Urban Development Review Board - Regular Meeting

Thank you. you

I'd like to get started and call the meeting to order. Welcome to the January 21st, 2026 UDRB meeting, first of the year. We could please have our lobbyist note.

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YES.

THANK YOU.

Do we have any requests for absence? Waivers? Oh, roll call.

Chair Labrada?

Present.

Vice Chair Barrera? Member Behar? Member Gallardo?

Present.

Member Lewis? Member Perez-Azul? Here. Member Pamui, members Amstis, members Zapatini. We have two members that requested absence waivers.

Do we have a motion?

So moved.

I'll second.

Chair Labrada?

Yes.

Member Legardo? Yes. Member Perez-Avzor? Yes. Member Zappatini? Motion passes.

Thank you. We have a motion to approve December 17th, 2025 meeting minutes.

Make a motion to approve.

Second.

Ready to vote? Yes. Member Gallardo?

Yes.

Member Perez-Azura? Yes. Member Zappatini? Chair Labrada?

Yes.

Minutes approved.

Can we please get a motion or can we just please close online public comments? There are none as of four o'clock, excuse me, as of 11 a.m. We have a motion to close public comments.

I'll make a motion to close our public comments.

We have a second.

Thank you. I second the motion.

Remember Perez or yes, members that the team. And we're going to yes, chair, LeBron.

Yes.

But the comments close.

Get started with our. Item on the agenda.

Our first item is going to be vice chair election. And we do have enough of members present to have the election. So.

Interested in doing, or would you like to push this to the next meeting to have other members?

Are you ready to vote for vice chair?

Nominate yourself, yeah, absolutely, okay. Okay, so. We're all ready to, we can vote.

So we're going to proceed with Vice Chair.

We will proceed.

Fantastic.

So we'll make a motion to nominate Ms. Zapatini for Vice Chair.

Second.

Yeah.

Member Gallardo?

Yes.

Member Zafatini?

Yes.

Member Perez-Azura? Yes. Chair Labrada?

Yes.

Motion passes. Congratulations.

And then the second item.

And the next item will be the election of the chair for 2026. Since you can't nominate yourself, you could pass the gavel. To the next meeting?

I'm happy to stay.

Okay. Okay, yeah. I move to nominate Mrs. Labrada.

I second the motion.

Member Perez-Azul? Yes. Member Gallardo?

Yes.

Member Zappatini?

Yes.

Chair Labrada?

Yes.

Motion passes. Congratulations. Item number three, minute track 18689. BZ2519175, property addresses. 805 West Flagler Street, 860 Northwest 1st Street, 861 West Flagler Street, 26 Northwest 8th Avenue. Project name, 805 Residence, location, East Little Havana, transit zone T68-0, square footage. 535,916, 8 stories, 354 residential units, 5,400 square foot of commercial space, 526 parking spaces. Application type exception waiver. Exception pursuant to Article 5, Section 5.6.1J to increase the maximum lot size for uses that serve the neighborhood. Warrant pursuant to Article 7, Section 7.1.2.458.29 of Miami 21 to permit a 10% reduction of required parking. Waiver pursuant to Article 7, Section 7.1.25.829 of Miami 21 to permit a 10% reduction of required size setback above the fifth story when abutting T5. Waiver pursuant to Article 7, Section 7.1.2.5A15 of Miami 21 to permit increased spacing of 75% between pedestrian entrances. UDRB requirement pursuant of Article 7, Section 7.1.2.10. The project exceeds 200,000 square feet. Thank you.

Good afternoon. My name is Melissa Tapinez with Law Offices at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami. It's a pleasure to be here today representing Brookstone, the applicant and developer, along with my colleagues at Corwell, led by Alberto Cordovas, and my partner, Maritza Harrow. um so i'll orientate you to the site in east little havana the property itself is almost two and a half acres along west flagler street and 8th avenue the future land use is restricted commercial and the zoning is t6 The project itself, as was mentioned, it's an eight-story mixed-use multifamily development with amenity spaces, 354 residential units with retail frontage, including a neighborhood serving use, internalized parking and loading, parking spaces for 526 cars, It has active frontages on 8th Avenue and West Flagler Street and significant streetscape improvements. Staff mentioned the request that we have and I think it's important to note that we were scheduled for last month's UDRB. We continued to study that site and specifically the comments that we had received from planning staff and urban design staff and we're very proud to the work that we've done over the last month. So it's my pleasure to introduce Albert, who will be taking the lead on this presentation.

Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Madam Chair, members of the board, Albert Córdovas with Corwell Architects. Always a pleasure to be at this board. And first and foremost, thank you for your time this afternoon in reviewing our application. As Melissa said, we're extremely Happy to be here. We've been working hard for some time with staff, city staff, our clients, and bringing you what we truly feel. It's another great project for the city and the community surrounding it. So conceptually, again, we had another opportunity, great opportunity to develop this pedestrian realm, almost a city block. And in doing that, I think conceptually our main focal point was to really take that to another level in terms of what happens throughout almost or more than 90% of this perimeter realm. And in doing that, obviously, we have active use spaces throughout. Minimize the impact of any other spaces but active spaces throughout. Starting with our frontages, they're all active use spaces beginning with the main frontage on Flagler where we have our main component as the entrance to the project, our leasing office, our mailroom spaces. We are anchoring the main corner of the project on 8th Avenue and Flagler with 5,500 square feet of a beautiful corner retail space as well. The remaining portions of the perimeter, as you can see, are active units with entrances and stoops from the exterior. And we minimize the impact of just the... The two single spaces that we have at our back of house spaces, one being the FPL vault with direct access to the street and our switchgear room. The rest is essentially a bicycle room, which will be open to the exterior as well. In adding to that pedestrian realm quality, we wanted to minimize all the curb cuts on this project. We're down to a single curb cut for 354 units, and that happens on Northwest First Street. Again, we've internalized the entire loading and loading functions with access to one of the two cores of this project, direct access for move-ins and what have you. I think it was also important for this project, being 354 units with a type of mix of studios, two bedrooms, one bedrooms, is to have some real quality of life. and truly amenitize the project to its maximum potential. And in doing that, we started by creating beautiful internalized courtyards open to the sky. As you can see here, we have approximately two courtyards, one on the east and one on the west, totaling approximately 8,000 square feet each. that have, you know, things like, for example, the dog park on this one is a very passive, beautiful courtyard. Water features, a lot of pedestrian connectivity from the building at ground level to them. And again, this is in addition to the open pool deck that we have on the eighth floor with another 8,000 to 9,000 square feet in closed amenity and another 10 to 12,000 square feet of amenitized pool in exterior areas as well, totaling about 35 to 36,000 square feet of amenities for the residents on this project that are fully internalized. Again, not only the scope of creating a beautiful realm, but also creating an incredible amenitized building for the residents. just briefly explaining a little bit of how we compose the overall massing and format for this building and obviously you see a centralized pretty centralized parking garage which we did it on purpose just so that we can not only liner the garage from all frontages but also have pretty much equidistant distances of residents to the main wings and to all the units within the typical floor The rest of the floors are essentially typical to that. The only thing that happens is you'll see that on the exterior you have some elements of articulation that change from floor to floor within the overall floor plate. As I said on the very top, we have an open pool deck area. As you can see here, this is open to the sky. We have approximately 9,000 square feet of amenities at that level with higher ceilings. And we have a beautiful open deck with some of the prevailing views also to the downtown Miami from this aspect right here. It opens down and views into that beautiful courtyard, one of the courtyard we call our East Courtyard. So I think it'll be very pleasant to be up there. You have some wind and views coming into the deck as well. In terms of exterior, I think it was another great opportunity to keep essentially the modern contemporary nature of that area. And what we did here is we wanted to soften the balcony uses with a little bit of a curvilinear edge to them instead of the more rectilinear edge that we typically see and bring to this board. One of the big components is that in anchoring the corner statements and the ground floor elements, as you can see from our elevations, we used a very beautiful expression line, which changes the height as we approach to the very corner main element of the retail and the actual entrance to the building, the main entrance to the building. And we incorporated the structural columns on the exterior. to create a little bit more verticality because it becomes somewhat of a longer building facade on the main frontage of Flagler. And for that reason, we incorporated some vertical elements that break up the elevation in essentially two buildings. We also addressed and enhanced the very main corner with a floating canopy, just as we did a little bit further down to separate kind of the two halves of the building facing Flagler. And I think the vertical expression of that really articulates the horizontal A-story massing very well. And one of the things that we can do is obviously change the color there by the use of of different materials and scored at Stockholm as well. Finally, we wanted to minimize the impact on these balconies with the use of very minimalistic picket railings. And that was done on purpose in order to actually make sure that this articulation did not compete with anything else or an intricate railing or a mesh railing or anything like that. Again, extremely happy with what we've done to date. Always welcome your comments and your questions that you might have. We're really excited about this project. It's a workforce housing project, essentially rental, but workforce. And we think it'll be an excellent addition to this particular area of the city, which is another infill project, another beautiful way to take that pedestrian realm and have an incredible project with tremendous amortization of the for the residents as well. So, again, welcome. Any comments or any questions you might have, thank you.

Thank you. Can you walk us, before we start with the comments, can you walk us through your elevations, please? Because I only see, it's noted south elevation with retail administration, but I can't, I don't see where your corner retail, is that part of that elevation or?

The south elevation?

Yeah.

Sure.

Or north, no?

Yeah, I think it's the south. The south is our main frontage elevation right here. So as I alluded to earlier, this is that break that we're instituting with a further recess portion of the building, glazing component, and it essentially becomes two halves. And then the horizontal expression line, which happens here, comes down and up, accentuating kind of the main focal point in the corner of the building by accentuating the retail space component and the main entrance component to the 805 with the address of the building here. And then the floating canopies, they happen here and they happen here, kind of breaking up that mass in effect. And in addition to that, these are the vertical elements that I expressed. In some locations, they come up to where it's important to kind of separate the the logistics of balconies and what have you into the elevation itself.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll start on our right, Mr. Perez Azul.

I miss you speaking to the mic.

Nice improvement. I congratulate you on, I saw that rendering. Thank you for bringing that up. I couldn't remember that. Thank you. I remember seeing that and You know, so first of all, I just want to commend you for going back, you know, and really rethinking. I think the project is significantly more successful now. Thank you. It's much more elaborate. I like, there's a lot of things that I like on this project. I like the, you know, obviously the liner unit is something that we look forward to see more and more, you know, how the garage is placed very centrally. The building, you know, like the courtyards, you know, thank you for bringing that up. And it's great to see a lot of these amenity spaces and a lot of the courtyards. The way you lifted that retail area, right, the canopy over the retail area kind of emphasizes the commercial component to the project. So yeah, I appreciate that you've broken up that long. I think it's like 380 feet, that long elevation. I guess that would be the south elevation with the glass. My really only comment there is maybe I see the floating canopy kind of connects them both. And it might be better if there is a break in the floating canopy. So to emphasize the two different masses, right? Right here.

Break him even more. I think that's a great comment, to be honest with you.

I think that's a suggestion. Yeah, you can see it in that rendering, too. Like, if the floating canopy would, like, break there, it would emphasize the two individual components, right? I totally agree. Maybe a little lower. I totally agree. Just because I think it's going to need it. I appreciate the change in material there. And also, minimizing the curb cuts, I think that's also a great... great asset to the project.

As a matter of fact, we agree with that comment. We will follow up and actually implement that comment. Thank you.

No problem. That's all what I have.

Ms. Zapatini? Yeah, I think my first, without really looking into detail, my first comment would have been, why is this so long? Because I know that you try to break it, but when I see the elevation and the massing, to me, it still feels very long. And you almost have to find that pocket that you created to break it. I just don't see that, even in the renderings that you're showing us, it still feels like a 400 feet long facade. it kind of blends into the rest of the facade. It's not very distinctive. I wish there would be like a more separated two buildings. And I don't know if this is something what you can do in the canopy, like at the top, because the goal is really for a pedestrian to not experience almost 400 feet of relentless facade. And I know you want to develop the building, but how can we do both?

Again, that was essentially what we wanted to do. We had a little bit of short time redeveloping the entire exterior, but that's our goal. And I think that, for example, as you can see here, there's a canopy and a power pit. If we break it all here, it'll truly become distinct. In addition to that, I think we can add a little bit more glazing component over here, again, to add to your concern. I think that would really go a long way because it essentially becomes two halves instead of one long.

Yeah, to me, it still reads like one long facade.

And that has to do with, of course, breaking up the power pit, breaking up the floating canopy, and adding a little bit more glass in this area, I think, will go a long way to do that.

Okay, that's really my one comment. I think there's a lot of successful things. You conceal the parking, you put a liner, the service entrance is separated. I think all those points are great.

Thank you.

Mr. Gallardo?

There's a bunch of things that I like. There's a few things that I'm concerned about. I like the treatment of the balcony, the shapes. At beginning, before you revised the building, I had some questions about what Sabatini was saying about the length, but now I don't have any concerns about that. I think the matting is good. I think the canopy on the top is good. Now, there's some concerns that I have. One, the balconies, at least on the working drawings or the presentation drawings, not the rendering. I saw vertical pickets. Is that what you intend to do? The picket railings? Yes.

Yes, and it'll improve the ability to truly do them in the same radiuses as we're implementing instead of the mesh railings or anything else.

You see, I think that's just a mistake. I think it should be some type of mesh or some type of perforation. This is like the gateway to... let's say, to Brickell, to downtown, and you're gonna be setting basically the aesthetics for future construction, future designs, and I think it should be a little bit more elegant than the pickets. The pickets kind of remind me of public housing. You know, the old public housing, because the public housing now, it looks like the Hyatt, I guess. The other concern I have, maybe you can explain it to me, on the ground floor units. You seem to have a level access from the unit to the sidewalk, correct?

Yeah, some of them, depending on the elevation that the sidewalk changes, it varies a little bit. So we have slightly the entrance to those units, what we call the exterior entrance, it's a little higher than the sidewalk, correct?

Are we talking about steps or a ramp or what? The height, the height. No, I'm talking about between the sidewalk and the actual coming out of the units. Yes.

So what we have there is we provided the full sidewalk as required by code. And in those areas, we recessed that portion of the ground floor area of the unit.

