP. 
          I WILL REST MY THUMB AT THIS MOMENT. OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH NEIGHBORS, ALL OF WHOM WERE FAVORABLE. THEY SAY THINGS AND THESE ARE LONG TIME NEIGHBORS AND THEY ARE PROXIMATE NEIGHBORS. THAT THE PROPOSED NEW TWO STORY RESIDENCE INCLUDES A BEAUTIFUL TAKE ON TRADITIONAL CORAL GABLES, WHAT THEY CALL SPANISH REVIVAL HOME WOULD COMPLEMENT OUR STREET, BEAUTIFULLY COMPLEMENTS THE STREETSCAPE AND RESPECTS THE HISTORIC FABRIC, AND THE NEW TWO STORY RESIDENCE REPLACES A STANDARD ONE STORY HOUSE THAT, IN OUR OPINION, DOES NOT HAVE ARCHITECTURAL MERIT. SO THERE THERE ARE ALL THESE ARE IN THE RECORD. I DIDN'T MEAN TO READ THEM ALL, AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL TIME AND AND WE'RE HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. SAVAGE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MISS SPAIN? I HAVE A COMMENT. I APPRECIATE YOU. TELLING US ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED HOME, WHICH IS BEAUTIFUL, EXCELLENT ARCHITECTS THERE. IN THE GROUP OF ARCHITECTS, PEOPLE CALL ME FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ARCHITECTS. WHEN I WAS A STAFF PERSON, I 
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COULDN'T GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS. BUT NOW I CAN. AND ACTUALLY ANNA AND FRANK ARE ON THE TOP OF THAT LIST. BUT THERE'S THERE'S NO MENTION OF ANYTHING ON THE EXISTING HOME IN YOUR PRESENTATION. I FIND THAT VERY ODD. I MEAN, IT WAS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IN A DISTRICT. WHERE IS THE ANALYSIS OF WHY IT DOESN'T FIT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS SAYING IT DOESN'T AND RICH EISEN MODEL SAYING IT, BUT IT DOESN'T. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF AN ANALYSIS SINCE IT WAS CITED AS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND AND I JUST FIND IT VERY HARD OF THE IF YOU GET ON THE CORAL GABLES WEBSITE, YOU CAN GET TO A LIST OF CONTRIBUTING AND NONCONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES. AND THEN ONCE YOU FIND OUT THAT IT'S A CONTRIBUTING PROPERTY, YOU STILL PURCHASE A PROPERTY AND GO TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. AND WHERE IS SHE? OH, AND, AND WHEN THEY CAME TO TO SEE YOU PRIOR TO BUYING THIS HOUSE, DID THEY SAY, WE INTEND TO KNOCK DOWN THIS CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE? AND YOU SAID, WELL, WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED THERE THAT THIS IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SOMEONE DIDN'T PANIC. YEAH. NO, I, I SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT A TYPICAL REQUEST AND SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO. IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE YES FROM STAFF AT ALL. THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A RISK. EVEN COMING FROM OUR RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME, I, I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN LOOKING IN, I AGAIN, WE GOT THE LIST. WE GOT IT ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL TO THE, TO STAFF AND STAFF HAD SAID THAT IT WAS NON CONTRIBUTING. AND THEN FROM THERE, WHEN THE REPORT WAS PULLED. YES. BECAUSE AGAIN SOMETIMES WE LOOK WE OPEN GOOGLE, WE SAY, OH OKAY. WHY WOULDN'T YOU LOOK AT THE LIST. 
          IT'S ONLINE AND THAT'S CONTRIBUTING A NONCONTRIBUTING. THAT'S WHY WE CALL A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WITHIN 15 MINUTES OR WITHIN THE DAY, WE CALLED THEM BACK AND LET THEM KNOW. AND THEN I GOT, I WAS AT COMMISSION THAT DAY AND WAS CHASED DOWN BY THEIR TEAM, I'LL SAY. AND THEY FOUND ME IN THE STAFF ROOM TO DISCUSS IT. AND I SAID, OKAY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT, WE'RE CONCERNED, WE LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND I SAID, THIS IS A RISK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAVING TO HAVE TO BE WILLING TO TAKE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE YES. AGAIN, WE'RE FOR OUR MY PERSPECTIVE, GOING THROUGH THE REPORT AND GOING THROUGH THE CRITERIA FOR FOR DEMOLITION, THE BUILDING MEETS THOSE CRITERIA MOSTLY, MAYBE ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO UNDUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP THAT THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO THEM. BUT THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF. AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BUILDING. IF YOU WERE TO CONSIDER AN ADDITION, I THINK IN ADDITION, WOULD HAVE TO BE A HUGE MODIFICATION TO THIS BUILDING THAT WOULD THEN MAKE THE BUILDING EITHER LESS CONTRIBUTING OR REALLY NOT, OR PUT A BIG ADDITION ON THE SIDE THAT FACES OBISPO. THERE'S NO SPACE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE BUILDING IS SITED, BUT LOOKING AT A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS APPROPRIATE TO THE DISTRICT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE SITE ITSELF, IS KIND OF THE WAY THAT WHY THOSE DISTRICTS EXIST TOO. SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS. NO ONE EVER SAID, THIS IS YOUR GOLDEN GOOSE. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT. THIS WAS A THAT'S WHY IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. 
          BUT YEAH, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK LIGHTLY. IT CERTAINLY WAS BUILT WITHIN THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISTRICT. IT DOESN'T END AT THE 1920S AND THE OBESITY, AND IT FITS EXACTLY WITHIN THE 50 YEAR PERIOD. THAT'S. AND THAT 1958 DATE IS FROM THE 2008 DESIGNATION. IS THAT 50 YEARS? RIGHT. ANY BUILDING AFTER 58 WOULD BE 50 YEARS OLD. SO AND THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THAT WAS AMENDED TO BE 1955, I WOULD UNDERSTAND. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATION REPORT CALLS OUT. 58. I DON'T REMEMBER A LOT THAT I DID CHECK THAT THAT'S IN THE IN THE IN THE APPENDIX TO THE REPORT. IS THERE AN APPENDIX REPORT? YEAH, I SAW THAT. OKAY. THAT WAS. SO I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE I THINK THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DESIGNATION REPORT. THAT'S REALLY IRRELEVANT BECAUSE IT WAS STILL BUILT IN 1955. I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THIS. I MEAN, I, I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO AND, AND LOOK AT HOMES. I MEAN, IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO FIND THAT HOUSE ON SANTA MARIA STREET WHEN I WANTED TO LIVE IN CORAL GABLES. BUT I LOOKED AT HOMES THAT I DIDN'T THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I LOOKED AT HISTORIC HOMES, REALIZED I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WHEN I PASSED. SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. THANK YOU. MR. MARTINEZ. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? SO I THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME UP. THE ONE THING TO 
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ADDRESS, DONNA, IS. FRANK MARTINEZ, PLEASE. YEAH. MARTINEZ AND ALVAREZ, THANK YOU. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE AND ITS SETTING, I MEAN, IT'S I WANT TO SAY THIS IN A IT'S URBANISTICALLY COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE TO UNDERSTANDING OBISPO, YOU KNOW, AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, AS A HISTORIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND. NO, NO, WE JUST SEE THE HOUSE. CAN YOU PUT IT UP? YEAH. COULD WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT. AND WE CAN SHOW THE. I'M SORRY FRANK. GO AHEAD. RIGHT. WE CAN SHOW. WELL, I THINK THE SITE PLAN OF THE EXISTING. AND SO I'M. YEAH. THE EXISTING HOUSE. I MEAN YES, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT YOUR HOME WOULD FIT IN. NO, NO. BUT MY CONCERN IS THE DEMOLITION OF A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE. NOT, NOT YOUR HOME AT ALL BECAUSE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. NO. WELL THERE'S ANOTHER, BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT. YES. 
          GOOD. AND THEN WE'LL GO. SO HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE FRONTALLY, BUT SET BACK 65FT FROM OBISPO OBISPO. THE FIRST 32 HISTORIC COTTAGES WERE WE HAPPEN TO LIVE IN ONE, WERE BUILT ON OBISPO, AND THEY WERE BUILT IN A ALTERNATING ZIGZAG PATTERN. IT WAS PART OF THE INTERESTING STRATEGY AT THE TIME. THEY'RE ALL AT THE 25 FOOT SETBACK, AND THEY ACTUALLY DID HAVE THE URBANISTIC INTENTION OF HAVING THAT KIND OF STREET FRONTAGE CONTINUITY. 
          THE EVERYTHING THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE NOTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL DOMESTIC HOUSES OF CORAL GABLES, ESPECIALLY IN THESE THE FIRST PORTIONS OF CORAL GABLES BUILT, AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THESE GENERALLY 50 FOOT LOTS, THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE 72FT WIDE. SO WHEN I SAY URBANISTICALLY, IT DOESN'T THAT THAT INCREDIBLY LARGE SETBACK. AND THEN IT'S A KIND OF ODD CONFIGURATION IN THE CENTER OF THAT LARGE SETBACK IS ONE OBJECTIVE REASON, DONNA, TO REALLY THINK OF IT AS, IS THIS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HISTORIC. I JUST THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THAT ISSUE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT CONCERNS ME, OTHER THAN WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW DESIGN FITS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IT DOES FOR SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO, NO, WE ABSOLUTELY JUST UNDERSTOOD THIS. AS YOU KNOW, FIRST WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE NOTION. IS IT CONTRIBUTING? IS IT REALLY CONTRIBUTING OR NOT? AND THEN SECOND, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN WE'RE BRINGING YOU THE DESIGN OF WHAT OF WHAT THE NEW PROPOSAL IS. AND AND THANKFULLY, WE'RE HEARING THAT THAT THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING. I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION TO THE I WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO ASK THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS. I SAID, THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE AND THEY. I GUESS I SHOULDN'T EVEN SAY THIS, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY WERE LIKE, NO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY NOT A CONTRIBUTING HOUSE. AND, AND REALLY, WHEN ALL THIS STARTED, WHEN WE CAME IN A LITTLE BIT AFTER IT STARTED, THERE WAS THIS, THERE WAS A KIND OF ZEITGEIST OF LIKE, WELL, THAT'S NOT REALLY CONTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, THAT. SO I THINK EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN THAT SPIRIT IN A REALLY IN AN HONEST WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL ABOUT I'M SURE THAT'S THE CASE. YEAH. AND I'M SURE, I'M SURE. SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS. SO, MR. MARTIN, IT'S CLOSE. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE REASON I ASKED THE QUESTION I ASKED IS THE WAY THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED THE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE. YES. STILL HAS A ONE STORY 15FT AWAY FACING COLUMBUS. AND YOU HAVE THE TWO STORY UP AGAINST OBISPO SO THAT THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE IS KIND OF WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR ONE STORY HOUSE NOW. SO AS FAR AS ALL BEING ONE ARCHITECTURAL PIECE, IT'S DIFFERENT. BUT THE MASSING IS EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE BACK. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC REASON WHY YOU WANT TO DEMOLISH THAT STRUCTURE, BECAUSE MASSING WISE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S IN KIND OF THE SAME PLACE. THE SETBACK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON COLUMBUS. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SET IN. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, TO HAVE THE INTERIOR GARDEN, WHICH AGAIN, NOT ABOUT THE NEW DESIGN, BUT WE WERE DESIGNING IT AS A AS AN INTERIOR GARDEN THAT HAS A COURTYARD FORM. SO THAT'S 
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REALLY THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BOTH OF THOSE CONDITIONS THAT ARE. SORT OF INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING TO. YOU KNOW, TO THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS BEING LOOKED AT IN AN OBJECTIVE WAY, NOT REALLY NOT. THANK YOU. MR. AGAIN, THE AND FOR THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS HAS THEIR POINT OF VIEW. THE CONSULTANTS HAVE THEIR POINT OF VIEW. AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND STAFF HAVE OUR POINTS OF VIEW. SO WE ALL HAVE OUR PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS. AND I THINK THE CLIENT HAS BEEN GREAT AND THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT SAYING THEY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO AND, AND FEEL THAT THEY DID THE RIGHT THING. SO I THINK IT'S CLEAR FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, SORT OF TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IT'S CLEAR THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. SAVAGE, IN CLOSING, OR ARE YOU DONE THROUGH THE NEW CHAIR? IF I COULD, AND I THINK YOU'RE GETTING TO KNOW ME, THAT I DON'T GO ON AND ON. BUT IF I COULD JUST AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT, IF I COULD HAVE JUST 45 SECONDS OF REBUTTAL AND HAVE THE LAST WORD ON THE APPLICATION, THAT WILL BE VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME. THANK YOU. IF I COULD JUST RESERVE THAT TIME. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. WERE YOU SWORN IN EARLIER, IF WE COULD PLEASE SWEAR YOU IN. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES. MY NAME IS EMILY BALTER. I LIVE AT 915 MONTEREY STREET WITH MY HUSBAND AND FOUR YEAR OLD SON. THANK YOU FOR TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS APPLICATION. I UNDERSTAND THE TECHNICALITIES OF IT ARE INTRICATE. I REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, I REVIEWED THE PLANS, AND I REVIEWED ALL THE REPORTS. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S PROFESSIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE FAMILY HAS STAFFED EVERY, YOU KNOW, MAJOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION EXPERT IN OUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT SHOWS A WILLINGNESS AND RESPECT TO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TODAY. 
          THE PROPOSAL IS BEAUTIFUL AND CONSISTENT, IN MY OPINION, MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBISPO HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BALTER. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR AND OPPOSITION? IS THERE ANYBODY ON ZOOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE? HI THERE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD AS COMPETENT EVIDENCE, YOU NEED TO BE LIVE AND SWORN IN. IF NOT, IT DOESN'T COUNT. WELL, THIS IS ON VIDEO. ON VIDEO, RIGHT? WELL, I, I, I AM SPEAKING AS PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION, AND YOU ALREADY HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER THAT INDICATES OUR STANDING. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH WITH MISS SPAIN, YOU KNOW, REGARDING CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES, THE. THAT'S WHY HISTORIC DISTRICTS ARE CREATED, NOT BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION, BUT BECAUSE THEY FIT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CRITERIA. AND THIS HOME FITS WITHIN A CRITERIA. I HEAR A LOT ABOUT RANCH RANCH STYLE HOMES. THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT. THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE ERA THAT THEY WERE BUILT IN. AND OF COURSE, MODERN RANCH HOMES AREN'T GOING TO FIT THAT CRITERIA. BUT THE 1955 HOME THAT WAS BUILT WITHIN THAT ERA IS SIGNIFICANT. AND THE OBESE, THE THE, THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OBISPO HISTORIC DISTRICT IS THAT THEY INCLUDE DIFFERENT STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE. IT'S NOT JUST THE 1920S. SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE. AND AGAIN, I THINK VERY MISLEADING WHEN THE REPORT IT IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE INDIVIDUALLY HISTORIC OR DESIGNATED, BUT IT IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THE 
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DISTRICT. SO THAT WEIGHS MORE THAN AN INDIVIDUAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GUIDELINES. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL CONSIDERING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU ARE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, NOT THE HISTORIC DEMOLITION BOARD. SO A DEMOLITION IS, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY THE LAST RESORT. THIS HOME IS NOT NEGLECTED. 
          THIS HOME IS WAS BOUGHT KNOWINGLY THAT IT WAS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IT WAS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE. AND I DO RESPECT ALL THE PLAYERS HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE TOP OF THE LINE STARTING WITH THE LAWYER, THE ARCHITECT, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION, THE DEVELOPER, ALL THAT. BUT PLEASE, LET'S NOT DIMINISH WHAT THIS HOME DOES REPRESENT WITHIN OUR HISTORIC HISTORIC PATRIMONY. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, MISS CARBONELL. WITH THAT, WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING. MR. SAVAGE, DID YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR THE CALLER AND FOR MISS BALTER, WHO SPOKE VERY BRIEFLY IN IN IN CONCLUSION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. ONE IS THAT I. THIS BOARD HAS NOT SEEN ME 25 TIMES, BUT I HAVE BEEN AROUND TOWN FOR A WHILE, AND I'VE WORKED ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE. I WORKED WITH MISS SPAIN, I'VE WORKED WITH MISS PERNICE, AND FOR BOTH OF THEM I CAN SAY THAT THEY DO NOT SUFFER FOOLS. YOU HAD BETTER COME WITH A GOOD APPLICATION THAT ATTRACTS THE CODE BASED FACTORS, OR YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A VERY A VERY ENJOYABLE MEETING. AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH A VERY TOUGH PROCESS AND ADHERED VERY CLOSELY TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE CODE BASE FACTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE DEMOLITION, THE D WORD IS THE MOST EYEBROW RAISING THING THAT THIS BOARD HAS ASKED TO DO, BUT IT IS CODIFIED, AND THERE IS A 1 IN 175 APPLICATIONS, OR 1 IN 1,000,000 OR WHATEVER IT IS. THEY DO COME BEFORE YOU AND YOU DO NEED TO TO EVALUATE THEM. LAST POINT IS THAT IF MISS SPAIN OR OTHERS ON THE BOARD WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN ADDITIONAL STUDY THAT TALKS ABOUT WHY THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS UNWORKABLE, THAT ADDRESSES THE ARTICULATION THAT WILL BE FACING OBESE UNDER THE NEW ORIENTATION, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL, AS THE CHAIRMAN SAYS, IT DOES FRONT COLUMBUS. 
