Planning and Zoning - Regular Meeting

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Okay, we will officially open the session. Hello, welcome to the ordinary meeting of the city of Coral Gabels. Recording in progress. We are residents of Coral Gabels and we are in charge of the preservation and protection of the sites, districts and historical artifacts or worthy of architectural interest that confer a distinct historical heritage to the city. The Council is composed of 9 members, 7 of which are appointed by the Commission, 1 by the Municipal Director and the 9th is selected by the Council and confirmed by the Commission. 5 members of the Council constitute a quorum and 5 affirmative votes are necessary for the adoption of any motion of any motion. Any person acting as a lobbyist in accordance with Ordinance No. 2611 of the City of Coral Gables must register with the City Council before taking part in lobbying activities or making presentations in front of the staff, councils, committees, IDLASH or the municipal commission. A copy of the ordinance is available at the City Council's office. The lack of registration and presentation of a proof of registration will prevent you from presenting to the Historical Preservation Council the requests examined this afternoon. A lobbyist is defined as a person, a society, a partnership or any other journal entity employed or retained, remunerated or not, by a mandate that seeks to encourage approval, disapproval, adoption, abrogation, adoption, rejection or modification of any ordinance, resolution, action or decision of a municipal commissioner, any action, decision or recommendation of the municipal director, of any council or municipal committee including, but without limitation, a quasi-judicial consultative council, a fiduciary authority or a council, or any action, decision or recommendation of the municipal staff during the period of the entire decision-making process on the action, decision or recommendation, which will probably be heard or examined by the municipal commission, the council or the municipal committee, including, but without limitation, a quasi-judicial advisory council, a fiduciary authority or a council. The presentations made to this council are subject to the city ordinance on the false statements of the City Code of Coral Gables. Je déclare officiellement ouverte la réunion du Conseil de préservation historique de la ville de Coral Gables du 17 septembre 2026. Il est 16h14. Présent aujourd'hui à ma gauche se trouve Mamet, gauche se trouve Mamet Shield, Shield, M. Silver, M. Garcia Ponce, Mamet Alvarez et M. Rolando. Et moi-même, Michel Dedet. The next point in the order of the day is the approval of the verbal trial of the meeting of August 13, 2026. Are there any modifications or corrections?

We would like to report this.

Oh, I thought we had found the whole thing.

No, but sorry. There are some errors, so we will report this at the next meeting. Okay. The approval of the verbal trial is therefore reported. Please note that this council is a quasi-judicial council and that the points in the order of the day are quasi-judicial in nature, which forces council members to disclose all expert communications. Ex parte communication is defined as all contact, communication, conversation, correspondence, service note or other written or verbal communication that takes place outside of a public hearing between a member of the public, between a member of the public and a member of a quasi-judicial council concerning questions that must be heard by the quasi-judicial council. If someone has contacted a member of the council when the question is submitted to the council, the member must officially declare the existence of ex parte communication, the part that was at the origin of the communication, and if the communication will affect the capacity of the member of the council to impartially examine the evidence that will be presented concerning the case. Are there any points in the order of the day that have been reported D'accord. Si des personnes dans le public ou sur Zoom doivent témoigner en avion aujourd'hui, veuillez vous lever pour prêter serment. Veuillez allumer vos caméras et vous lever pour prêter serment si vous êtes sur Zoom.

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The first file we have today is the file LHD-2026-05, Examination of the Local Historic Designation of the property located at 314 Kadima, Kadima Avenue, legally described as 14 to 16 Inc., Block 23, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Section 1, according to the plan of this one as recorded in the plan book 14 to 25 of the Public Archives of the County of Miami-Dade in Florida. Does a member of the Council have expert communications or site visits to disclose at this stage? So, would the staff like to proceed with the presentation? Yes, Elisabeth, could you present the point?

Hello everyone, Elisabeth Dilan, coordinator of historical preservation. The following presentation is a summary of the historical preservation report established by the staff.

Could you broadcast the following presentation?

