Architectural Review Board - Regular Meeting

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Thank you. Thank you.

Was there parking in the park?

I was able to park in front of the hotel.

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Are you tight? Are you close?

Okay. Okay. Perfect. All right. Thank you. No problem. No problems. All right.

It's seltzer. Yeah, it's not bad. Just a hint of flavor. I like it.

My husband's like, I can't taste the flavor. It's not strong enough.

No, I like it. That's all I ever drink is that water. It's flavored water, but I've never had that flavor.

It's a good one.

Yeah, I drink it a lot. I try to drink a lot of water.

Sometimes he just wants it. I always forget to infuse. Like when I make a jerk wanderer, he slices it right in. It's always good. I just forget to do it. Or you can do that.

That's all that happens. I mean, you don't have to do that. I'm going to do it.

And let it steep. I got tired of letting you go to the store. That's true.

See you again.

It's never too close.

Oh, I don't know.

But I lost track of when the second came out. So we had to . No, it's almost always the same.

Coming around my clock, I go like, where is it? It's almost like it's nothing.

I'm not going to fit.

The third member is parking, so she'll be here shortly. Thank you. So we do have work. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Just a reminder that the code requires three positive votes. So today that means you get 100%.

Ooh. Just put a lot of pressure on us. You should be fine.

But it's a nuance. You can't get by with a 2-1, which sometimes you can with other kinds of votes.

Understood.

There she is. Hello. No, please.

So thank you for being here.

Our first order of business is to nominate a chair for today because unfortunately, Chair Borges had a family.

Recording in progress.

So we need someone to volunteer to serve as a chair for today in his absence.

It seems I've been voluntold, so I gladly accept it.

Thank you for agreeing to be voluntold, to be chair, and Chair Borges' absence. So with that, we can start, Mr. Clerk.

All right, so we'll do a quick roll call. We have Jose Gomez here, Elizabeth Carmano here, and Nathan Kaplowitz here, and Ronaldo and Nathan are out here.

We have quorum. So, let's just...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Our next item of business is the approval of the minutes. Madam Chair.

I make a motion to approve last meeting's minutes. Aye.

All right. Approved unanimously. Madam Chair, shall I read the statement?

Yes, please. Thank you.

Please be advised that the following items on the agenda are quasi-judicial in nature. If you wish to comment upon one of the items, please inform the Chair when she asks for public input on the item. An opportunity for persons to speak will be made available after the applicant and staff have made their presentations on each item. All testimony, including public testimony and evidence, will be made under oath or affirmation. Additionally, each person who gives testimony may be subject to cross-examination. If you refuse either to be cross-examined or to be sworn Your testimony will be given its due weight. The general public will not be permitted to cross-examine witnesses, but the public may request the Architectural Review Board to ask questions of staff or witnesses on their behalf. Persons representing organizations must present evidence of their authority to speak for their organization. Further details of the quasi-judicial procedures may be obtained from the clerk. At this time, I will ask our board members present to let me know if you have any disclosure of ex parte communications concerning either of the items on the agenda today.

No. None. I do.

Okay. We have one disclosure from Board Member Jose Gomez. Go ahead.

I'm doing some work for the Ritz-Carlton, the hotel portion, not the condominium. So...

So in a sense, there's not an ex parte contact. It's simply you want to make everyone aware that you are working for an unrelated entity on the same property.

Exactly.

Okay.

Thank you, sir. So, Mr. Clerk, if you can swear in whoever wishes to speak.

Yes, all those who will be providing testimony today, please raise your right hand. And do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you.

Okay, so our first item is the 101-55 Collins Avenue, Bell Harbor, which is the Bell Harbor Condominium Association for, I guess it's the 101, it doesn't say that, but Mr. Building Official, can you present?

Yes, good afternoon. I received written confirmation of acknowledgement of the eight conditions, and they're in agreeance with it, and also, in my opinion, the proposed existing pool deck renovation that is being resubmitted for, as requested by the Board, of the existing multifamily building follows the village appearance code and zoning ordinances and the planning and zoning consultant and also the parks and public spaces department has reviewed the plans and concur that the plans comply.