          BUT WE BELIEVE THAT OUR ARTICULATION ON THE SIDE IS A WORLD OF IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO WHAT IS THERE OR WHAT WOULD BE THERE WITH A STANDARD ADDITION. IF THOSE ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS MAY ASSIST THIS BOARD, THEN WE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO AVOID, YOU KNOW, A LEGAL CHALLENGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'D RATHER WORK WITH THE BOARD ALONG THOSE LINES. IF THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY FRUITLESS, THEN PLEASE LET US KNOW. BUT THAT IS WHERE OUR THINKING IS. SO IN CONCLUSION, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR FAVORABLE ACTION AS HAVING SATISFIED THE CODE CRITERIA. AS YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF HAS WRITTEN AND TESTIFIED, OR IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MOVE YOU OR POSSIBLY EDUCATE YOU FURTHER, WE COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STUDIES ALONG THOSE LINES AND CONTINUE THIS ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL SAVAGE. IF YOU COULD HOLD ON A SECOND, CAN THE CITY ATTORNEY CLARIFY THE AMOUNT OF VOTES NEEDED FOR APPROVAL SINCE WE HAVE A SHORT BOARD? SURE. OF COURSE. SO A MAJORITY OF THE ENTIRE BOARD IS NECESSARY FOR ANY ACTION. SO THAT'S A VOTE OF FIVE. A TIE VOTE OR A FAILED VOTE RESULTS IN THE AUTOMATIC CONTINUANCE OF THE ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING. SO TODAY THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED FIVE VOTES AND THE APPLICANT PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SIZE OF THIS BOARD. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE. YOU NEED FIVE VOTES. MR. CHAIRMAN. I KNOW THAT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE LISTENING ABOUT WHETHER WHETHER THIS ADDITIONAL DATA MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND THEN I'LL EITHER CONTINUE OR OR NOT? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. BRING IT 
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BACK TO THE BOARD. NO MORE QUESTIONS. ANY THOUGHTS? AND YOU COULD GO IN WHATEVER ORDER YOU LIKE. OH, SORRY. I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THIS WEIRD PLACEMENT WITH THIS, LIKE STACKED THESE STACKED LOTS AND THE COLUMBUS BOULEVARD FACING STRUCTURE. I KEPT THINKING, OKAY, YOU COULD AND HOW IT INTERFACES WITH THE OBESE BOW. 
          AVENUE AND THE DISTRICT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS RATHER WONDERFUL STREETSCAPE AND VERY WELL INTEGRATED. IT HASN'T BEEN TORN APART BY INAPPROPRIATE STRUCTURES. SO AND THEN YOU COME TO THIS STRUCTURE AND IT'S SET BACK. IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL A PART OF IT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S AN OUTLIER. SO THEN YOU LOOK OKAY. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN ADDITION TO MAKE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WORK FOR THIS FAMILY? AND SO YOU HAVE ALL OF THE LOT THAT FACES ON OBISPO. SO THEN YOU HAVE A BASICALLY A TENSION BETWEEN THE FACADE ON COLUMBUS AND WHAT YOU WOULD ADD TO OBISPO SO THAT YOU MAINTAIN THAT STREETSCAPE, YOU COME UP WITH THE ADDITION. AND HOW IS THE ADDITION SUPPOSED TO BE ORIENTED? SO I'M, I'M NOT THE ARCHITECT I'M WITH ON MR. SAVAGE'S PROFESSION, BUT I, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN. I THINK IT'S GLORIOUS. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE THERE REALLY WONDERFUL ARCHITECTS, INCLUDING THE ONES WHO PREPARED THIS, WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. DOES IT MAKE SENSE? I DO THINK IT WOULD END UP BEING A GUT RENOVATION. WITH RANCH HOUSES. SO MUCH OF THE DESIGN IS THE ELONGATED FRONT FACADE. AND HOW ARE YOU? HOW DO YOU COMPROMISE OR ORIENT OR MAKE THESE TWO FACADES WORK? AND THAT AND THAT'S THE PART. DO I THINK THIS DESIGN TEAM COULD MAKE IT WORK? BUT IT YOU NEED A PRETTY TALENTED GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I. AND WHEN YOU DO THE DESIGN OR THE REDESIGN, DO YOU END UP WITH CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IS THE FRONT FACADE? AND SO I'M, I'M NOT THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. I THINK THIS IS AN ENORMOUSLY CHALLENGING SITE. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE THE DESIGNATED STRUCTURE THERE. AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DO THE ADDITION AND NOT SCREW UP THE OBESE BOW STREETSCAPE? SO THE I HAVEN'T DECIDED, YOU KNOW, WHERE I STAND ON THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY TOUGH. THANK YOU, MR. ROLANDO. ALEX. YEAH, I THINK MR. ROLANDO BRINGS UP SOME SOME GOOD POINTS. RIGHT. IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION, MR. SAVAGE, WOULD WE BENEFIT FROM AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE? TO ME, I MEAN, WE WE KIND OF SEE WHAT'S THERE, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE HOUSE IS IS KIND OF ITS ORIGINAL MASSING. THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN CHANGED ARE THE WINDOWS, THE ROOF AND THE GARAGE DOOR ESSENTIALLY. RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO THESE TO THESE RANCH HOUSES IN TERMS OF, OF DETAILING, RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE TELLING DETAILS. BUT, BUT I DON'T TO ME, I DON'T THINK ANY 
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MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXISTING HOUSE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. NOW, CONVERSELY, INFORMATION ON, ON, ON KIND OF WHAT MR. ROLANDO WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF AN HONEST EFFORT TO DO AN ADDITION TO THIS HOUSE THAT COULD BE BENEFICIAL, RIGHT? LIKE IF AND SHE BRINGS UP EXCELLENT POINTS IF YOU WALK DOWN A BISTRO, RIGHT. WHICH WHICH I DID, YOU HAVE THIS RHYTHM OF, OF NARROW LOTS AND SMALL HOUSES. AND THEN HERE THERE'S A GAP, RIGHT? LIKE IT'S LIKE IT'S ALMOST NOT THERE, BUT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CORNER LOT. IT DOESN'T OCCUPY THE CORNER. IT TALKS TO, TO COLUMBUS. SO I CAN SEE HOW IT'S CHALLENGING. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT, BUT IF, IF THERE IS SOMETHING BENEFICIAL TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO US WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT KIND OF A STUDY OF, OF, OF, YOU KNOW, AN HONEST TRY ABOUT WORKING WITH THIS HOUSE. AND IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, WHY? AND I KNOW FRANK, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A BRILLIANT GUY. I KNOW YOU CAN YOU, YOU, YOUR FIRM DOES EXCELLENT WORK AND, AND HONESTLY THAT IF IF IF WE DO KIND OF AN HONEST ATTEMPT AT THIS AND YOU COME BACK AND SAY, THESE ARE THE DRAWBACKS AND THESE ARE THE PROS AND AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS THAT WOULD WEIGH ON MY DECISION, RIGHT? I'M JUST ONE PERSON. BUT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ME, TO MY, MY PERSONAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I KEEP GOING BACK TO THIS ORIGINAL REPORT, RIGHT? AND THEN THIS AMENDED REPORT THAT BROUGHT IT BACK TO 1955, AND THEN THIS OTHER FORM THAT SAYS IT'S NOT INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNATED, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT IS CONTRIBUTING IS DESIGNATED AND IS AFFORDED ALL THE EXISTING PROTECTIONS. RIGHT. SO TO ME, WHAT STAFF IS SAYING ESSENTIALLY IS THAT THIS REPORT WAS THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE REPORT. I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY I READ THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE REPORT, AND WE'RE REVISING IT. 
          AND WE ARE NOW SAYING IT'S NOT RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THE GIST. AND THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CLEANER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS. I, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY VIEW, THE NONCONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES COMPARED TO THE CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES COMPARED TO INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES IS MORE ABOUT THE RESEARCH DONE BY STAFF THAN IT IS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOMES, BECAUSE YOU GET THESE AMAZING REPORTS THAT HAVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, WHO LIVE THERE AND WHO THE ARCHITECT WAS. AND, AND THEY'RE VERY DETAILED THEN. AND THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE FOR ME. BUT THE HOME, IF IT'S CONTRIBUTING, SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND BY ITSELF AS A SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS DOES, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS REVIEWED BY THE HISTORIC BOARD AT THE TIME, AND THEY FOUND IT TO BE A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STUCK WITH. AND, AND THE CLIMATE TODAY, SINCE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND A DISTRICT IS IT BRINGS IT UP AT A DIFFICULT TIME. I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU, MISS SPAIN, MISS YIELD. MR. IT GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION WE HAVE ALL THE TIME, THE REALTORS I MEAN, THAT THIS THAT THIS COUPLE WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AD LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE BUYING THIS LOT, RIGHT. ORIGINALLY UNTIL THIS CAME UP. YEAH. IT'S A SHAME, MR. CHAIR. LET ME TAKE I'M GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, MISS YIELD. I JUST THE COMMENT, THE REASON I ASKED IS IF YOU LOOKED AT ANYTHING, IF THE OWNERS LOOKED AT SAVING THE STRUCTURE IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH IT. I FEEL LIKE THE RISK THAT WAS TAKEN WAS A RISK OF DEMOLISHING IT AND BUILDING SOMETHING NEW. 
          WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE HAS THERE. THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE WORK OF WORKING WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE BEFORE SAYING IT'S UNWORKABLE. I MEAN, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE OR HEAR ANY, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION OR DISCUSSION REGARDING WHAT WAS HOW YOU TRIED TO DO IT. I AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU. MISS YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE CONVERSATION BACK TO THE CRITERIA OF THE CODE. I JUST WANT TO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HELPFUL AND FRUITFUL DISCUSSION. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS BOARD LOOKS AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALSO HAVE TO DO IS APPLY THE THE CORRECT CRITERIA AND THE CORRECT LAW. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT YOU ALL TO THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT THE SECTIONS IN EIGHT 107 D, ABOUT DEMOLITION. AND JUST TO 
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MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WERE LOOKING AT THOSE CRITERIA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE DEMOLITION, JUST TO IF THAT INFORMS YOUR CONVERSATIONS AT ALL OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THAT'S THE CURRENT CRITERIA THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW FOR THE DEMOLITION PORTION. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO. PLEASE MR. SILVA. SORRY, MR. CHAIR, BUT MR. MORTON, SO ONE OF ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA IN THE CODE IS THAT POINT FIVE. THAT'S IN THE REPORT, WHICH IS THE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE. CORRECT. SO WE'RE NOT INCORRECT IN LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT. OF COURSE NOT THAT THAT IS CERTAINLY A PORTION OF THIS. AND AS MISS MENTIONED, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ONE OF STAFF'S CONDITIONS THAT THE DEMOLITION ANY DEMOLITION PERMIT NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL A PERMIT FOR A NEW STRUCTURE WAS IN PLACE. AND THAT IS THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE PLANS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. SO, YES, AND SPECIFICALLY HOW A NEW STRUCTURE WOULD FIT INTO THE CORRECT OR HOW AN ADDITION WOULD FIT INTO THIS OR NOT. CORRECT. SO THE, THE ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS WHETHER ARCHITECTURAL PLANS OR JUST TO READ FROM THE CODE HERE, WHETHER ARCHITECTURAL PLANS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE REUSE OF THE PROPERTY, IF THE DEMOLITION WERE TO BE CARRIED OUT, AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF SAID PLANS TO THE CHARACTER OF THE HISTORIC SITE OR DISTRICT, IF APPLICABLE, AND DEMONSTRATION. AND THEN, AS WE MENTIONED, THE THE BOND FOR THE FUNDS. BUT YES, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE EIGHT CRITERIA THERE. AND THE DEMOLITION. OH, ONE COMMENT AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT. SO THIS MISS EBERT, THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE APPLICANT OBTAINED THE PROPERTY IS DOES NOT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION HERE, ALTHOUGH WE CAN PERSONALLY HAVE OUR FEELINGS ABOUT THAT. BUT AS THE BOARD, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. ANYTHING ELSE? BEFORE I GO BACK TO THE APPLICANT WITH A PROFFER. SO IF I CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT'S ATTENTION. I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIR. I WAS CONVERSING WITH MY CLIENT. SO, SO SORRY. IF YOU NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD. AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS. WITHOUT RELITIGATING OR TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE, DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED TODAY OR DO YOU WISH TO NOT PROCEED TODAY? I WAS JUST IF YOU NEED A MINUTE, TAKE IT. YEAH. ONE 30S PLEASE. 
          I APOLOGIZE AND I APPRECIATE ALL THIS EXTRA TIME AND EXTRA ATTENTION. YEAH. SO JUST LOOKING AT LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE FEEDBACK, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SPOKE TO THIS, BUT I DID HEAR THAT THE BOARD COULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS SHOWING THE WORKABILITY OR UNFEASIBILITY OF ADDITIONS TO THE HOME, A MORE OF A FOCUS ON THE ARTICULATION THAT WOULD BE FRONTING OBISPO, AND JUST A MORE INTENSIVE STUDY AS TO WHY THE. IN ADDITION, MAY WORK OR MAY NOT WORK AND ISN'T. MAY BE AN IMPOSSIBILITY HERE. I THINK THAT THIS BOARD IS SAYING THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S NO PROMISES OR ANY THING LIKE THAT. BUT LISTENING TO YOU CAREFULLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING TO COME BACK WITH A PRESENTATION. ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT WENT UNDER THE WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE TODAY WOULD NOT BE REVISITED. THAT'S ALL DONE. AND IT WOULD BE HYPER FOCUSED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE, MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL STUDY ON THE THIS CONTRIBUTING NONCONTRIBUTING VERY STRANGE 
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PLACE THAT WE'RE IN IN TERMS OF THE DESIGNATION, WHICH I HAVEN'T QUITE SEEN THIS FACT PATTERN BEFORE. AND I THINK YOU'RE AGREEING WITH ME. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE. I KNOW THE BOARD'S WORKING VERY HARD WITH US, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU IN THAT, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY AND AND PERFORM THAT ANALYSIS. THANK YOU. SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A CONTINUANCE. 
          DO WE NEED TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE RECORD? I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL JUST FOR THE RECORD HERE THAT WE MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO. AND THE DATE IF MR. SAVAGE, YOU WANT TO CONFIRM IT'S THE. NOVEMBER 19TH IS THE NEXT HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE ITEM TILL THAT DATE. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'RE. THE ITEM IS CONTINUED, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF WE COULD TAKE A BRIEF RECESS SO OUR COURT REPORTER CAN GET A EVE, IS THE RECORDING PROGRESS? THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PSOAS AND LET ME READ THIS TO YOU. CASE FILE COA2026O28. AN APPLICATION 
          [1. 26-2218 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-028: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 3903 Granada Boulevard, a Local Historic Landmark, legally described as Lots 18 & 19, Block 46, Coral Gables Country Club Section Three, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 10, at Page 52, of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for alterations to the residence. Variances have also been requested from Article 8, Section 8-202 (B) (4) of the Coral Gables Zoning Code for maximum frontage for a Coral Gables Cottage and Article 8, Section 8-203 C (1) and Article 2, Section 2-101 D (10) c of the Coral Gables Zoning Code for the elimination of off-street covered parking.]
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 3903 GRANADA BOULEVARD, A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 18 AND 19 BLOCK 46 CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB, SECTION THREE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK TEN AT PAGE 52 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. 
