Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

Chair Bolton? Here. Mr. O'Hara?

Here.

Mr. Brady?

Here.

We have a quorum. Thank you. Order of business. Any additions, deletions, deferrals? hearing none we'll follow the agenda public comments these I'll open the meeting to public comments these are general public comments in general I also at the end of each item I open it for public comment for item specific public comments so any general public comments at this time minutes approval of minutes

second all in favor aye mr. chair just got a question on the minutes is it necessary to go as verbatim as they've been going in the last number of sets minutes or could we just catch the action items Yeah, so if we could just catch the action items. I mean, I do minutes, and it's extremely difficult.

I hear you, and we had the discussion. I mean, the minutes are very detailed, and you love them, but I think...

I think we'll check this one, right?

O'Hare is making the same comment I made before, and it's to make it a little easier for you. It's more like bullets, what was said, what wasn't, instead of a verbatim. So we're just saying if you want to... Streamline the minutes a little more. Catch the synopsis.

There's a recording of the meetings, right?

A video?

Yes, but we still have to have minutes.

I know, but there is a full visual record of everything that went on if anybody wanted further or more in-depth information.

Yeah.

It's always posted. We hear you loud and clear. Just a comment. Just a comment.

Make it easier for you guys. We appreciate it. I wasn't even going to say it again. I said it once. They're fine, but they're fine, but I just wanted to help you out. All right. Quasi-judicial items.

So please be advised that the following items on the board's agenda are quasi-judicial in nature. If you wish to comment upon these items, please indicate the item number you would like to address when the announcement regarding the quasi-judicial item is made. An opportunity for persons to speak on each item will be made available after the applicant and staff have made their presentation on each item. All testimony, including public testimony and evidence, will be made under oath or affirmation. And in accordance to Section 2-100 of the Village Code, any lobbyist must register before addressing the board on any of the following items. Additionally, board members must disclose any ex parte communications concerning any items on the agenda pursuant to Section 2-86 of the Village Code. So at this time, I'd just like to give the board members an opportunity to disclose any ex parte communications, if applicable.

I had ex parte. I met with Barry and had them show me...

applicant reached out to me, but I didn't respond. Thank you. Be fair.

Thank you. And at this time, the board clerk will swear in any persons who wish to testify on any quasi-judicial matter.

For those who wish to speak on any items tonight, do you solemnly swear or affirm that what you are about to say is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

I do. Okay.

All right, moving right along. New items, RSP 2547, owner Frederico Eduardo Rojas Ayala. Did I say that right?

Chair, just for the individuals online, can you please use your mic? I'm sorry. No problem.

Moving to item 7A, RSP 2547, owner Federico Eduardo Rojas Ayala, agents Ariel Villella, 335 Northeast 101 Street. Planning Director.

Thank you, sir. The lot is approximately 10,350 square feet in size. It contains a single-story, single-family dwelling originally built in 1951. The existing structure is a living area of 2,260 square feet. It's configured with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The applicant is seeking to demolish the existing structure while proposing the construction of a new two-story single-family dwelling comprised of 4,454 square feet in size. The proposed site plan indicates a total of six bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, a one-car garage, and swimming pool with outdoor terrace area. Staff reviewed the request and found that the single-family feature land use is compatible with the R18.5 zoning district. and the 22 different zoning criteria and found that the site plan generally complies with all of the village code requirements and therefore we're recommending approval along with all of these stipulated conditions as found within your staff report. Thank you.

Thank you. Any questions from the board to the planning director? Would the applicant like to present their project and discuss it with us?

Hello. Good evening, members of the board.

And state your name and address, please.

Sure. My name is Ariel Vilela, 3822 Triton Drive, Weston, Florida. I'm here to present a new single-family home proposed for 335 NE 101 Street. The existing one-story home will be demolished, and we are planning to build a new single-family home, two stories for a growing family that love the village. As you see, the architectural style is modern, have sleek designs, and also is composed by several masses and volumes that play with the volumetry, and reducing the impact of the views from the street. It doesn't look like a massive volume. We follow all the ordinances from the city. And we are not asking for any variance or waivers in this case.

Thank you.

If you have any questions.

Any questions from the board to the applicant? I have a question. Tell me about the roof material. Is it a metal roof? It looks like I'm looking at this rendering and it looks like it's like a standing ceiling.