Hi. Good afternoon. Dustin Mizell with Environment Design Group, Landscape Architecture in Palm Beach, and Valeria as well from my office here. I'm here to present to you a component of a previously approved project. And so first of all, I want to thank everyone for moving us along during our last presentation. We appreciate that. And thank you for the opportunity. to come back to talk about one item that you asked us to reevaluate, to rethink. And I want to thank staff as well, who's been very helpful. So thank you to everybody. So really the issue that you asked us to restudy the last time we were before you was the South Wall. The south wall is an existing wall that is very imposing, about 10 feet tall, all along the south property line. In our last design presentation to you, it was dealt with in two ways. One, it was a large swath of just composite wood in plank form. And then we had large patches of the faux green wall as well. A couple of your comments were, you know, it's too much of wood. It's too much of non-interest. And we want you to kind of rethink it. Possibly can there be a different wall applique mixed in there, even a mural or just something different. So what we've done is we've broken it up. a couple different ways. The first I'd like to show you is no longer do we have just a flat wood applique. We found a really interesting wood that has more of a horizontal detail to it, which adds a little more interest, so it doesn't look so fat between the planks, and it looks like architecturally purposeful. So I think that this is a really nice thing. It'll give some shadows and more interest so it's not so flat. The second thing we did was we were more strategic about the faux wall. Before, it was just this massive swatch of it. And obviously, an exterior wall, people know it's faux. But with the UV resistances of the higher ends, we became very strategic about we replaced them, we minimized them, and we framed them as well so they look like picture frames. And then to break up the monotony of too much wood that you thought that was flat, we came up with the idea of this wave system. And so we like about it. We did study the mural. The issue with the murals are it's so subjective. Imagine trying to get every residence to be comfortable with artwork. And then also, too, how long is it lasting? I mean, in two years are people regretting the mural they picked? So we think this wave system is very, very nice, and it literally feels like, you know, as the ocean and the tides are coming off, it just continues on the wall. So we've got a lot of good response from our residents. So as you can see here, again, we're focusing on the south wall today. So we've broken up the wood applique on the raised wood deck. It's going to match the color and tone. We've picture framed it so it feels like, you know, almost like exterior artwork. And then the wave wall becomes the base as opposed to just a giant concrete wall. So looking at it in elevation, again, you know, the waves run from the beach all the way to the main entry at the front. And then we picture framed these woods that relate to like the lower deck of the pergola. And then the green walls, you know, relate to, you know, areas of where the basketball court picks up and also where our race by is. So, you know, that's really the extent of our presentation. Again, I appreciate your feedback. It was heavy last time, a little on the dull side, and you challenged us to come up with something that we thought added a little more interest in everything so flat. So I think even with the waves, as you can see, and this is just a sample piece, it's not flat as well. So I think the shadow lines, if you look at the profile here in the sample, um you'll see that we're going to get some nice shadow lines off the the profile of it so between this and then as you can look in this profile in this sample as well again there's going to be a lot more movement uh shadow lines the first time everything we had brought to you was just flat so i'm here to answer any questions and thank you again for the opportunity madam chair thanks

Any comments from the board or questions?

Just one day.

I think it's a great improvement to what you had before.

I think it's great. Thank you. As you can see, the shadows and the flatness is gone now. Yeah. Thank you very much. It was great feedback, and we really restudied it, so we appreciate that. I don't have any changes either.

The residents are happy. Great. Yes, sir.

I have a couple questions. The wood-looking material, are you applying it horizontally or vertically?

It's going to be horizontal.

Okay. Any specific reason?

Was there a reason for that?

Well, it was mostly aesthetically because it's having the continuation of the wave. So the wave is going to be also horizontal. So it's to keep that linearity and not having two directions.

Thank you. And what's the material of the waves? Because I've seen those for interior use. Yes, ma'am. And I'm just thinking about how well they will endure the outdoors, the rain and the sun.