          THE APPLICATION REQUESTS DESIGN APPROVAL FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE. VARIANCES HAVE ALSO BEEN REQUESTED FROM ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-2O2B4 OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE FOR MAXIMUM FRONTAGE FOR THE CORAL GABLES COTTAGE AND ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-2, O THREE, C ONE AND ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-1O1. D TEN C OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF OFF STREET COVERED PARKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SWITCH GLASSES SO I CAN SEE WHAT I'M DOING. SO THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THE CORAL ROCK RESIDENCE THEMATIC GROUP. IT WAS LISTED IN THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 2007. AND THERE ARE 27. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT NUMBER IN THE ENTIRE CITY. THERE ARE 27 OF THESE CORAL ROCK HOMES, AND THEY ARE INCREDIBLY UNIQUE AND NEED TO BE VERY MUCH PROTECTED. THIS WAS BUILT. THIS PROPERTY WAS PERMITTED IN 1924, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT H. GEORGE FINK, VERY EARLY PERMIT. AT THE TIME OF THE DESIGNATION, THE ONLY KNOWN ALTERATIONS WERE EXTERIOR PAINT, SOME, A NEW ROOF AND THE INSTALLATION OF AIR CONDITIONING. MOST RECENTLY, A STANDARD COA WAS ISSUED TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WITH IMPACT RESISTANT UNITS. AND ACTUALLY, SOME OF THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS AND DOORS STILL REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS I'M SORRY, LET ME GO BACK. LOCATION MAP ON A CORNER OF GRANADA BOULEVARD. SO THIS IS A 1940S PHOTO OF THE HOUSE. 
          I WANT TO READ BRIEFLY PARTS OF THE REPORT, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF AN UNUSUAL REQUEST FOR YOU ALL. WE'VE HAVE DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE. A VARIANCE TO WAIVE THE STREET FRONTAGE ON A PROPERTY. WE DID THE SAME FOR A HOUSE ON OBISPO TO MAKE IT A COTTAGE, TO ALLOW THEM TO USE THE GARAGE AS LIVING SPACE. THEY HAD A CARPORT. SO WE WE WAIVED THAT THAT CRITERIA FOR THEM BECAUSE IT MET ALL OF THE OTHER CRITERIA. SO I JUST WANT TO THIS IS NOT NEW, BUT IT IS, YOU KNOW, CASE BY CASE. AND THIS IS A KIND OF A VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST. SO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT OF THIS VERY EARLY HOME HAS BEEN MINIMALLY MODIFIED OVER THE YEARS, WITH NO ADDITIONS. THE GIVEN THE BUILDING'S HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE, ANY ALTERATIONS OR PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR ADDITIONS WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE EXISTING HISTORIC FABRIC OF THE HOME. RATHER THAN MODIFY THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, OWNER IS REQUESTING TO CONVERT THE TWO CAR GARAGE INTO LIVING SPACE, WHICH TO INCLUDE A DEN OFFICE AND GYM. BY DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AS A CORAL GABLES COTTAGE, THE OWNER WILL RECEIVE THE INCENTIVE AND THE PROPERTY REMAINS AT ONE STORY. SO THE VARIANCES AGAIN, ONE IS TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A CORAL GABLES COTTAGE PROPERTY MUST HAVE A STREET FRONTAGE OF NO GREATER THAN 65FT. THE. THE FRONTAGE OF THIS HOUSE IS OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERABLY WIDER. 
          THE ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT OF THE. OF THE ONE STORY HOME IS SMALL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY, IT IS A. IT IS A SMALL HOUSE, BUT IT IS A LONG HOUSE, AND THE PROPERTIES ON GRANADA ARE ARE GENERALLY WERE DESIGNED TO BE VERY GRACIOUS. LARGER HOMES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON A VERY PROMINENT BOULEVARD. SO THIS HOUSE FROM THE STREET PRESENTS AS A VERY WIDE KIND OF BIGGER 
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HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IF YOU WERE TO TURN THIS PROPERTY SIDEWAYS, IT WOULD FIT WHOLLY ON A 50 BY 100 LOT. SO IT IS NOT A LARGE HOUSE. AND IN OUR ESTIMATION, IT DOES FIT THE COTTAGE CRITERIA IN THAT WAY. ALSO, IT CHECKS SO MANY BOXES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MADE OUT OF CORAL AND IT DOESN'T HAVE STUCCO, IT IT CHECKS IT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES TO BE A COTTAGE. 
          AND STAFF MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT BESIDES THAT 65 FOOT FRONTAGE, IT DOES POSSESS THOSE THOSE QUALITIES AND WOULD QUALIFY. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE THE WAY THE WAIVER OF THAT PORTION OF THE CODE, THE OTHER TWO VARIANCES ARE ALLOWED THE RESIDENTS TO NOT PROVIDE A CARPORT OR PORTE COCHERE, AND ALSO TO ALLOW THE DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO REMAIN, WHICH WERE THE SAME THAT YOU HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY OF THIS HOUSE, THERE IS NOWHERE ON THIS PROPERTY TO PUT ANYTHING THERE. IT IS SO FAR BACK FROM GRANADA. THE FRONT SETBACK IS APPROXIMATELY 49FT FROM GRANADA BOULEVARD, LEAVING VERY LITTLE YARD SPACE TO THE REAR AND ALSO VERY LITTLE SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR ANY POSSIBLE ADDITIONS. SO A CARPORT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT FEASIBLE. AND HONESTLY, THE ONLY PLACE TO ADD TO THIS HOUSE IS ON A SECOND FLOOR, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ON ON THIS CORAL ROCK HOUSE. SO WE THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR GRANTING THESE, THESE VARIANCES WERE THE SITE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CORAL ROCK COTTAGES AND, AND THE 27 OF THEM THAT REMAIN BASICALLY UNALTERED. THERE ARE NO EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO THE PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR THE INFILL OF A ACE THROUGH A THROUGH WALL AC UNIT ON THE REAR. IT WILL BE FILLED IN WITH CORAL ROCK TO PATCH TO MATCH. AND THAT IS. THAT IS THE REQUEST. THERE IS A SMALL PRESENTATION IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. BASICALLY THE FACADES WILL ALL REMAIN THE SAME. THE ALTERATIONS TO THE GARAGE TAKE PLACE ON THE INTERIOR FACE. THEY WILL BUILD BLOCK UP THAT FROM THE INSIDE. THE GARAGE DOORS WILL STAY. SO FROM THE STREET NOTHING CHANGES. 
          THE OWNER IS HERE TO DO THE PRESENTATION IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM. THANK YOU. LET ME CHECK WITH THE BOARD. YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTERIOR. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION? YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. MY NAME IS ASHISH SHAH AND MY WIFE HERE, WE'RE BOTH CORAL GABLES RESIDENTS FOR 20 YEARS. WE ARE A UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GRADUATES. 
          WE GOT MARRIED AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, AND WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE HERE. AND YEAH, THIS IS OUR KIND OF OUR DREAM HOUSE. SO A LITTLE NERVOUS TALKING IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. I'M A SURGEON, SO IT'S ACTUALLY MORE NERVOUS BEING HERE THAN IN THE O.R. SO HERE I AM. SO. AND MY ARCHITECT IS. I THINK HE'S AT HOME WITH HIS KIDS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INFORMALITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE HOUSE. WE LOVE THE HOUSE. WE LOVE THE ARCHITECTURE. WE FELL IN LOVE WITH GEORGE FINK'S ARCHITECTURE. AND WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SPACE FOR OUR KIDS. WE HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD AND A SEVEN YEAR OLD AND AGING PARENTS, AND JUST NEED SOME SPACE FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME VISIT, AND ALSO FOR OUR KIDS TO STUDY. SO WE JUST BASICALLY JUST MAKE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE GARAGE. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. EXTERIOR. THERE'S A MINI SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT THE INTERIOR TO LIKE A IN-CEILING AC UNIT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE DONE INTERIOR. SO WE WANT TO PRESERVE THIS THIS BUILDING FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO THE OUTSIDE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE OWNER. SO SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WHEN YOU DO THIS WITH ANY TYPE OF CEILING HEIGHTS ON THE INSIDE, BECAUSE YOU CAN OPEN IT UP AND IT'LL. AND BECAUSE THE FLOOR LEVEL MAY HAVE TO BE RAISED, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE ABOVE THE CROWN OF THE ROAD. 
          YEAH. SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WE WERE HAVING FOR ARCHITECT IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS OKAY FOR THE WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ZONING TO SEE ELEVATION WAS, IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY ON OUR INITIAL WHEN WE TALKED TO THE ZONING TO WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE COULD ELEVATE THE THE FLOOR A LITTLE BIT. THERE IS ROOM IN THE CEILING TO GO UP. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY NOT OUR PURVIEW, BUT BUT YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW IT GOING FORWARD, THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE PLANS WHEN YOU WORK WITH IT. THANK YOU, MISS EVERETT. I KNOW THIS HOUSE VERY WELL. I'VE ADMIRED IT FOR 35 YEARS. I LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU HAVE NO SPACE BETWEEN THAT GARAGE AND THE NEXT HOUSE. I MEAN, YOU HAVE. YEAH. AND SO I'M 
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DELIGHTED THAT YOU LOVE IT. I THINK THAT THIS THIS WILL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS HERBERT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYBODY HERE WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CASE? ANYBODY ONLINE? CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. I THINK KARA PRESENTED IT VERY WELL. THE REASONS WHY THE VARIANCE IS IS EVIDENTLY NEEDED. I AGREE 100%. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. I ALSO AGREE, I THINK MISS COUCH WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHY IN THIS CASE, THE REASONS THAT WERE STATED MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. 
          SO THANK YOU, MISS COUTTS. ANYBODY ELSE? DISCUSSION TO MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE MISS SPAIN. I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE VARIANCES. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT QUICKLY. IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT IT IS, I'M JUST I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM OFF. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR THE ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK ON THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 3903 GRANADA BOULEVARD, AND APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS. 
          WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT A CORAL GABLES COTTAGE PROPERTY MUST HAVE A STREET FRONTAGE OF NO GREATER THAN 65FT, AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-202B FOR THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE AND MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO NOT PROVIDE A CARPORT OR A PORTE COCHERE VERSUS ENCLOSED GARAGE MAY BE CONVERTED TO LIVING SPACE OR STORAGE SPACE ALONG AS A CARPORT OR PORTE COCHERE IS PROVIDED FOR THE STORAGE OF AUTOMOBILE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT, SECTION 8-203C, ONE OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO RETAIN A DRIVEWAY VERSUS DRIVEWAYS AND ASSOCIATED CURB CUTS SHALL ONLY BE PERMITTED WHEN PROVIDING ACCESS TO A GARAGE, CARPORT OR PORTE COCHERE. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D TEN C OF THE CORAL GABLES ZONING CODE. THANK YOU MISS, I'LL SECOND THE SHIELD. YES. THANK YOU. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. MR. SILVA. YES. MR. GARCIA. YES, MISS ROLANDO, MISS. YES. MISS. 
          ALVAREZ. YES. MISS SHIELDS. YES. AND MR. MISS. MISS SPAIN. YES. THE MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. OH, YOU TAKE THE VICTORY. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY. PLEASE. PLEASE. WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE. WE'LL TAKE THAT ONE. PLEASE PUT IT INTO THE MICROPHONE RIGHT OVER THERE. ABOUT THE REALTOR SELLING THINGS. RIGHT. SO OUR OUR SELLER ACTUALLY HAD PROPOSED A SECOND STORY AND HAD A BOOK LAYING OUT ON THE COUNTER. SO WE ALL THOUGHT A SECOND STORY MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. BUT THEN MEETING WITH ANNA AND HER TEAM, SHE WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO AND WORKED WITH US. SO I KNOW THE LAST LAST PRESENTATION WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO HEAR, BUT I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY. NOW. HAD YOU ALREADY PURCHASED THE HOUSE? WE WERE IN CONTRACT. OKAY WHEN YOU TALKED TO THEM. YEAH. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SHE BROUGHT OVER A SHOWED ME AN IMAGE THAT THE REALTOR HAD A CHAT. GPT AI RENDERING OF A SECOND. HEY, THIS ISN'T ABOUT REALTORS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. BEFORE I FORGET, WE WE NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THIS COA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. 
          [2. 26-2219 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-029: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 711 University, a Local Historic Landmark, legally described as Lot 11 & S1/2 of Lot 10, Block 137 of “Coral Gables Country Club Sec 6”, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 20, at Page 1 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests a new two-story addition, alterations to the residence, and sitework.]
NEXT CASE. CASE FILE COASP2026029. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 711. UNIVERSITY, A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 11 AND SOUTH ONE HALF OF LOT TEN, BLOCK 137 OF CORAL GABLES COUNTRY CLUB, SECTION SIX, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 20 AT PAGE ONE OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE APPLICATION REQUESTS A NEW TWO STORY ADDITION ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK. 
          THANK YOU. YOU CAN PUT THE POWERPOINT UP, PLEASE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THE LOCATION MAP THE PROPERTY ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND A VERY EARLY, TERRIBLE 1940S PHOTO. THIS WAS 
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ORIGINALLY PERMITTED AS 3904 OCEAN BEACH DRIVE. THE LATER. THE NAME WAS LATER CHANGED TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE IN 1930. IN 1925, IT WAS DESIGNED BY PHINEAS PASTE FOR EDWIN GILBERT AND ETHEL MERRICK BISHOP, THE YOUNGER SISTER OF CITY FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK. SO IT'S A IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT HOUSE. IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPOSING, A LITTLE MORE MASSIVE WITH THIS CORNER TOWER THAT IS THE CENTRAL FEATURE I WAS DESIGNATED IN JANUARY OF 2017 AND WENT THROUGH THAT SAME YEAR A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS BOARD BACK THEN. AND THEY HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED AD VALOREM TAX ABATEMENT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ADDITIONS AT THE REAR. ONE IS A ONE STORY ADDITION ATOP AN EXISTING COVERED TERRACE, AND THEN A TWO STORY ADDITION DIRECTLY ABUTTING IT THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER THEM ONE ONE ADDITION, BUT IT'S JUST EASIER. EASIER TO BREAK THEM UP IN. THE REPORT IS TO. THEY BOTH OCCUR AT THE REAR COURTYARD INSIDE THE LITTLE U. THAT'S THE BUILDING. IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX BUILDING TO DESCRIBE. SO THE REPORT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONG. SO I'M GOING TO LET THE ARCHITECT TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO IT. WE DO GENERALLY OVERALL ARE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION. THE ADDITION TAKES PLACE TO THE REAR ON A ON A INTERIOR COURTYARD. YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT FROM THE STREET. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS THAT WE NOTED IN THE REPORT AND IN THE STAFF CONDITIONS THAT I KNOW THE ARCHITECT IS GOING TO ADDRESS WITH YOU ALL AS PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM. 