La désignation résulte d'une détermination d'importance historique déposée par le propriétaire. Conformément à l'article 8, section 803 du Code de zonage de Coral Gables, critères de désignation des monuments historiques locaux, A local historical monument must present a character, an interest or an important value as an integral part of the historical, cultural, archaeological, aesthetic or architectural heritage of the city, state or nation. To be designated, a property must meet one of the criteria stated in the Code. The 314 Kadima Avenue is eligible as a local historical monument on the basis of three criteria. Historical cultural importance. Criteria 4. Il illustre les tendances historiques, culturelles, politiques, économiques ou sociales de la communauté. Importance architecturale Critère 1 Il dépeint l'environnement à une époque de l'histoire caractérisée par un ou plusieurs styles architecturaux distinctifs. Et deuxième critère Il incarne les caractéristiques distinctives d'un style architectural, d'une période ou d'une méthode de construction. The 314 Academa Avenue is located in the Coral Gables Coconut Grove neighborhood, south of San Sebastian, between Lejeune Road and Salcedo Street. It is an interior area of 21.3 meters. The structures include a single-family residence and an independent individual garage, both built in 1925. The house retains its historical integrity as a neo-Mediterranean style house, designed in the style of small cottages. Coral Gables was initially designed as a Miami suburb and attracted investors from all over the country during the South Florida real estate boom in the 1920s. The founder, George Merrick, was inspired by the Garden City and City Beautiful movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries to create his vision of a city entirely designed with Mediterranean inspiration. Coral Gables is now recognized as one of the first planned modern communities in the United States. The history of the development of Coral Gables is divided into three major historical periods. The construction of the house at 3514 Kadima Avenue took place during the initial phase, at the same time as the incorporation of the city, and it is representative of the vision of Merrick. National-renowned landscape architect Frank Button drew the first complete maps of Coral Gables in 1921 and 1922, including one on the left of this slide. Throughout the early 1920s, Merrick continued to reinvest his profits in public equipment and land acquisition. At the end of the year 1924, it had acquired large areas of land in the north and east and extended to the south as shown in the 1925 map on the right. The 314 Kadima Avenue was built in the newly acquired Coconut Grove section, whose location is indicated at the bottom of the 1925 map here. The brazen boom of Florida caused a shortage of housing in the south of Florida in the mid-1920s. The exponential growth of Coral Gables led to a growth in its workforce, and the construction of houses in Coral Gables could not keep up with the pace of their growing numbers. This, associated with the serious shortage in the region, presented a challenge that Merrick attempted to raise from the front in 1925. Merrick began to address this problem on several fronts. He provided temporary housing in the form of tent cities, as you can see in the picture at the top left. He ordered the San Sebastian Apartment Hotel, which would provide apartments to the employees of the company and their families. He also contacted Emil Rosenberg, the builder of Atlanta, and a close friend who agreed to build 10 apartment buildings in the Douglas neighborhood, which could accommodate 128 families. But Rick also wanted to offer single-family homes. Following his trip to Atlanta to negotiate the agreement with Rosenberg, The opportunity to invest in Merrick attracted the attention of Lindsay Hopkins and Herbert Nichols. Lindsay Hopkins, who is photographed here, was a renown investor. He was the director of Coca-Cola Company, the Federal Bank Reserve Atlanta and the Reynolds Metal Company. But what mattered most to Merrick was that Hopkins and his partner Herbert D. Nichols, an eminent builder, were originally from most of the houses in Druid Hills. Druid Hills, a U.P. suburb of Atlanta, had initially been planned by the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted in 1893. In 1908, it was sold to Isaac Handler, the president of Coca-Cola, and largely developed by Hopkins and Nichols between 1910 and 1936. Druid Hills is now registered in the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the projects studied by Merrick during the planning of Coral Gables. Hopkins and Nichols contacted Merrick at the beginning of the year 1925 with a vast construction program. They had to include the construction of 500 single-family houses. In addition to the available capital and their experience in construction on a large scale in a planned community, Merrick asked them to demonstrate their ability to mobilize quickly and independently of construction work underway at Coral Gables. In response, Hopkins sent 10 wagons of construction materials and submitted plans to build a concrete block factory in Coral Gables. In April 1925, with the purchase of the first 50 lots and the submission of architectural drawings by H. George Fink, who demonstrated their understanding of Merrick's vision for the city, a contract was signed and the plan announced. These first 50 lots were located in non-organized areas. 30 of these houses were concentrated in the area of Coconut Grove, just south of the future Saint-Sébastien Hotel, whose works began later in August. These 30 houses, designed by the architects H. George Fink, who was a member of the Merrick design team, were to be low-cost cottages that would be affordable for Merrick employees. Their construction was supervised by the Merrick construction company, and it was only after their approval by Merrick that the contract could advance. Comme le montre l'article de gauche, les 40 premières maisons étaient en cours de construction en mai 1925. La maison du 314 Kadima faisait partie de ce groupe. Située dans le quartier Coral Gables Coconut Grove, elle a été conçue en avril 1925 par Fink et autorisée à la mi-juillet par M. Nichols. During the 1920s in Coral Gables, architectural design combined elements commonly used in Spanish, Moresque and Italian architecture and became known under the name of the Neo-Mediterranean style. During the 1920s, the structures and equipment were built almost exclusively in this style. The design of the 314 Kadima Avenue strongly relied on Spanish and Moresque influences. are listed here and addressed in the designation report, some of the characteristics of the outside of the house. More particularly, the textured stucco, flat roofs with parapets bordered with bursary tiles, arches on the front facade, the kosher door, the chimney is predominantly Mediterranean-inspired. The round windows are arranged as decorative accents, above the folding windows in retreat with silky supports. Two additions to the property structure were made by the current owner. In 2011, an extension of about 4 m by 6.5 m was built on the west facade behind and facing the cocher door, whose location is indicated here in blue. A terrace covered along its west wall completed this extension. The second extension concerned the garage. An advance of about 1.5 m by 2.8 m was built along its east facade, indicated here in orange. No permit for the works has been located to date, but it clearly shows aerial photos that it was built between 2017 and 2023. Designed in the cottage style, the single-family residence focuses on Spanish influences and includes several moorish elements. It presents the typical refined construction and the magnificently proportionate details of the houses built in Coral Gables in the 1920s, the house on foot. It is located above a sanitary void and is built in cement blocks covered with textured stucco. Tiled verandas were widely used in houses in the 1920s to take advantage of the hospital climate and constitute characteristic elements. This house originally had a front-lined porch, a rear-lined porch with a bed and a small porch at the back. All the porches were closed to create an extra living space on unknown dates. In the Neo-Mediterranean style, the house is under flat roofs of different heights. The simple roof parapets are lined with tonneau tiles, which are originally a hat and a bench in two parts. They were replaced by S-shaped tiles in 2012. The windows, originally divided by clear wood frames with high handles, were placed in retreat openings with support, sagging below. Their well-proportioned groupings and their varied sizes added to the visual interest of the house and were arranged in such a way as to provide the ventilation and air circulation essential in the southern climate of Florida.