That's a great question because the majority of these, even the sample here, is gypsum. That would be, let's call it drywall. So this piece right here isn't the exterior example because most of them are, you know, would eventually, like drywall, get wet. There is a company that has it, and it's the same exact thing, but it's a composite. Same material as here. So it withstands the outside. But most companies, if you look online and search for this project, would be for interior only. But we've managed to find a specifier. They can do it in composite. And so it's the same exact thing. It's just a different material.

And is it UV resistant? It won't yellow with time?

Yes, ma'am. Yeah. And it comes in large panels because most of them, when you find them inside, are two by two or something like that with gypsum.

All right. Thank you.

But it's a good question because we had to research it.

And the other thing that I just want to highlight that full greenery is very pretty and easy to install, but with time they fade and they become really dreary and ugly. I just want to make sure you select something that will endure, especially because being outdoor on a south wall, you get a lot of sun. And just to make sure that residents won't be complaining a year or so that their greenery doesn't look as fresh as it should.

Noted. Yes, ma'am. Yeah.

So Madam Chair, I recommend that we see if we have any public comment either in the room or from the clerk.

Yes, please.

There's no public comment from emails.

Okay. Our friend must be on vacation. All right. Thank you very much. So are we ready for a vote? Okay. Motions? Yes. I can make the motion, right? So I'll make a motion to approve the changes to the project and the comments from the Mr. Seed Official.

Second the motion.

All in favor? Aye. Opposed?

Okay. Thank you. Have a nice holiday, everyone. Thank you. Thank you.

And the next item, Madam Chair, is 102.95 Collins Avenue, which is the residences at 1 Bell Harbor, and the building official will present that.

Thank you. So this next one, we also received the written confirmation and acknowledgement of the eight conditions and they're in agreeance with it. And in my opinion, the proposed modification to the lobby level facade of the residential side of the building and the storefront modification for the One Bar Harbor building complies with the Village Appearance Code and zoning code and also the planning and zoning consultant and the parks and public spaces department has reviewed the plans and concur that they comply with the code thank you

Hello, good morning. We are Ferri Chacon and Carmen Griborio from NMD Nomadas. We are working on this project with Fanny Haim, an associate firm, for all the renovation of the design of the public area of the building. For this meeting, we're going to talk about the extension of the gym. And for sure, Carmen has all the information about it, and she's going to present the project. Thank you so much for the time and for the opportunity.

Thank you. Yeah, so in addition to the extension, the expansion of the gym of its 200 square feet, we also have a storefront exchange since some areas are being rearranged a little bit in the interior. We want to exchange, for example, a door with a panel and the panel with a door. So we're exchanging that. And we are also exchanging another storefront to exchange a door with a panel as well. So this side, these are the pictures of the exterior facade. And here we can see the location of the storefront exchange. We have on the right side, the first storefront exchange for the door that's on that area, like in the end of the hallway to the right. And then we have the other two that are right there in the small ones. Those are one door and one panel that's going to be exchanged as well. And the other one, the big rectangle, would be the area for the gym enlargement. So here you can see the gym enlargement area. It's very like the big yellow rectangle. That's the portion that's being enlarged. And even though it's being expanded to 200 square feet, so the FAR remains the same. However, there was an exit door that was located in that area, so we're moving it just a little bit to the south. And we are creating a new gate there that's to match the existing. What else? Let's see. Okay, so here you can see, for example, what you see in green is the new panel. So there's a new door, a new glass panel. Everything is to match the existing. Every glass material, every mullion is to be matched with the existing. And what else? And then the gene enlargement can be seen on the side. I can't. That's a lot of information there, but I can't. Let's see. Can I just? There's a hand mic there.

Oh, you can pull it off. What exactly?

Well, the mic.

Yeah, the mic will pull out.

In the mic you're using, you can pull it out. Okay, got it.