          THANK YOU. DOES THAT WORK? SO. OKAY. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS OSCAR CARRERA. OSCAR, A CARRERA ARCHITECT WITH OFFICES AT 145 MANATEE AVENUE. THE ARCHITECT FOR ELIZABETH AND MICHAEL BROWN, THE OWNERS OF THE HOME WHO HAVE OWNED IT FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO. I'D LIKE TO THANK CARA AND ANNA AND AND THE REST OF THE AND NATALIE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM THAT SINCE THAT SINCE THE PROJECT STARTED, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A FEW ITERATIONS WITH THEM. AND TO ARRIVE WHERE WE ARE NOW, TODAY. THAT THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY PHINEAS PASTE, BUILT FOR ETHEL MERRICK, BISHOP GEORGE MERRICK'S YOUNGER SISTER. AND AS NOTED THAT IT'S BEEN A LANDMARK SINCE 2017. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE OWNERS, ELIZABETH AND MICHAEL BROWN, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REGISTERING THE HOME ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AS WELL. SO. SO THAT'S GOING ON CONCURRENTLY WITH OUR PROJECT. SO THE GOAL WAS TO GIVE FAMILIES SPACE THAT THEY NEEDED AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, INSIDE OF THE COURTYARD, AS NOTED BY CARA. AND, AND ON THIS PROJECT ALSO THAT TO UNDO SOME OF THE 2017 CHANGES AND BRING BACK SOME OF THE ORIGINAL FEATURES SUCH AS THE TRELLIS, A WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS AND CASEMENTS THAT. AFTER OUR STUDY OF THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS AND THE ELEVATIONS, WE. WE NOTED CERTAIN ITEMS AND. IN WALKING THE HOUSE WITH CARA AND ANNA A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT. THAT WE BROUGHT THESE ITEMS UP, WHICH THEY WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          SO THEN THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AND WE AGREE WITH NEARLY ALL OF THE CONDITIONS, BUT FOR THEM, WE'D LIKE TO TALK THROUGH AT THE END. SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS, IS A RENDERING AN AERIAL THAT JUST SO YOU COULD GET AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE HOUSE, AS CARA SAID, THAT THE VIEW FROM THE STREET IS UNCHANGED AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SLIDES WILL THAT WILL SHOW THAT THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A FLAT ROOF IN THE AREA WHERE, WHERE THE ADDITION IS GOING TO BE. WE'RE ESSENTIALLY KEEPING THAT FLAT ROOF, BUT THEN CREATING THE ADDITION INTO THE COURTYARD. THAT THIS IS A POSTCARD THAT THE OWNER FOUND ON EBAY, AND THAT JUST SHOWING, SHOWING THE HOME WITH SOME OF THE FOLIAGE FROM BACK THEN AND THE 1940S 
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PHOTOS. THAT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE, THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS, WHICH WE DREW A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM. AND THESE ARE THE THIS IS THE HOUSE AS IT IS NOW. THIS OF COURSE, POST 2017 RENOVATION. OUR ZONING CALCULATIONS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS AND RECEIVED APPROVAL. JUST A QUICK. THAT DESIGN PROCESS AND INSPIRATION THAT FOR THAT FOR THE ELEMENTS THAT SOME RENDERINGS OF DETAILS ALSO THAT WHERE WE WHERE WE GAINED THAT SOME INSPIRATION, SUCH AS THE LONE STANDING BUILDING ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, WHICH ON THE BLOCK THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED, THAT AND, AND DIFFERENT DETAILS THAT FOR THE HOUSE AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. SO STEPPING BACK THAT THE OVERALL MASSING OF THE HOME THAT THE NEW BUILDING SITS AT THE REAR INSIDE OF THE U OF THE BUILDING. AND AND AS THE STAFF HAS SAID THAT THERE'S NO IMPACT FROM THE VIEW FROM THE STREET. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT RENDERING, THAT THE SECTION OF THE HOUSE THAT IS MOST TO THE LEFT THAT WAS ADDED ON IN 2017. SO THAT'S NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC HOUSE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN THAT THERE IS, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN ONLY ADDING THE IN THE THE LITTLE COVERED PORT PORTION CLOSEST TO THE POOL, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE ADDITIONAL COVERED AREA IS LOCATED. THAT THE NEW AREA IS IN RED AND EXISTING IS IN GRAY. SO HERE WE HAVE THE EXISTING FLOOR PLAN ON THE LEFT. LEFT PROPOSED ON THE RIGHT. THAT. SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF THAT FOR WHAT WE ARE MODIFYING THAT WE'RE RENOVATING THE KITCHEN. THAT'S ALL INTERIOR. WE'RE RENOVATING THE BATHROOM AREA ON THE EAST OR I'M SORRY, ON THE WEST WING. THAT'S ALL THE WAY ON THE UPPER LEFT. BUT MOST OF THIS ADDITION IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE COURTYARD. SO AS PART OF THE MAIN ASK FROM THE CLIENT IS THAT WAS TO ADD A AN ADDITIONAL SECONDARY BEDROOM FOR THEIR FOR THEIR THIRD SON. AND THAT THAT IS THE BEDROOM. AND I WISH I HAD A LASER, BUT THAT THAT'S THE BEDROOM THAT WITH THE SERIES OF THE BANK OF WINDOWS, THE INSIDE OF THE COURTYARD. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S SO THAT'S SO THAT'S A NEW SECONDARY BEDROOM. AND THEN ALSO THAT THERE'S A RECONFIGURATION OF THE PRIMARY BEDROOM AND CLOSETS, THAT, WHICH THAT, THAT, WHICH IS THE OTHER PART OF THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THEN A RECONFIGURATION OF THE BATHROOM THAT YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S AN EXTERIOR BALCONY THAT THAT WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN. EXISTING ROOF PLAN AND THE PROPOSED ROOF PLAN. THIS WAS PART OF THE BACK AND FORTH WITH WITH STAFF. BUT I THINK WE LANDED IN A GOOD SPOT THAT WHERE NO PROPOSED, NO EXISTING RIDGE IS IS DISTURBED ON THE STREET SIDE. WE ARE NOT GOING HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER RIDGE. SO THAT SO THAT TO MAINTAIN THE HIERARCHY OF THE MASSES OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE. THESE ARE WATERCOLORS FROM THE STREET. THAT ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER THAT REALLY THAT THE ONLY CHANGE. THERE ARE SOME NEW WINDOWS WHICH WE HAVE VISITED. 
          CHORUS THAT TO, TO USE THOSE WINDOWS THAT, THAT WHERE YOU SEE THE WHITE AND THE GREEN AWNING IN THE 2017 EDITION THAT THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY WOODEN BRACKETED WITH BARREL TILE. 
          COVER OVER THE DOOR WHERE ORIGINALLY THERE WAS NONE THAT. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE 
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THAT, BUT THEN PUT A MUCH LIGHTER INTERVENTION OF, OF THE, OF THE CANVAS ON IN THERE. THAT ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT YOU COULD SEE THE ADDITION THAT THAT THE BANK OF THREE WINDOWS IS THE MASTER IS THE PRIMARY BEDROOM, THE OCTAGONAL WINDOW IS THE SECONDARY BATHROOM, AND THEN THE OUTDOOR COVERED AREA. AND THE HOUSE IS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF THINGS THAT THERE ARE SOME GOTHIC POINTED ARCHES ON THE COLONNADE ON THE RIGHT. THAT THERE ARE SOME SYMMETRIES, AND THEN THERE'S ASYMMETRY THAT THAT WHICH IS FOUND THROUGHOUT CORAL GABLES, OF COURSE. AND THEN AND THEN THE, THE RENDERING ON THE LOWER RIGHT REALLY SHOWS THE SECONDARY BEDROOM AND, AND THE PRIMARY IN THE MORE IN THE MASONRY AREA, WE, WE HAVE WOOD CLADDING ON THE SECONDARY BEDROOM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE A LARGE MASONRY BOX, IF YOU WILL, COMING AT YOU THAT. SO WE WANTED TO ARTICULATE THE EXTERIOR THAT THAT THAT THAT TO BE A LIGHTER INTERVENTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S INSIDE OF THE COURTYARD. WE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM A BALCONY IN VENICE THAT WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAME OUT OVER THE STREET AND THEN AND THEN THERE WERE ENCLOSED THAT SO THAT, SO THAT TO HAVE A, A, A HISTORIC REFERENCE. THIS IS SPEAKING TO THE VIEW, THE EXISTING VIEW FROM THE STREET. 
          AND THEN OUR PROPOSED. YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. AND THEN THIS IS OUR EXISTING VIEW OF THE HOUSE ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER RIGHT. NOW THAT THERE'S A THAT THERE'S AN UNCOVERED ROOF TERRACE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS UNBEARABLY HOT AND UNUSED. AND THEN SO THAT IN THAT FOOTPRINT IS WHERE THE PRIMARY BEDROOM WILL BE. AND THE SECONDARY BEDROOMS BATHROOM WILL BE. AND THEN THE LOWER AREA IS, IS AN OUTDOOR COVERED AREA. AND THAT WILL STILL REMAIN AS AN OUTDOOR COVERED AREA. BUT THAT ELEVATION HAS A DIFFERENT A LITTLE DIFFERENT ARTICULATION, BUT USING THE SAME STRUCTURE. THERE ARE PALLIATIVE OF MATERIALS DRAWS FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE. AND THEN ELEVATIONS, AND I'LL GET TO THE ITEMS IN QUESTION THAT THAT WHICH WERE CONDITIONS FROM THE STAFF IN A SECOND. AND THEN SECTIONS THROUGH THE BUILDING AND ELEVATIONS. SO ONE OF THE ITEMS, DO WE AGREE WITH STAFF ON MOST ALL THE ALL THE ITEMS. AND AND THEN THAT WE BROUGHT UP THESE THE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE SECOND STORY THAT THERE'S AN OUTDOOR COVERED BALCONY OR THAT IT'S A UNCOVERED ROOF TERRACE AND THEN A SMALL PORTION THAT IS COVERED. IF YOU CAN GIVE US THE NUMBER. 
          THANK YOU. KAREN. OH, SORRY, THIS IS NUMBER CONDITION NUMBER NINE. THANK YOU. OH, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. SO SO THAT THIS THAT THIS ROOM WHICH YOU COULD SEE A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER THAT WILL TURN INTO THE THE UPSTAIRS LAUNDRY ROOM WITH A REALLY NICE VIEW. AND, AND TO TURN THAT INTO THE LAUNDRY ROOM THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ENCLOSE IT SO THAT, SO THAT IN THIS AREA THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THAT, THAT THAT ARE THE IN THE MIDDLE ARE DOUBLE CASEMENT WINDOWS AND THEN AND THEN WINDOWS ON EITHER SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE. IN THE PROPOSED VIEW FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE IN THE OBLIQUE. AND THEN ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS THAT THAT WAS THAT TO MAKE IT ALL GLAZED. NOW THE. THE THING IS THAT UNDERNEATH THESE WINDOWS, THAT'S WHERE THE LOWER CABINETRY IS GOING TO BE. SO WINDOW IN FRONT OF THE LOWER CABINETS DOESN'T QUITE WORK. NOW, IN ONE OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WHEREVER WE ARE ENCLOSING OR MAKING SMALLER AN EXISTING HISTORIC OPENING, THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT AS A RECESS. SO OUR PROPOSAL, WHICH YOU COULD SEE IN THE RENDERING ON 
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THE ON THE PROPOSED CONDITION, THAT IS TO HAVE A MASONRY WALL, BUT IT'S RECESSED IN THAT. SO YOU COULD ALWAYS SEE THE THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC ARCH. AND THEN THE TOP PORTION WOULD BE WOULD BE THAT THE WINDOWS. SO FROM THE STREET IT'S THE WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE A DARK BRONZE. WE BELIEVE UNLESS WE COULD CONVINCE EVERYBODY TO USE GREEN. BUT. BUT THAT THAT IT WOULD STILL READ AS THREE OPENINGS OR THREE GLAZED OR TRANSPARENT OPENINGS. EXCUSE ME, WHAT'S THE HEIGHT OF THE MASONRY WALL? IT WOULD IT WOULD BE I BELIEVE IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S THREE FOOT SIX FROM THE INSIDE. BUT THEN THERE'S A STEP DOWN AND THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS TALLER IN THE IN THE IN IN THE DRAWING ON THE ON THE UPPER LEFT. AND THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE A WINDOW THERE THAT. SO WHEN LEAVES ACCUMULATE, THEN THE BOYS WOULD CLIMB OUT AND CLEAN IT. SO. SO THAT IS ONE ITEM. ANOTHER ITEM HERE THAT ARE THE EXISTING CONCRETE STEPS THAT AT THE FRONT OF THE DOOR. SO. SO THAT THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL ONES, BUT THEY'RE IN BAD SHAPE THAT THEY'RE CRACKED. AND THEN, AND THEN THEY'RE PART OF OUR PROPOSAL THAT WAS TO MAKE, TO MAKE THEM, TO RECREATE THEM. BUT IN CORAL STONE, BECAUSE THE, THE CLIENT WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WIDER THE PEDESTALS ON EITHER SIDE THAT THE, THE TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATELY SIZED PLANTER AND AND, AND POT. SO IT'S A SIMILAR DESIGN THAT. BUT IT IS WIDER. 
          AND THEN AND AND THEN ALSO THAT THE WE WOULD ALIGN THE SCONCES OR THAT IT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE SCONCES. THE ON THE CENTER LINE THAT OF THE OF THESE POTS THAT. SO THERE WOULD BE AN ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE PEDESTAL, THE PLANTER, AND THEN THE SCONCE. AND THEN AND THEN THE. IT WOULD BE, WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE OUT OF CORAL STONE OR CORALLINA THAT, THAT THAT, THAT TO CHANGE FROM THE EXISTING CONCRETE. THE OTHER ITEM HERE. SO THIS IS THE ELEVATION THAT FACES UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE ARE BRINGING BACK IS, OH, SORRY, THE FRONT STEP IS CONDITION NUMBER TEN. THIS ONE IS ADDRESSING CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT. THANK YOU. SO CONDITION NUMBER EIGHT THAT THAT THAT THAT CURRENTLY THAT THERE ARE TWO SETS OF OF DOORS THAT INTO THE GREAT ROOM. AND THEN IN THE PREVIOUS RENOVATION THAT THEY REPLACED THE METAL RAILING OR THE, THE BALCONETTE THAT WITH LIKE A HOLLOW ALUMINUM TYPE OF ALIEN. SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE THOSE OUT AND RECONSTRUCT THEM. BUT, BUT WITH A SOLID STEEL, THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE HAS ORIGINAL RAILING THAT WITH THAT WHICH ARE TWISTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE, THE, THE DESIGN INSPIRATION FROM THOSE BECAUSE THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS AREN'T EXACTLY CLEAR ON THAT. BUT BUT THERE'S RAILINGS RIGHT ON THE INSIDE OF THE ENTRY FOYER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WOULD DO THAT TO BRING IT BACK. BUT THE ASK IS, IS THAT THE OWNER WANTED TO HAVE MORE LIGHT INTO THE GREAT ROOM. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION AND IT CURRENTLY IS A VERY, VERY LARGE BLANK WALL ABOVE THE ABOVE THE DOORS. SO WE ADDED. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TRANSOM ABOVE THESE DOORS. WE ORIGINALLY HAD A LITTLE SHORTER TRANSOM. WE SPOKE WITH WITH HISTORIC STAFF. IT WAS ACTUALLY INCREASED TO WHAT YOU SEE NOW. AND WE THINK THAT IT JUST LOOKS BETTER. IT IT WORKS WITH THE INTERIOR ELEVATION OF THE GREAT ROOM. IT ALSO GETS A MORE LIGHT. IT DOESN'T DRASTICALLY ALTER THE ORIGINAL ELEVATION. BUT ONE THING THAT WE ARE ALSO ADDING BACK BECAUSE WE SAW IT ON THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS, IS THE WOOD TRELLIS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT THERE. AND THEN THE THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE RENDERING ON THE UPPER RIGHT AND IN THE DRAWING ON THE ON THE LOWER RIGHT. THAT. SO THIS HAPPENS ON THIS ELEVATION. AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IT ONTO OUR ADDITION AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BACK SOME ELEMENTS THAT WERE LOST OVER THE YEARS. ONE OF OH, THIS IS 
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ANOTHER CONDITION. OH IT'S THERE. YEAH. THIS IS THAT ORNAMENTAL ARCH. IS THERE. IT WAS NUMBER 15. WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN. YES. AND IT'S EXISTED AND IT'S EXISTING TO REMAIN. IT WAS ON THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS. IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT ON TO OURS. SO WE'RE UPDATING OUR DRAWINGS THERE. AND THEN ANOTHER ANOTHER ASK THAT IS, IS, IS TO THE LEFT OF THE ARCHED TRELLIS. THAT AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE, OF, OF THE FIRE OF THE FIREPLACE OR THE, OR THAT THE CHIMNEY STACK THAT THOSE ARE TWO WINDOWS. NOW CURRENTLY IN THE HISTORIC DRAWINGS ON THE DOOR ON THE LEFT, OR THAT THE OPENING ON THE LEFT WAS ORIGINALLY A DOOR AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS A WINDOW. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ALSO THAT THAT IS TO BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL DOOR ON THE LEFT, ADD THE ADD THE THE THAT THE BALCONY RAILING WHICH IS ON THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. AND THEN OUR ASK IS TO, IS TO MAKE THE DOOR ON OR MAKE CONVERT THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT INTO A DOOR TO MATCH IT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS IN, IN, IN CONTENTION. I MEAN, I MEAN, BUT, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW. SO HERE THAT IS THE IS THE ELEVATION FACING. OH MY GOSH, WHAT'S THAT STREET. OH. OH MY GOSH. HOW'S THE WINDOW. OH MY GOSH. HOLD ON. 
          I CAN'T FIND IT. NO. IT'S THERE. NO IT'S NOT THE NAME OF THE. NO NO NO. THERE'S A CONDITION THAT THAT ADDRESSES THAT WINDOW ON THIS ELEVATION. AND I CAN'T FIND IT. BUT I KNOW IT'S IN HERE BECAUSE HE'S ADDRESSING IT. WHY AM I NOT SEEING IT? ANNA, DO YOU SEE IT? THAT WINDOW BETWEEN THE TWO DOORS. ON THE ON THE ON THE BALCONY. WHERE WAS IT? IT WAS THERE. I THINK IT WAS PART OF THE ACTUAL DESCRIPTION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT MADE IT TO. OH, OKAY. CONDITION. 
          MR. CORRECT. JUST MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU HAVE. OKAY. SURE, SURE. SO SO THE IN THE BALCONY THAT THE WHICH WILL REMAIN OPEN THAT WE HAVE THE PRIMARY BATHROOM AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR PLAN ON THE LOWER RIGHT. WE ORIGINALLY HAD MORE GLAZING IN BETWEEN, WHICH IS THE DRAWING ON THE UPPER LEFT. AND THEN ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS THAT TO POSSIBLY MAKE IT MORE SOLID OR HAVE A SOLID CENTER BAY IN BETWEEN THE TWO DOORS. SO WE MODIFIED OUR DESIGN SINCE RECEIVING THE THAT THE COMMENT AND THEN ADDED TWO COLUMNS IN BETWEEN THE. THAT. SO WE NOW HAVE A RHYTHM OF A SMALL WINDOW IN THE WATER CLOSET AND THEN OPERABLE DOOR, EQUALLY SIZED FIXED DOOR RIGHT ABOVE THE TUB AND THEN AN OPERABLE DOOR. BUT THANK YOU. AND AND THEN THE ONE WINDOW IN THE SHOWER. HOLD ON. ARE YOU. YES. THEN I THINK THEY FOUND IT IN THE REPORT. OKAY. 
          THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED. IT WASN'T A CONDITION. WHERE IT IS AND SHE CAN TELL YOU WHERE IT IS TOO. GREAT. ON THE SECOND FLOOR BALCONY, THE EXISTING SINGLE FRENCH DOORS, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM ARE BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH TWO SINGLE FRENCH DOORS WITH A FULL HEIGHT WINDOW BETWEEN AND FLANKED BY CASEMENT WINDOWS. EXISTING CONFIGURATION THAT IS CURRENT WAS INSTALLED IN 2017 AND NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOME. THE ORIGINAL PERMIT ONLY HAD THE ENTRY TO THE BALCONY FROM THE SIDES. THAT WAS A BLANK WALL. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED 
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SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID BEHIND THERE. AND I THINK THIS IS BETTER WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST ONE. 
          THE CONDITION IS THIS ONE IS THE THIS IS NUMBER 14, CONDITION NUMBER 14. SO ON THE SO THE ON THIS PART OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS NOT HISTORIC, WHICH IS PART OF THE 2017 EDITION THAT WE'RE RECONFIGURING THAT THE LOWER LEVEL THAT THAT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOWER LEFT DRAWING THAT THAT IT'S ONE OF THE CLIENT'S OFFICE IS THE WINDOW ALL THE WAY ON THE LEFT. THE TWO NEW WINDOWS IS A BEDROOM. AND THEN THE OCTAGONAL WINDOW IS INSIDE OF THE BATHROOM. SO WE MADE THAT, THAT DESIGN CHOICE BECAUSE THAT THE THREE WINDOWS CURRENTLY THAT THE DOUBLE CASEMENTS ARE EQUALLY SPACED, AND THEN THE SPACING OF WHERE THE BATHROOM IS THAT IT JUST WOULD HAVE IT WOULDN'T WORK. IT WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED WITH THE RHYTHM AND THE SPACING OF THE WINDOWS. SO IN AN ATTEMPT THAT YOU KNOW THAT TO BE ASYMMETRIC, BUT THEN IT DOESN'T LOOK ODD, THEN WE CHANGE IT TO AN OCTAGON. IT'S AN AND IT WAS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT IT'S NOT THAT THE OCTAGON, THE OCTAGONAL WINDOW IS NOT ON THE HISTORIC HOUSE, BUT WE DO USE IT ON THE ADDITION. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE DRAWING ON THE RIGHT THAT. SO IT WILL BE AN ELEMENT THAT SHOWS UP TWICE. THAT'S. SO WE'RE. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT. OH, AND THEN THERE WAS ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE STEP THAT IS COMING OUT FROM THAT THAT THAT FROM THE SECONDARY BEDROOM THAT RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THIS IS A 2017 INTERVENTION THAT THE STUCCO. BUT THE OWNER WANTS TO HAVE A STEP COME THAT JUST BEING SHOWN FROM THE THAT FROM THE DOOR KIND OF CONNECTING DOWN TO, TO THE QUARRY TILE OR TO THE TERRACOTTA TILE THAT THAT JUST SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FLOATING DOOR. SO WE. SO THE DRAWING IS ON THE RIGHT AND IT REALLY IS JUST A VISUAL CONNECTION DOWN. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. CARTER. ANYTHING ANY CLARIFICATIONS? YEAH. SO JUST JUST AS A NOTE THAT THE AREA WHERE THE OCTAGON WINDOW IS, IS NOT AN ADDITION FROM 2017. IT WAS A SERIES OF 1950S ADDITIONS. THE FRENCH DOOR IN THE CENTER OF THAT WAS THE 2017 MODIFICATION. OTHERWISE IT WAS THE SYMMETRICAL WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ON THAT FACADE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTED WHILE I WAS READING MADLY TO TRY TO FIND THE CONDITION, IS THAT THERE IS A REPEATED STRIKE NUMBER 11. THE CONDITION IT'S REPEATED. 
          IT'S A IT'S A PIECE OF SOMETHING THAT I LEFT THERE BY MISTAKE. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ARCHITECT BEFORE WE MOVE ON? THERE'S A LOT THERE. IT'S CLEAR AS TO WHAT CONDITIONS THEY AGREE TO. 
          I JUST I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO FACE IT WITH WOOD, I THINK IT LOOKS VERY COOL. IS THAT REAL WOOD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE EXTERIOR OF, OF THE HOUSE? BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE. I MEAN, THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THAT KIND OF DETAIL, BUT BUT IT WILL BE A WOOD CLADDING THAT OVER OVER CMU BLOCK. OKAY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK TO STAFF AND SEE WHETHER THEY WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT I LISTEN, I'M JUST TELLING YOU BECAUSE THE EXTERIOR WOOD IS NOT IS NOT IT'S YEAH, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE. BEAUTIFUL. AND IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT. AND ALSO THE CORAL ROCK ON A HORIZONTAL SURFACE. I LOVE THAT LOOK. I LOVE THAT DETAIL. I DID IT IN MY OLD HOUSE. ALSO A NIGHTMARE. YES. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT ON VERTICAL SURFACES, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, AND I DID THAT ALSO ON MY ENTRYWAY INTO MY HOME. AND IT WAS A MESS. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS APPLICATION. BUT THERE ARE SIMULATED ONES NOW THAT LOOK REALLY GOOD. REALLY, MR. SILVA. OKAY. MR. SILVA, I JUST I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO DON'S QUESTION ABOUT THE WOOD THAT'S ALLOWED NOW BY ZONING IN THE IN THE REVISION. SO IT'S NOT A 
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PROBLEM WITH ZONING. YOU DON'T NEED A VARIANCE. YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR VARIANCE. THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY IT AS VARIANCE. NO. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. DOES ANYBODY MR. ROLANDO, I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU RECAP WHAT THINGS YOU'RE ACTUALLY AGREEING TO AGREEING TO? AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT REQUEST. I DID HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR NUMBER EIGHT. THE TRANSOM TRELLIS QUESTION. IS YES. IF ACTUALLY IF YOU COULD PULL IT UP THAT ELEVATION, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THE ADDING OF THE ADDING OF THE TRANSOM ON THOSE DOORS, THE DISTANCE THAT YOU WOULD THEN PUT THE TRELLIS ABOVE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE DOOR TO THE RIGHT, THE THE EXISTING DOOR. SO THAT THAT LITTLE YEAH, I SO MR. SILVA, AS CHAIR, I'LL LET I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. YEAH, THAT ONE I THINK. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE, MR. GARCIA, BEFORE I SO RUDELY INTERRUPTED HIM, WAS ALLUDING TO WAS THAT I THINK IT SHOULD BE ONE OR THE OTHER, BECAUSE I THINK THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT WAS WITH THE TOP OF THAT CORNICE ON THE DOOR. SO THE TRELLIS WAS ALIGNED WITH WITH THE TOP OF THAT, OF THAT. AND THEN THE WINDOWS WERE BELOW. SO NOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALIGN THE WINDOWS WITH THAT AND WE AGREE, THEN THEN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INTRODUCE THAT TRELLIS HIGHER UP BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A STRANGE. SO I WENT FOR THE TRANSOM BECAUSE ALL THE DOORS WERE INITIALLY THE SAME, THE SAME HEAD HEIGHT ON THAT ORIGINAL ELEVATION. AND SO GIVING THOSE TWO A TRANSOM, KIND OF LIKE TAKE THEM ABOVE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE REASONING, RIGHT? WHICH WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ABOVE THE THAT THE DECORATIVE ELEMENT OVER THE, OVER THE ENTRY DOOR. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WE WANTED TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAD THE, THE, THE ATTENTION, ALTHOUGH THE, ALTHOUGH THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT THE TRELLIS WAS ALIGNED TO THE TOP OF THE CORNICE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE THAT THE TRANSOMS THAT THAT COME UP HIGHER, THAT THEY'RE NOT UP EXACTLY TO THE CORNICE OR WHERE THE, OR WHERE THE ORIGINAL TRELLIS WAS. AND I THINK YOU COULD SEE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY IN THE LINE DRAFT IN THE DRAFTED DRAWING ON THE LOWER RIGHT. I MEAN, THAT WE COULD BRING DOWN THE TRELLIS THAT. SO IT'S CLOSER TO WHERE IT WAS. SO I THINK MR. SILVA HAS MENTIONED FOR ME, I AGREE IT'S EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER. 
          SO OKAY, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A CONDITION, IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STATE IT. NOW, THE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE LIGHT IN THEIR ROOM. SO THE THE TRANSOM WOULD BE YOUR PREFERENCE. YES. WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER SPECIFIC. SO JUST BECAUSE THIS IMAGE IS UP. SO I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THESE MICROFILM DRAWINGS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE SECONDARY DOORS WITH TRELLISES HAS A SURROUND ON IT. THERE SEEMS TO BE LIKE AN OUTER FRAME OR NO. 
          AND THEN THE BALCONIES SEEM KIND OF TIGHT UP, YOU KNOW, MORE LIKE NOT AS WIDE. OH, LIKE CLOSER TO THE WE COULD MAKE IT TIGHTER AND CLOSER TO THAT TO THERE. I THINK THAT WE WERE RESPONDING TO THE EXISTING CONCRETE PAD THAT WAS THERE. SO, SO WHEN, WHEN THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNATED, YOU COULD SEE THE, THE, THE INDENT FROM THE WOOD TRELLIS AND THE STUCCO, THE ORIGINAL STUCCO, YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT WAS. OKAY. IT WAS STUCCO WHEN THEY REDID IT IN 2017. SO THAT'S ALL GONE. BUT YOU COULD SEE WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS. YOU COULD SEE THE FLAT PLANE OF WHERE IT WAS. ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE RAILINGS THAT WERE IN PLACE IN 2017 WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL RAILINGS, BUT YOU COULD SEE ON THAT CONCRETE PAD, THE THE IRON EMBEDDING INTO THE CONCRETE. SO WE KNEW THAT WHAT WAS THERE WASN'T ORIGINAL, BUT YOU COULD TELL IT WAS THERE. THE PAD IS ORIGINAL AND IT WAS A WIDER PAD THAN WHAT'S SHOWN HERE. SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE ORIGINAL CONDITION. AND, AND WHAT HE'S SAYING IS TRUE THAT WHAT THEY INSTALLED THEN IS NOT GOOD. SO THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER, BETTER, BIGGER IMPROVEMENT THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW. BUT THAT PAD IS THE RIGHT SIZE. SO IT PROBABLY JUST DEVIATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANS. OKAY. IF MAKE SOME SORT OF A CONDITION OR EXPLANATION TO WORK WITH STAFF, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY DISCOVER IN THE PROCESS. I AGREE. ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE REQUEST OF SPECIFICALLY WHICH CONDITIONS ARE BEING ADDRESSED SEPARATELY THAN AGREED TO. SO CARA, I HAVE YES, EIGHT, NINE, TEN AND 14. CORRECT. AND WE JUST TALKED 
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ABOUT EIGHT. YEAH. WHICH STRIKE NUMBER 11. RIGHT. EIGHT, 910 AND 14. SO NUMBER EIGHT MR. SILVA HAD TALKED ABOUT ONE OR THE OTHER, WHICH COULD BE PART OF THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE. 
          NUMBER NINE IS THE GLAZING AT THE FRONT SCREEN. NUMBER TEN IS THE FOOTSTEPS OR THE FRONT STEPS, WHICH I AGREE WITH MISS SPAIN THAT YOU MAY REGRET IT LATER. AND NUMBER 14 IS THE OCTAGONAL WINDOW AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE WINDOWS ON THAT ELEVATION. CORRECT. SO WHOEVER'S MAKING THE MOTION CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF OF THE ARCHITECTS BEFORE I TAKE IT TO PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OPENING UP TO PUBLIC HEARING, DOES ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE CASE? ANYBODY ON ZOOM? NO. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION THAT WANTS TO BE HAD ON ON THE DAIS? MR. SILVA? SO? SO I'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. NUMBER EIGHT, I THINK I'M OKAY WITH WITH ADDING THE TRANSOM. AS LONG AS WE DON'T ADD THE TRANSOM AND RESTORE THE TRELLIS AT A AT A HEIGHT THAT'S NOT ORIGINAL. OKAY. SO WOULD YOU SAY ELIMINATE THE TRELLIS? I WOULD SAY THAT'S ME. YEAH, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YEAH, I WOULD SAY EITHER RESTORE THE TRELLIS WITH THE WINDOWS AT THE AT THE EXISTING HEIGHT OR INSTALL THE TRANSOM AND DO NOT INSTALL THE TRELLIS. I'M OKAY WITH WITH DOING THE TRANSOM. 
          NUMBER NINE, WHICH DEALT WITH THE LAUNDRY WINDOWS. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S BELOW BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE THE RAILING ON THE PATIO, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE IT UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY FAR AWAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT ONE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MY PREFERENCE. NUMBER TEN AS A WHOEVER IS MAKING THIS MOTION AT SOME POINT, IF THAT IS OKAY TO BE A HIGHER BLOCKED IN WINDOW THAN THE RECESS RECESS PROVIDED. BUT THAT'S THE PROPOSAL, RIGHT? THE PROPOSAL IS A RECESS, BUT IT'S NOT. YEAH, IT'S NOT IN THE SET. OKAY. THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEN TEN AND 14 I AGREE WITH STAFF. TEN I THINK THAT THE THE FRONT STEPS SHOULD TRY AND BE KEPT ORIGINAL. AND NUMBER 14 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PULL UP THAT ELEVATION BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT WOULD BE. 
          MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION. YEAH. RIGHT. LIKE, YEAH, I THINK IT'S LIKE, OH NO. YEAH. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE THAT, THAT ELEVATION IS, IS SUPER SYMMETRICAL. AND THEN YOU'RE INTRODUCING THIS ASYMMETRICAL ELEMENT AT THE BOTTOM. IT JUST READS A LITTLE ODDLY TO ME. I GET WHY YOU'RE DOING IT IN THE PLAN, RIGHT? IT'S VERY CLEAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING CAN BE DONE. 
          LIKE TO KEEP THE SYMMETRY OF THE ELEVATION. IF YOU CAN SHIFT THOSE TWO CENTRAL WINDOWS, AND MAYBE THEY HAPPEN IN THE GAPS BETWEEN THE UPPER TWO AND THE OCTAGONAL GETS REPLACED BY BY ANOTHER WINDOW OF THE SAME TYPE. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I'M, I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR OTHER OPINIONS ON THAT. I JUST THINK I AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THERE'S SOMETHING OFF ABOUT THIS ONE. 
          YEAH, SORRY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY TO CONTINUE ALEX'S POINT THAT PERHAPS TEN AND 14 COULD BE ITEMS TO BE REVIEWED WITH STAFF, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT, SINCE THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT WORK HERE. I KNOW THOSE ARE IT'S HARD TO COVER EVERYTHING IN ONE MEETING. WOULD YOU ALL. ARE YOU ALL GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF THE OCTAGON SHAPE WINDOW AND JUST NOT THE PLACEMENT? OKAY, GREAT. SO LET'S SEE. I THINK I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE THEY WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION WITH THAT. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PROVIDE SOME CARA, ONE QUESTION. YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THE THAT THIS WINDOW DID SHOW UP IN EARLIER. NO. OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST ADDED IN 20 SHOWS UP ON HIS REAR ELEVATION OF HIS ADDITION. SO IT'S IT'S A REPEATED MOTIF IN HIS PLAN AND ELEVATION, BUT NOT ON THE ORIGINAL HOUSE. OKAY. SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE, I THINK THE OCTAGON IS TOO STRONG FOR THAT CORNER. AND PROBABLY A SMALLER RECTANGULAR ONE WOULD WOULD GO AWAY, WOULD DIE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I AGREE WITH MR. SILVA. I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU PUT THE WINDOWS WHERE THEY WERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE BED IN THE PLACEMENT. BUT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE. I THINK I AGREE THAT PERHAPS TAKING A LOOK AT THIS ELEVATION AGAIN WITH STAFF WOULD BE SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND. 
          BUT TO KARA'S QUESTION OF THAT PARTICULAR WINDOW, I THINK IT'S JUST TOO STRONG OF A STATEMENT FOR THE USE THAT'S BEHIND IT. OKAY, OKAY. THERE'S ALREADY A WINDOW ON THE OTHER SIDE, CORRECT? YEAH. SO NUMBER NUMBER 14 TO REMAIN AS WRITTEN TO RESTUDY THE ORIGINAL WITH STAFF. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE WITH THE STEP THAT STAYS OR GOES. SO. 