Yeah, we are planning to use like a metal roof.

So let me ask just, is it a standing seam metal roof? I'm just looking. It looks like the seams are going in the wrong direction. Maybe it's just a drawing.

Yeah, it's going to be like a seam roof. Yeah.

On all of the roof surfaces is metal?

Mainly on the two-story volume and the one on the side.

You can see it on here.

The other one is going to be like a flat roof.

OK, flat roof with no parapet.

Flat proof with no parapet.

Any other questions from the board to the applicant?

I guess I'll jump in here. So I appreciate how you attempted to break up the mass, but I have some question regarding what your design inspiration is here and how you feel the design fits into the harmonious nature of that street.

I think this is not our first design. The first design was completely, the volume that you see on the front, it's just one, like a two-story volume, the same plane. We didn't realize that we have to step back to create, you know, like a... some depth, especially on the front facade. That rendering that you see over there is because it's taken from the front. I think there is another isometric fuse. Doesn't look like it's recessed, but if you see it from the side, it's really like it's recessed. So I believe, even though it's a very nice modern design, it doesn't look like a big mess, like normally you normally see on the new... for contemporary design. I think there's a lot of volume to articulate, not only on the front facade, but on the sides, on the back. There's a lot of articulation that is very unusual in contemporary design. I think we are happy with the design we proposed for the city.

I would agree with you. There's a lot of articulation of the design. I think it's nice. That street has a lot of Mediterranean arches, things of that sort. And what you're proposing here is in drastic contrast to what's on the street. And I think the front facade, especially, What's kind of hitting me is that blank space next to the windows, between the windows and the front door, that that's kind of what's hitting me there. And yeah, to the left of that, just that straight volume that's just kind of broken up by eyebrow. It's kind of very repetitive and it kind of looks like a commercial structure rather than a residential structure. But I do, like you said, articulation, there's a lot of it there and I appreciate that, but I think that front section could be examined a little bit more closely.

Okay, totally got your point.

It's something that we... Just kind of when you see it on the street, when you see it, especially on the photos that you selected to the right and to the left, you have a number of arches on that street, especially to the right and to the left of subject property and across the street. So it's kind of where... what I'm thinking, but I do appreciate the articulation, but I think just that mass there, if it could be broken up a little bit further, maybe switching the windows, switching that blank space right to left, I just kind of see what everybody else is thinking here.

Oh, what I'm thinking, I like the articulation compared to some of the stuff we've seen in the past, you know, so I mean. Yeah, absolutely.

Mass has broken up. That's one of our pet peeves, if you want to call it that.

Would you suggest that they kind of change the configuration of the windows, either make them larger or some other angle that would break up the space?

I think it's just that flat plane that you see. That's what you're hit with. But he's breaking it up on all the sides, but it's just that way. Fat plane for the two-story? Yeah.

It's not the same plane. I mean, from that angle, it looks like.

I know it's set back a little bit, but it doesn't matter if it's set back from the pedestrian view. Your eyes just see that big blank expanse.

Let's see if there is an isometric view. It's the page zero three. I think it's one of the first pages. That is like some isometric views. Now you can see there's the volume with no color, but it's probably the third page of the set.

I see the remote is not responding.

Or 3.02. 3.02. Which is the front.

Yeah, but that's an elevation. But if you go to the third page of the set, there's some isometric views. that you can appreciate more the depth we are giving to the second story. Sheet 1.1, is that what you're saying? Is it 0.03?

0.03, okay.

Fine. There you go. On the top left, you see that volume is stepped back like six feet from the other one.

So the second floor is stepped back from the first floor?

Yes.

I see. And that other elevation doesn't really show that, maybe.

I think it's the angle. It's not up. It's not up.

Maybe what's throwing it off is the roof pitch on that front section when you're looking at the sheet 1.01 on how that goes with everything else on that street.

Let me, can I open this for public comment and then we'll finish our discussion? Yeah. All right. With that said, let me open this item for public comment. Any members of the public want to comment on this specific item? If so, then please. Sir, let me have, I'm going to open it for public comment, so they're going to go to the podium. So if you open for public comment, state your name and address.