There's a balcony there, correct? I'm sorry? There's a balcony there?

There is a stoop, yeah, there is sort of a balcony with some privacy also, but it has a door to the exterior.

You see, I'm concerned about all those units because you mentioned the word, which is very unique to me, privacy, and there's no privacy there. You have these vertical pickets there. So I would consider, especially on the ground elevation, I would consider something more aesthetically pleasing. Somewhere solid? More solid for privacy. You don't know who's going to be walking down that street. It could be some perforations. It could be even a solid wall. When I say a solid wall, I mean some solid material. I don't know what the height limit would be, whether it's four feet or six feet, depending on the code. So definitely some privacy there. And I would like some privacy also in the courtyard. No, the other one. This side, yes, where you have the same conditions. Either some perforated. It could be very interesting because you're in the courtyard and all you're seeing is vertical pickets looking into somebody's underwear or something. I don't know. So these are two concerns. The other concern I have is your retail. You only have like maybe less than 1% commercial with its T6. and it seems very little. You mentioned that it's gonna have healthy foods and inexpensive food. I mean, I'm not sure how you're gonna substantiate that or enforce that. I've done convenience stores that are 5,000 square feet, convenience stores for gas stations. I've done restaurants for 5,000 square feet, coffee shops, but there's no way you can put a grocery store there or a pharmacy. So my suggestion is to increase, I know it may deal with your money, profits or whatever, but I really think the commercial should be a little bigger in square feet. And I think that's about my concerns. The other thing, I think aesthetically you did a really nice job with the movement. There's a lot of rhythm in the In the elevations, I still haven't seen a finish board from you. I don't know if you have a finish of the materials. At least the materials on the ground level.

And that's what we're trying to do, a little bit of a higher level of materials on the ground level.

Do you have a finish board with the materials you're proposing on the street level?

I'm sorry?

Do you have a finish board?

We didn't have the finish board here today, but we have it spelled out on the drawings themselves, the materiality that we're using there. I think your comment about privacy, excellent comment. I think we can add to that in terms of creating that material right at the realm, a little bit more solid, and that's where we have an opportunity to add a little bit more... More artistic, more flavor to the building because you're almost there. It's a great comment because it is... It is right there. I mean, we welcome the active uses, but we also think that privacy should be of... Now, are you doing anything to the sidewalk? So at the sidewalk, we're doing something in addition to the typical sidewalk. If you notice, we typically not incorporate it in projects, but we've incorporated a... articulation of the sidewalk in terms of the materiality here and the patterns, which will come in with the project. We're doing that. We don't have to, but we're doing that in addition to, in order to enhance the main corner and enhance the main...

What materials or textures are you proposing on the street level? On the first floor, I guess. Are you proposing any textures, any... Street level here?

Yes. Yeah, pavers. This is our, yeah, it's a combination of concrete...

In terms of the wall.

In the wall?

Yes.

So we're proposing two different types of stucco, smooth stucco. We're providing a textured, and we're providing a material which is almost a faux wood material. We've seen it in some of the projects that come before you, imitating a wood finish on the building. And that's essentially these right here.

I think that's what we need. We need some type of warmth to that pedestrian passing by. Also, I don't see anything regarding... I see trees on the street side, but I don't see any lower bushes or hedges or planting.

It'll all be based on the city requirements of landscaping, including the spacing of the trees. We do have some internalized hedging here, as you can see. So we're bringing a little bit of green also against the building.

What kind of materials are you using? In terms of landscaping?

Yes, on the sidewalk. Yeah, we have it on our full landscaping plan, but I don't want to say exactly what because landscape architects should be doing that. But we are introducing it, as you can see here, throughout the realm. Outside of the required sidewalk.

Is the landscaping person here? Is our landscape architect here? No? Okay. Okay.

Okay. There's definitely material there that we intend to use, and it should be part of our full landscape drawings.

I think whether it does or not, I think, you know, there should have been a presentation. There should have been a finished board. There should have been a little bit more detail, at least on the street side. But that's all my comments. Thank you.

This is a huge improvement from the previous one. So congratulations. I'm glad you reconsidered it. I think the project is so much better for it. The way you've articulated the balconies, I think you've received a lot of good feedback today. One of my comments would be the eyebrow that you've raised for the corner retail, either Yes. I think it's a nice way how you've kind of distinguished the base from the rest of the building. It gives it a great scale to break up your massing. I don't know if it's color or maybe the thickness of that eyebrow that kind of wraps around and then you also articulate it on the south or north elevation. What street is that? On West Flagler, that's your north elevation, yes?

The one that comes up there.

Yeah. How you step it up for the lobby, you know, kind of delineating and making an entrance for the lobby, whether making it maybe a little bit deeper and or protruding a little bit further out, I think would be something to consider. And then how do you load the retail from the loading dock? I don't see any circulation for a back of house.

We do have a passage from the back of house if that particular requirement exists. But based on our experience, the loading zones that we intend to have outside here or here are going to load that type of retail, the small retail. As a gentleman said, with more members, not the type of grocery store or anything like that. This is more of a smaller retail type condition. But we do have on the ground access to from the actual loading through here. So there's an opportunity to come out here and load the retail from the back. You have to go through the courtyard, but there is an opportunity to do that, right?

OK. I guess that would be done after hours. Yeah.

We don't foresee that. We foresee more of that typical small retail loading from the curb.

I like the access, the direct access to your units on the south or the north elevation, I guess, north and south. You're starting to activate the street on that end. Even on the West Flagler side, I mean, it's high traffic, but you guys are kind of setting a precedent, so it would be nice to see the urban pedestrian activity in that area.

Thank you so much. And for the record, we want to incorporate some of these comments of more solid balcony edges, the comment about breaking up the canopy and the center portion as well. I think that adds to the project, and we're really fond of that. Thank you.

We'll list those.

You have one more question?

No, but if we're ready.

The front door to the lobby is unflatted. The front door too? The entrance to the lobby is unflatted, correct? But I just don't see it anywhere.

It has a canopy that extends up, accentuating the entrance. It has a smaller canopy coming out here. Unfortunately, there's a few trees that we have here fully matured. I wish we would have shown the rendering a little bit better, but we do have the enhancement of the entrance by the use of this expression line coming up, the materiality that we spoke about, and the front doors right here.

Okay.

Are we ready to make a motion?

I can make a motion with some conditions or conditions. For me, it would be important that you separate the top of the buildings and do as much as you can to try to break the length from amassing at the top or perhaps exploring a change in material in the center. I think the condition that my colleague mentioned about looking into solid railing at the pedestrian level will be really helpful for the residents. They'll make sure that they can actually use their front yard, I guess.

And I don't know, what else? You speak into the microphone, please. Also, the privacy also in the courtyard for the units.

Okay, and the unit courtyard, same treatment, solid at the ground level. So basically two conditions so far, working on a material change and separating the top of the building, so to make sure that you can, as much as you can separate the two volumes, and then changing the material of the railing at the pedestrian level facing major streets and internal circulation. Anything?

I would like to add something. To add a condition, which is the railings, either not vertical ones, either some type of perforations, I think will be more aesthetically pleasing. And I think the retail is just too small. I think it should be increased, the square footage. And also the planting, I wanna make sure there's enough ground cover park landscaping on the, which I can't see from the rendering at least. Just not, just tree trunks. I wanna make sure, you said you do have it on your drawings, but I just don't see it on the elevation, on the perspective. Those are my conditions.

Are you referring to more mature trees?

No, no, not the trees itself, it's just lower, Can you tell me what you're doing regarding like grass, you know, flowers, planting? Not trees, planting.

Make sure you talk into the mic a little bit.

Planting, not trees, besides the trees.

So there's ground cover, mostly sod, going into the stoops conditions. And the actual ground coverings are concentrated along the street trees as well as the two courtyard areas.

Is it just where the trees are or along?

Along the tree grates, along the street tree grates.

Okay. Okay. I just want to make sure it's lush. Understood.

And we still have your motion. Do you accept his conditions to your motion?

The code does require and we're providing 520 shrubs, 156, you know, so there is significant providing.

You know, I know the code provides. The question is, what are you providing? What type are you providing?

Understood.

I know you're providing a building, but a little bit. Understood. Okay.

Okay, can you make a summary of the conditions?

All right, so as of right now, we have three conditions. Condition one, to separate the top of the two massings to better break apart the long facade fronting Flagler Street. Condition two, explore different railing materials for the entire building, but more specifically, the units that are on the ground floor, both facing the street and the internal courtyard. And condition three, provide further detail for landscape that is proposed along the stoops slash public frontages.

I would like to also add additional square feet to the retail.

Do you accept that addition? I think that... Accepting that addition? I think that's... Because we have a motion.

I mean, how do you guys feel about that? Adding square footage to the retail as a condition? Can you... I think they need to be on board with that or at least, that's how.

So in order to get the new minute mix that is marketable for the site and makes the project viable, the retail is the 5,000 square feet. We're envisioning a boutique mini market. This area of Flagler Street is a food desert. And the goal is so that this is something for the residents. as well as a quick commuter taking, you know, utilizing West Flagler. As far as larger type retail uses, we have those that have come onto play to our east in the Overtown area at Block 55, as well as, of course, the Brickell City Center area, and then to our west, closer to proper Little Havana, to the west of 12th Avenue, which is only four blocks away.

Could we add a condition that you study that, and if it makes sense for your project, you could increase the retail space, and if it doesn't make sense for your use?

We've looked at it. We've looked at it. In fact, originally, the site is something that we had hoped to have an actual grocer, and we had those letters of intent. The grocer market in the area has experienced a lot of... Basically unification and sales between Winn-Dixie, Aldi. So they're really, at this moment, there's not a market for a new grocer, especially as Block 55 has been fully leased in the immediate area.

You could put a coffee shop, you could put some restaurants, you could put a beauty salon there. I mean, there's a lot of uses besides a supermarket.

So the issues, as you can imagine, also parking. We need to provide for parking associated with the units. So as we increase commercial uses, parking is also increased as well. So we are limited, and the 5,000 square feet is the best that we believe we can do in this market.

I think the beauty of it is really, truly, it's in the mainstream. frontage, the main corner of the building. I think it's going to be something that truly survives at this particular square footage and not affecting the other amount of scope or all the other scope that we've, the goals of the project, which was truly an incredibly amenitized community for residents as well. Originally, we had a lot, we had a grocer in there and it just never materialized. Maybe we've been working on it for four years already, and it just did not provide us the ability to go forward until we addressed the retail component was actually smaller for this particular area and site.

As mentioned, this really is a trend setting project. This is going to be the new the newest construction in this immediate area. So it's important for us to get that started. And this project will be the first of hopefully many that will come to this area. So we can only do so much with the land available. Are we comfortable with that?

I'm okay with not requiring them to increase the retail. I do see that's a sensitive, that's more of like a development issue, you know.

I think the density is there, personally speaking.

I'm okay with that, with not requiring that.

I mean, we're talking grocer, but this can also just be a pharmacy. I mean, it's not. You don't have a tenant yet, or do you?

We have a lot of interest in the smaller, as we were looking for the larger grocer concept, what we found were smaller availability.

Okay, so right now we have the motion still on the table for all conditions except the retail. Are you okay to move forward with that? We always need a second.

Second.

Second, okay. Thank you.

Member Gallardo? Yes. Member Perez-Azul? Yes. Member Zappatini?

Yes.

Chair Lady Labrada?

Yes.

Motion passes with conditions.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Congratulations.

UDRB item number four, minute track ID 18690. Property address, 801 Northwest 7th Avenue and 800 Northwest 5th Avenue. Project name, Comer Place Phase V Developer, Atlantic Pacific Communities LLC. Location, Comer Overtown. Transit Zone T5R, square footage 334,652 square feet, seven stories, 375 residential units, 220 parking spaces. Application type, ASPR Workforce Living Development housing special benefits projects. UDRB requirement pursuant to Article 7, Section 7.1.1.2.10, the project exceeds 200,000 square feet. Thank you.

Hi, good afternoon everyone. Nicole Wolfe, office is at 333 Southeast Second Avenue, here with our project architect, Albert Cordavez and Sergio Rodriguez from Corwell Architects. We are very excited to be back here before you today to present the second phase of a master planned mixed income development, generally located at 801 Northwest Seventh Avenue. This is a county owned site, approximately 13 and a half acres in size. We first came before this board back in February of 2022, where we received extremely positive feedback on the design for Colmer Place, which was the first phase of this master plan development. Phase one is a fully affordable phase, 239 units, all of which were income restricted below 80% AMI. That phase just received TCO at the end of last year. So we're working eagerly right now on getting those units online and fully occupied. We're now back before this board with the second phase, which we refer to as Colmer 5, to add an additional 375 multifamily units to the site. The project is a workforce living development housing program under Miami 21. It is fully by right. We're proceeding with an administrative site plan review, but based on the size of the project, we are here before this board seeking your review and approval of the design. We're, as I mentioned, adding 375 multifamily units, 300 of which are restricted at or below 80% AMI, with 94 extremely low-income units as well. So I will pass it off to Sergio Rodriguez with Corbel's team to present the design of the project.

Good afternoon, members of the board, members of staff, and the public present here today. My name is Sergio Rodriguez from Corwell Architects. You guys can hear? From Corwell Architects, located on 4210 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, phone number 305-448-7383. Today, I'm thrilled to be here to present to you guys this very exciting project, which is a third phase of a master plan that has already brought hundreds of affordable, top-quality residential units to the Colmar community. And this new phase that we're presenting today, as previously mentioned, brings 375 residential units, 220 parking spaces. All all contained within a seven-story thoughtfully designed mid-rise building. Starting with the ground level, the building offers a series of community areas. amenities, offices, interior landscape courtyards that connect to the previous phases and future phases of development, all at the same time accomplishing a completely internalized parking entrance and egress service and loading areas. On the upper levels, the residential units were strategically laid out in a way that they're all facing street frontages and interior, again, landscaped, beautifully landscaped courtyards. As far as the exterior, as you can see in these rendering boards, Special attention was given to the design of the facades in order to properly address the scale of the project. Combination of bandings and horizontals and vertical and square rectangular bandings work in conjunction to create a sense of facades within facades and volumes within volumes rather than repetitive pattern or or a monolithic volume. It was also our goal and intention for the project to be a reflection of the Miami's cultural vibrancy, and we're trying to accomplish that with a variation of colors, textures, and balcony sizes, as you can see in these renderings, all at the same time, while at the same time maintaining a cohesive design that goes along with the previous phases of the development and the future, and at the same time brings some warmth and hometown feel to the residents and the neighbors. It is our ultimate goal that this project brings and adds incredible value and opportunities for the residents in the area, especially being so close to the Commerce Station, so close to downtown Miami. And we truly believe it's going to bring a lot of opportunities for residents and neighbors. With that, I welcome any questions or comments you guys might have.