I got it. Okay, so... This one here is an existing door. And this one is a panel. So we're exchanging these two. And then here is the gym enlargement. This is coming forward right here. So these two are gonna be new. And this is actually the existing storefront that we're moving. So these are new. and this one we're moving in a little bit. And these are the existing, so this side, it's coming to this side, and this one is going to this side. And we have the existing doors here, so since we're expanding the gym to this area, what we're doing is we're removing this door, and we're moving it to the side and creating like one big door, and that's it, to match the existing one.

What else?

No, not working. But basically that's the project we're proposing. It's a final page already, I think. In the other one, we have some details.

Oops.

Yeah. Yeah.

No.

Okay. Done. So we have details of the storefront, and that's it. That's the product, basically. Okay.

Yeah, principally in terms of design, we don't have too much information because we are matching exactly the storefront that we have in this moment with the same materials, with the same color of the glass. We are waiting for the sample of one of the members of the team. Wow, perfect.

Thank you. And the glass over here.

So this is the existing? This is exactly the existing that the building has in this moment, and we are matching exactly for the same color and material that we have. For the millions as well. And well, I think that that's it. That's it. Thank you so much. Thank you. I don't know if you have any questions, please. Okay. Any questions from the board? No.

The elimination of the door across from the women's room, why do it?

Across the what?

From the women's bathroom, the top right.

Oh, no.

You're eliminating a door?

That's not the women's bathroom. No, that's the gallery, a corridor.

Yeah, if you can go up two pages, I think.

Yeah. Here?

One more.

Here?

Yeah, the top right is that door is being replaced, no?

This one here?

Yeah.

Okay, this is a corridor. Oh, no, that restroom, that's from the hotel side. We're not connected to that. Oh, okay. Yes, this is a wall, and this is not connected. So we are the residential side, which is this. We have a gallery, and then we have this corridor, and we get to the elevators, and this is the residential side. Okay. All of this and even this part, this is everything hotel side.

And that door you're eliminating, correct?

No, we're not eliminating any door. We're just exchanging this one and putting it here. Okay. And this one too, exchange. And this one moving this one to this side.

Okay.

We're not eliminating anything, any door. Okay.

Anything else?

No. Was there?

No, I don't. It's very, very simple. You guys are using the same material. You're, you know, same glass, same metal. That little room there where you pointed the doors, what's that little room going to be now since you're moving the doors to the other side? Yeah. I assume that's the reason why you're moving it, to use that room.

Yeah. You know, actually, currently, we think, like at the beginning, they were thinking about maybe creating in the future a kid's room, but it's actually not being decided yet. So that's a possibility that probably we're not even going to do that exchange in the future. But, I mean, at the moment, we might not even need it in the future, but...

Yes, the principal idea is not to have a corridor with a wall in the end. The interior design intention is to maybe create their gathering space for the family. That's why the gathering space, that's why we changed the door. We did all the consulting with all the life safety team, and we have all the life safety elements solved in this moment.

I'm okay with it. I just wanted to get a little nosing there because I'm doing anything really.

Yeah, it's too simple.

So as you increase the gym and you move the existing store from forward, how are you enclosing the sides or there are existing walls? I just can't see well from the plan.

So how we are enclosing the...

The sides.

The sides? Yeah. So... What we are doing is, so we have this wall here, and this is the existing storefront of the gym. What we're doing is on the side, this side, we're creating a glass panel. And then we're moving all of this, the existing, we're moving it to here, to this point here. And then on this side, we're also creating a glass panel.

Okay, so we're enclosing both sides of glass panels to match the star frame.

To match the existing star frame.

Yes, in fact, in this moment, the front and the lateral walls are in glass. And we just extended the lateral ones and moved the front one.

Okay, thank you. All good? Okay, so I'll make a motion to approve the project as presented with the comments from the Mr.

If I could just make sure there's no public comment.

Sorry, I forgot.

Seeing none from the clerk, none in the room, you may proceed.

Okay, thank you. So I'll make a motion to approve the project as presented with the comments from Mr. Billy Fisher.

Second the motion.

All in favor?

Aye.