Okay. Sorry, a little uncomfortable being squished there. My name is Stephen Schulman. The address is 471 Northeast 101th Street. Any other questions before I continue?

No, please make your public comment.

By the way, I thank you, Eddie Nunez. You spoke to me a few times and gave me some information. But, you know, I'm trying to wonder, well, why am I here? So I'm going to give you a little back story of who I am.

And you have three minutes.

Well, I'll get right to the point. I live on the same street but the next block over for 34 years. I saw that house when the existing people there bought it and spent a fortune rehabbing it, making it look beautiful, what it is. Now all of a sudden these people want to come and demo it and build something twice as big in the same lot, which is totally not in sync or whatever word one of the gentlemen used, with the rest of the street. That's a beautiful street. I'm one of those houses that has the arches. I think mine's 80-some years old. Everything looks the way it should be. When I bought it, it's what it is now. And what I'm concerned about is, If people want to spend all this money, certainly they could find someplace else where it's not going to inhibit or detract from the ambiance of what the street looks like, with the trees, with the homes, with all the arches and all that stuff. It's totally out of place. And my fear is, if you guys allow this to happen, when's the next person, multimillionaire, going to come and decide, OK, we're going to put another one? On the block after me, between 5th and 6th, I used to have a fellow friend of mine who used to be very prominent here called Barry Asmus. He's since passed away. He fought like heck so the neighbor's house, which was bought, would not be destroyed and built like in a mega mansion or a box or a prison. And now it isn't. It's beautiful. They kept it to one story and did it well. And I just have a feeling this is going to set a precedent. Somebody's going to come, come before a PSA, and then say, well, you did it here. Why not me? And I have the experience, because I'm a real estate investor, and I'm an insurance broker. But my business is in Western North Carolina, so it's a little different. But I know you open it up for one, And how's that person going to say no? And then they're going to say, well, you're discriminating. And bottom line is, I have a home. It's nice. It's beautiful. I keep it up. It cost me a lot of money living here. And I don't want to have that. Plus, the most important thing, aside from what's going to take place with that big monstrosity that they want to build in the same lot, is the trucks, the dump trucks. the massive amount of construction companies coming and going on the street, from 6th Avenue down to 2nd. And the street is already populated with a lot of other things. They're bringing their stuff in. They're tearing up and destroying all of this house that's there. Where is all the construction debris going to go? Just put it in another landfill? It just makes no sense to put that there, that size. They could easily find somewhere else to put it.

Sir?

That's it. Thank you. Okay. So that's all I have to say. Thank you very much for letting me talk. And if anybody has any questions, I'm here. I've been here 34 years, so I've done this plenty of times. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Any other public comment?

Yes.

Hi.

I'm David Lynn. I live next door to the property. I'm the one who has this. 319 Northeast 101st Street. And we work very hard to make our house look older. We removed things that previous owners put in there and we had to go through the board just like this to get approvals to make our house consistent with the area. I'm in agreement with a lot of what he has to say about this area we bought in here for the charm of the area. I understand this is they own the lot, they can do what they want to do within reason. I'm very thankful that we do have a board that busted my chops when I wanted to go ahead and do things, but it leads to doing the right thing. My primary concern is over our privacy with that second floor coming in and literally looking into our pool area and the noise of the equipment. that's going in there because with a house this size, you have more air handlers and things of that nature. So you have more fans and machinery going outside. And part of what we love in our neighborhood is the quiet of it all. And that's really our primary concern. The neighbors are great neighbors, by the way. We love them. It's just I didn't get to speak to the architect to talk to him about placement of equipment so we mitigate noise.

Okay. Thank you.

And privacy looking right out of a kid's room right into our yard because of the second story. That's it. Thank you. Thanks.

Any other public comment on this item? Thank you. So I guess to follow up on that, can you kind of go through the equipment, the mechanical equipment placement?

Yeah, we do place the equipment on the second floor behind a parapet that is there.

For the record, you have to speak into the mic so the clerk can dictate.

If you could just stand at the desk there and talk to the mic.

So I was trying to point out where the equipment is. I believe the gentleman property is the one on the west side. So the west side would be, I think, the window. The man is referring is the one that you can see there on the top.

And it's elevated, making it work. Your equipment's elevated.