Before you step away, can you walk us through your floor plan?

Yeah. Sorry. You guys here? We hear you. OK. So on the ground level, we have- Do you mind putting those boards up? Let me put it up here. Yeah. Let me put it up here. So at the ground level, and also let me show you this master plan. Great.

Just show us the phase one and two so we know what's already been delivered.

It all works together. So this is the phase one. So it's these two buildings and this amenity building.

Phase one is already built?

Yes. That's this board. It's already built, right. So we brought some images for reference so you guys see how we're trying to work together. and some sort of cohesiveness with what's built. And so you guys can see the quality that this developer has been willing to put in this project and this product. So walking through the ground level, we find some amenity spaces. We find office spaces that work for the community, bike rooms, and internal courtyards that all connect to the main master plan which already contains a huge amenity building with a super extraordinary swimming pool. It all works together. That's why you might find that the amenity component on the new phase of the project might seem a little small, but it's because it all works together.

Yeah, we actually created some of these streets originally in the master plan, as you can see, the grids, because it's quite large, and we wanted to unify essentially all the program phases with the access, the pedestrian access that you see in the center there. This was phase one, and we were lucky, again, to get approval of that with a HUD grant for choice, which was incredibly... welcome, because honestly, it puts another amazing, beautiful project. This was our first A1 and 1B phase. It was very well received by this board. I remember the comments because of the quality of what we're doing in a true affordable arena. And now we're fortunate to get the HUD grant for this phase, which we've already started construction documents on it. So this one here. This one and this one.

More, yep.

More like this. And now we're doing that.

We're adding this. There's a utility easement that runs east-west. That's what we're using for our access to the site, which is, again, completely internalized, and it's not going to affect the future developments because no one can build anything there. It's a 50-foot wide utility easement.

We're not building on it.

We're just building the road to the building on top of it. No, no overheads. It's all on the ground. I'm sorry? It's Elise.

How does Elise work in terms, I think it's something like 70-something years or something like that?

Yeah, they're individual projects. Leases for each phase so right now.

We're working under for phase five a long-term ground lease and what happens after the lease is over I Guess the question is who owns it you they County take over or you?

Even in yeah in 99 years, which could also be extended they County takes over In theory, but it could be extended beyond that okay after the original lease term all right

Could you walk us through? Someone parks their car. How do you get to your units? Where's your lobby? Because I didn't see anything labeled.

So again, we access the parking from here. Within the parking, there are three elevators. One that connects to the remainder of the master plan and activities in the park. And two elevators here that serve as a vertical circulation for residents and also move-ins and move-outs. There are quarters, obviously, that connect the entire building on every floor, including the ground level. In addition to that, we have the main lobby and small amenity spaces here in the middle of the building, which also have two elevators that serve all the levels of the building. In addition to that, we have, again, community offices and connections to the rest of the development in addition to egress components, et cetera. If you want, I can walk you through the upper levels.

The upper levels are very typical.

And again, all the units are strategically facing street frontages. We're fully lining the parking garage from the street view. And we have, again, five elevators serving the building. And it continues all the way up the same until the seventh floor.

One of the things that we found unusual about this project was the Ability to get that particular grant in and be able to house so many units within this parcel Which is fantastic for for the community and the overall resident. I mean the residents to be And we were only limited to seven stories Maximum so this is why some of the the positioning of the of the building is important in the garages and what-have-you we wanted to be making sure that every single unit had an oasis of green areas. Those particular courtyards are super deceiving in terms of size. They're great in terms of the general area of a courtyard. So every unit either has a pedestrian realm view or an internalized courtyard view. And then obviously exterior-wise, we're going to follow the same vocabulary that we did, which is very successful on the first three buildings with slight differences, but essentially creating an overall community that feels the same and it's totally harmonious within the entire community. We have a lot of beautiful green open spaces, a lot of pedestrian connectivity throughout. We have a great... centralized clubhouse route in addition to the uh additional amenities of each building um and you know we're hoping we're hoping we get funded soon under on the rest of the phases so that we can complete this master plan really and and i think that's in the works can you show us your south elevation and walk us through that the south elevation we don't have it on the boards but it's part of the presentation

Please use the mic.

The main focal point of the building being the southwest corner of the building. You have the south elevation here. And we sort of implemented Again, just to break a little bit more, as you can see, there's a lot of articulation here and also on the west elevation itself as well, where we have our entrance, our office areas as well.

I have a hard time reading in your elevation. Where is your entrance? I'm just trying to go back and forth here.

I'm sorry, the?

Your main entrance through the lobby. Main entrance.

We're accentuating it with considerably more glass, and it's also raised a few steps higher than a sidewalk.

It's this area here. As seen on this floor plan here.

Okay. That's your main entrance?

That's the main entrance here.

Oh, I was looking at the...

We have also another entrance here, leads to some of the amenities here. This is our small leasing office. This is the main office entrance, and this is the main building entrance right here.

Okay. I did not see that.

This houses a little bit of that additional mail room area and what have you. This is it right here. So we have kind of two entrances. One is the office area to the west. seventh and this is on eighth actually residential entrance to the building and we see them we can't see them very much here but that one is here with the additional glass glazing area and the other one is here with the additional glazing areas on the within the elevation components it's just that if your floor plan is not labeled so it's hard to read what the uses are in in those spaces right yeah let me get a little closer with this

I have it right here too, but it's not labeled. The lobby is not labeled, right?

You are correct. You are correct. That's our main lobby and office area.

Whether you call it lobby or reception, I don't know.

Yeah, with a few leasing offices there. Okay.

Your main lobby is adjacent to the bike room. Am I reading this correctly? With a single door?

No, on the south.

Main lobby is on the south elevation right here. Yeah. It does show a single door to the main lobby. You're right. You're correct.

Okay.

Right here.

And then on your west elevation, which is another entrance, another main entrance.

This is the community offices right here. And there's another entrance right here. Yes.

Single door.

Single door, yes.

We can look into that.

We can definitely express a little bit more of those and make them double doors.

Okay. We can get started.

I see a lot of issues with this. There's another 376 feet long building, and I have a hard time seeing the separation. I know you changed the material, but I see a giant... 400 feet long concrete block. I'm sorry, but it's just up front. But pedestrian experience is not great. It's very relentless, repetitive, and there's not a clear break. Same thing happens internally. If you have very long hallways of almost 300 feet long with no daylight, There's two elevators for all these people walking in a very long hallway. I understand it's work for housing and there's a limited budget, but just think about the quality of the people living there. You have to walk a whole football stadium to go to your apartment every day with no daylight. um the courtyard seems to me like it's grass and a sidewalk there's no there's very few trees or program there's a couple pictures of program elements like a playground and things like that but i don't really see them happened there's a lot of people living here and and very little amenities in the landscape plans the amenity internal amenity program was shown much larger but when i look at the architectural plan i see an internal amenity of 4,930 feet with a stair, which means that what can you really put there? I would increase the areas where people can actually live and experience a good quality of life without adding costs like a playground benches definitely lots of mature trees a dog park a pickleball space basketball courts on top of the garage there's lots of things that you could do that you don't necessarily have to increase your budget I agree with my colleague that the building entrance, it gets completely lost, and if you're trying to visit someone, you're walking 300 feet, and you don't know where to enter. Yeah, those are my comments. Thanks. Mr. Gallardo?

I think you guys really explained it well. It's a very hometown, very... community-looking project, I think is very nice. I think it's 100 times better than the first phase. I think you articulated the building really well. You changed the colors and I'm very happy with the whole project. I think from what I remember looking at the drawings, I think we still have the same problems with the privacy, right, on the ground floor units. I would like some privacy on the ground floor units. And I think you already have some balconies on the phase one already, right?

We do. Again, that's a comment that we need to follow up on. We definitely have the ability to do the more private units on the ground level.

On all ground floor units, I think it's exceptional. It's a huge improvement from phase one. I think the phase one looks more like a medical building or something, but

And the intent obviously is to build the quality that we did here. There was a lot of dollars that came out of another fund in order to do a world-class clubhouse. You can see the pool size and area for the entire community that was done essentially over a few acres in here, kind of centralized for everyone to use and have obviously the rest and kind of responding to your comment, right? We spent the dollars here because we felt that this really provided something exceptional to the community. And to the extent that we can do something else with the courtyards in addition to landscaping, we'd be happy to look at that. But that was kind of the goal, provide excellent amenities here because we know that based on the grants and the dollars that we have to do, each one of us, to get it to this level, it's hard to duplicate that amount of amenities. We always welcome, especially when they're exterior. As much as we can do, we will do.

Ms. Zapatini was saying, which I agree with her, is the, I don't have a problem with the entrances, but I do, I think she's right about the signage. You need enough signage on the property directing people easily, you know, where to go instead of like, you know, getting lost and not knowing where all these.

Totally agree with that. We can definitely accentuate those entrances.

What are you doing regarding signage? Let's say somebody goes there, they don't know if they go to this building or that building or whatever. How do you manage that? Let's say you're going to Disney World. At least you have people telling you, go here, go there. How do you manage that in this project? How can you improve the signage without having to ask somebody where to go?

We started with a great signage location program for these, and they're working quite well. This has an internalized parking garage, For both faces the clubhouse and we intend to follow the same thing with with each of the additional two phases that we have on this project actually For because we have another one here another one here coming out But again, the overall master plan contemplated a lot of green open spaces. There is an existing park here Which is Henry Reese Park also in addition to that That's existing and and the link to the park from both axes is also something that we consider and that's that's Kind of the layout of the buildings look the same, but we wanted, obviously, to maximize the pedestrian experience throughout. Definitely the comment about getting the privacy in the ground floor, absolutely, just like in the previous project, we welcome that. Enhancing the entrances, we noticed that, yes, the single door to it, we could be absolutely double doors on those entrances, add a little bit more glazing. And I think that main elevation also, we have the ability to break it further right here in the center, just creating essentially two house per elevation, so.

Mr. Perez Azul.

Yes, so I drive by this site every day, and I have to tell you, yes, and your pictures don't do it justice. This is a huge addition to the neighborhood. And, you know, I commend the developer, really, just is a great, you know, it looks really good as a work, you know, for a workforce housing project. It does look, you know, really good. Actually, affordable.

Sorry, affordable, which is a little bit further.

Affordable, yeah, absolutely. It really looks, it's a building that it makes a huge difference in that neighborhood. It's fantastic. I really appreciate it. Thank you. Now, that said, I do agree with a lot of my colleagues' comments, but I think these are minor tweaks. So one problem I have is a significant issue with is the circulation from the parking garage to all the units. I think it's the way I'm reading this. In a rainy day, an elderly person has to walk basically the entire length of these corridors without any natural light all the way to the opposite end of the building if they were to live there on the east side. I'm not really sure why are you not having like a covered walkway from the eastern edge of that garage into those, right? You could easily carry those corridors right through because, I mean, you could move those units up a little bit. There's plenty of room there. And then, yeah, connect it right there and then back into the other... the other end of that U-shaped, the eastern, yeah, I think you should do that. And A, it would create a nice, I do agree that you gotta add landscaping there, but there's just no way, I know it's affordable, but I feel sorry for those persons having to park there and having to walk the entire length of that corridor. Plus, that would give you an opportunity to bring some natural light at the end of those corridors. You could put a storefront door there. to exit and it will bring some light, you know, and give these people some hope. That's just my comment, site planning wise, but, you know, in addition to the comments that my colleagues have already made.

I think that's a great comment. Thank you. And I think we can definitely tie it to the center peninsula and tie it to the easternmost peninsula as well with a covered walkway. Actually, a great comment as well to reduce that circulation. Yeah.

I'm struggling with those elevations. It is just a monolithic wall with just openings. In addition, I'm not even talking about adding a double door, articulating the main entrance. You have two main lobbies. We know what you're capable of because we just saw you present. And I also think you have language already included within your site that works. It's just a matter of kind of carrying maybe some of those details within your, to break up maybe the ground floor, to show and accentuate your amenities and your lobbies. so that you're not walking past and have to depend solely on signage. I mean, you're going to have to have signage, but architecturally you shouldn't need it if you're able to express it correctly, and I know you're capable. The interior corridors also give me anxiety. I think you have an opportunity to open on the ground floor. On the west side, you have a corridor that just kind of, jogs, and you have a blank wall into the courtyard, maybe that is an opportunity for you to have some openings, and it brings some light to the interior courtyard. You see what I'm talking about? Do you know where I'm referring to? Here. Right. This one here? Exactly. Right there. On that wall on the east side, that should all be glazing and being being able to bring some light into it. I think it is, right? Is it?

It is, yeah. We have borrowed lights in there.

Yeah, but you know what? I think, I'm sorry, I'm going to interrupt you because I think you bring a great point.

Yes. Is that all glazing? Yeah. Okay.

And, you know, now that you mentioned it, I like the way you've brought the corridor out to the courtyard, and you could do the same thing on the amenity area back on the, you know, like that mail room doesn't really need the light, but the corridor does more than the amenity. That's correct.

That's an interior change that can be done very, very simply.

That's very easy to be done, and you can replicate that and bring more light to those corridors.

Agreed. In addition to the cover connection.

And the floors above at the ends of your hallway, also by the parking garage, I'd say bring in some natural light there as well.

Trying to look for that floor plan.

Yes. Well, no, because you have a unit at the end on the northwest at the very top of your corridor.

Yeah, well, we have a vestibule. Yeah, we can definitely open it. Here?

Yes. Yes, we can. That's very doable.

I think that would bring a little bit of light. I mean, that is a long corridor. How many feet are we talking?