          GREAT. OKAY. WE THAT'S DISCUSSION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR WOULD 
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ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A DETAILED MOTION. I THINK, MR. SILVA I'LL TAKE A STAB AT THE MOTION. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL AND EXCELLENT WORK, BY THE WAY, THE PROJECT IS I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL. I THINK THERE'S THESE MOMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING TO BE GREAT THAT THAT WOULD OVERLOOK IS, IS, IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. SO I JUST, I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORT OF THE OWNER TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES TO APPLY TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER FOR DESIGNATION FOR THEIR HOUSE. IT'S REMARKABLE. THEY, THEY PREPARED, HAD THE REPORT PREPARED, SENT IT OFF TO THE STATE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY THAT PROSPECT. SO YEAH, KUDOS TO THEM. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS AT 711 UNIVERSITY DRIVE WITH THE CONDITIONS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AND AS MODIFIED AS FOLLOWS. SO. CONDITION EIGHT WILL BE TO KEEP THE TRANSOMS AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, BUT ELIMINATE THE TRELLIS. CONDITION NINE WILL BE TO ALLOW THE THE INFILL UP TO UP TO 36IN OR WHATEVER THE. THE ELEVATION NOT TO EXCEED THE ELEVATION OF THE SURROUNDING PARAPET, BUT PROVIDE A RECESS WITHIN THE MASONRY OPENING CONDITION. THEN CONDITIONS TEN AND 14 TO STUDY WITH STAFF. THOSE TWO CONDITIONS, AND WITH A PREFERENCE BEING TO ELIMINATE THE OCTAGONAL WINDOW AND REPLACE IT WITH A RECTANGULAR ONE. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH CASE FILE 
          [3. 26-2220 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-030: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 1305 Alhambra Circle, a Contributing Resource within the “Alhambra circle Historic District,” legally described as Lot 21& 22, Block 17 of “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 demolition of the existing one-story detached garage and design approval for alterations to the residence, a new two-story addition with detached garage and sitework. Variances have been requested from Article 2, Section 2-101(D)(4)(c) for the rear setback of the new detached garage.]
COASP2026-030. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1305 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 21 AND 22, BLOCK 17 OF 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 DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ONE STORY DETACHED GARAGE AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE, A TWO STORY ADDITION WITH DETACHED GARAGE AND SITE WORK. VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D4C FOR THE REAR SETBACK OF THE NEW DETACHED GARAGE. WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION PLEASE. AGAIN, I'LL DO A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND THE APPLICANT DO THEIR PRESENTATION. SO AGAIN THIS IS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE APPLICATION REQUEST DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ONE STORY DETACHED GARAGE AND DESIGN APPROVAL FOR THE ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE, A NEW ONE AND TWO STORY ADDITIONS AND A DETACHED GARAGE AND SITE WORK. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON A DOUBLE SIZED LOT ON THE CORNER OF ALHAMBRA CIRCLE AND MADRID STREET. THE INTENTION IS TO DEVELOP THE LAW IN A MANNER THAT IS COHESIVE WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE, AND DEVELOPS THE PROPERTY AS PERMITTED BY THE ZONING CODE. THE PROPOSED ONE AND TWO STORY ADDITIONS, COMBINATION OF ROOF TYPES AND EXTERIOR TERRACES AND COURTYARD ARE DETAILED TO COMPLEMENT THE HISTORIC HOME AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. WE. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE. VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THE NEW DETACHED GARAGE. TO MAINTAIN A REAR SETBACK OF FIVE FEET. THE NEW DETACHED GARAGE HAS BEEN RELOCATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET FROM THE EXISTING PROPERTY LINE. 
          GIVEN THE CORNER CONDITION OF THE LOT AND EXISTING SIDING OF THE HOUSE, THE NEW ADDITION IS SET BACK APPROXIMATELY 36FT FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE. THIS LIMITS THE SPACE IN THE REAR YARD TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW GARAGE. THIS IS A TYPICAL CONDITION FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES, AND STAFF SUPPORTS THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE. AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THERE IS A LIST OF CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REVIEWED AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. 
          WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE AND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. 
          I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN SWORN IN, BY THE WAY. I DON'T. YEAH. AND NO. ABSOLUTELY DO I. GOOD EVENING. PETER KALAYDJIAN WITH PKS ARCHITECTS. I'M JOINED BY OUR TEAM. WHICH ONE OF THEM 
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HAPPENS TO BE MY SON. AND OUR CLIENT, A RESIDENT OF CORAL GABLES AND THE ALHAMBRA DISTRICT FOR OVER ALMOST OVER 30 YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, HE LOVES THE AREA. THAT'S WHY HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. WE GO ON WALKS TOGETHER IN THE DISTRICT ALL THE TIME, SO WE KNOW THE CORNER VERY WELL. SEEMS LIKE AN EASY NIGHT FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT. 
          GREAT. SO I'LL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE PROJECT AS A AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET INTO A DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, THE LET ME SEE. THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, THE EXISTING THE LOT IS A 100 BY 150 ON ALHAMBRA CIRCLE. WE HEARD ABOUT OTHER SIMILAR STREET TYPES IN GRANADA AND ALHAMBRA. OBVIOUSLY, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE SCALE OF ALHAMBRA AND THE GRANDIOSE NESS OF ALHAMBRA AND THE ARCHITECTURE THAT SUPPORTS IT IS OF A CERTAIN SCALE AND OF A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, GRANDEUR. SO THE HOUSE THAT EXISTS ON THIS 100, 150 FOOT LOT CORNER LOT ON A VERY PIVOTAL CORNER OF MADRID AND ALHAMBRA, IS REALLY A HOUSE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR A HALF OF THE LOT. AND THE FACT THAT THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED FOR HALF OF THE LOT POSES A SERIES OF CHALLENGES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, FOR US, I THOUGHT IT WAS A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE IS A AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE THROUGH THE AREA, IT'S LIKE THE MISSING TOOTH IN THAT STREET THAT THAT CORNER LOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEITHER ANCHORED NOR DEFINED, NOR IS THERE A RELIEF FROM IT. THERE'S AN AWKWARD DRIVEWAY THAT SITS THERE THAT'S NOT VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE STREET, OR EITHER ONE OF THE TWO STREETS. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN A SERIES OF ADDITIONS TO THE HOUSE THAT, AGAIN, HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLEMENTARY. THE THIS IS THE 1940S PHOTO. IT'S A VERY SIMPLE HOUSE. BUT TO THE PREVIOUS CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN FROM THESE. AND I HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ALREADY NOW BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SEVERAL TIMES. AND THE AMOUNT THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM, YOU KNOW, STUDYING HISTORIC STRUCTURES HAS BEEN PROBABLY TENFOLD OF WHAT I LEARNED IN SCHOOL. SO IT'S, IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE TO, TO BE WORKING ON THEM AND HOPEFULLY GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. THESE ARE THE EXISTING PICTURES OF THE HOUSE TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A A CARPORT ADDITION TO THE EAST OF THE HOUSE. WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH IN THE MIDDLE, THE MIDDLE PICTURE, WHICH IS THE MAIN FACADE OF THE HOUSE. THE. THERE'S ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE, THERE'S A 1938 ADDITION THAT'S NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE EITHER. AND. UNTIL TODAY, I WASN'T SURE IF THE GARAGE WAS ORIGINAL OR NOT, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS FROM 1924, SO WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT. 
          THE HOUSE OBVIOUSLY HAS HAS ACTUALLY THE HOUSE ADDRESSES ARE. ALHAMBRA IN A STRANGE MANNER, IN THE SENSE THAT THERE'S A CARPORT TOGETHER WITH A WITH AN ENTRANCE, BUT THEN IT'S A IT'S A THE SORRY. THE FRONT DOOR IS NOT VISIBLE FROM ALHAMBRA. THE FRONT DOOR IS INSIDE THE CARPORT. SO IT'S A VERY STRANGE CONDITION. THE CARPORT, IF YOU MEASURE IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKED. THE CAR REALLY CAN'T GET THROUGH IT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY IT'S A KIND OF A TOKEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT A FUNCTIONAL, REALLY NOT A FUNCTIONAL PART OF THE HOUSE. AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A TESTAMENT TO THE ADDITION OF THAT HIDEOUS, ENLARGED GARAGE THAT HAS REALLY NO ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEMENTARY VALUE TO THE EXISTING HOUSE. ASIDE FROM THAT, I THINK THAT MANY THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN KIND OF CLEANED UP AND IT IS RENTED. SO, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND WE ARE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY A RESTORATION OF THE, OF THE PARTS OF THE EXISTING HOUSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, VALUABLE AND RESTORABLE AND, AND REALLY CONTRIBUTE. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS IS A CHALLENGE. IT'S A LARGE LOT. WE ARE INCORPORATING A MODERN DAY PROGRAM INTO IT. AND I'LL, I'LL BE QUICK, I PROMISE. YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO GO THROUGH JUST THE 
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STRATEGY THAT WE'VE USED WITH HISTORIC IN MIND, RIGHT? NOT JUST THE ARCHITECTURE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THE ARCHITECTURE IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S A CORAL GABLES MEDITERRANEAN. IT'S, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU HAVE A, A CONTEXT STUDY WHICH SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THE SCALE OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA RIGHT THERE. THESE ARE THE GOOD ONES. THE NICE ONES ARE LARGE, YOU KNOW, THEY GRACE, THEY GRACE THE THEIR YARDS. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A PRESENCE. AND I THINK THAT ALTHOUGH THE CORNER, THE, THE EXISTING HOUSE ON THE EMPTY LOT WAS A CHALLENGE. AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DO SOMETHING ON THAT CORNER THAT CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, ADD TO THE DISTRICT WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM THE IDENTITY OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE, WHICH IS WHAT WE TRY TO DO. WE'VE TRIED TO STAY KEEP THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE, PROUD OF THE OF THE ADDITION AND PROUD OF THE MODIFICATIONS. AND WE'VE THE STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO PLACE THE LARGE MASSES IN THE REAR AND SORT OF USE A, A STEPPING MOTION COMING ALL THE WAY FROM THE FRONT WITH A ONE STORY INTERVENTION FURTHER BACK FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE, THEN A KIND OF A ONE AND A HALF STORY INTERVENTION WITH A CHANGE IN ROOF TYPE, RIGHT. SO THE ONE IN THE FRONT HAS A GABLE END. AND THEN THE NEXT PART, WHICH IS THE DINING ROOM, HAS A FLAT ROOF IN. IT'S AN IN BETWEEN HEIGHT. AND THEN EVENTUALLY ALMOST 60 TO 65FT BACK, YOU GET THE TWO STORY PART OF THE ADDITION. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THAT TWO STORY ELEMENT, WHICH IS WHERE EVEN THOUGH THE SECOND FLOOR HAS BEEN COMPRESSED, RIGHT, THERE'S ONLY THREE BEDROOMS UP THERE. SO WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO KEEP MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE PROGRAM ON THE, ON THE GROUND LEVEL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT COMPOSITION AND AS YOU'LL SEE ON, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY FLICKING THROUGH IT ALREADY, BUT IT STARTS TO DEFINE THE MADRID, THE MADRID SIDE OF THE STREET, RIGHT. WHICH RIGHT NOW IS LACKING ANY KIND OF DEFINITION, ANY KIND OF ARCHITECTURE, ANY KIND OF REALLY, AS YOU WALK BY THERE, ANY KIND OF A SERIOUS. ADDRESSING TO THE STREET, THE HOUSE, WE WHAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE WORKED WITHIN A CORAL GABLES TYPOLOGY, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE WORK ON THESE HISTORIC HOMES, THE COURTYARD TYPOLOGY IS REALLY THE SOLUTION WE ARRIVED AT AFTER TRYING OTHER, OTHER, OTHER SCHEMES THAT REALLY ALLOW THE EXISTING HOUSE TO REMAIN AS AN IDENTIFIABLE PIECE. AND THE NEW ELEMENTS TO KIND OF TIE IN TOGETHER WITH THESE SORT OF LINKING ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOT DON'T OVERWHELM THE EXISTING HOUSE. IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING. 
          PROBLEM, NOT A VERY CHALLENGING PROJECT IN THE SENSE THAT THE EXISTING HOUSE IS, YOU KNOW, NOT A VERY LARGE STRUCTURE. AND IT IS A VERY, VERY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DIMINUTIVE FOR THE FOR THE AREA AND FOR THE LOT. WE ARE RECONFIGURING THE INTERIOR OF THE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TO ALLOW CIRCULATION AROUND THE COURTYARD. AND THEN WE'RE PUSHING THE BEDROOMS WITHOUT CHANGING THE FENESTRATION ON THE WEST SIDE, WE'RE PUSHING THE PROGRAM OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TO THE WEST AND THEN ALLOWING THE THE LIGHT FROM THE COURIER TO COME IN AND HAVE A JUST A GENERAL CIRCULATION TO THE HOUSE. SO THE IDEA, OBVIOUSLY, OF THIS APPROACH IS TO CREATE A COHESIVE HOUSE, NOT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SET OF ADDITIONS. YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WOULD HAVE GROWN OVER TIME AS, AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A, THE ONE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE HOUSES, WE ALL KNOW HOW THEY ARE, RIGHT? YOU COME IN, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL SPACE AND THEN THE SECONDARY SPACES ARE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE UTILITARIAN HERE. YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THAT. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE HAD MAYBE A LINKING FOYER AND THEN ANOTHER TYPE OF LIVING SPACE, WHICH WE HAVE WITH A SIMILAR KIND OF CHARACTER, THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN BACK INTO A, AGAIN, THE ONE AND A HALF STORY SPACE, WHICH IS THE DINING ROOM. AND THEN BACK IN THE BACK IS WHERE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LESS CIVIC OR LESS PUBLIC SPACES OCCUR, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY ROOM, THE KITCHEN MUDROOM, THE SCULLERY, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL THOSE. PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS THAT A LOT OF 15,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IS ASKING FOR THIS OWNER IS GOING TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A THIS IS NOT A SPEC HOME. SO THEY'RE THEY CURRENTLY LIVE ON NEAR THE GOLF COURSE AND THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE THOUGHT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THIS WAS. AND AGAIN, HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW, HOW COMPRESSED THE SECOND FLOOR IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A, THE DESIGN IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, A COMBINATION OF ROOF TYPES AND ONE STORY ELEMENTS AND TERRACES 
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AND, AND JUST A STRATEGY TO ALWAYS DIMINISH THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING REALLY AFRAID OF IT IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SERVES THE PURPOSE ON THE MADRID SIDE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A, AN ANCHORING PURPOSE. IT ANCHORS THE CORNER WITHOUT SCREAMING AT THE CORNER, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE LIKED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES AS ARCHITECTS, WHEN WE GET A PROJECT THAT HAS A CORNER CONDITION, WE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE TOWER PIECE OR THE LARGEST PIECE AT THE CORNER. BUT HERE WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS TO KIND OF DECOMPOSE THE CORNER AND LET IT, LET IT, LET IT FLOW ORGANICALLY. AND THEN WE ADDED THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CROOKED CHIMNEY TO KIND OF AS A NUANCED MOMENT TO SAY, WE KNOW WE'RE STILL ON THE CORNER, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SCREAM. WE'RE JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MAIN FACADE, THE THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT THE CARPORT WE HAVE PARTLY USED, WE'VE KEPT THE, THE, THE FACE OF THE CARPORT CAVERNOUS, RIGHT. IT STILL FEELS LIKE AN EMPTY SPACE BEHIND IT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, LET'S SAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN IN A RENDERING. YOU KNOW, IT STILL FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A PORCH TYPE OR, YOU KNOW, THING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE, WE'VE. SO IT'S AGAIN, IN BETWEEN, WE'VE USED PART OF IT AS INTRODUCING A VERY TRANSPARENT FOYER SO THAT BOTH PARTS OF THE HOUSE CAN BE LINKED AND AT THE SAME, AND ALSO ENHANCING THE WHOLE ENTRANCE EXPERIENCE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS REALLY. WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF THAT'S THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE ENTRANCE OR NOT, BUT. WE FEEL THAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. YEAH. SORRY. BACK TO THE FACADES HERE. RIGHT. SO WE FEEL THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE OPENINGS. 
          WE'RE KEEPING THE ALL, ALL OF THE, WE'RE ALSO BRINGING BACK THE WING WALL TO THAT FRONT. 
          WHAT USED TO BE THE CARPORT, WHICH WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL MICROFILMS. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IN THE. LET ME SEE HERE. SORRY, GUYS. I PROMISE TO BE QUICK AND I'M NOT BEING QUICK. 