Oh, OK. It's not a ground. And the equipment, you don't see it from here because it's behind a parapet that you can see it on the side. But it's the, I don't know, it's hidden by a high parapet. And it's also set back. I think it's 13 feet from the property line, so it's not that we are placing the equipment in the wrong place as per ordinances.

So can you go to sheet, I guess, A2.02? I think a 2.02 is the second floor plan. So show us the equipment. It's right there on the left, right?

On the left, yes. Behind a parapet.

How high is that parapet?

It's 42 inches. 42 inches.

42 inches. Okay. And it's block?

It's block.

Block. Okay. Okay. Any other questions from the Board to the applicant?

Mr. O'Hara? Just a question for our counsel tonight. So can you explain how this works with three votes?

Because we only have three members of the board present, in order for an item to pass, it would have all members have to vote yes for an item to pass tonight.

Okay.

So it has to be unanimous.

And if it's not unanimous?

Then it fails. Or there could be a motion to table or to continue if you would like, if it's at the leisure of the board. But if one person votes no, unfortunately the item does not pass.

Can't come back to the next meeting if it Or like how does it work because there's three of us?

Well, the applicant can reapply or they can appeal to there's a process that they can appeal to The City Council or the village council, but because we only have three members present the voting has to be unanimous Or an item to pass if it's defeated though, it can't come back for a year I

it's if it's denied that is correct okay do I get a motion I would say I think you've heard a lot of comments from the board I think you've heard comments from the neighbors which I think are fair I think your design is on the right track of breaking up the mass and the articulation so I would say I would give you a little bit more time to kind of address some of those concerns, maybe meet with the neighbors. So I'll make a motion to table.

I'll go ahead and second it. But I do want to comment that a subset of concerns, particularly from our first speaker, are impossible for the applicant to make short of building the house and at this point I assume he's committed to moving forward if there are some design features you can change to meet some of the board's concerns you know it's possible but but really for including moving the air conditioning units but really in terms of the concern that people choose to knock down old houses and build big new houses is a problem we've tried to address a couple of times. I think we've done some things that have narrated some of the worst problems, but I assume that's going to continue to happen. And if you look at tonight's agenda, the two other houses that are demolished and new are really owned by corporations that I assume are in the development business. So I would recommend you to give some thought to what you can do to reduce some of the mass on the front side of the building and then come back when you come back.

I agree.

Mr. Chairman?

I think the House looks good. Thank you. You know, I think the articulation compared to a lot of the houses we've seen, you're below our FAR. You know, the board, I'm one person on a board, so, I mean, they'd like you to address some of the massive look coming from the front, if you could. So, the problem is if we take this to a vote and it doesn't pass, it's not unanimous, then you have to go either appeal it to the council or wait a year before you can resubmit. So that's why we often give, with the applicant's comment, give them the opportunity, hey, Do you mind if we table this, give you a chance to rethink it, make sure that – we want to help you. We want to make sure you pass. We want to make sure the neighbors – we're just trying to bring consensus for everybody is what we're trying to do. And I think an easy thing is to see if you could relocate that. the equipment on the ground level somewhere.

That's totally an option. It's totally an option and we are open to that. And if that's the only comment and you want to add it as a condition, we can relocate it. We have a space to relocate it somewhere else.

So right now, I guess I have in front of me, I got a motion and a second to table this. So I guess I'm going to take it to a vote. And all in favor? Aye. So the motion's tabled. So I guess get with our planning director, and he'll help you figure out. We'd love to see you at our next meeting and try to get something approved.

Okay.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. You can take it. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Okay. Item 7B. Berry University. Agents Marissa Neufeld. Address 11300 North Miami Avenue. Planning Director.