So the idea that I am in my mind thinking about is that You have two large two-bedroom units here. It's difficult to increase the square footage, but to reduce actually helps us to do the additional extra things that you've talked about. So what I'm thinking is breaking the building here entirely all the way to the quarter and bringing in some natural light here, there, there, and there.

Absolutely.

So, I mean, and it's super simply done. That's nothing that we can't do. And I think it will add a lot because a break on the elevation of four or five feet versus 20 feet, it really is going to break it up completely.

And in your elevator lobby on the south, this one south side also, I mean, that would also help your elevation.

This one does have a light as well.

It does have a, yeah, it has lighting.

It has light in there. Yeah. Trying to find it here, but yeah. And it, It's not demonstrated here. It should have a light there. Absolutely. I think it's the printing.

Yeah, I think you have the elements, and I know you're perfectly capable, but I would definitely study those elevations. Any other comments? Ready to make a motion?

I can make a motion with conditions that you break the facades in the two exterior facades into two buildings as you were describing it there. Yes. At the end of the other one on on 8th Street Elevator Lobby and then you add glazing at the end of the hallway By the parking garage. Yes, so you basically will be incorporating natural light and breaking the facade to reduce the overall length. I Also think it's very important that you activate the courtyards with program more trees more Benches, playground. I'm very concerned that it's just a sidewalk and grass. So those would be my two main comments.

Great comments. Be happy to do all of those.

My conditions would be to make the ground units more private, like the other project we talked about, and make sure you have substantial signage for any visitor that would visit the people living there.

And Mr. Perez as well.

I'm not sure if we added, but the double doors at the entrances and then the covered walkways from the garage back to the two end corridors. Bring those corridors all the way to the end and add the covered walkways. Thank you.

Could you read the comments?

Go ahead. Sorry. All right, so we have condition one, break the two exterior facades into two massings as described by the architect. Condition two, add glazing at the end of the long hallway adjacent to the parking garage. Condition three, activate the courtyards with more landscaping, furnishings, etc. Condition four, further enhance the privacy of ground floor units. And condition five, to connect the corridors to the parking garage. And more signage, yes.

Can you accept all those conditions here? Yes. Okay, perfect.

I second the motion.

Ready to vote. Member Gallardo? Yes. Member Perez-Azul? Yes. Member Zapatini?

Yes.

Chair Labrada?

Yes.

Motion passes 4-0. Thank you.

Congrats.

Thank you all. Thank you very much. Great comments as always. Thank you.

UDRB item 5, minute track ID 18768. Address, 3995 North Miami Avenue. Project name, Cube 3. Location, Miami Design District, transit zone T68-0. Square footage, 611,839 square feet, 24 stories. Residential units, 143 and 20 condo hotel. Commercial space, 55,000 square feet. Lodging, 85 lodging units. Application type, SAP permit. Development within the design district space special area plan. REQUIRES APPROVAL OF SAP PERMIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 7 THEREIN. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS APPLICATION FOR SAP PERMIT FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT. UDRB REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7 SECTION 7.1.2.10 THE PROJECT EXCEEDS 200,000 SQUARE FEET. THANK YOU.

Just one question, are you able to see the digital presentation? No?

IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL TO WORK FROM THIS SIDE WHILE WE FIGURE OUT THE I.T. STUFF. GOOD AFTERNOON, BRIAN NEBROWSKI AND IRIS ESQUERA, OFFICES 333 SOUTHEAST SECOND AVENUE, JOINED TODAY BY GEORGE SAMARIVA AND JOHN CARDELLO WITH CUBE 3. WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU TODAY. THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN DAVID CHIPPERFIELD AND CUBE 3. IT IS IN THE DESIGN DISTRICT. IT IS WITHIN THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT RETAIL SAP AREA. THIS IS KIND OF THE WESTERN PORTION. IT ABUTTS NORTH MIAMI AVENUE. right between 39th Street and 40th Street. Just to give you a little context, and you can see there on that ground floor plan, This project does have three principal frontages, North Miami Avenue, Northeast 39th Street, Northeast 40th Street. And they've taken some great care to activate all three of these frontages. As they walk you through the plans, I'll show you how they've got retail at the ground floor and second floor to create that activation. We do have in the tower that you see to the west side, that is a 12-story tower that has our lodging units within it. and then the tower that is located to the south east of the project is a 24-story tower and that one contains the residential units there is a connecting parking structure on the north side that create that bridges over our pedestrian paseo that connects 39th and 40th street and we've also got that Large civic space at the Southwest portion of the property that you can see there. It's kind of an open space on the diagrams that are in front of you. So you can see that's kind of a community area. That's a publicly accessible civic space. I'm going to turn it over to George. She's walking through the design. We're here to answer any questions you may have. Look forward to your feedback.

Thank you, Brian. Good afternoon, my name is George Shomaiba, 111 Southwest 3rd Street, 4th floor for Cube3. First of all, thank you for the opportunity to present this exciting development to you all today, coming to the Design District. The MDD West project, we're envisioning it as a new gateway into the Miami Design District retail area. It's a collaborative design effort between David Chipperfield Architects and Cube3. I think together, collectively, we've been able to come up with a design that is simple but at the same time has a sense of elegance to it that really ties into the already established aesthetic of the design district. In essence, the project is composed, the architecture is composed of two volumetric forms, one 12-story component on the north side, a 24-story component on the south side. We are connected by an elevated deck. And then down on the ground floor level, we're introducing a public paseo for both vehicular and pedestrian access that creates a split in the two masses of the building to bring down the scale to a more human pedestrian level. The energetic interior courtyard is also accessible, providing the civic space with some luscious landscape here and seen in this portion. First, On the northern half of the site is the retail hotel component, standing at 12 stories. This portion of the project, the massing is more broader in its expression, fitting to the site's geometry. You've noticed that we've accompanied with wraparound terraces and glass railings to help maintain the scale of the project. The ground floor and the second floor is accompanied by Clear glass retail at the first and second floors with the ability to provide it at double heights, some amenity space in the intermediate level three, some mixed-use amenity condo, sorry, hotel units, and then hotel units all the way up above with an amenity deck at the rooftop and a pergola. for the southern part of the site we have the 24-story component of the project the massing here is more slender and vertical in its expression to really create a complementary counterbalance to the overall architecture with the shorter massing over here and the longer slender the more narrow slender vertical massing on this portion you'll notice that for the project itself we also wanted to celebrate the structure for that reason you'll see that on the exterior between the wraparound terraces and the vertical columns you'll see the expressions of the columns which are cladded in a pleated ribbed cladding finish system to bring some nice rich textures to the building that also enhances character and you know tie into you know some of the finer materials seen in the district. The wraparound terraces provide scenic views from all the interior unit spaces as well as the hotel units. And then you also see, as we celebrate the structure, and you look at the facade, the facade is also an expression of the structural grid between the horizontal slabs, the vertical columns, backed by the clear glazing. Down at the third level, as mentioned, we have a connected deck Between the two massings, with the split in the middle at the ground floor, we really wanted to emphasize this interior paseo. The paseo and the drop of the massing here really helps bring down the scale of the building to a more pedestrian scale for the district itself. It's accessed by both vehicles who are coming to the below-grade parking and the two drop-off zones for the condo drop-off on this portion, hotel drop-off. The Paseo is also accessible for pedestrians crossing over from 39th Street to 48th Street to access the energetic interior courtyard. And lastly, on this primary corner of North Miami Ave is where you'll see we have the civic space. The civic space is meant to be landscaped in lush greenery, create some warmth and a gathering space for the community area. And at the same time, it creates a nice buffer between the main street edge and the buildings here. Over here, you can see the split in the two masses over here for the Paseo drop-off with this roundabout portion over here. You'll see you come in. We have the main residential drop-off zone over here. On this portion, the hotel drop-off. You can come out and access 39th Street both ways here and also come out to North Miami Ave on this portion over here. This is the civic space seen in the renderings here. with the landscaping that creates that buffer between the street edge and the two towers. And then, again, you'll notice on both 40th and 39th Street, being that the district is very retail-oriented, we wanted to line both of the frontages with primary retail spaces. Any back of house spaces are accessed through the back portion over here. We have one loading portion over here for the hotel component, one loading area over here. and some additional retail out in this portion over here. This is MD2S. Thank you for your time. Happy to hear any comments or feedback.

Mr. Paracelsua, would you like to get started?

Yeah, I mean, very nice site planning. You know, love the open space. I think the project's very fitting to the district.

Looking for the elevations here.

The elevations are very, very simple, very subtle there, but yet they're elegant with, you know, definitely lots of retail, which again is what you need there. Is this material, can you talk to me about this material over here? Is that what?

Yeah, so this what you're seeing here is what we're proposing for the colliding on the columns. You know, you see we have something that's very simple, but, you know, we also want to bring out the textures, which is why we're bringing that red pattern across the verticality of the columns.

The entire length?

Correct. Yeah, so you'll see on this rendering right here, some of that expression and the texture going up. And it's all of this vertically expressed over here.

Okay. Was there any thought in changing, doing a subtle change of color at the base level?

It's not something we've primarily explored. I think we're going for cohesion throughout the entire project, specifically since most of it is lined with the retail On the primary furniture, we just wanted a continuous look throughout the whole building.

Just thought maybe it would get dirty. How is this material easy to clean? Fingers are going to go in it, right? People are going to rub against it, and I'm not really sure how, if it was just a light change grade of just another light color, but just a little darker grade. Maybe it will help you with that. I don't know. It's just something that I would, you know, that I'm making it a requirement. I think you put some thought into it, and it would still look very elegant, but a... emphasize your base level a little more, tie it more to the ground, and then be a little more resistant to the daily stains of life. But that's all my comments for now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Ms. Zapatini? I think it's really a spectacular project. I think it's very elegant and very sophisticated. I love the party and the way that you distribute the two buildings in the site. The massing is beautiful, how you're juxtaposing a taller tower with a smaller component. The structure expression and the facade is really beautiful, especially the articulation of the columns. I think the materiality and the material palette is truly exquisite. David Chipperfield did a fantastic job. it's raising the bar really for the neighborhood and i love it um i have just a couple feedbacks the uh the rooftop of the lower hotel unit i think i would look into doing some green elements on top so you're not looking down into a roofing material i think that's something that you could easily do with just you know a green roof in trays or something I also really like the expression of the balcony and the balcony edge of one of the towers. And I see in this rendering that there's another tower that has just rectilinear corners and a different railing. My suggestion would be to keep them consistent. The one on the left, it's very elegant. I know maybe you're trying to differentiate them, but I think the vertical picket fence railing is something that we see in... um lower level projects like you know work for housing or something so if you can afford it i would change the balcony just so you can raise the bar so i would have three comments green roof over the lower level so you're not looking down into a roofing curvilinear balcony edge of the smaller tower and then matching the railing just to have the same level of sophistication in both but overall it's a fantastic project and congratulations

Thank you. And the railings, something we're definitely happy to look at. Our thought behind this, and it might be a little difficult to see, but these railings are actually draped over the slab edge, so you're not really looking at the slab edge. So the reasoning, just so you know what our logic was there, was the pigmented railings was really meant to express the verticality. This is the more slender, higher, taller tower, so we really wanted to emphasize all those vertical elements. But again, we're happy to study

something that we really see in like work for housing or lower income projects oh i don't understand the comment about the ratings can you explain or bring the board here so i can see it i can't see it from here yeah so what is she saying the 12-story uh tower is comprised of glass uh

the 24-story is vertical pickets. But what I was trying to explain is that. No, it's fine, fine. I agree with her.

I agree with her. That's probably the comment I had from another project, I guess. I think I agree with everything she's saying. I don't think you can put a green roof because of energy. Maybe you can do something else. I guess the comment is to make it more less looking roof from another higher story. Everything he says, I agree with. I think it's spectacular, like he says. I think it's well planned. I think it's well, the textures are beautiful. I think the only really comment is the railings. Besides that, I think it's spectacular. I think you did a great job. You get like an A plus.

Thank you.

I don't have much to add. I was going to make that comment about the canopy on the north side so that you do look over something that's thoughtful. I think it'll tie the project together. The party, I think, is very simple, but really has some classic proportions, which is really nice. to see after, you know, I think we have a lot of modern buildings and you're bringing this element of classical dimension and architecture in a very light and modern take. So the way you've broken out the site and having those cross pedestrian and drive-through areas is great. The plaza is a gift to the neighborhood. I don't have much to add. I think it's an excellent project and excited to have it.

I love how you did all the retail on the ground floor. And I love how easy the parking, they say parking garage. It's just so simple to go from one side to the other side. So I commend you on all different phases.

All right. Thank you. We have a vote. Would someone like to make a motion?

I'm gonna make a motion to approve with three conditions. To remove the picket fence balcony railing of one of the apartments so you can have a higher end look. Study the balcony edge condition, the slab edge condition, and then study a green roof or some other material over the low one story unit. Three comments.

Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I'm Iris Escara with the offices at 333 Southeast 2nd Avenue. We would appreciate those to be recommendations, and we're happy to study those further. We have several people we would have to check with. So with regards to it being a condition, it would be a little bit challenging for us in the event that we're not able to make that. But we definitely would appreciate those comments to be recommendations, and we'll look into them. definitely I think that there I was just speaking with the client there are things that they have studied and they'll go back to the the team of folks because it's several people that are engaged in this between the partnerships the branding and so forth so we would ask that if they could please be recommendations and what you have our commitment that we'll be looking at those three sure thank you second member Garlardo yes

Member Perez-Azul? Yes. Member Zappatini?

Yes.

Member Labrada?

Yes.

Approve recommended with conditions.

Recommendations. Recommendations.

with recommendations. Thank you. Thank you all.

Very nice project. Thank you.

And just to highlight, this is the first residential in the design district. So we're like so excited to be bringing this forward. I mean, the retail is amazing there, but this is actually the first resi. So thank you so much for your comments and your time. Thank you.