Opposed? None. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

That concludes the business on the agenda, Madam Chair.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Recording stopped.

Yes, let me get you the date. It'll be October 3rd. You won't be here?

Is it?

Oh, it is. Well, then, let me... Third.

Let me... You didn't mention that.

Yeah, I didn't know it was either. OK, so let me kind of like, I'm going to poll everybody. So I don't want to set it here with just three of you. I just want to do kind of a poll to see what dates would be more appropriate for you.

That's if we get a project.

Oh, yeah, of course.

Oh, OK.

So maybe not.

Well, now we don't have one group yet for the next cycle.

Okay. All right. So, yeah, I will do some, like, if we get something, I'll let you know, and we'll see if there's a good date for everybody. It won't be Halloween. My neighborhood is like a big-time Halloween neighborhood. It's called Bayside. It's next to Morningside and Bellmead. The streets are like hundreds and hundreds of kids. We go all out.

I have better things to do.

Where are you?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Nathan used to be by there, too. He was on 82nd and, like, the building? Yeah. He was in that building at one time. Nathan was, yeah. Nice building. You don't like it?

No, I like it.

We did it. Oh, okay.

Oh, there you go. It's a good thing you didn't say ugly building.

No, I said it's nice. Nice building. 17 years.

I didn't know that. So, like, did Nathan know that? I don't know if he knows that. He was there for a short time.

Small world. And which floor are you? Do you face... Do you face the north?

You face Biscayne? Because, like, when I'm driving by it, there's a couple... I don't know if they're residents or offices or what, but they're awesome. Is it yours?

No, no, no.

I'm just saying.

Like, I look at it, and they're like, the design is just like whoever lives there.

Oh, it's mixed-use. It's mixed-use.

They got, like, the architect, the design they have in there.

No, I made a mistake. I should have bought that. I should have bought it. Yeah, maybe. I should have really bought it.

We wouldn't come here.

No, that's it.

We've got a 45-minute drive every day.

Yes, whoever... Oh, yeah.

Big time.

I've been riding my bike for, like, this is going on three, almost four years now, three years. He does? And it's... I don't deal with traffic at all. I deal with no traffic, and it's just changed my whole life. It's just... 20 minutes. I get there faster on a bike than I can in a car.

Wow.

Because I go through the neighborhoods here, and the only place I go where there's not a bike path is the Cosway, 79th Street Cosway. But there's three lanes, and one's dedicated for bikes, if there's a bike lane. No, 123rd is dangerous. I have bike lanes. They're all dedicated bike lanes, yeah.

Or neighborhood streets.

Or neighborhood streets. It's so much. My life has changed just so much from it.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. A Florida story, yes.

Oh, I vaguely remember that. It was a massive project, yeah.

Well, if they put the train station there, then it'll be... Yeah, I don't know. I'm hoping so.

Well, that was the plan, so...

And there's a big project going on. And if you go down 79th Street, down off to the north from 79th Street, there's something big planned in there. Some big residential kind of thing. Affordable housing.

We're going to be redoing the, you know, the story cars. Yeah, yeah. The gas station. Yeah. The story.

So that whole place is going to be developed?

They're trying to bring it up. They want something nice. And it's a nice building.

Who is someone who used to sit here? What's his name? Was it Chris who left Miami Beach? Yeah, Chris. No, City of Miami. City of Miami.

Oh, that's right. Chris Romans, right?

No, Chris.

Oh, I thought he went to Miami Beach.

No, City of Miami.

It was Miami. He was in City of Miami. Chris. What the hell is his last name? He lives around there. He lives nearby.

I know it. Call him. Maybe call him.

Call him in the house. I need to come to ARV.

Residential. You just got to go to the building department and there's a swatch of colors. She showed me.

There's a palette.

There's a palette.

There's like a million colors. I just want to see the ones that are closest to what I think.

Usually they're Sherry Williams. They're Sherry Williams.

All it captures is like really oddball colors that fall outside.

It has like 20 pages of colors.

That's the hardest part.