Thank you, sir. I'm going to give a brief history on the property just to kind of set the tone for where we are tonight. So on September 11, 2023, the village council adopted ordinance number 2309, and that set forth the approval of the amendments to the comprehensive plan for seven parcels that were redesignated to the community residential future land use category. Later on in 2024 and subsequently adopted earlier this year in March 2025, the council also established Ordinance 2504 for the schedule of regulations for that same land with development zoning rules for the CR Community Residential Zoning District for those same seven parcels. The reason we start with that is just to clarify that those seven parcels, roughly 23 gross acres, are not part of this application tonight. We're essentially talking about the 77 acres that really encompasses Berry University's operations. So that is at subject tonight, and we essentially wanted to just clarify that from the beginning. And then we'll go into what the request is before us. The property at hand, 77 acres, is currently zoned Special Use University S1 District, and it has a future land use map designation of government and institutions as the adopted villages comprehensive plan. Pursuant to adopted comprehensive policy 1.2, this land use designation is intended to accommodate a full range of community support facilities, including governmental buildings and facilities, public utility installations, PARKING, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, CULTURAL, AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS. BARRY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS LOCATED AT THE ABOVE REFERENCED PARCELS OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 77.81 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF I-95, WEST OF NORTHEAST SECOND AVENUE BETWEEN NORTHWEST 115TH STREET AND NORTHWEST 111ST STREET WITHIN MIAMI SHORES. Campus operations consist of seven colleges and schools specializing in undergraduate, graduate, and professional educational services. The earliest structure on Barry University campus founded by Gerald Barry dates to 1940. There are a total of 54 buildings on campus which are nationally designated historic. None of these buildings are proposed for renovation at this time. However, any future proposals would require review and approval by the Historic Preservation Board and subsequently the Planning and Zoning Board. The applicant is requesting approval of the following items. Barre University is requesting approval of a university campus master plan and parking plan for the construction of new athletic fields and overall athletic facility upgrades for the portion of property located at the southwest corner of Northwest 2nd Avenue, Northwest 111th Street. This request also includes interior renovations to several existing campus buildings to allow for more efficient use of existing facilities. The athletic field upgrades include softball field, baseball field, soccer fields, and associated structures such as locker rooms, dugouts, spectator stands. The university does not anticipate any increase in enrollment as a result of these facility upgrades. Why are we here? Well, pursuant to village code section 411 for the S-1 zoning district, site plan review and approval by the planning and zoning board shall be required for universities. Development that is consistent with a campus master plan approved by the Planning and Zoning Board shall not require further review by the Board at the time of actual construction. Therefore, staff in coordination with the Clerk's Office and the applicant conducted thorough historical research in order to determine the existing of a previously adopted campus master plan for Barrie University. Unfortunately, no evidence was found indicating that Miami Shores ever adopted or formally adopted such a plan. Pursuant to Village Code Section 521.6, University Parking Master Plan which governs, the following provisions apply. No building permit will be issued for any development that is not consistent with the University Parking Master Plan. Therefore, to proceed with a formal building permit application for proposed athletic field construction and related athletic facility upgrades, Barre University must first obtain approval and formal adoption of both the University Campus Master Plan and the University Parking Master Plan in accordance with the requirements of the code. Additionally, we'd like to add that there are two declaration of restrictive covenants. One adopted, one recorded in May 19, 2000, which is a covenant in lieu of unity of title, which was recorded in the official record book to unify portions of the university for future development purposes. Secondly, on July 20, 2011, there's a parking declaration of restrictive covenants, which was recorded in the official record book to ensure that campus operations activities comply with the village's parking requirements. Both covenants include provisions stating that should any amendment, modification, or release of the instruments be undertaken, the village manager or his or her successor shall execute a written instrument effectuating and acknowledging such amendment, modification, or release. The applicant has indicated that these covenants are not part of this current request under consideration. Should the applicant later elect to pursue a formal amendment, modification, and or release of these covenants, the village manager may determine the appropriate process for review, which may include seeking input or direction from the village council prior to considering any administrative action. Furthermore, as part of the master plan approval process, our traffic reviewers also did a well-informed independent study of the impact analysis for traffic. And we've reported that the impact study generates no net increase into student enrollment. And therefore, there are zero new vehicle trips. Subsequently, a traffic concurrency analysis was also undertaken on the roadways located in the vicinity of the project site. This analysis also indicated that all roadways located in the vicinity of the university are operating at an acceptable level of service and will continue to operate adequately. Based on that review, planning and zoning staff is recommending approval of the proposed master site plan and parking. Overall, we find that what is being presented generally meets the village zoning code requirements. We do have one minor adjustment. Item number six in your conditions is typically the catch-all that references any potential site plan has to be built within a year of approval. We're dealing with a master plan. In essence, a master plan is kind of setting the tone. It's like a mini zoning district is what we're really putting in place. So in the future, should the applicant decide to have any expansion on site, staff is going to be reviewing this versus the zoning code and also this document so I think what makes sense here is that if the board wishes to tie the development approval to the actual athletic facility that can be done but we would request that we also adopt some sort of language that essentially says the master plan can run in perpetuity and up until such time that the applicant decides to you know file an amendment or make any other sort of deviation from it so that would be our slight modification to it and I know the applicant is here should you have any further comments or thank you thank you any questions from the board for the planning director adoption of the master plan includes adoptions of the revised athletic fields you are correct

And any future new development on those sites comes back to us or no?