UDRB number 6, minute track ID 18767. Property address is 3516 Northwest 7th Avenue, 725 Northwest 35th Street. Project name, Live Local Act SB 102. Location, Santa Clara, Alapata. TRANSIC ZONE, T6-8-L and T5L. SQUARE FOOTAGE, 1,302,342. 12 STORIES, 195 UNITS. COMMERCIAL SPACE, 3,950. PARKING SPACES, 225. Application type, waiver. Waiver pursuant to section 5.6.4, the applicant requests a waiver to allow a parking extending into the second layer above the first story on the principal frontage, Northwest 7th Avenue. Waiver pursuant to article four, table four of Miami 21 for 30% reduction in required residential parking in T6. Waiver pursuant to article four, table four of Miami 21 for a 30% reduction in required commercial parking in T6. Waiver pursuant to article four or table four of Miami 21 for a 30% reduction in required residential parking in T5. Waiver pursuant to article four, table four of Miami 21 for a 30% reduction in required commercial parking in T5. UDRB requirement pursuant to Article 7, Section 7.1.2.10. The project has seized 200,000 square feet. Thank you.

This applicant's actually going to be withdrawing their item from the meeting today. This is in light of the new interpretation via not only our department, but the attorneys with the city regarding legislation at the state level on the Live Local Act that states that projects are not required to attend recommending boards such as UDRB. That said, the Planning Department has come up with a process to still ensure compliance with the views not only of the Board and the rest of the city, but also to be in compliant with Miami 21. Applicants with live local projects who wish to not attend UDRB are required to submit a table to us showing compliance with all items of Article IV, Table 12 in Miami 21. Those items are then reviewed by the project reviewer, as well as the chief of urban design and the assistant planning director. However, if we find, if the city determines that the project does not comply with Article 4, Table 12, the design review criteria, it will be required to be heard by UDRB before it moves forward. So this applicant has selected to withdraw for today. We will be reviewing the Article IV Table 12 compliance once it's submitted. And as I just stated, if we deem that they are not in compliance, they will be returning to UDRB to present. Thank you very much. I hope you get out of here a little earlier today.

Item number seven, minute track 18766, property address 3180 Biscayne Boulevard, project name Legends Live Local AG SB 102, location Edgewater, transit zone T636A-0, square footage 1,696,579, 50 stories, 1307 residential units, 163 parking spaces application type waiver.

This applicant will also be withdrawing from the agenda today. Same reasoning as the last agenda item. This project has provided their table of compliance with article 4 table 12. It's been reviewed by the planning department and we are currently AWAITING RESPONSE ON TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE GAVE TO THE PROJECT, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS DEEMED FULLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 4 TABLE 12.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH UDRB DISCUSSIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, 2026 URBAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD ETHICS REFRESHER.

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Will it be projected on our screen?

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All right, good afternoon, board members. Today we'll be doing the ethics training. So let's just, let's go through it. And feel free to jump in if you all have any questions or anything like that. We're going to talk about Sunshine Law, meeting requirements, conflicts of interest, ethics, as well as public records. First off, with Sunshine Law, and it's coming from the Florida Constitution, Article 1, Section 24B, which states that all meetings, and I'm paraphrasing, all meetings of any collegial body of a county, municipality, for our purposes, we're obviously a municipality, at which official acts are to be taken place, at which public business of such bodies to be transacted or discussed shall be open and noticed to the public. So that applies to our board. Since we are a municipal board, we have to comply with Sunshine Law. There's also Florida Statute 286.011 that also subsection one states that all meetings of any board or commission of any municipal corporation at which official acts are to be taken place are declared to be public meetings that are open to the public at all times and we must provide reasonable notice. Additionally, Subsection 2 goes on and states that the minutes of a meeting of any such board shall be promptly recorded and be open to public inspection. So in simplicity, the three main things that we should be concerned about as a board is first, and this is from Florida Statute 286.011. First, meetings must be open to the public. Second, and probably one of the most important aspects, is that there must be reasonable notice given, as well as the last point being that minutes must be promptly taken and recorded and made available to the public. And a meeting, and this is also very important. I know I'm probably gonna keep saying this throughout the presentation, but a meeting is any gathering of two or more members of the same board to discuss some matter which will foreseeably come before that board for action. So a meeting doesn't necessarily have to be a quorum of members. A meeting can be two members, even if there isn't a quorum. And going forward, it could be a formal gathering of two or more members. It could be even written communications. A big one is emails as well, telephone calls, any type of written communications. And it's also important, as I'll highlight a little bit as we go on, that non-member liaisons between board members as well counsel. So pretty much avoiding using a conduit. So basically passing a message through a third person also is a violation of Sunshine Law. I like this slide. Sunshine Law prohibits one-way oral communication between board members. So that's when one party speaks and the other party doesn't respond. So even if, it's still a sunshine law violation if a message is sent but no response is given. Just the communication itself is the violation. And this slide's also kind of touched on that a bit, where it has reply all. I know many times we get emails and our first instinct is kind of like reply all or something like that. It's important to note who's on the email thread, because sometimes you may say reply all and you may not know another board member's on there. You may think it's maybe just a communication with you and the attorney's office or you and planning, but sometimes There may be accidentally a board member on there or something like that. And let me know if you all have any questions or even if it's an odd question out. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, go ahead. What's a formal gathering?

A formal gathering is like saying, hey, let's meet up and talk about this agenda item that's going to, let's meet at a coffee shop or something like that and talk about this agenda item. That permits fall in a formal gathering. As I'm going to talk about a little bit later, informal gatherings would be, you know, you happen to run into each other at a social event, not planned, but during that social event, you and another board member discuss something that's going to come before the board. So it could be formal or informal that way.

What if you discuss a past, something that we've already reviewed? Does it matter or no? Does that, like...

If it's something we already reviewed, it shouldn't be an issue so long as it's not going to come before the board again. If it's something that's kind of just gone, yeah, feel free. But if it's going to return back, then that's where the issue comes in at.

And what do you call board business?

Say it one more time.

What is board business?

A board business specifically relates to the particular board. So this board, the UDRB, so any application that comes before us pretty much is really for board business because the Sunshine Law specifically involves talking about matters related to the board. I know I keep saying board business as the explanation, but the functions of the board regarding an item or something that's foreseeably going to come before.

So it's something within the agenda?

Yeah, usually, yes. All right, thanks. Yes, yes. Yes, simplicity, yeah. And kind of going back on it, even if it's not on the agenda, but let's say it will eventually be on the agenda, then.

But something related to the agenda now or present or?

Exactly, yeah, exactly, exactly. And this slide right here is touching on what I said about having a third party. So it's not permissible to intentionally communicate to another board member through a third party. So, you know, basically passing messages along, that's still a violation of the Sunshine Law. It's also important to note that you're not prohibited from obviously meeting with one another for social events or anything like that. You do have to be very careful because sometimes accidents happen and it's very easy to accidentally talk about something and run into the territory of it being a Sunshine Law violation. Of course, you can meet for social gatherings or anything like that if you see each other at a networking event or something, but just be very careful because of kind of not treading and falling into a Sunshine Law violation.

If you run into someone that will eventually present and they're just bringing it up like, oh, we're going to come before you, even if we don't discuss anything about the project, we don't ask any questions, but if they ask us questions of what does the board like to see as far as renderings, models,

That's okay. That's particularly okay when it relates to our board because since we're an advisory board, it's a little bit more lax. Okay. If, for example, if this was a quasi-judicial board, like in examples like PSAB, you can kind of run into issues with that depending on, I guess, how closely you're involved with the applicant or anything like that. But for the purpose of our board, I wouldn't worry about that too much because we're just an advisory board. Again, this slide is coming from Attorney General Order 71-295 that cautions that public bodies should avoid secret meetings or anything like that. Even though such secret meetings are held just for purely social purposes, the more out in the open you can be really avoids the appearance of any type of Sunshine Law violation or anything like that. you can meet with one another. There's nothing stopping you from meeting with one another. Just be kind of wary of the Sunshine Law violations and communicating about items that may come before the board or foreseeably come before the board. This is also something kind of cool for you all to think about. Since we are an advisory board, you all are allowed to actually go and conduct, let's say, trips to the property or anything like that. whether solo or together, but it's important to not really discuss anything. Personally, it's probably just neater just to, if you wanted to go out on your own and have a solo trip and look at a site or anything like that, regarding a project that's foreseeably gonna come before us, you're free to do this if we're just an advisory board. Typically, issues come about regarding these inspection trips when it's like a quasi-judicial board or something like that. But as an advisory board, the Sunshine Law does not prohibit the board going on inspection trips or anything like that, provided that nothing's spoken about that will foreseeably come before the board. Okay. The Assumption Law also extends the discussions and deliberations as well as the formal action that is taken by a public board. So basic discussion items and things like that also have to be noticed and things like that. It's not just formal things that come before the board that's on the agenda, but also discussion items have to be noticed as well.

Can you opine on, say the perfect example is a project that came before us today, the first item that was withdrawn a couple of meetings ago. If we know they're coming back with a new proposal, and what if there's a discussion of what we just saw, even if they didn't present? Is that part of the Sunshine Law, or because they've I mean, they're going to come back, like they did today. But if there's some kind of discussion of, like, you know, this... Whatever it was that we saw, even if we didn't hear the presentation, that we have a discussion of whatever was withdrawn.

Yeah, that shouldn't be an issue. I would say... Like, are you referring to if an applicant came directly to you or? No, no, no.

I'm just talking about the board members. Another example would be the two that were withdrawn today because by right, by live local. What if we would discuss, because it was withdrawn, what we saw, even if we didn't give our comments today because they didn't present. What if later staff decides they need to come back and present to us and we've had a discussion on something that we thought was withdrawn?

I would say under that circumstance, I would avoid communications until we're 100% sure that they're not coming back. But as soon as you get pretty much the okay from planning, saying, hey, they fulfilled all the requirements, they're not coming back, then it's fine.

Will we be notified? So in the next meeting, will we be notified if these two were approved by staff, or how is that communicated to us?

Yeah, so UDRB 7 has been reviewed by staff and approved, and I think we'll come up with a format or a way to communicate that to the board.

Okay.

There's been one other project that went this route that was never actually on the agenda.

Okay.

So that's how we foresee it typically happening.

Okay. We won't even see them.

Yeah. So for example, UDRB 7 today, they submitted their table, but they weren't sure that they were going to be approved by us. So they still wanted to make sure they were on the agenda in case they needed to attend. Whereas UDRB 6 only found out about this a few days ago, and now they're going to go back to the drawing board and complete that table of compliance.

Okay.

So hopefully in the future, It'll be like that first one where you won't even see it or know about it.

Okay. And this slide right here talks about organizational sessions as well. So sessions that are, for example, electing a board member, those are also subject to Sunshine Law as well. That has to be done in the... The sunshine, as I said, has to be noticed and made open to the public pretty much for that. So even if it's not something that's regards to actual application or anything like that, if it's just something administrative or organizational, something that has to be voted on like that, that has to come before the board, then that has to be done in the sunshine as well. I'm going to go over some general meeting requirements as well. There must be reasonable public notice and have reasonable public notice bolded because there's not really a definition for what's reasonable notice. It's pretty fact dependent based on the particulars of the item or anything like that. But what's generally recommended is at least seven days notice. Again, I'm going over notice requirements. The notice should contain the time and place and the general subject matter to be considered on the agenda. It doesn't have to be super, super in-depth in terms of the particulars or anything like that, but just a general notice regarding what's going to be discussed on the agenda is fine. The notice should also be displayed in areas such as You all won't really have to worry about this too much, but it should be posted somewhere. We have a website, so we post the agenda on the website and make the public known. Also, notice should be given, as I mentioned, at least seven days prior. But there are cases, for example, if there's some odd circumstance that comes up, for like a special meeting or something like that, we should try to aim for at least three days notice. There has been circumstances where we need maybe a special meeting that's been 24 hours notice, but that's something that you probably, that probably won't happen too often at all. but I'm just kind of throwing it out there that there is sometimes circumstances where special meetings are needed and the notice is maybe a bit shorter than a traditional agenda notice. And if I'm going too fast or if something I'm saying is unclear, feel free to jump in and ask anything. location. Board meetings should be held in buildings that are open to the public. Not really an issue for the purpose of our board because we always have this slide just so you know. We always meet here, so that's not really an issue. It's always held at City Hall. But the overall point of this particular slide is to avoid having meetings in private luncheons or something. I know that wouldn't really happen, but I have to just say it for purposes of this. But a location that's neutral, not private, out in the open, like City Hall, pretty much. Public comment is something that comes up a lot as well. Members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. This opportunity does not have to necessarily occur at the same time as it can occur, for example, like a little bit before or whatever is reasonable under the circumstances. But it's coming from Florida Statute 286.0114, subsection 2, regarding public comment. I also want to note that the requirement that we have to provide and allow for the public to speak does not mean that if there is a item coming up and you know it's going to be a lot of participation or it's a controversial item that we can't put certain measures in place such as limiting time. It's obviously discretionary, chair and the board. But I just want to throw out that it is possible to establish rules of the quorum, whether that's designating specific time that every individual has to speak. So if you know, for example, that there's an item and you know it's going to probably be almost a whole neighborhood coming out, you can limit the time as well. The public may also come forward and they can record as well, so just throwing that out here. As long as it's not disruptive, the public can record. I'm sure many of you all have noticed, but just throwing it out there that as long as it's in an orderly fashion, it's not disruptive or throws off the proceedings, the public can actually record the meetings on their personal advice if they want to. And this is coming from Florida Statute 286.012. It says, a member who's present at a meeting may not abstain from voting, and a vote shall be recorded or accounted for, each member present, unless there's a conflict. A conflict of interest comes up. So for example, if an item goes forward, you can't say, absent a conflict of interest that you don't want to vote on a particular item or anything like that. Every member actually has to vote. And this also talks about voting conflicts as well, Florida Statute 286.012. Really all members can, if there appears to be a conflict, it's best to notify the board liaison. as well, because there are voting conflicts. And kind of just going right into the actual definition of what to kind of think about when you hear a voting conflict, I'm going to refer to Floor Statute 112.3143, where it says that no county or municipal for, I'm just going to say no municipal for purposes of our board, no municipal officer, board member, can vote on something that would give them a special private gain or loss, or which he or she knows would inure to the special private gain. So basically whenever you get that feeling that, you know, I have a stake in this, it's best to let us know so we can go through the proper channels of actually having you fill out a conflict form and everything like that. So whenever you are... You know when the gen items coming up and you have some type of special gain or any type of Conflict you know that kind of that feeling comes up like yeah, I don't know if I should vote on this It's better than notify us. Hope I didn't go through that too fast. Let me know if I if there's any questions And again a special private gain or loss means an economic benefit or harm that would inure or that would inure to the officer any type of special gain or anything like that. And there's obviously different degrees of conflicts. And this is the Form 8B as well, just so you're familiar with it. I also put a link. in here and after this I can also send you all an email with where I can make sure this gets circulated so you all have the PowerPoint where you can actually go to the link for the form 8B for the unvoted conflict. And again this is from city code section 2-612A which says no person shall appear in representation of any third party before any board Any board, commission, or agency of which such person is a member, that's a conflict. So basically, you can't participate. At the same time, at least, you can't vote or participate in an item if you're representing the applicant, pretty much. And there are a number of penalties, obviously depending on the degree of the violation, from injunctions, fines. Someone can sue and say there was a Sunshine Law violation or something like that, which could result in attorney's fees to the city and removed from office, removed from the board, and things like that.