Above the windows, on most of the facades, there are square windows arranged in a decorative way.

The ceilings were replaced in 1958 and 1961, out of jealousy. They were replaced by wind-chill windows in 1980, and the windows were replaced with ceilings in 1993. No permit for the installation of the current horizontal sliding windows has been located to date, but aerial photos document the change around 2016. The front facade has two distinct Bs, the front porch and the front door. Walls in them extend from both corners, strengthening the presence of this country house on the street, on the street. dominating the two bays and connecting them with each other, large arches styled in inverted ojive. Masonry arches are another characteristic of the Neo-Mediterranean style. The inverted doucine is a moorish element that is often found in Mediterranean architecture. The port of Chavannes-en-Sailly was originally gridded and included a central door with a circle arch flanked by two arches. The arched door sheltered a mosquito net door, with a fuselage facade, whose motif was repeated in the balustrades of the large arched openings. The porch was closed for life on an unknown date at the end of the 20th century and the height of the openings was reduced. Above the vaulted door, we find the morose elements of an elevated parapet and a miniature minaret. To the west is the Cochère Gate. It is also a characteristic element. Merrick designed the coral pines by thinking of the car, and most of the 1920s had both a Cochère Gate and an independent garage. The stylized inverted arch of the opening before for vehicles is taken over the west facade by openings, smaller and resting on sagging thresholds.

The rear arch for vehicles was closed by the addition of the kitchen in 2011.

Above the front arch is an encastrated masonry plaque, with an abstract floral pattern. And to the northwest corner, a urn rests on a small corner of a tap. The curved chimney, inspired by a beffroi, rises through the southeast corner of the portico. Beffrois were also common in Spanish colonial missions. Their shapes are common in the Mediterranean biblical style and constitute an important element associated with the 1920s houses at Coal Gables. Despite the change in window type, the facade remains relatively intact. Originally, the south-east angle was the cradled Porsche Couchette. It was closed on an unknown date, apparently keeping the same window opening, but as we can see here, it was reduced between 2006 and 2024, the opening of the Porsche Couchette on the rear facade was also reduced ... The original configuration of the rear facade is shown here. On the historic photo of 1971, a part of the open door of the closed sleeping Porsche is visible. The photo also shows the breakfast area and the windows of the closet, which confirms that the original plans were followed during the construction.

The other grid openings at the southwestern angle were intended for the rear Porsche.