Yes.

In all circumstances?

Yes.

Any other questions? I got a question just to help me understand. So it sounds like A, we need to approve. There's no master plan on file. So A, we need to, I guess, approve their master plan as presented. Is that correct?

That is what's before you.

Once that's approved, that's now in the record, and that's Barry's master plan. You're correct. Moving forward for whatever master plans are used for.

You're correct.

And then secondly, then we're here to approve the improvements at hand, which is the construction of new athletic fields and overall athletic facility upgrades.

Yes. Correct?

So I guess that would be like two motions you could get from us, one to approve the master plan as presented and one for the upgrades? Or you're saying, does that make sense? Or is it all like one package, you know, one motion to approve as presented that will do both of those for us?

Well, it's tricky because the reason why that they're wanting to approve the master plan is so that they can So it's on file? On file so they can do the renovations to the buildings.

I mean, it's probably something that should have been on file a long time ago, right? So we're catching up.

Yes, we're catching up. And also from our office, I have Susan online, and she has had experience with this particular property as it relates to the comprehension plan and all of that. So I don't know if Susan wants to chime in.

To me, it just made more sense, you know, doing, you know, one thing because they seemed kind of getting that master plan issue taken care of first and then, you know,

approving this you know yes and I think the reason why it's teed up like that it's because of you know certain deadlines for construction and getting that building permit on the book so I think that's why the planning director teed it up like this but I'll let the applicant speak and then I have one other question maybe help me with these declarations of restrictive covenants yes

I don't completely understand that. What did they accomplish? A, what did they accomplish? And then B, are those going to continue on, or are they getting released, or how does that work?

Well, as of right now, they would continue on. They would stay in effect. And should the applicant decide that they want to process some sort of amendment or a release of those, then we would have to establish a process for what that's going to be. Right? All right.

I mean, they're in effect. I just got confused because they were talked about, you know.

They are talked about in the application. However, that request is not before you today, only the approval of the master plan and the parking master plan. I think it was additional detail that was presented in the application process. However, it's not something before the board today to vote on.

Okay. All right. Thank you. Did you have any other questions for the planning director, Dan?

No. I mean, I guess the athletic fields are not in the master plan as presented?

As of right now, they are.

Yes. So by approving the master plan, you would approve both?

Yes. And it's because of the way the village code is set up. The village code essentially has instructed staff that we cannot approve any building permit until a master plan is in place.

So if the board adopts the master plan, the master plan includes the requested field. And then when that is done, then you can issue or somebody can issue a permit, whoever. I mean, this village can issue a permit to allow them to continue or to go forward. Yes. OK.

So we're kind of catching up on an omission that was in the record.

I halfway remember a conversation that there was a master plan that was submitted 12 years ago.

Okay. I'll tell you that the code, it was very confusing because the code is written from a perspective assuming there's one in place.

Okay. Okay.

However, we haven't been able to find evidence of it.

Okay.

Thank you. Would the applicant like to share with us?