For the conflict of interest, if a project is coming before us, and this has happened in the past, I've recused myself, but if a project is coming before us and I potentially have a client that might end up participating in the project, but it's not clear, I recuse myself, no? Or if it's not,

Yes, yes. You can, in that instance, you'll recuse yourself. I think the main thing to kind of consider is when you have some type of stake in it. Like, for example, in your private business, I'm sure you have many clients, so every time a client comes in here, It's not necessarily a conflict so long as maybe it doesn't, I guess, benefit you or enrich you in some type of way. It's not your project. Maybe it's a project in your firm or something like that. But it would depend on the particulars. And then you can just come to us and we'll kind of work through it to see if there is actually a conflict or not. But the key distinction is whether you're having some type of benefit from it, some special benefit, gain or loss. If their project doesn't go through, whether you feel like you lost something, pretty much. Got it. Does that make sense?

Yep.

Thank you. And we're talking about ethics now? And just coming from the Miami-Dade County Code of Ethics, which is the minimum standard for ethical conduct and behavior for all municipal officials, board members, that covers our conduct pretty much, that we're bound by. And this is coming from Section 2-11.1G of the county code, which says that no board member shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself or herself or others. Pretty much you can't use your position as a board member to basically leverage that in a private sense or anything like that. Gifts are a big one. A board member shall neither solicit nor demand any gift. And this is coming from section 2-11.1 of the county code. It happens sometimes when individuals try to give gifts and things like that. It's best to avoid it as much as possible. I know sometimes somebody might mail you something. It's best to, you know, especially if it's something like personal, you get mailed directly to your home, it's best to really shy away from gifts. But if a circumstance arises by any chance where you do receive a gift and it's something of a gift of value or anything, it's best to disclose it. to make that known. And a gift is defined as anything of economic value. It can be a service, a loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, a promise even, even a meal. That's what I see most of the time, meals or tickets and things like that. But it's best to kind of avoid gifts overall. Additionally, it's unlawful for any board member, it's unlawful for any person or entity to offer a gift or agree to give to a board member any gift because of an official public action taken or a legal duty performed or a legal duty violated or anything like that. So basically avoid accepting Gifts, for example, if you had a favorable, if you gave someone here, just for an example, a favorable determination, and they sent you a gift for your favorable determination on their particular project, it's best to turn that, to kind of shy away from that. That's common because sometimes people show their appreciation for their project in the past, and it's best to avoid that. If under any circumstances you do accept any gifts, it's best to fill out a Form 9, which is the gift disclosure form. The board member shall appear before the board on which he serves indirectly or through an associate and make a presentation on behalf of a third person. Additionally, all appointed board members are required to have completed an exit course, as we're doing right now, within 90 days of taking office or within a one-year period prior to taking office or employment. Again, if there's any violations of these ethical codes or anything I went over, there are penalties, as I discussed earlier, as far as infractions, fines, removed from office, and those things. Again, it's also important for every board member to make sure they're doing their disclosures as well, because each board member shall file a statement of financial interest no later than 30 days from the date of appointment and or July 1st of each year and or 60 days after leaving his or her position. Just for transparency purposes. Each year, certain persons are required to file certain financial disclosures, which can be, which can include things such as an itemized source of income, income tax, assets and liabilities, again, for transparency purposes to make sure that, so we can have a record to ensure that anyone serving on the board, you know, basically have a record of if any potential conflicts exist. Again, you hear me say this all the time regarding lobbying. A person may not lobby a city official or a city board member or the city manager until they have registered as a lobbyist. This is coming from Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 654A of the City of Miami Code. And it's also important that you ensure that they actually have registered as lobbyists, which is something that staff usually handles behind closed doors, making sure all the paperwork is up to date as far as them actually coming before us to lobby on behalf of a corporation or anything like that. And if you know that someone is not a lobbyist and they're attempting to lobby, you may not normally permit a person who's not registered with the city clerk to lobby. Of course, if you have knowledge, if you don't know, then there's really no foul on you as a board member. But if you know that someone isn't permitted to lobby, as in they haven't actually registered as a lobbyist, then you cannot allow them to lobby in front of you. and public records. This is something that I handle a lot, public records requests. For purposes of the UDRB, every board member who has custody of a public record shall permit the record to be inspected and copied by any person desiring to do so at any reasonable time, under reasonable conditions, and under supervision by the custodian of public records. I'm also the public records attorney, so for If you ever receive a public records request and they can be as formal or as informal, they come in all shapes and fashions, whether somebody's sending you a formal email or somebody's just reaching out to you. If you're ever unsure how to handle it, like they're asking for maybe text messages or they're asking for emails or they're asking for anything like that, you can reach out to me directly and I can assist you with that. But the main takeaway from this is that this board is subject to Florida Statute 119, which is the public records laws, and that we must comply. And so it's just to have that. And the end. I'm sorry. Hopefully I didn't run through it too fast.

It's perfect. Thank you. It's a good refresher. Every how often do we need to do this? Is it every year?

Yes, every year.

I know that. I like the ending. All right. So that concludes our meeting today.

Nope. Item number two. UDRB rules and procedures.

I will try and make this as quick as possible. I know you guys want to get home. I have PZAP coming up, so. Before we start, I believe she said she has to leave.

Sorry, I have to leave at 4.30. How long? I'm sorry.

I'll get it done in five.

Okay.

Board membership attendance and ethics. Board membership appointment. UDRB shall consist of nine members, one alternate to be appointed by city commission. Qualifications, which I'm sure you're all familiar with since you're on the board. Intended to be persons of knowledge, experience, mature judgment, and background, having ability, special professional training, and interest to act in the public interest in order to make informed and equitable decisions concerning architecture, Urban, physical, and site design. At least five members shall be architects registered in the state of Florida. Each member shall have five years of experience after registration and practice of his or her profession. The four other members shall either be architects or landscape architects registered in the state and shall meet the same criteria above. The alternate member shall satisfy said qualifications. And during qualification process, professional organizations are encouraged to submit names of persons and their qualifications to city commission through the city manager. Continuing this section 62-257, terms of office shall be appointed to serve a term of one year or until the nominating commissioner leaves office, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the above, you may serve until your successor is appointed and qualified. After the initial term of appointment, no member of the Board shall be reappointed for more than five consecutive terms thereafter. Functions, the duty of the Board is to review and recommend to the Director of Planning and Zoning for approval, approval of conditions, or disapproval of applications for applications for special permits within certain zoning districts as per Section 5.6.4. Section 7.1.1.2 and Appendix A of the Miami 21 Code and to the City Manager or his or her designee on applications for Omni-Media Tower permits pursuant to Chapter 7 of the City Code. It will require submissions to the Board of all information as may reasonably necessary for the Board to evaluate completely the proposed structure of improvement and to recommend from time to time to the Director of Planning and Zoning, Department of Modifications and or Amendments to the City Guides and Standards. attendance, notwithstanding any other provision, any board member shall be automatically removed if, in a given calendar year, he or she is absent from three consecutive meetings, he or she is absent from four of the board's meetings, or provided that regardless of their compliance with subsection one and two here and above, members must attend at least 50% of all the board meetings held during a year. Ethics training course, James already covered that, but if you ever need a refresher, it is available and you can register online through the City website, county website. Board purview and preparing conditions. The board is authorized to review and recommend to the director of planning and zoning for approval. We already went through this on the previous slide. You do have some, I guess they designated these as regular powers and superpowers. Your superpowers require submission to the UDRB of all information as may be reasonably necessary for UDRB to evaluate completely the proposed structure of improvement. Adopt and amend rules of procedure. Recommend from time to time to the director of planning and zoning amendments to guide city standards. I believe this is second to last slide, so we're getting through it. Preparing conditions. So this is something, you know, very helpful to keep in mind. You know, there's necessary conditions, ones that are tailored or shall be tailored to tackle specific problems and shall not be too wide in scope. Not about protecting against all possible contingencies. and should ask yourselves what might be the result without the condition. There's relevant conditions, relevant to site planning and urban development must be justified by the nature of the specific development permitted or its effect on its surroundings. Enforceable conditions, consider what means are available to secure compliance with the proposed condition. Conditions also must be reasonable for city staff to enforce and monitor. Precise conditions, wording of a condition needs to be specific and clear without need for interpretation, Applicants should be able to ascertain from a condition's wording what they must do to comply with it, and they should be reasonable in all their respects. Conditions shall be justified on their planning merits and shall not be unduly restrictive, and conditions shall be within the applicant's powers to carry out. And one last thing, just to show all the hard work you all have been a part of. We had 37 applications last year. That was actually up from our 2024 number. So thank you all, and keep up the great work.

Thank you.

The last item, well, two items, but one is the annual training. The department is going to try to work out another date for that to take place as a whole group of, and actually put all the different boards all together to have one massive training for everybody at one time. And the other one, we actually did vote on this already, which was our global calendar. So if If there's any questions or anything, you can discuss it. If not, then I welcome an adjournment by our newly elected Chair Labrada.

Thank you. It's 4.30.

4.30.

Adjourned. Thank you.

Los Gauchitos is an Uruguayan-Argentine restaurant with a variety of Uruguayan pastries and Argentine cuts of meat. In particular, I have been operating the restaurant for more than nine years with all the Argentine and Uruguayan customs. I liked to invest in the city of Miami because of the diversity of cultures that we have here, because it is a country that offers many opportunities for immigrants. We have the variety of desserts, we have meat, all the Argentine cuts, which are universal, they like both Latinos and Americans, and our star dessert, which is the Chajá. In this restaurant we also have a small mini market, we have everything that is herbs and all the Argentine, Uruguayan, we have mate, we have bombillas, we have everything they can come to look for in this mini market that we also operate.

The typical thing about us is the meat. You will always find our cuts of meat, chorizo, morcilla. Our bakery is very appreciated by Cubans. Cubans love what is sweet. When Cubans taste our sweets, they come back. They also look for us a lot for a typical sandwich called El Chivito. That sandwich is a filet mignon with ham, bacon, fried eggs, lettuce, tomato. And it's made in a bread that comes from Uruguay, that we make here. It's a soft bread called Catalan bread. Although we have everything that is from Argentina and Uruguay, we have also linked a little to the American center, to the Cuban, because that's what we have in Miami. Miami is the center of many cultures.

Operating a restaurant is not easy. We have been through difficult situations, but with all the enthusiasm and all our charisma and all that is our work team and our loyal customers and all those who have joined us, we continue to work tirelessly for all our public. We are waiting for you.

We submitted our application for 10 units to be renovated and these are the first two units being delivered of the 10. These homes are completely renovated top to bottom. They are completely brought up to code, to hurricane code and energy efficient standards. They're 455 square feet. They have Energy Star appliances, granite countertops, tile bathrooms and a washer and dryer in each unit.

The Department of Housing Community Development served as the project manager for this project, monitor the construction and make sure that the monies are put to good use.

We now are able to offer most persons who normally would not be able to afford housing in this area an opportunity to move into a Grove and many persons who moved away desire to move back to Copeland Grove area. An awesome feeling to be able to know that we're in a position to be able to offer some people that opportunity.

Couldn't be more proud to be here launching the first two of 10 units of the Hibiscus Project. First of all, we took a few dollars from our pandemic funds, and we dedicated it to affordable housing right here in this neighborhood. In partnership with Dragonfly Investments, Amanda DeSenta, and AME Christ Episcopal Church, we've come up with these units, which will make affordability in a historic district in the Grove, Little Bahamas, a reality for folks.

Well, we are here to honor the memory of Margarita Faroy and the House Faroy and what she represented in the community.

It is a privilege and an honor for me to be here to do that without naming this street under her name.

This recognition that the city is giving us today is a great honor for our family. My mother, Margarita Faroy, has left a legacy, a very beautiful name, with a lot of love, a lot of work, a lot of sacrifice for our beautiful city.

Super proud of my mother who brought this business from Cuba in the 60s and continued until she died a few years ago.

Another Wheels to Work journey. I'm so excited about this giveaway. We are providing reliable transportation for residents in District 5 who have transportation hardships. They can get another job if they want to. They can go and go to college because they now have reliable transportation.

This is an anti-poverty program. The anti-poverty programs that come through District 5 and District 3 are programs that provide hand-ups and not hand-outs. And what that means is that we give assistance with dignity. We give people an opportunity to do better in life by putting in their own hard work and scene. But this is not a program where we're giving people anything and they don't have to give us anything in return. They give us their time. They give us their volunteers. They give us the ability to mentor others, to teach and learn. What we give them is access to reliable transportation.

But this year we were able to get each of the participants a brand new Nissan Pathfinder. We want to affect this community by changing the economics of that. And that's something that doesn't just happen on a macro level with businesses and developments, but on a micro level too with individuals.

I'm glad I got this car. I'll be able to go to and from work, and picking up my daughter, and I also help out with my grandmother, and I am my father's caregiver. So that'll help me get him to and from his appointment.

This program is a lifesaver, not only for the awardees, but also for the community at large, because when you support a person who gets a car, is able to go to work, take their children to school, go shopping, they're putting money back into the community.

Never thought in a million years that I will actually receive an amazing car.