The two windows of the opening of the rear Porsche have been closed. Their location and size are however easily identifiable by the change in texture of the stucco. In addition, the threshold for the opening of the rear porch has been preserved. In 2011, a flat roof kitchen with a covered terrace was built in the center of the west facade facing the cocher door. Although the addition imitated the arches and the tubular texture of the original house, its proportions and its positioning contributed to identify it as an addition. Merrick was avant-gardist, and Coral Gables is now considered as one of the first modern communities planned in the United States. He designed Coral Gables taking into account the car and transport in common. As a result, most of the houses built during the initial phase of the city had garage doors and independent garages. Although the independent garages of the 1920s were often simple, their location and design played a role in demonstrating Merrick's vision. The garages of the 1920s were designed to merge into their neo-Mediterranean style houses. The garage of 314 Kadima Avenue is covered with stucco whose texture corresponds to that of the house. It is under a flat roof with simple parapets, just like the house. Over the years, the opening for vehicles has been reduced to leave room for windows and doors have been inserted on the west facade. This corresponds to the evolution of its use of the garage to the living room, In July 1944, a permit was issued to convert the garage into a living space. In Coral Gables, between 1943 and 1945, residents could ask to convert their garage in order to accommodate the few 500 military heroines in the south of Florida to train in combat. The San Sebastian apartments nearby, served as military dormitories and archives, indicate that the instructors and staff often took rooms, or rented them, in the adjacent neighborhood of Coconut Grove. There are clearly announcements of subsequent rentals, that the garage has been converted. This adds to the importance of the structure because it marks a remarkable time in the history of southern Florida. Le 314 Gadim Avenue reste l'une des quelques 100 maisons construites par Hopkins et Nichols. Après l'ouragan de 1926, en raison du déclin de l'économie, Hopkins ont réduit leur contrat avec Merrick. En retour, Hopkins a fourni le financement final du Centre Sébastien et va finalement acheter en 1928, dans le quartier de Coconut Grove. Très peu de maisons ont été construites après 1928 jusqu'aux années 1940. Les cases bleues indicate the locations of the pre-1935 single-family homes, most of which were allowed, before the 26th of September hurricane. This image, associated with the 1938 aerial photograph, gives an idea of the speed with which Merrick developed the Coconut Grove neighborhood. Most of the houses were built on a period of 18 months before the hurricane. This neighborhood retains its context of a single-family neighborhood. However, it should be noted that when the construction resumed in the post-war years, there was a clear gap in relation to the ornamental and pittoresque houses of Mediterranean inspiration that had dominated the landscape of the city. The most recent houses adopted contemporary modern styles. Since the most recent houses in the area of Coconut Grove reflect modern styles, the neo-Mediterranean style houses of 1925 and 1926 are unique in this area, Le 314 Kadima Avenue témoigne clairement de la vision numérique, un siècle plus tard, et constitue un exemple des tendances historiques, culturelles, économiques et sociales de Coral Gables pendant ces années de fondation. En conclusion, le 314 Kadima Avenue illustre l'archétype du bâtiment d'inspiration méditerranéenne sur lequel Coral Gables a été fondé. Designed in the cottage style by architect Hatch, George Fink, it was financed and built by the team of national renown, composed of Lindsay Hopkins and Herbert Nichols, and represents an integral part of the way in which Merrick developed Coral Gables and Merrick. The property, located at 314 Kadima Avenue, is part of a set of quality buildings, which visibly recalls the history and cultural heritage of the city. It retains its architectural integrity and contributes significantly to the historical fabric of Coral Gables. The staff recommends the approval of the local historical designation of the property located at 314 Kadima Avenue, due to its historical, cultural and architectural importance.

Does anyone want to speak in favour or against this case? I am Javier Payet. I live at 314 Kadima.

So, if I have to say that I like living in this house, it's because I've lived in it for more than 10 years. I like the history of the house. And I am... Ma raison d'être ici est de l'exprimer et que j'essaye d'ajouter une pièce supplémentaire à la maison. Parce que mes deux filles grandissent et j'ai besoin d'une pièce supplémentaire. Et je ne veux pas trop changer la maison parce que je sais que c'est un lieu historique et j'aime Coral Gables pour la réserve qui préserve l'histoire. J'espère pouvoir réaliser mon projet.

We have therefore worked with the owner and his architect on a redevelopment plan that will be presented to the Council of Architects in the next two weeks or so, if everything goes well earlier, then you will all receive it with the COA. Does anyone at the Board of Directors have any questions for the owner or staff?

Thank you for submitting the historical properties and we look forward to your submission. Thank you.

Merci. Puis-je avoir une motion ? Y a-t-il quelqu'un sur Zoom ? Et juste pour mémoire, nous avons fait circuler une lettre de soutien à la désignation soumise par Karelia Carbonell au nom de l'Association de préservation historique de Coral Gables. Oui, merci. Y a-t-il quelqu'un d'autre qui a d'autres commentaires ? Puis-je avoir une motion ? These are new letters, red means that Cuck is a Cuckoo and green means that Cuck is a Cuckoo. They look a little different from what they were before, if that's what someone remembers.

I will make a motion. I will make a motion to approve the local historical designation of the property located at 314 Kadima Avenue, legally described as lots 14 to 16 included, block 23, Coral Gables Coconut Grove, section 1. I will continue to read the book of parcel 14, page 25 of the public archives of the county of Miami-Dade, on the basis of its historical, cultural and architectural importance.

Okay, second.

Okay, you have a unanimous approval, seven votes in favor of the designation.

Okay, our next file is the COASP-2026-006 file, a delivery request for a special certificate of adequacy for the property located at 410 Minorca Avenue, a local historical monument, legally described as Lodice 11, Block 4, Coral Gables, Section B, according to the plan of this one, as it is recorded in the Plan 5 book, page 111 of the Miami-Dade County Public Archives in Florida. This request requires the approval of the design of an addition and modification to the residence and the works on the site. Please continue. Thank you.

Hello, good afternoon.

I am Nathalie Delgado from the Historic Preservation.

Today, I present to you the revised request for the 410 minorca, legally described as section B, according to the plan book of this one, as it is recorded in the plan book 5, page 111 of the public archives of the county of Miami-Dade in Florida. This site, this building was built in 1935 and it is one of the first Mediterranean mixed transitional style houses. It has undergone very few modifications and I present to you today a composition of additions of a second floor to the back of an additional floor on the east side of minimal modifications to the contact and also to the residence. On July 16, 2026, the applicant worked with the staff to try to respond to all the concerns of the Council, which consists of linking the liaison roof to the first floor, the arch of the new addition and the removal of the decorative elements of the new addition. The Council of Architects approved, and we stand up today as staff to approve this request.