MS. Good evening, members of the Board. My name is Marissa Neufeld with offices at 333 Southeast 2nd Avenue. I'm joined tonight by my team from Berry University as well as our consultants from Kim Lee Horne and Traffic Engineering. Just to give you a little background, you all are aware Berry has been around since 1940 and has been within the village for their 85 year history. And our request tonight is somewhat limited. We are here to request an upgrade of our athletic fields. But because the village code requires that before a building permit is approved, that we have to have a master plan and a parking plan in place, we are here for that housekeeping item. So to answer your question, I think that if the board makes a motion to approve the master plan, the applicant, Barry, can then go apply for the building permit for the fields because the fields are depicted on the master plan. If we do some development in the future that is not depicted on the master plan, we would have to come back before this board and amend our master plan to reflect that new development. So just to clarify the question there. So with respect to the athletic fields, the fields already exist today. So what we're seeking to do is an upgrade of those facilities and making the fields more efficient. So by rearranging the fields, we are going to be able to offer a wider array of sports And also, we are proposing to replace the existing grass with turf. And that will also allow us to use the fields more efficiently from a timing perspective. Because when you have turf, you don't have the same kind of rest in between use. So we'll be able to use the fields a lot more. We are very excited about this request because it will facilitate a partnership between Berry and Miami Country Day School, which is a premier educational facility and has been an asset to the Shores community. So this request is going to allow that partnership, which is becoming very, very common to have a K through 12 partnering with a university in this type of developed urban area where space is so limited. This request also is going to facilitate campus life at Berry. Over the past few years, Berry has really changed the makeup of the student body. We've almost tripled the amount of student athletes we've had. And that's without increasing student enrollment. So basically the class composition now, where we used to have 200, 250 athletes, we now have upwards of 600 athletes. And that makes for a campus where the students, Berry can retain the students much easier, and students are engaged and really involved in campus life. So it's really a win-win because it helps to improve the Berry community as well. With respect to the master plan, what we did was we looked at the code sections 411, which governs all the zoning regulations, as well as section 521.6, which talks about the university parking plan, and we surveyed the very facilities and we created an as-built condition. So really, that's what you're seeing here today. This is what's existing, but for the reconfiguration of the athletic field. As part of the master plan process, we could seek deviations from the code. We could ask for certain relaxations from the code, but we are not doing that. We are adopting all of the existing zoning requirements for our particular zoning district. And anything that – any condition that didn't have a requirement already, we are just taking the as-built condition. So we aren't seeking anything new, anything different. This is just going to be adopting what is existing today. So our request does not generate any additional students on campus, and the athletic facility upgrades are really gonna facilitate that partnership that I talked about with Miami Country Day School. Our master plan really just seeks to memorialize the as-built conditions, and we've been respectful of all of the existing code regulations. So with that, I want to thank staff for their recommendation of approval and for working with us so closely. Timing is super critical for Barry, so we're excited to be here tonight, and we're happy to answer any questions.

Thank you. Any questions from the Board to the applicant?

Earlier this afternoon, we received an email from you, Eddie. Do you want to go into that? Comments from Member Spirk?

How would you like me to?

I guess this would be the time to kind of, I don't know how you want to handle it or read the whole thing or take piece by piece, whatever you think is the best way to go.

So basically the email was public comment for consideration of the board. So if there is anything specific in the email that the board would like to ask staff or the applicant, then we can dive into it. But it is a public comment, so I'm not sure. if you want us to read all of the questions to the general public or how you would like to.

I think you would, I would request with concurrence of the rest of the members of the board to read the whole entire thing because, I mean, Brandon did take a long time reviewing this, and I think it was a little bit more than a public comment. I think he was trying to create a dialogue and see if he could get some of his concerns answered. I don't know if it was shared with the applicant.

MS. If I may, Mr. Nunez, is this the email that you sent earlier? MR. Yes. MS. So we did have a chance to review Mr. Spirk's comments, and I prepared a response in conjunction with our Traffic engineer and the parking engineer from Kim Lee horn and also input from Barry with some of the operational questions So we have that and I'd be happy to provide it to each of you for review with our responses So let me ask here.

So just to make this like I also have staffers on the record. I mean I hate to Sit here and listen to you for read this for ten minutes Should I have Eddie read this? for the record? I mean, do you want to read? Just so it's in the record and then I'll have her respond and I'll have the applicant respond to it?

Well, it's in the record because it's been submitted and is part of the proceedings, right?

It's a public record. Irregardless because it was sent and it's a village commission The way that the board wants to handle it if you want Eddie to read out the questions But it is a public comment in effect.

So how about we do this just to move this forward Eddie? And it sounds like Marissa's prepared so that that's good. You had a chance to prepare for it. I mean read number one and In its entirety, let Marissa respond to it, and then we'll read number two, let Marissa respond to it, and then if the applicant or anybody has any questions, we can do it that way, and that way we address it, and it's all discussed. I'm glad that the applicant had a chance to review it.