Brickell Key Bridge Repair Project Update The eastbound bridge on the south side is now closed for repairs. All traffic is being redirected to the north side bridge where you'll find one lane open in each direction. If you're walking, the north side sidewalk is still open, but the south side sidewalk is closed. Also, note that the pedestrian crossing at the east end is closed, while the west end crossing remains open and available for use. Phase 2 runs from September 17 and should be finished by mid-December 2025.

Miami Cemetery is a historic treasure for us. It tells us our stories of where we come from. This cemetery was opened in 1897, one year after the founding of the city of Miami. You're going to see names here like Burdines, Toomey, Jackson, Tuttle, very well-known names in our community, and they are the foundation of Miami. So it's important to know where we come from so that we can know where we're going. And it's important for us as a city to keep investing in this cemetery, upgrading it, and really celebrating, exalting it to a much bigger, greater level so that it can have its proper status within our city.

We're here today to groundbreak on a new maintenance building for our historic cemetery, a project that we're managing directly. This is a very important site for us. It's historic. It's very important for us to not only maintain it, but within the future enhance the site.

This is one of the ground zero sites for us where historic preservation is concerned. We're committed to all the enhancements and improvements that we want to see at this cemetery.

I've been volunteering for about 38 years. This cemetery started in 1897. The property was owned by the Brickell family. This is really ground zero for who's buried here in Miami.

Words can't even explain how thankful I am. I finally got a place where my kids can actually play in the backyard, and I get to watch them outside of the window, and I'm just very thankful.

Thankful! The house is a three bedroom, two bath. It's approximately 1,400 square feet, brand new, all state-of-the-art stuff inside, impact windows, impact doors, the air conditioner is energy efficient, the house is very nice.

We're really excited about providing assistance for another home buyer. This is in a very desirable area of Miami and it goes along with our intent to try to diversify neighborhoods and provide affordable housing opportunities throughout Miami and this is a classic example of that.

I am so excited for yet another first-time homeowner taking the keys to her new home. She is now a stakeholder in our community. She's creating generational wealth for her family. This is our 16th first-time home buyer celebration. We have eight more to go. Real affordable housing through homeownership.

It's been a great day. We've been out touring the construction of not just the new soccer stadium, but also the new administration and city hall building, which will become our new home in a couple of years. We've gotten a great look at also the great park amenities that are going to be out here. It's good to get a handle on where we are with all the phasing, learn what needs to be done next, and make sure that we get a wonderful place for city employees to work and for our residents to enjoy.

The progress that has been made, seeing the garage, seeing the retail space, we're going to have wonderful green spaces for our community to come and enjoy here. It's truly exciting times for this area of Miami and stay tuned for future progress.

I welcome you to come out. This is not just a boat ramp. It's the boat ramp. We did the new docks. We did the floating dock, resurfaced the parking lot, new restroom, just finished the mural that's outside. Beautiful place. Come out and check it out. The total cost of the project is about $1.683 million. This is a highly used park by the residents here. It's a great spot. It's one of the few parks that's right on the water, especially this one. And there's a lot to see here.

We're honored and privileged to be able to do this for our community. The ramps are brand new. The docks are brand new. The pilings, the floating dock. We revamped the pavement. We got brand new bathrooms that were not here before. We made a, it was a general makeover, remodeled the park. So glad that the families and everybody is going to be able to enjoy the park one more time.

It feels great. I'm excited to continue to take on this project and I'm so happy. I'm thankful to God always. I'm glad that I have this home and I can create generational wealth.

Another opportunity for a new person to obtain home ownership in Miami. For us to play a small part in helping her Her Achieved American Dream is a great experience for us and our team.

Another promise kept to create home ownership opportunities for families in District 5, creating generational wealth. We are making another dream come true for a family and I'm so proud of the work that we have done to get to this point and I'm overjoyed that this is not going to be the last.

We're excited. There's another opportunity for a resident of Miami to become a homeowner. We play a small part in it. A homeowner has to do a lot of work in getting qualified, but we're really excited about that. It's generational wealth once again.

It has been a journey since I was a teenager. I've always prayed for this opportunity to be a homeowner. And I'm 54 years old, and I'm here to tell everybody, never stop dreaming, never stop believing, because it can happen. I've had this bathroom set for 25 years, and I kept it brand new. When I brought it, I said, this is going to be in my home. I never used it. It stayed in my bathroom, brand new still. And I brought it with me because I'm going to finally put it in my home. So I am very thrilled. I'm happy. I'm happy for everyone who played a role in this journey with me.

I am so filled with joy for Stacy and her being able to realize her dream of being a homeowner. I love the way she shouted, I'm a homeowner. This is another promise kept. to create generational wealth for families in District 5. This house is beautiful. It's a three bedroom, two bathroom home and I'm overjoyed with the amount of support that Stacey got with. She's a City of Miami employee. She worked so hard. She works for our community and now she's going to be able to live in her community.

We have a historic graduation occurring. We have the youngest officer ever going into the Mounted Patrol detail, Officer Melanie Rodriguez. And we also have one of our officers graduating whose father is one of our retired lieutenants of the Mounted Patrol detail. The unit is great. The kids love to talk to an officer on a horse. The elderly love it and it provides a very strong sense of safety, security and an open line of communication.

Super excited. Definitely a lot more prepared and ready to go out there and patrol in the streets, interact with the community, children and make an impact in people's lives every day.

From the start to the end, you build the relationship with the horse, and then now we're going to build the relationship with the community outside. And I just wanted to keep the tradition also in my family. My dad was mounted for 20 years. My brother was also part of the unit.

I'll continue the tradition in the family, carry the legacy on. It feels great. It was a very hard, rough six weeks, but I loved every bit of it. Riding all the horses, being outside, being in the community, being in the parks. It was a great time, and I'm excited to do that in the city.

We are celebrating the newly renovated community center and office for Chairwoman Commissioner King. It was done by our general service administration department. It's also an enhancement for our park and the community. They'll be able to use the new center.

This is a park that is very busy during the summer with lots of our student programs and summer programs for the kids. It was very important for the chairwoman that this park be tended to and given some love and GSA was brought out from the woodwork and we got to redo the finishes and renovate the parks to better suit the community and the kids that we serve.

So this is something that we have been working on for quite a while. Our desire to serve the community in the best way we can. This is going to have a huge impact on the community, on the kids that come here to do their homework.

We did a lot of the community rooms and spaces, and I think it's so great that they can come here to their new renovated community center.

We are cutting the ribbon, christening this new community center for the kids and for the community. GSA did a fantastic job of renovating this space, updating it. The IT department also updated, internet connection, 12 laptops were donated for the kids. It's also my district office on the other side, but the bathrooms have been renovated, the floors have been renovated. The kitchen area was renovated. Staff's offices were renovated. It's just a space that everyone can be proud of.

The City of Miami has officially completed its Wi-Fi for Parks initiative, bringing free, reliable public internet to parks all across our city. This means thousands of children and families now have easier access to online learning, important resources, and new opportunities right in their own neighborhoods. We know that for many Miami families, having dependable internet at home is still a challenge. By offering Wi-Fi in our parks, the City of Miami is helping close that gap and giving every child the chance to thrive in today's digital world. Right now, 15 parks citywide are fully connected and ready to serve students, job seekers, and anyone who needs to get online. It's all part of our commitment to building a more inclusive, better connected Miami. One that supports every resident and every family.

The turning of a new page for Gerardo Escalona, it was a privilege for me to be able to introduce him. So much fun to be here with the people from this district, and we wish him the very, very best.

I am so excited to be here to celebrate Commissioner Escalona's swearing in. He is a wonderful man who has spent months and months talking to neighbors, understanding what they need, and he is ready to serve the residents of District 3.

The relationship between the city and the county is going to be stronger than ever. I'm very proud of this young man. He's really shown us the way to work hard and represent the people.

Commissioner Escalante is going to be such a breath of fresh air for the City of Miami Commission. His story is so inspiring and it's exactly what the district needs. I can't wait to serve with him.

I hope to work with him to bring the city forward and have progress. Looking forward to working with all the commissioners. and doing the right thing for the citizens.

It's an honor to be here to welcome Rolando Escalona as the new District 3 Commissioner. District 3 is incredibly important to the City of Miami. In a way, it's the heart and soul right here in Little Havana. Wishing him the best. I'm sure he will be an extraordinarily good Commissioner.

Rolando and I share a very long border and many of the same issues. I know he worked very hard to get here. I'm excited to be able to work with him and the rest of my colleagues to move Miami forward.

We have a lot of emotions. I mean, I feel very honored to represent the city of Miami, especially District 3. Now it's time to work. Today we have to start to work, so we're ready.

It's overwhelming. It's a dream come true. A biggest prayer answered. It's a beautiful feeling. It is. I just want to say thank you so very much for making a major dream come true.

It feels like God has answered my prayers. It feels like my mom is very proud of me. It feels like my daughters have something tangible that I can leave them. I'm overwhelmed.

The team makes the dream work with the City of Miami's Building Department, from the Public Works Department, Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer. We all work together for this cause and we brought everybody out and that's what we like to do, bring everyone out to see what the finished product looks like.

In almost every instance, the mortgage is less than what they were paying for in rent, and that's amazing. So I'm very happy. I am looking forward to doing this again and again and again, and I cannot ever get tired of welcoming a new family into District 5.

Ladies and gentlemen, the mayor of the city of Miami, Eileen Higgins.

I'm so proud to have been sworn in as the new mayor for the Magic City. I'm looking forward to getting to work for you, for every resident in every neighborhood. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the trust you have placed in me to serve as your next mayor.

This is the right leader for these times and someone who is going to be able to continue the unity that we have but also address some of the very pressing problems.

and work collaboratively with miami-dade county and with our sister cities so i'm very very hopeful for our future we ushered in a new era in the city of miami it's been wonderful for me to serve for 16 years eight as commissioner eight as mayor and turn the page of course as a lifelong miami i'm always going to be cheering for the city cheering for the new mayor and the new commission as they try to move on miami's agenda forward expect great things from her she's

awesome electrician, awesome public servant. And with the new board together, I know that they'll do wonderful things for our community.

We wanted to continue to collaborate together with the new mayor, Eileen, as we do in the past. And when she was a Miami-Dade County Commissioner, we are here to continue putting people first in Miami-Dade County.

We are looking forward to working with her. We know that together we're going to keep transforming lives in the city of Miami.

I am so excited to get to work with Mayor Higgins and her team and all of my colleagues as we serve our residents every single day.

I hope to work with the new commission and the mayor so we move Miami forward and I want the taxpayer and the residents to know that we're going to work hard to get the business going in the city of Miami.

We are ready to lead. Eileen and I have a lot in common. There are changes that we want to make in the city of Miami and we're going to get to that right away. So I was really excited to work with Mayor Francis Suarez and I'm equally excited to get to work with Mayor Eileen Higgins. I know she's got a wonderful trajectory in the community of getting things done for Miami-Dade County and now she can laser focus on the city of Miami and we have a wonderful team in the commission and we're really excited to work together.

I look forward to working with her. I look forward to her energy. I don't know, women bring a certain je ne sais quoi to elected office and she's a wonderful public servant. She's already proven herself and now we get to work together and I'm so excited for what is to come. May God bless the city of Miami.

I feel very proud to welcome James Reyes to be the next city manager here in Miami. Today we swore him in. He's promised to serve with integrity, care about our employees, care about our city and our residents, and I'm happy to welcome him to the city of Miami.

Very proud of this day. It's a full circle moment in my life. Obviously being a kid in Miami-Dade County and being able to serve this community is truly an honor. To be sworn in here today, it's no coincidence that I wanted to be sworn right here at the MRC where our staff does the great work that they do. And I will be working with them hand in hand to serve our community in a more efficient and effective way. So I look forward to building relationships and tapping into the talent that's here.

You guys serve our residents and I want to be here to serve you all.

So thank you so very much for being here today. Thank you.

It's been a great day. We've been out touring the construction of not just the new soccer stadium, but also the new administration and city hall building, which will become our new home in a couple of years. We've gotten a great look at also the great park amenities that are going to be out here. It's good to get a handle on where we are with all the phasing, learn what needs to be done next, and make sure that we get a wonderful place for city employees to work and for our residents to enjoy.

The progress that has been made, seeing the garage, seeing the retail space, we're going to have wonderful green spaces for our community to come and enjoy here. It's truly exciting times for this area of Miami and stay tuned for future progress.

District 5 has the largest number of parks in the city of Miami, and when we upgrade and renovate our parks, it gives me a sense of pride for our community, the neighbors, coming to a safe, beautiful park on a beautiful court with new backboards and nets, and I'm here for it, and I can't wait to come back for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the community center as well.

Oh man, this is so important for the City of Miami. We have just recently renovated some basketball courts for our community here. It's really important that we continue to invest in our community and provide safe, playable surfaces and spaces for them and that we continue to do so and continue to grow our Parks and Recreation Department for the City of Miami.

I am here at a groundbreaking for another twin home project, a home ownership opportunity for two families that will reside in historic Overtown. Before the expressway came through this community, it was a residential neighborhood, and now I want to do my part to ensure that the families are able to create generational wealth in their beloved Overtown.

We're going to take a vacant parcel and we're going to fill it with some wonderful families. It's going to be their forever homes. And so this is what home ownership is all about.

We're super excited to be able to be a part of this, to be able to build a duplex and to afford families in this community.

Did you know that as of now, all commercial landscapers and residential gardeners working within the City of Miami must have a landscaping certification? To obtain the certification, you can attend a mandatory free landscaping certification course held at the City of Miami Department of Solid Waste. The course takes place on the second and fourth Saturday of every month, as well as the first and third Wednesday of every month, from 10 a.m. to noon. This permit is required for all commercial landscapers and residential gardeners operating within the City of Miami limits. Be sure to obtain your certification to continue operating within the City of Miami.

When a storm is on the horizon, turn to 311 for assistance. From FEMA information to evacuation centers, 311. Stay safe and informed.