          SO YOU SEE THAT THAT WING WALL THAT'S THERE IN THE CARPORT. WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK AS A PART OF ENHANCING EVEN, YOU KNOW, REINFORCING THE EXISTING AND THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE USED TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE WHILE STILL ACCOMPLISHING, YOU KNOW, MODERN THIS IS THE MADRID SIDE ELEVATION WITH WITH THE DETACHED GARAGE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING. AGAIN, WE FEEL THAT IT ANCHORS NOT ONLY THE CORNER, BUT IT ALSO HELPS TO DEFINE MADRID, MADRID AS A STREET AND WITH A VARIETY OF OF ROOF TYPES AND VOLUMES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CREATE INTEREST AND FOLLOW THE KIND OF LIKE THE FABRIC OF, OF WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING ON, ON ALHAMBRA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE GABLES WHERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, AFTER WORKING ON, ON SEVERAL OF THESE HISTORIC HOMES, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS TO KIND OF CREEP INTO YOUR DNA AS YOUR ARCHITECTURE. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE END RESULT AND. I THINK I'M GOING TO JUST STOP THERE AND LET YOU GUYS COMMENT. THANK YOU. MR. KALAYDJIAN. WAS THAT CLEAR? IT WAS IT WAS BRIEF AS WELL. IT WAS BRIEF. THANK YOU. IT WASN'T ANY ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM STAFF ARE WE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE ARCHITECT? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I THINK MAYBE FOR STAFF IN ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IT SAYS WORK WITH STAFF ON THE FINAL CONFIGURATION OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND PORTICO ENCLOSURE, CONTINUE TO STUDY THE FENESTRATION AND FURTHER RECESSING THE FOYER. YEAH. THROUGH WITHIN THE DESIGNATION NOT NOT DESIGNATION REPORT APOLOGIZE. THE COA REPORT. THERE WAS A DESCRIPTION ABOUT HOW TO ACTUALLY. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY IN A GOOD SPOT, WAS JUST TO WORK WITH US ON HOW THE STEPS EXTEND PAST THE CARPORT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE IN, MAYBE AT THE ENTRANCE, RATHER THAN HAVE IT EXTEND OUTWARDS, AND THEN REALLY USE THAT PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE AND STILL MAINTAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF 
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THAT SHADOW AND THAT, THAT ARCHWAY OF THE, THE CAR CONFIGURATION. AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TOTALLY AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION AND WE'RE TOTALLY IN LINE WITH IN, IN AGREEMENT WITH. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. SO PETER, DOES THE, THE WING WALL THAT HAS THAT SHAPE TO IT, IS THAT AN EXISTING CONDITION OR ARE YOU BRINGING THAT BACK TO TO WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK FROM THE FROM THE FROM THE DRAWING. YEAH. 
          FROM THE DRAWING. IT'S NOT IN THE WELL, THE PROBLEM, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE EXISTING CONDITION HAS A COPLANAR WAIT. IT HAS A COMPLAINER CARPORT ADDITION. THAT'S THAT IS GOING TO GET TORN DOWN ANYWAYS. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THAT THAT END, THE WAY THAT CARPORT ENDS RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE MODIFIED REGARDLESS. SO WE FIGURED, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE MODIFIED REGARDLESS, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT CLOSER TO THE ORIGINAL. NOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A NO. I JUST WAS CONFUSED. I COULDN'T SEE IT ON ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS. NO, THERE'S THAT ONE. IT'S ONLY IT'S ONLY FROM HERE. OKAY. AND HERE IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROOF WAS MEANT TO BE FLAT AND THEN REALLY QUICK PASTE OR SOMEBODY IN HIS OFFICE DREW A PITCHED ROOF ON THE CARPORT. SO IT'S ALWAYS A, THE PROGRESSION OR THE PROCESS FOR THESE HOMES IS ESPECIALLY THE EARLY ONES. IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THEY IMPACTED THE THE END PRODUCT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MR. ANY OTHER PACE DREW ALL OVER EVERYBODY'S DRAWINGS? YEAH. BECAUSE HE WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS NOW, BUT. AND SUPERVISING ARCHITECT. YEAH. MISS ALVAREZ, YOUR MICROPHONE. THE COMMENT ABOUT DIFFERENTIATING THE ADDITION FROM THE EXISTING HOME. DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT OR. YEAH. SO I THINK I THINK THAT ORIGINALLY WELL, ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS IN THIS FACADE, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT COMMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN DO TO, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WINDOWS HAVE SILLS WHERE THE EXISTING HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE SILLS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS FACADE, THE ADDITION TO THE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK EXPOSED RAFTERS WHERE THE EXISTING HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE EXPOSED RAFTERS. SO I THINK IT'S THOSE NUANCED STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST SUCCESSFULLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO, TO EMPLOY HERE. AND, AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IT'LL MOVE THE, THE, THE HISTORIC DISTINCTION NEEDLE QUITE A BIT. SO YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S IN THE CASE THAT RAFTERS ARE ADDED TO THE ADDITION TO THE RIGHT OF THE POKER CHAIR, WOULD YOU CONSIDER THEN REMOVING THE SHAPED PARAPET WALL AS A. I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE I WOULD GLADLY REMOVE THAT PARAPET WALL. I THINK THAT PARAPET, YOU KNOW, THAT PARAPET WALL WAS AN INITIAL COMMENT FROM ONE OF THE VOA MEMBERS, AND I IT FELT LIKE AT THE TIME HISTORIC WAS ON BOARD WITH IT. ONCE I DID IT, I WAS. I COULD GO EITHER WAY WITH IT. I THINK THAT WHEN WE DID IT WITHOUT THE PARAPET WALL, IT WAS IT FELT MORE AUTHENTIC AND LESS LESS IMPOSING AND LESS. IT CALLED OUT LESS TO THE ADDITION. SO IT WAS MORE, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSITION WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BUT I COULD SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT, RIGHT? I COULD SEE, HEY, REALLY DIFFERENTIATE WHERE ONE STOPS AND THE OTHER ONE ENDS OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK BY, YOU KNOW, BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE CALLING, YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THE EXISTING HOUSE IN THE FRONT AND ADDING MORE TO THE ADDITION, WHICH ALREADY HAS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY MORE, MORE, MORE MOVEMENT, MORE, MORE DETAILS, MORE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE, THE CHIMNEY THAT'S AT ANGLED AT 45. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE COULD, WE WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH REMOVING AND, AND I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF IT. THANK YOU. MR. COLLISION. SO THAT COULD BE A CONDITION IF YOU WANT TO. I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH IT EITHER WAY. I LIKE IT THE WAY YOU ADDED IT, BUT I CAN SEE BOTH POINTS OF VIEW. IF SOMEBODY HAS FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IT, PLEASE MAKE IT A CONDITION. ANYTHING IN ADDITION. 
          NO. MR. SILVA, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. I THINK THE WAY YOU'RE STEPPING BACK AND AWAY FROM IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND YOU ARE ADDING A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIANCE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT, KIND OF LOOKING AT AT A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE, WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING SO MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE, I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET SORT OF UPSET ABOUT IT OR NOT UNDERSTAND, BUT THE, THE MOVES THAT YOU'RE 
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MAKING TO RESPECT THE EXISTING HISTORIC HOUSE, THE FACT THAT IT'S SET BACK 36FT TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT? YOU COULD HAVE PUSHED THAT WHOLE VOLUME ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FORWARD AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE VARIANCE AT ALL. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO, RIGHT? THE RESPONSIBLE THING IS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND YOU'RE BREAKING UP THAT FACADE OF MADRID EVEN FURTHER BY SEPARATING THAT GARAGE. SO I AGREE WITH ALL THE I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT VARIANCE BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE WAY YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT IS EXACTLY OUR THOUGHT PROCESS THROUGHOUT THAT. SO I'M GLAD THAT IT WAS THAT IT READ THAT WAY AND THAT IT'S BEEN INTERPRETED THAT WAY. 
          THAT'S FOR ME. THAT'S A THAT'S A WIN IN MY IN MY THANK YOU. MY BOOK, MISS ROLANDO, I LIVE ON ALHAMBRA. OH, REALLY? AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY THIS HOUSE, THAT GARAGE, THAT CARPORT TO THE EAST DRIVES ME CRAZY. AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS APPLICATION, I'M LIKE, THANK GOD THAT CARPORTS GOING. I, I, I BELIEVE I'M WITH ANNA ABOUT THE PARAPET WALL. IT JUST SEEMS TO MAKE THE FRONT FACADE THAT ADDITION A LITTLE BIT TOO IMPORTANT. I LOVE WHAT YOU DID WITH THE CHIMNEY. SO I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF I AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH TO ABOUT THE, THE ORIGINAL CARPORT AND WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE STEPS OR NOT. I LIKE THAT YOU'VE PRESERVED IT AS A, AS A SPACE. I, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS EXACTLY THE RIGHT, BUT I LIKE THAT YOU'VE KEPT IT AROUND. AND SO THANK YOU. AND IT'S A GOOD. IT'S REAL. I'M WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I, I WISH TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT CHIMNEY, BUT THERE'S ONE DOWN THE STREET THAT WE STOLE IT FROM SO THAT THE MOVE WAS STOLEN FROM FROM A FROM A HOUSE ON ALHAMBRA DOWN THE STREET WHICH I WALK BY EVERY DAY. AND I'M. I ALWAYS FEEL IT'S SUCH A NUANCED MOVE THAT THAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. YOU CAN STILL TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. ANYTHING ELSE? I CELEBRATE. SORRY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU KNOW? NO, I THINK THAT THERE'S 15 I THINK TEN OF THEM ARE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD, YOU KNOW, WINDOWS, BUTTONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THERE IS ONE COMMENT THAT I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH. WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF WITH REGARDING THE INTERIOR COURTYARD. WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, A CONSISTENT FENESTRATION AROUND THE COURTYARD, AND STAFF IS ASKING TO STUDY, KEEPING THE ORIGINAL OPENINGS FROM THE HISTORIC HOME. I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO END UP ON THE INTERIOR AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING HOME RIGHT NOW HAS BEDROOMS ON THAT SIDE. 
          SO THE OPENINGS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF OUT OF PLACE, OUT OF. SO I DON'T CONSIDER THAT A, A HYPER IMPORTANT FACADE FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT LARGE. SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS DON'T FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THAT, THAT MAYBE THAT COMMENT GO AWAY, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER. SO MY, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DOES THAT COURTYARD COUNT TOWARDS THE FAR OR DID THEY CHANGE THAT. NO, IT DOESN'T COUNT. IT USED TO. IT USED TO. 
          YEAH IT USED TO. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. NO THE FAR. SO NOW COURTYARDS DON'T COUNT. DOUBLE HEIGHT SPACES DON'T COUNT. AND YOU COUNT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE WALLS. I ARGUED AGAINST HAVING A COUNT. BUT SO YEAH. YEAH, I THINK, YEAH. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM THIS BOARD BEFORE, AND I, I KNOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED IT IS THE PROPORTIONALITY BETWEEN THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THE NEW BUILDING. I THINK THAT SHEET P TWO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PUT IT UP, WHICH IS THE PHOTOS OF ALL OF THE OTHER HOUSES THAT ARE ON THE BLOCK AND THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENTED THE SCALE PRESENTATION, PLEASE, THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS ON ALHAMBRA AND THE CASE THAT IS MADE ON SHEET P TWO, WHICH IS THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THE FACT THAT YOU REALLY, IN ESSENCE, HAD TWO LOTS AND YOU WERE BUILDING ON ONE LOT AND THE WAY YOU SHOT THE CORNER, I THINK MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, IT IS A LARGE HOUSE THAT'S BEING ADDED. BUT FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PRESENTED DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, AND MR. SILVA AND MISS ALVAREZ MENTIONED WITH THE WAYS THAT YOU TREATED IT, I THINK IT'S HANDLED INCREDIBLY WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE 
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PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CASE, EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE, HEARING NONE OR BRINGING IT BACK TO THE BOARD? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD LEVEL OR HAPPY TO DO? I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM BRETT GILLIS THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ALL DID RECEIVE THAT. SO, OKAY. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD NOW. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, OR DOES ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A MOTION? I CAN TRY TO MAKE A MOTION, MISS ALVAREZ. OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD, I GUESS CORRECTLY, I WOULD RECOMMEND. TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND I'LL OUTLINE SOME VARIATIONS FOR THE ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1305 ALHAMBRA CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 21 AND 22, BLOCK 17, CORAL GABLES, SECTION E. AND WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC RECORDS AND APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS. SO I. 
          I AM TRYING TO BRING TOGETHER THE COMMENTS OF THE BOARD. SO I BELIEVE WE ARE OKAY WITH ALL THE COMMENTS AND THE STAFF REPORT, AND I WOULD FURTHER COMMENT. NUMBER NINE, FOR THE APPLICANT TO WORK WITH STAFF ON DIFFERENTIATING THE ADDITIONS AND CONSIDER REMOVING THE PARAPET FROM THE ADDITIONS IN THE FRONT, AND ALSO THE. ALSO TO, I GUESS, DISAGREE TO NOT INCLUDE ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS WHICH ARE THE WINDOWS ON THE EAST FACADE AND THE COURTYARD, I BELIEVE. AND APPROVE THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW DETACHED GARAGE TO MAINTAIN A REAR SETBACK OF FIVE FEET VERSUS THE REQUIRED MINIMUM REAR SETBACK IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE OF TEN FEET. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D4C OF CORAL GABLES. ZONING CODE. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MISS ALVAREZ. IS THAT CLEAR TO THE BOARD? AND IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          WE'LL ALL SECOND. MISS SHIELDS WILL SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MISS ALVAREZ, SECOND BY MISS SHIELDS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE ROLL, MR. SILVA. YES. MR. GARCIA. YES. 
          MISS ROLANDO. YES. MISS SPAIN. YES. MISS EVERETT. YES. MISS ALVAREZ. YES. MISS SHIELDS. YES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND BY THE WAY, FOR NOT JUST YOUR SUPPORT, BUT THE COMMENTS WERE. THEY JUST REINFORCED. WHAT WE DID WAS A GOOD THING. SO THANK YOU. 
          MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. AND I CONGRATULATE THE YOUNGER COLLEGIAN BECAUSE I'M SURE IT WAS HIM, NOT HIS DAD. BY THE WAY, HE WILL BE PRESENTING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY THAT 90% OF THIS IS HIS HAND. SO HE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HE'S JUST NOT DRESSED APPROPRIATELY TO BE UP HERE. NO. I'M KIDDING. SO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          [4. 26-2221 CASE FILE COA (SP) 2026-031: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 907 Alhambra Circle, a Contributing Resource within the “Alhambra circle Historic District,” legally described as Lot 2& 3, Block 37 of “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 alterations to the residence, a new two-story addition to the existing detached garage and sitework. Variances have been requested from Article 2, Section 2-101 D (4) c. for the rear setback of the two-story garage, Article 3, Section 3-302 and Article 10, Section 10-102 A (4) a. to allow for a garage that does not meet the minimum required dimensions, and Article 13, Section 13-303 to relocate the garage door of an existing non-conforming structure.]
SO BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE 26 MINUTES BEFORE WE HAVE A HARD CLOSE. UNLESS WE VOTE TO CONTINUE, I WOULD IMAGINE WE SHOULD HEAR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. IF WE GET CLOSE WE CAN EXTEND A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. LET ME READ IT INTO THE RECORD ITEM NUMBER. CASE FILE SC CASE FILE CO2026031. AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 907 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT TWO AND THREE, BLOCK 37 OF THE CORAL GABLES. SECTION B, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK FIVE AT PAGE ONE. 11 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE APPLICATION REQUEST DESIGN APPROVAL FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE. A NEW TWO STORY ADDITION TO THE EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE AND SITE WORK VARIANCES HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 2-101D4C FOR THE REAR SETBACK OF THE 20 OF THE TWO STORY GARAGE. ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 3-302 AND ARTICLE TEN, SECTION TEN DASH 102A4A TO ALLOW FOR THE GARAGE THAT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIRED DIMENSIONS AND ARTICLE 13, SECTION 13-303 
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TO RELOCATE THE GARAGE DOOR OF AN EXISTING NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE. SO AS PRESENTED TODAY, MY NAME IS NATALIE. I'M WITH STAFF. WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING 907 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, PART OF THE ALHAMBRA CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED IN 1927. PERMIT 4232. IT'S ONE OF THE EARLIEST HOMES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL, LIKE WELL MENTIONED, OF A NEW SOLARIUM IN THE MAIN RESIDENCE SITE. WORK ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS, INCLUDING RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO THE DETACHED GARAGE, THE GARAGE AND THE SITE PLAN ARE BEING RECONFIGURED TO PROVIDE VEHICLE ACCESS FROM THE PIZARRO STREET AND USING THE WEST SIDE YARD FOR A NEW POOL AREA AND A PERIMETER WALL. THREE VARIANCES, AS MENTIONED, HAVE BEEN ASKED, AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR THE DETACHED GARAGE FOR THE SECOND FLOOR TO MAINTAIN THE REAR SETBACK OF FIVE FEET VERSUS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS TEN. THE SECOND ONE IS TO HAVE THE GARAGE MEASURE 12FT BY 18 VERSUS THE MINIMUM, WHICH IS TEN BY 22. AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS TO RELOCATE THE NON-CONFORMING LOCATION OF THE GARAGE DOOR TO THE PIZARRO STREET. STAFF IS IN CONFORMING OF THIS OR HOPING APPROVAL FOR THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MY PRESENTATION OR YOUR. THAT'S MINE. OKAY. OH, THIS IS MINE. ALL RIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE WILL BE QUICKER ON THIS. THE OWNERS HERE HAVE LIVED IN THE GABLES FOR 12 YEARS. THEY LOVE THE HOUSE. THEY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. 