Just as a reminder, this is the request that was reported from the last meeting. There have been a few motions that have not been adopted and that have been made. And the applicant took the time to take into account the comments that were made during the meeting and to make some modifications. He is now in front of you to present it.

Yes, this is DTV. Could we have the presentation, please?

Thank you. Thank you, administration. My name is Georges Gonzales. I'm not yet ready for the oath, but I...

Please indicate your name and address, please.

Yes, Georges Gonzales, Vertical Design Studio, D-950 South West, aka 8th Street, with 200.

I represent you here.

410 Minorca, I represent you here, 410 Minorca. Et comme Nathalie l'a déclaré, après la réunion de juillet, nous sommes retournés et avons abordé plusieurs des problèmes qui avaient été portés à notre attention et qui avaient été soulevés par Donna. Donc, juste l'arche de la chambre principale, qui ressemblait trop à ce qui se passait à l'entrée. Nous avons retiré certaines des ventilations, nous avons retiré les ventilations au-dessus des pignons. proposed also to differentiate the new from the old and, even more important, what we did is that our initial design envisaged a roof that extended essentially from the old to the new. We created the connection piece. Basically, we transformed it into a flat roof that now distinctly separates the old from the new. We hope that I don't know how to move on to the next sheet. Yes, here is our presentation. Here is the existing house. The only thing to refer to is the historical image. And I think there is also a floor plan. Here are the neighbors. Here are the contextual photos. Here is the current state of the house. Here is the proposed site plan. The connection pieces, this white box, represent the area that exists. This is the darkened roof. This is the darkened roof. The exposed roof and the lighter roof. And the connection piece is seen from the street as the square between them. Here is the floor plan, also showing the existing and the new in nuance. Here are the elevations. Here are the different elevations. The existing ones are the four piled up on the left.

Les proposés sont les quatre empiles à droite.

Les élevations avec plus de détails et d'informations.

Quelques sections. Et voici les perspectives.

Les trois premières sont la maison historique existante.

Les trois dernières sont les mêmes vues dont le nouveau projet est proposé. On the top left, the existing house. On the top right, the project that we had during the previous meeting, except that we also had the events. At the level of the pignon and the arch at the level of the main house was larger. It was equal to that of the main entrance. This is just to show the differences in the roof connection piece. En bas à gauche, c'est celle que nous avons sélectionnée. Et en bas à droite, le conseil nous avait demandé d'envisager un toit en croupe au niveau de la maison principale. C'est le modèle de toit en croupe dont le résultat nous apparaît. Nous le montrons juste pour montrer à quoi cela ressemble.

Okay. Question of discussion of the council. Garcia Ponce.

I wasn't there in July. I can say that I really appreciate the change of transition between the existing house and the new house. This kind of flat parapet. I am a great defender of this idea. I am happy that Madame Aspine was able to raise this point during the meeting. So I think it was a great success. Just to clarify things, I think you mentioned it, but for my government, the elevations you are presenting today are those of the A06-06 sheet. If you want to go back to the one that shows the new changes, not the advice of architects and other things. I just want to be clear about what we approve. This guy. So it's this one. Perfect. Thank you. And the door and the wall, is that also part of this request? I think it's really good. I just want to make sure, because sometimes it's not the case. Okay. Everything you see here is part of the request.

Good, thank you for the review. I appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate the comments, the time and the expertise of the person.

Other questions from the Council of Ministers? So, the main Porsche facade, I think, I don't know. I always feel like there are missing windows or something like that, where there is this little opening in the big wall. So I don't know if it's possible to do more penetration there. On one side, there seems to be a closet and on the other side, it's like a passage.

Well, it's a very small element. The main entrance of the house is a large arch without a window. We thought we could certainly put a small window in the closet and even an opening on the right side, but... I... yeah, I think we should.

Yeah, I wasn't going to go into the details of the design. I think it would be an excellent addition, the small side pieces on this facade.

Yeah, it looks a bit heavy. And other questions or comments? The staff has asked for certain conditions. Do you agree with the conditions they ask to integrate into any motion of approval?

I'm sorry, can we review the conditions? The things we discussed, and we agree. Oui, nous sommes d'accord avec les conditions.

Quelqu'un souhaite-t-il déposer une motion? Quelqu'un dans le public souhaite-t-il faire des commentaires en faveur ou en opposition à cette affaire? D'accord, vous n'entendez personne. Quelqu'un souhaite-t-il déposer une motion?

I'm going to file a motion. I'm going to file a motion to approve the request with the conditions mentioned above and the additional condition that Mademoiselle Alarez raised to study the addition of two windows to the opening, obtaining the opening of the main room. I thought I would pass condition number 9. So, approving that for any additional modification to the residence and to the works on the site of the property located at 410 Minorca Avenue, as described in the point, and a motion to approve the delivery of a special certificate of relevance with the conditions indicated above.