Carjacking is a serious crime that can happen anywhere, anytime, and to anyone. But did you know that most carjackings happen when the vehicle is not in motion? Here are some tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of a carjacking. Always park in well-lighted areas and keep doors locked and windows closed when driving the vehicle. When stopping at a traffic signal or stop sign, leave sufficient space between you and other vehicles in case you need to change lanes. When approaching your vehicle, keep your keys in your hand, unlock the door with a key fob if possible, and lock it immediately once you're inside the vehicle. Check the area around the vehicle for suspicious persons before approaching your vehicle. Travel on well-traveled and illuminated streets. Be familiar with the streets and locations you are planning to visit. Keep the volume of the GPS low so that it's not heard from outside of your vehicle. If you are the victim of an attempted carjacking, choose life over the vehicle. Give them your keys. Run away as fast as you can. And remember, always be safe.

Kijan Okara Poté Incident 2.3 Illegal in Miami Reporting illegal property incidents is important in order to resolve the problem without losing time. Residents who report an incident should go to 911 for an act and 311 for a pre-act act. If necessary, they should submit a report on their official website at miamiveroweb.com. in order to get rid of illegal waste. This is an important cooperation in which the community and the environment work together. They are able to report all illegal waste Buy Crime Stoppers now! 305-471-424-367 Gain a $500 reward for a crime that causes irritation or arrest.

Did you know that the dangerous excessive speeding law is now in effect? This is a criminal offense for any driver who seeks the speed limit by 50 miles per hour or operates a vehicle in 100 miles per hour or more in a manner that threatens the safety of others and is punished as follows. First conviction, up to 30 days in jail and a fine of $500. Upon the second subsequent conviction, it will be 90 days in jail and a fine of $1,000. A person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of dangerous excessive speeding within the last five years of the first conviction will have their driving privilege revoked for up to one year.

Every choice you make can have an impact, so keep yourself and your community safe with these rail safety tips. It takes a train a mile to stop, so stay off the tracks. Don't try to beat the train. Remove headphones near the tracks. Stopping a bad decision is easy. Stopping a train isn't. Be safe and stay off the tracks. Take the pledge today at brightlinesafety.com.

MPA is protecting you.

If you do scan it, you may compromise your personal and banking information. We are being more vigilant. We are removing the QR codes from our parking signs. And we urge you to use the pay by phone app to make the parking payment.

We want to hear your opinion. Help us shape the future of Choli, the city of Miami. Share your opinion in the Grand Plan Choli survey. Go up for free, follow the route, and start exploring Miami on Thursday. If you have any questions, call 311. Or call 305-416-1130. Thank you.

Want to participate in a public comment at a Miami City Commission meeting? Simply sign up to speak before the meeting starts. When it's your turn, approach the microphone and begin by stating your name and address. Then, clearly and concisely express your opinion, keeping the time limit in mind. Your participation in the Miami City Commission meeting is invaluable to our community.

As technology advances, scammers have figured out multiple ways to use it against us. Scammers target consumers searching for company contact information online by purchasing fraudulent ads that look legitimate. When individuals click these ads or call the displayed numbers, they are unknowingly connected with scammers and share personal information. Victims often only realize they have been scammed weeks later. To protect yourself from online search scams, follow these tips. One, always use the phone number on your FPL bill instead of searching for contact information online. Two, check the URL for misspellings or extra characters. Three, look for the padlock icon, which indicates a secure connection. FPL will never demand immediate payment through an app like Zelle or Venmo, a prepaid card or wire transfer to avoid service disconnection. FPL will never ask for personal information, such as account numbers or your social security number. FPL will never ask for personal information unless you call them, in which case we will ask questions to confirm you are the account holder. FPL does have energy experts who complete home energy surveys, but FPL will never solicit a customer by phone to offer home energy surveys. Our FPL energy experts will visit your home only if you request the survey and make an appointment. To spot a scam, you should know the process for late payments. FPL tries to be as flexible as possible, giving customers 21 days after the bill issue date to make a payment. Shutting off someone's electricity is always our last resort. Recently, we have been seeing an increase in scammers knocking on customers' doors claiming to be with FPL or a company that works with FPL. If you have a scheduled appointment, ask for the work request number prior to letting a worker in your home. Contact the FPL care center or law enforcement if you think you have been a victim of a scam. It is also important that you report the suspected scam or fraud to FPL. Go online to fpl.com slash protect for more information.

The City of Miami Department of Solid Waste is proud to announce the official launch of its new Services Alert System, a real-time communication platform designed to keep residents informed, prepared, and engaged with their solid waste services. This new initiative reflects the department's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality, reliable, and environmentally responsible services to all City of Miami residents. Through the services alert system, residents will receive timely updates on essential topics such as collection schedules, service delays, hurricane preparedness, and other important updates. The launch of this platform marks a major step forward in enhancing public communication, safety, and community engagement. Residents can easily enroll in the services alert system by visiting the City of Miami's official sign up at MiamiZeroWaste.com. Stay connected and never miss an update. Sign up for services alerts today. For more information about City of Miami Solid Waste Services, visit MiamiZeroWaste.com or contact 311.

Illegal dumping is a real issue here in the city of Miami. The disposing of bulky trash and yard waste should be done following the city's once-a-week bulky trash collection schedule. Residents who do not receive City of Miami solid waste services can bring bulky trash items to our Department of Solid Waste mini dump facility located at 1290 Northwest 20th Street. It is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. and on Saturdays at 8 a.m. through 12 p.m. Please visit www.MiamiZeroWaste.com for your collection, schedule, and guidelines. By working together, we can create a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable Miami for our residents.

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Necesita ayuda mensual para cubrir sus necesidades básicas? Usted podría recibir SSI si sus ingresos y recursos financieros son limitados y tiene 65 años o más, o si es un adulto o niño con una incapacidad o ceguera. Llame al 1-800-772-1213 y oprima 7 para español, o visite segurosocial.gov-ssi para iniciar el proceso de solicitud producido por el Seguro Social con fondos de los contribuyentes de los Estados Unidos.

Millions plan for retirement online. Estimate your future benefits, apply for retirement, and manage your benefits all from the comfort of your home. And give yourself the freedom to do what you want offline. Social Security's online services help put you in control with secure access to your information anytime, anywhere, allowing you to spend more time with family, friends, or simply just enjoying the day. Social Security, securing today and tomorrow. See what you can do online at socialsecurity.gov.

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who can be used to provide food and water in the city of Miami. To provide food and water in the city, there is a program to collect food and water in the city once a week. Residents who receive food and water services in Miami are able to access in 1290 N. W. V. Street. It opens Monday to Friday. Saturday at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday at 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. You can visit www.miamizeroway.com to join our lessons and directives.

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The life of every child is precious. If you care for a child or teenager with a disability and have limited income and resources, they may qualify for monthly cash payments through the Supplemental Security Income Program or SSI. Call Social Security at 1-800-772 or visit ssa.gov slash ssikids to learn more. That's ssa.gov slash ssikids. Message produced by Social Security at U.S. taxpayer expense.

Planning an event in one of our beautiful city parks? You might need a permit. Whether it's a birthday party, sports practice, fitness class, or a big community event, if you've got more than 10 people or need exclusive space, you'll want to check with the Parks Department. Applying is easy. For most events, just submit your application two weeks in advance with a $50 fee. Planning something bigger with music or rides? No problem. We've got special permits for that, too. For events at Kenneth Meyers Bayside Park, Peacock Park, or Fuller Street Plaza, there's an extra step. You'll need to attend a quick committee meeting. Don't let permit worries stop your fun. Visit our website for all the details and to apply. Let's make your event happen, Miami-style.

Buckle up and remember that children must always be properly restrained. Car seats and boosters provide protection for infants and children in a crash. Yet, car crashes are a leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13. That's why it's so important to choose and use the right car seat correctly every time your child is in the car. The best car seat is the one that fits your child's size, is installed correctly, and is used properly every time you drive.

Attention, City of Miami residents. Are you looking for a great place to celebrate a birthday or host a fun outdoor activity? Look no further than the City of Miami's parks. With plenty of green space and beautiful amenities, our parks are the perfect venue for any occasion. To reserve a park for your event, simply visit the City of Miami website, type reserve a park in the search bar, and follow the instructions which include selecting the park of your choice, checking the calendar to make sure the park is available on your preferred date, filling out the reservation form, and paying the reservation fee. Please remember, it's important to keep our parks clean and beautiful for everyone to enjoy. We'll see you at your next event at one of the beautiful parks in the Magic City.

Notice a damaged sidewalk in Miami? If you've come across a sidewalk in Miami that's broken, uneven, or damaged by tree roots, we want to know. Before reporting, verify the sidewalk is within city of Miami limits by checking the city's website. To report, note the nearest house or street address and call 311. A photo of the damage will also help ensure quick recognition. For more information on the city's repair plan, call Public Works. Let's team up to fix Miami's sidewalks.

See a problem? Don't let it stay. Report anything from potholes to noise complaints through 311. It's your tool to make Miami cleaner and safer for everyone. Call 311, your voice for a better Miami.

leave no trace policy it's been extremely successful ever since we launched we removed trash containers from our spoil island we want voters to keep their trash within their vessel pack out what you pack it leaving trash behind especially plastic is extremely detrimental for marine life we are servicing the islands on a weekly basis city of miami marine patrol they're actively enforcing the rule on the spoil island you can definitely be fine voting community to utilize the trash receptacles that you have at home that are provided by your local government and use those trash cans to throw away your trash. Enjoy the island. It's a beautiful island. It's a natural resource. It's very important to keep these islands extremely clean at all times.

Fasten your seat belt and make sure that the kids are also wearing it. Car seats and boosters provide protection for babies and children in case of an accident. Car accidents are one of the main causes of death for children between the ages of 1 to 13. The best seat is the one that fits the size of your child, is installed correctly, adapts well to your car, and is used correctly every time you drive.

El Departamento de Residuos Sólidos de la Ciudad de Miami se enorgullece en anunciar el lanzamiento oficial de su nuevo sistema de alertas de servicios, una plataforma de comunicación en tiempo real diseñada para mantener a los residentes informados, preparados y conectados con sus servicios. Esta nueva iniciativa refleja el compromiso continuo del Departamento con la prestación de servicios de alta calidad confiables, eficientes y responsables con el medio ambiente. A través del sistema de alertas, los ciudadanos recibirán actualizaciones sobre temas esenciales como horarios de recolección, retrasos en el servicio, preparación para huracanes y otras noticias importantes. El lanzamiento de esta plataforma representa un gran avance en la mejora de la comunicación pública, la seguridad y la participación comunitaria. Los residentes pueden inscribirse fácilmente visitando el sitio oficial de la ciudad de Miami en MiamiZeroWaste.com. Mantente conectado y no te pierdas ninguna actualización. Regístrate hoy mismo en el sistema de alerta de servicios. Para más información, visita MiamiZeroWaste.com. MiamiZeroWest.com or call 311. MiamiZeroWest.com

Did you know that the dangerous excess speed law is already in effect? It is a criminal offense for any driver who exceeds the speed limit by 50 miles or more or who operates a vehicle at 100 miles per hour or more in a way that threatens the safety of others and is punished as follows. First sentence up to 30 days in prison and a fine of $500 or both. Second sentence up to 90 days in prison and a fine of $1,000. Big news, Miami. We now have free Wi-Fi in 15 different parks. The following parks will have free Wi-Fi available to you.

From students doing homework, to job seekers applying online, to families staying connected while enjoying the outdoors. This is access that empowers. With all of these benefits, Miamians are sure to thrive. This is more than internet. It's about equity, opportunity, and building a more connected future for every Miamian.

My cousin David went missing February the 6th, 1971. He left his home heading to Centon Terry College and was never seen again.

His brother said that he heard the door shut. And he looked out the window and saw David walking away. He said that he went and opened the door and yelled something to David. He doesn't recall what he said to him, but he said that was the last time he'd ever seen or heard from David. He was supposed to be headed to Centenary College to a debate

david had left that day and did not seem worried how he was going to get to the destination even though the destination was almost about 10 miles away like he left to go meet somebody to take him there we just don't know who that somebody would be some people don't even know that this mr president report is still active there are some people who

have been here in Shreveport all their lives, they graduated from that school during that time, you know, that may see this and may have some information on where they last saw him or might have said, hey, I picked him up and gave him a ride. You know, everybody still wants answers and wants closure. You like to remain positive that there is some hope out there and still hopeful, you know, that he's still alive.

He is missed. The family, you know, it's just not right without him. It's not the way it should be. You know, my cousin has been missing for 53 years. It's time for us to get answers. It's time.

Este hombre estaba manejando un poco sobre el límite de velocidad. Ve todo el daño.

Ahora, Priscila no solamente iba a los hospitales o estaba en el programa, también lo traía a la casa. And we made her a dinner. And for me, that growth came to me deeply. And how can I not tell my wife that I love her so much and not support her?

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The City of Miami has some great news we want to share with our local businesses. If your business has been a part of Miami for over 10 years, the Office of Zoning wants to give you the recognition you deserve. We're launching a new initiative where qualifying businesses will get an official Certificate of Recognition from the City. It's a celebration of your dedication, your long-standing service, and the positive impact you've had on our neighborhoods and economy. Here's a quick guide to getting yours. Head over to the website link, click on the print button, use the drop down menu to select either your Oracle invoice number or your customer number. Just enter that number, hit continue, and you can download and print your certificate right away. We truly appreciate you being a part of Miami's story and keeping our city strong.

Miami Parks is leading a movement to promote a free future of foam in its parks and beaches. Polystyrene use in city parks is prohibited, in an effort to create a brighter future for future generations. The use of materials such as styrofoam, anime or polystyrene foam can increase the risk of cancer, as well as emitting toxic gases when exposed to heat. Also, if they are abandoned in nature, they can take more than 500 years to decompose. There are better and more sustainable alternatives that are recommended. Aluminum containers, paper-covered and non-covered products, recyclable plastics and reusable goods that can be taken home are all more environmentally friendly options and will help reduce the amount of waste generated in the parks and beaches of the city of Miami. Let's work together for a sustainable future.

Getting my high school diploma made me feel like I can do anything. Now I can help the kids in my community achieve their dreams.

When you graduate, they graduate. Visit finishyourdiploma.org to find free and supportive adult education centers near you.

There I was, 16, divorced, remarried with a baby, another on the way, and I could barely read or write. It was time for me to change my life and the lives of my family, so I went back and I got my high school diploma. That was the catalyst I needed. Now I have a bachelor's, a master's, and I became a teacher. Surprise!