          THEY WANT TO RESTORE IT. THEY'RE GOING TO RESTORE. THE HOUSE IS UNIQUE. THE SPACES INSIDE ARE FABULOUS. THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN FABULOUS AND GET EVEN BETTER. THE INTERVENTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING ARE, YOU KNOW, MINIMAL. AND I THINK IT'S JUST MAKING USE OF SOME EXTERIOR SPACES. WE'RE REMOVING ACCESS FROM ALHAMBRA TO THE SIDE STREET, WHICH IS THE RIGHT PLACE. YOU KNOW, THE GARAGE SHOULD BE ACCESSED FROM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A RENDERING, BY THE WAY, NOT A PICTURE. SO THE HOUSE IS GOING TO JUST BE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER HOUSE IN ALHAMBRA. IT'S ANOTHER CORNER LOT. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING IN THE SENSE OF OF ITS CONFIGURATION. BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY ADDING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY, ANY FOOTPRINT, ANY FOOTPRINT, NOTICEABLE FOOTPRINT DIMENSION. SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH WHAT'S THERE. HAMMER AGAIN, THE SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO DO THE WHOLE SPEECH OF THE, THE SCALE AND WHATNOT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY NOT ALTERING THAT IT'S 1940S PICTURE. THIS ONE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MICROFILM. 
          WE ARE MAKING INTERIOR CHANGES JUST TO ADAPT THE PROGRAM BETTER FOR THE FOR THE NEW OWNERS. BUT WITHOUT, I THINK WE'RE MAYBE CHANGING TWO WINDOWS IN THE BACK AND LEAVING THE IMPRINT. I'LL SHOW WHERE THOSE ARE. THE HOUSE IS IN A CONSIDERABLY GOOD SHAPE. THE GARAGE FACADE IS NOT ORIGINAL. I'LL SHOW YOU NOW IN THE. IN THE PAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE GARAGE. WE'RE GOOD WITH ZONING. THIS IS OUR EXISTING SITE PLAN. HERE'S THE PROPOSED. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE FILLING IN THAT SMALL, TINY LITTLE COURTYARD BETWEEN THE MAIN LIVING ROOM AND THE, AND THE MUDROOM IN THE BACK WITH A GLASS STRUCTURE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS A KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL LINK FOR, FOR HISTORIC. SO IT HAS MINIMAL IMPACT. AND THEN BRINGING THE GARAGE BACK TO ITS MICROFILM FACADE AND ADDING A SECOND FLOOR, THIS IS WE'RE LEAVING SOME OF THE WALLS OF THE GARAGE UP AND SOME INTERIOR DEMOLITION. HERE'S A THIS IS A COMPARISON. THE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR TO THE PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR. I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING NOW IS THAT THE SIDE YARD IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE ENJOYED BY THE HOMEOWNERS AS A AS A KIND OF THIS, YOU KNOW, VERY QUAINT POOL AREA. AND WITH A SMALL POOL DECK, IT'S ALL VERY, YOU KNOW, THIS COUPLE IS THE PERFECT, YOU KNOW, CLIENT FOR THIS HOUSE. THEY DON'T THEY LOVE IT. THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO JUST MAKE IT BETTER AND, AND LIVE IN IT BASICALLY. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WITH THE GARAGES, WE'VE TURNED IT. SO YOU ACCESS IT FROM PIZARRO. THERE'S A SMALL CABANA AREA WITH THE STAIRS TOWARDS THE POOL AND, AND A GARAGE IN THE BACK THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF DIMENSIONAL CHALLENGES, BUT IT'S A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE MINIMUM AND LESS STEEP. BUT I THINK IT CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, 
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HOUSE A CAR, A DECENT CAR, AND THE DRIVEWAY HAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, AFFORDS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF CAR STORAGE, WHICH BEFORE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON ALHAMBRA AND KIND OF UNSIGHTLY. NOW IT'S IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN THE PLACE IT SHOULD BE. THESE ARE SECOND FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR COMPARISONS. THE THE THE MAIN HOUSE UNCHANGED. THE YOU CAN SEE THE ADDITION ON THE GARAGE, THE ADDITION ON THE GARAGE. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PAINSTAKING STEP OF STEPPING IT AWAY FROM THE FACE OF THE EXISTING GARAGE. SO STRUCTURALLY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT IN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE LINE OF THE EXISTING GARAGE READS IN ELEVATION. OKAY. AND I'LL, I'LL, LET ME LET ME GO TO THERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE ELEVATION HOW THE, THE LINE OF THE EXISTING GARAGE REMAINS AND THE, AND THE SECOND STORY IS STEP BACK IN ALL DIRECTIONS. SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S QUITE A STRUCTURAL LIFT, BUT I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WORTH DOING FOR, FOR BEING ABLE TO GAIN SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE UP THERE. HERE'S THE ADDITION. 
          WITHOUT THE GARAGE, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE, THE, THE SOLARIUM OR THE, THE GLASS INTERVENTION. 
          AND THEN THIS IS THE, THE PIZARRO ELEVATION EXISTING AND THE PROPOSED THE GARAGE IS WAY BACK THERE. ELEVATIONS OF THE GARAGE. AND I THINK I'M TRYING TO FIND THERE THIS COMPARISON. 
          THIS IS. SO THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE MICROFILM, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN ON TOP. 
          THAT'S FROM THE MICROFILMS THE WAY IT IS TODAY. AND THEN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO BRING BACK THE FACADE OF THE ORIGINAL MICROFILM. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT WITH WITH THAT SECOND STORY ADDITION. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, A HAPPY IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET A MORE HISTORICALLY APPROPRIATE DESIGN. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CAPITALIZE A LITTLE BIT ON THE, ON THE, ON THE SPACE. THIS IS SORT OF THE, THE VIEW FROM ALHAMBRA. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S ALL VERY LOW SCALE BACK, FAR BACK. FOR ME. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. THIS IS A MORE, YOU KNOW, INTIMATE VIEW FROM THE, FROM THE SIDE YARD. AND THIS IS FROM PIZARRO, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GARAGE IS WAY BACK THERE. A LITTLE FURTHER FORWARD, THERE'S VERY LITTLE CHANGE. WE ARE BRINGING BACK ACCESS TO THAT ROOF TERRACE, WHICH WAS YOU SAW IT ORIGINALLY IN THE 1940S PICTURE. 
          SO WE ARE BRINGING WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT TERRACE ACCESSIBLE. ONE OF OUR STAFF'S CONDITION WAS TO RECESS THE RAILING. SO IT'S NOT ON TOP OF THE PARAPET. AND WE'RE I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. AND WE WILL DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT THERE, AND WE'LL DO THAT IN THE GARAGE AS WELL, SO THAT THE RAILING IS NOT, YOU KNOW, COPLANAR WITH THE PARAPETS OR WITH ANY PROMINENT FEATURE. YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE GLASS LINK BEFORE, AND WE FEEL IT'S SUCCESSFUL IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LANGUAGE OF THE, OF, FROM THE, FROM THE EXISTING HOME. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, CAN HAPPILY COEXIST AND COMPLEMENT IT. SO I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, MR. KALAYJIAN. TRY TO BE QUICK. 
          ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? ARE WE GOOD? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD TO THE ARCHITECT OR STAFF? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO THE THE EXISTING GARAGE IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED. WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE PARTS OF THE WALLS UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RESTORE AND RECONSOLIDATE THE REST OF THE GARAGE. BUT WHAT PARTS OF THE WALL? AFTER THE PRESENTATION, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOLITION PLAN D1D1, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S UP THERE. YOU HAVE IT THERE. AND YOUR THE PARTS THAT ARE DARK DARKENED IN THOSE ARE STAYING. CAN YOU PLEASE PULL UP THE PRESENTATION? SORRY GUYS. THIS IS MY FOURTH PRESENTATION TODAY TO THE BOARD AND TO NOW. SO I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. I MEAN, I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, I ALMOST READ IT FROM FROM THERE. 
          THERE YOU SEE THE EVERYTHING THAT'S BLACKENED IN IS EXISTING TO STAY. AND SO WE'RE THE AREA THAT WE'RE DEMOLISHING IS THAT AREA IN THE REAR WHERE THE NEW ACTUAL PARKING SPACE IS GOING. 
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ALL RIGHT, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OURS. OH, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE OR NOT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN. HOLD ON. I NEED TO SEE THAT TO. SO THE MICROFILM WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL WITH THE WITH THE WING WALLS. YEAH. LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE IF IT'S IN THIS MICROFILM. OH, GOD. I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY AGAIN. OKAY. AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS I SAW WAS TO LOOK AT THE CARRIAGE DOORS. THE. SO THE GARAGE HAS CARRIAGES ON THE SIDE. I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM STAFF WAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE DOORS THAT ARE GOING TO FACE THE COURTYARD, TO FEEL MORE LIKE GARAGE DOORS. I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT WITH SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S LIGHT INTO THE CABANA, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK WITH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THERE IT IS, BUT THANK YOU FOR IF YOU SEE THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, IT'S HARDLY. YEAH. IT'S HARDLY. THANK YOU MICHELLE. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO SAY. SO THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO DRAWINGS. YOUR. YOU DID POINT THAT OUT. SO IF IN THE MOTION, IF THERE COULDN'T BE A DISCUSSION THAT THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION AS PER THE DRAWING, THE ONE PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT AT THE MEETING, AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE THAT'S AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE IN THE PACKAGE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD FOR THE ARCHITECT OR CITY STAFF REGARDING QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. CLOSING THE PRESENTATION, OPENING IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. IS ANYBODY IN THE ROOM OR ON ZOOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM? HEARING NONE. CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR COMMENTS, DISCUSSION AND OR A MOTION. 
          LET'S GO FOR COMMENTS FIRST BEFORE A MOTION. OKAY. MISS SPAIN IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S REALLY VERY NICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY NICE. ARE YOU LISTENING? ANY. AND THERE WAS THE CONDITIONS FROM CITY STAFF. THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON ONE OF THEM, I THINK. AND IT WAS THAT CARRIAGE DOORS. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE REST. WHAT NUMBER IS THAT. I KNOW 12. WE CAN ABSTRACT THE CARRIAGE DOOR BUT STILL GET TRYING TO GET SOME LIGHT IN THERE, SOME GLASS. RIGHT. BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH, IT EVEN SEEMED IN THE MICROFILM THAT THERE WAS MAYBE A WINDOW, A PROPORTION. SO WE'LL WORK WITH YOU. WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF TO, TO, TO GET TO A HAPPY PLACE OR A GOOD PLACE. SO NUMBER 12 WOULD BE WHAT IT IS. PLUS WORK WITH STAFF. YEAH, YEAH. GREAT. MR. SILVA, I JUST I AGREE, I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. 
          I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I APPRECIATE ALSO THE, THE EXISTING SITE WALL HAS A TERMINATION DETAIL, RIGHT? YOU'RE KEEPING AND YOU'RE NOT WALLING IN THE ENTIRE SITE. YOU ACTUALLY PUSH THAT WALL FARTHER BACK. SO SO THAT'S I APPRECIATE THAT. RIGHT? THAT'S KEEPING SORT OF THE, THE RHYTHM ON THE STREET THE SAME AS IT IS NOW. RIGHT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN ALL HONESTY, THE INTENT IS TO PROBABLY BUFFER THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE AREA WITH LANDSCAPE. 
          BUT, BUT AS WE SAY ON OUR BOARD, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE IS ONLY A HURRICANE AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM BEING EFFECTIVE. SO YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S BEHIND THE LANDSCAPE REALLY WORKS. BUT YES, THAT WAS, AGAIN, MR. SILVA, INTENTIONAL. YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PROCESS. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? I'VE I THINK THE WAY YOU'VE RE BASICALLY FLIPPED THE DRIVEWAY AND CREATED A I AGAIN, I LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN AND MADE THIS DEAD SPACE PRODUCTIVE IS REALLY VERY CREATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. AND I GOT THE CARS AWAY FROM ALHAMBRA, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE. EXACTLY. YEAH. THANK YOU, MISS ROLANDO. KEEPING THE WHOLE PERIMETER INTACT IS VERY NICE. THAT CORNER, THAT CORNER VIEW IS SPECTACULAR. AND THAT EXISTING HOUSE? NO. THESE ARE THE PERFECT CLIENTS FOR THIS HOUSE. I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER COME ACROSS A COUPLE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH THE HOUSE. LIKE WE WALKED IN WITH WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE IT AND THEY'RE JUST EAGER TO, TO THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU, MISS ALVAREZ, IS THERE A MOTION. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED ABOVE, THE DESIGN PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND SITE WORK AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 907 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, AND TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL 
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CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. REVISED NUMBER 12 CARRIAGE STYLED WORK WITH STAFF ON THE CARRIAGE STYLE DOORS TO BE INSTALLED AT THE GARAGE BUILDING AND KEEPING WITH THE MICRO FILM DRAWINGS AND NUMBER 14 THAT THE DEMOLITION, AS PER THE D ONE PAGE ARCHITECTURAL SHEET PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, SHOULD BE USED FROM THIS MEETING VERSUS WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD IN THE PACKET, AND I'LL CONTINUE. AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE TWO STORY ADDITION TO HAVE A REAR SETBACK OF FIVE FEET VERSUS TEN FEET, AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A NEW ACCESSORY DWELLING, TO HAVE A FIRST FLOOR GARAGE WITH A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA OF 12FT BY 18FT VERSUS REQUIRED TEN FEET BY 22FT, AND ONE MORE NEXT. OH, SORRY. AND A MOTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO ALLOW ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE THE RELOCATION OF THE GARAGE DOOR VERSUS THE STRUCTURE THAT IS NON-CONFORMING AS PARKING HEIGHT SETBACK, GROUND AREA COVERAGE, FLOOR AREA RATIO, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN USE SHALL NOT BE ALTERED OR ENLARGED IN A WAY THAT INCREASES THE EXTENT OF NONCONFORMITY. THANK YOU. MICHELLE, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, MISS SIEBERT, CITY STAFF. DID WE GET THE MOTION? GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S CALL THE ROLL MISTER SILVA. YES, MISS ROLANDO. YES, MISS SPAIN, MISS ALVAREZ. YES. 
          MR. GARCIA. YES. MISS SHIELDS. YES. MISS EBERT. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT MOTION. WONDERFUL NIGHT. SEVEN ZERO. VERY MUCH, GUYS. OH MY GOD. AND THANK YOU TO THE YOUNGER COLLEGIAN AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. SO THAT'S THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE OLD NEW OR OTHER BUSINESS FROM CITY STAFF? GOOD NIGHT. NOT FOR TONIGHT, NO. DOES 
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ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD HAVE OLD, NEW OR OTHER BUSINESS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? CAN I GET A MOTION TO WAIT? ONE THING IS THAT DECEMBER MEETING WOULD BE FOR DECEMBER 17TH. FOLLOWING THE EXISTING SCHEDULE JOINT MEETING. JOINT MEETING DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DECEMBER. WE COULD WE WE. OH, RIGHT. THE OTHER OPTION. SO JOINT MEETING MAY HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, BUT DECEMBER IS WE DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR DECEMBER RIGHT NOW. IT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ONE. 
          I'M EXPRESSING THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, WE WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 17TH. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE IT ON YOUR SCHEDULES. AND WE WILL SEND OUT A REMINDER, A REMINDER OR AN INVITATION REMINDER. IT'S ALREADY ON OUR CALENDAR. YES, YES YOU SHOULD. 
          WE DO WE SEND INVITATIONS. WE SHOULDN'T BE SENDING INVITATIONS. YES. OKAY. WE'LL UPDATE THE CALENDAR INVITATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DATE IS INCLUDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM CITY STAFF? FROM THE BOARD? CAN I GET A MOTION
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