Second. Okay. We have a motion and a second.

Yes, you can make the call. Pam Sebert. M. Garcia-Ponce. Alvarez. Michels. Silva.

Yes.

Nené. Yes.

Unanimous vote. Seven votes for...

Thank you very much. Have a great evening.

Okay, our next file is the COAS P2026-24, a request for delivery of a special certification of adequacy for the property located at 1203 Alhambra Circle, a contributing resource within the historic district of Alhambra Circle, also described as section E, according to the plan of this one, as it is recorded in the plan book 8 on page 13 of the public archives of the county of Miami-Dade in Florida. The request for approval of the design of an addition and modification to the residence of a new kiosk and works on the site.

Here is the location of the property in question at 1203 Alhambra Circle. It is part of the historic district of Alhambra Circle which was designated in 2008, including the entirety of Alhambra Circle de Lejeune in Seville. This single-family house is one of the very first houses in the city. It was built in 1922, it was the number 23 permit of the city and was designed by the architect Walter de Garmo. It has undergone modifications over the years. It is a contributing resource and it retains its historical integrity. The request requires the approval of the design for an extension of about 189 square feet at the back of the house. It's actually an extension to an extension. and a modification of the residence, the construction of a belvedere holding about 270 square feet and a few works on the site. Here is a picture of the house dating from the early 1920s. Here is a picture from the early 1940s. The car shelter that you see on the left, on the west side of the house, was added early. It remains the existing garage that exists and also an extension. Ce n'est pas le garage d'origine. Donc les modifications qui sont proposées à cet espace n'auront pas d'impact négatif sur le tissu historique.

Cela a été examiné et approuvé par le Conseil des architectes en mars.

Le personnel recommande une approbation sous condition quand la majorité des travaux sont intérieurs et n'ont pas d'impact sur l'extérieur. Le kiosque est indépendant et installé dans la cour latérale. The addition is very simple and as I said, it is an addition to a previous addition. And the reconfiguration of the rear terrace also occurs during an subsequent addition to the house. We therefore recommend a conditionally approved approval and I will leave the floor to the architect.

Hello staff. Jose Sanchez Reyes of Jose Sanchez Reyes Architects at 1395 Brickell Avenue, Suite 800 Miami, Florida 331831. As Caral mentioned, most of our work is indoor. The idea is to restore the Garmos, a kind of party with the central courtyard and to integrate this central courtyard into the living spaces by connecting both the central courtyard to the backyard and to the property grounds.

A small extension was functional by the back.

There was a desire for an additional friend's room, which motivated the proposal to transform the existing garage into a room. I worked with the staff on the layout of this window. And as Caral mentioned, we propose a kiosk to make the pool and terrace more pleasant to live with more comfort, with an outdoor kitchen. There is actually a small barbecue structure on site at the moment, which is not very useful. So we propose that and in the same kind of quadrant, we Let's propose this larger kiosk on which we work with the staff to create details that relate to the original historical structure, but which certainly distinguish themselves as well as the details of the roof. I can briefly present you the presentation if you want.

You can see here the front view.

Once again, very few changes, apart from what you see through the parking lot and behind, we now have a garage door. And now we have where we propose this window towards the room. Elevation of the facade that we just saw in the rendering form. Here we know it along the west elevation, this small extension at the bottom left where we propose to give more dressing to the main room. We see our rear elevation, the north elevation and we can see the connection much more important with the living space in the large door-window on the patio, or the covered terrace, or... compared to what there is currently, which is in a way a combination of a kitchen and a door. We also propose to delete a column there, once again to create a more direct connection. As Cara mentioned, this was part of a much later addition. I think it was an edition of the 50s. We can see the kiosk proposed on the left side, well inside the secondary retreat. Here is our view of Columbus Avenue. So here is our secondary lateral view. And the kiosk. You can hardly distinguish the extension beyond this kiosk, which is a small extension of the dressing room and a bathroom type cabin. So it's a small extra window. It's a Columbus view. Once again, the kiosk. I think you can distinguish the extension with the small window that gives on the bathroom type cabin. Different views, but with the same elevation. Here are some magnifications of the kiosk. We offer wooden supports along the sides of each side of a wooden trellis. to articulate the columns, the free columns at the base and the cap at the top according to the recommendations of the BOA. That's all I have, so I'm ready to answer your questions.

Thank you. Okay, is there anyone on Zoom? I suppose we'll come back to the advice for the questions.

I have a little question.

I have a question. I think it's just the graphic designer of the elevation. The window that replaces the garage door seems to be out of focus. Is it supposed to be centered on the top of it?

It is centered on the mass behind, not on the car's shelter.

Graphically, I think it's just shifted, but I just want to make sure that in the plans, it's correct. Thank you.

J'avais une question. Est-ce qu'une des cheminées, et la cheminée qui était là à l'origine, sont en train d'être retirées ? C'était un ajout ?

C'était un ajout à la maison.

Est-ce que vous enlevez les balustrades ?

Nous proposons d'enlever les balustrades à l'avant. Il y a beaucoup de fioritures supplémentaires qui ne font pas vraiment partie du caractère de la maison. Nous n'avons pas ces détails. Je sais que l'une des recommandations du personnel, et je pense soit de travailler avec vous sur la conception de cela, soit de tout supprimer complètement, car nous ne savons pas techniquement si... Elles seraient remplacées.

Et donc, si vous souhaitez les supprimer, vous n'êtes pas obligés de les conserver. Elles ne sont pas d'origine. Mais oui, nous pouvons travailler avec vous si vous souhaitez les conserver pour une conception plus appropriée.

Quelqu'un d'autre a des questions ? Le demandeur a-t-il une objection à l'une des conditions du personnel ?

Non.

D'accord, puis-je avoir une motion ? Oh, je suis désolée.

Faites une motion. Merci.

Je propose d'approuver la proposition de conception pour les ajouts et les modifications au site résidentiel sur la propriété située au 1203 Alhambra Circle, une ressource contributive dans le quartier historique d'Alhambra Circle et d'approuver avec les 13 conditions mentionnées ci-dessus la délivrance d'un certificat spécial de pertinence.

D'accord. Appel nominal.

Malvarez? Yes. M. Silva?

M. Garcia-Ponce?

Yes.

M. Rolando?

Yes.

M? Yes. Eber?

Yes.

Mena? Congratulations.

Thank you, madam.

Okay, do we have any suspended cases to address?

No.

J'ai quelques nouveaux points à aborder.

D'accord, super.

Passons aux affaires en suspens. J'ai une question concernant les affaires en suspens. L'étude de Northpont. Je vous remercie beaucoup de nous l'avoir envoyée. Pouvez-vous nous indiquer les prochaines étapes?

Les prochaines étapes sont que nous coordonnons avec, je sais que vous avez posé la question, nous allons donc coordonner avec Fuservia pour qu'ils viennent présenter ses conclusions au conseil d'administration. Parce que c'est un document complet, je veux dire, il fait environ 400 pages. C'est donc un document complet. Ils viendront le présenter. Et puis, nous avons déjà eu une réunion avec le gestionnaire et le consultant également. Vous savez, à propos des conclusions, et tout le monde semble être d'accord, nous sommes satisfaits des résultats et des informations qui nous ont été fournies. Every action that follows depends on the Board of Directors and the management at this stage. This is only an investigation at this stage. This is not a designation report.

Okay, so?

I see a light in your eyes.

Ah, I appreciate that you made it clear. So this will come to us with the presentation and...

This is only a presentation. Okay, and then? The conclusions, okay.

Okay, and so can we take measures or will it be a discussion or starting from there?

D'accord, merci.

Merci. Lorsque le préparateur fera la présentation, pouvez-vous nous informer des prochaines étapes si nous devions voter pour que le district historique de North Pond soit certifié comme district historique?

Je peux vous indiquer les prochaines étapes.

And if you have comments or questions about the document before this meeting, do not hesitate to let me know so that we can give you all the details. You have all other additional information. The only other points I had for you all are that we will broadcast our annual report. We simply fill in the blanks concerning the number of COAs and designations that took place over the past year, so that it can be submitted to the director's office. And then it will be signed and approved by M. Maxwell as president. We wanted to make an announcement because today one of our candidates received a false invoice. Donc, si vous entendez parler de factures que les demandeurs reçoivent par e-mail et qui prétendent que le président Michael Maxwell émet une facture et qu'elles doivent être payées, je crois, ou par virement bancaire, veuillez...

So he's going to distribute it to know exactly what's going on.

Our computer scientists have been warned, just like everyone else.

La Ville est au courant et nous avons tout fait. Je ne sais pas si vous l'avez vu, nous avons diffusé des communications dans notre bulletin d'information électronique et nous avons également publié des informations sur le site. Nous relançons donc cela, car cela continue d'être un problème. Croyez-le ou non, elles sont très détaillées. Elles comprennent les noms des membres du Conseil, les recommandations correctes, les numéros de désignation, etc., car ce sont toutes des informations que nous mettons à la disposition du public. Mais nous en sommes bien conscients. Si vous recevez quelque chose de louche, faites-le nous savoir et nous vous le transmettrons. Si vous recevez quelque chose, faites-le nous savoir. Merci.

Mais je crois que lors de la dernière réunion, Maxwell a reçu un appel téléphonique.

Et puis l'autre point à aborder, juste pour vous le rappeler, c'est que nous avons notre réunion conjointe consultative sur les monuments historiques programmés. Nous la faisons généralement à l'automne. We can maybe wait according to the order of the day of October, because we could have a very busy day, so I don't want to insist on that, but just to keep in mind that we could have a window of 30 minutes in November just before this meeting. So be ready to be there at 3.30 p.m. rather than at 4 p.m., whether it's in November or December, to hold this joint meeting. I think we all agreed that 30 minutes was fine. We would have it in this room and everything that goes with it. And that was it for me.

Merci. Quelqu'un d'autre souhaite-t-il aborder d'autres points de discussion ? Je me posais des questions sur la fontaine des Soto. Nous avons reçu des informations à ce sujet. Je sais que c'est une sorte de subvention du ministère des Transports et je me demandais si ça allait arriver.

D'accord, donc oui, il y a deux choses différentes qui se passent à la fontaine des Soto en ce moment. I think a few years ago, at that time, public works came and presented a potential proposal to do work around the roundabout or create a real roundabout. Because for now, it's just a paved area. It is therefore thanks to the subsidy of the Ministry of Transport that you describe at the same time that we prepare all the roadworks that will take place. We asked Richard Eisenbottel to work on an evaluation of the fountain, because we realized that there were already cracks in the frame of the tower. We are therefore finishing this. We should have the evaluation report. I think it will be by the end of the month to ensure that the fountain is stabilized and protected before they start to demolish the street and do all the work they will do. So these two things go hand in hand with priority number 2, stabilize the fountain first. I would just like to announce that on Sunday afternoon at the Coral Gables Art Cinema, we will spend an afternoon with Dr. Marvin Dunn. And he will be there at 1.30 p.m. We will organize a reception and at 2.30 p.m. he will show two documentary courses on Rosewood, which was the community in northern Florida that was destroyed. So it's a ticket of $ 5, $ 20 or $ 30. There is a contribution to its center for racial justice. So, okay. Anyone else?

A follow-up question on the Fountain of Sauternes. I know that we have, I believe, accused reception of the FDOT subsidy a few years ago with the Public Works Service. We weren't sure that we would succeed with the design. I know that some comments said that we understood that it would rather be a roundabout, but that it really had to work as an element of Coral Gables. I don't remember if it's coming back or if it's to come back.

Yeah, I think they had a kind of preliminary design that hadn't changed much, but we could come back to them to make a presentation. It would be great to sign up for our agenda later. Yeah, because it's a project that's been going on for about 15 years. So now everyone is passing by and there's no water in it and the lights are not on and we get calls from time to time. So if you hear questions about this, it's because of the evaluation part that we were doing that we were doing. And yes, we could ask the public works to come and bring you the last one.

To follow up on the question of Mgarcet type 11, I saw the plans and these are the original ones. J'ai regardé le point quand on l'a entendu et il n'y avait pas de plan préliminaire présenté. On avait demandé qu'ils reviennent pour approbation et ils ont dit qu'ils reviendraient pour approbation. Je pense que depuis que la ville a changé de cap et invoqué cette cause et la clause du zonage qui ne nécessite pas Our approval, because if I understood correctly, the design advances and all.

So they are... I don't know what design you saw. I'm sorry, I just don't know what drawing you had. The proposal that was presented to us when they came and presented it, they showed, I think, three different options.

Isn't it? They were super preliminary and the drawings I saw were very detailed, complete, construction documents at 100% and they are there.

There are no construction documents at 100% for this at the moment. And I know it, because the last ones I saw were at 60%. We had provided a comment header, and they still had to coordinate their drawings with our architects for Eisenbozzel. So there are the 60%, I know there are, but I don't know if there are 100. And do they come quickly?

When they come to see us, do they come for approval or will they come for our opinion only?

We have, since we are always working on the design of this street landscape, it hasn't changed, it hasn't changed. This is because you are talking about the design for the city plan, isn't it? So, we just had this discussion just before this meeting because we have two street projects that will be presented to you, either in the form of presentations or in the form of CEWA, and it is a determination on which we will work to understand the final plan, then the city lawyer, and we will determine. In any case, they will come before you. And just to let you know, because if the county advances with this project, there is another project on Coral Way that will happen where the Indian Mountain Trail and Columbus pass. We will therefore have more information once we have determined the design. The DOT project does not concern the fountain. It would concern everything around it.

S'il n'y a plus rien à faire, puis-je avoir un mot au... J'ai encore une chose. Je suis désolée. Le cycle de subvention des villageois est ouvert. Et donc, si vous avez des projets qui, selon vous, pourraient bénéficier d'une subvention des villageois, la date limite est le 1er octobre pour la subvention. C'est un processus très simple. Et vous pouvez trouver des informations sur le site web des villageois qui est thevillagersync.org. Thank you. If there is no Mene, Alvarez?

I'm just curious. So who are usually the architects for the improvement projects?

He's a traffic engineer.

So they don't call us a consultant who does traditional planning, nothing?

No. So we asked them to coordinate everything that concerns the Fountain area that they coordinate with Richard's office in Eisenbottels. Everything that happens in the street is taken care of by traffic engineers with pedestrian safety as objective number one.

I'm going to say it like this. And the safety of cars.

I mean, it's just one for each of us. Yes, but it seems to me that in this proposal, the safety of pedestrians and objective number one, the safety of cars, may be the same.

But there must be a way to cross the street safely.

D'accord. Ai-je une motion d'ajournement?

Motion d'ajournement.

Deuxièmement.

La séance est levée. Merci à tous.