And just for the record, we will distribute the copies of the comments with our responses, just so that you could have it in front of you.

Okay. Thank you. All right. So Eddie, if you don't mind.

Yes. Gladly. The master plan specifically states that no incremental growth of students, faculty, and staff is envisioned for the time horizon of this report. So the first question is, what is the time horizon?

There's no specific time horizon for this plan, but we intend to use this for the foreseeable future. And like I mentioned before, anything that is not shown on the master plan, if we make a change in the future, we do have to come back before this board.

Number two, is it reasonable to believe a substantial repurposing of what the master plan implies as underutilized buildings, see master plan page 10, application PDF page 111, will not result in any new additional load? staff was able to respond to this one and I know that Barry also has a the applicant has a response so staffs responses we reviewed the master plan and the traffic study based on the information provided and indicated student enrollment would not increase due to these improvements

Yes, and I concur with that. Also, just to add an example, we have a library that's filled with books. And in changing times, we plan to repurpose some of those areas and make more technology-forward spaces. So those are the kinds of things that we looked at.

So Eddie, if we could just pause for a second. So on that, on the incremental growth of the students, you're not seeing incremental growth of students enrolled at Barry, but you're seeing a significant increase in people using the athletic fields.

Yes. So just with the change in the student body, like I said, with the increase in the number of students, we now, for the first time, we're going to be offering NCAA women's flag football. That didn't exist before. So it's not going to necessarily be an additional new student, but we're going to be able to offer that to an existing student or attract a new student to the freshman class that we didn't previously have.

But there has been a significant increase in the enrollment at Barry from previous years to last year. According to an article in the South Florida Business Journal, that's the case.

I have the vice president here who could speak to that directly with the enrollment. But we're not proposing any additional students over our existing enrollment numbers.

OK. The article in the South Florida Business Journal is a little bit different than what you're saying. And the reason I know, because I had an article shortly before that one, so it popped up on my feed. And that's the only reason I saw it. But it did say, very proudly, that enrollment was significantly increased at Barry. So I'm just kind of wondering how that.

I'm going to have someone from our Barry team just hop in real quick and address that. Hi, Jennifer. Just say your name and address.

Jennifer Boyd-Pugh, Barry University. I serve as the Vice President for University Administration. And my home address is 16147 Northwest 14th Court. I live in Pembroke Pines. in Pembroke Pines. So, thank you, good evening. Let me just address Barry's historical enrollment population over the years. I've been around, I've been at the university for 31 years. We used to have an enrollment upwards of 9,000 students that was on our campus. And our enrollment has fluctuated over the time that I've been present at the university. And while, yes, there are periods where we have larger enrollment or lower enrollment, we're nowhere near 9,000 students any longer. And our undergraduate population has pretty much been stabilized. Again, we have peaks, and we have lots of online students and graduate students. And when we talk about athletics, athletics is swapping out our undergraduate population. It's really a swap from a demographic cliff that we're seeing in the market. And I'm sure everyone around the country has heard what's happening from a higher education perspective. And so it's taking the undergraduate population and swapping out the makeup of our undergraduate population with more student athletes. So that's essentially the answer. And our current enrollment is anywhere between 5,800 to 6,000 students. So we're nowhere near where our prior enrollment used to be back in like the early 90s.

Okay, so I'll just read what it says. It says, Barry University experienced the most overall growth with 5,961 total students enrolled in 2024, a jump of 19% from 2023's 5,006. Separated into categories, the school saw a 13% hike in full-time enrollees to 3,776 from 3,331 and a jump of 30% in students enrolled part-time to 2,185 from 1,675. And then it goes into about St. Thomas University and things like that. So incremental growth from that number reduced from total 9,000, like how is the traffic study kind of looking at all that?

So I'm dating backward, right, to the 90s, to today. What I'm saying is that today, in terms of on our campus, Right? We don't have the same amount of students even back when we were growing and building residence halls. That's number one. And number two, remember, some of our growth is coming with law, which is located in Orlando, as well as coming with our online student population. It's not necessarily students who are traveling to our campus every day.

Okay. Understood. Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

And dual enrollment, our dual enrollment students. And that ranges all the way to Orlando as well.

So all those things are caught in that?

All those things make up that number. And those students are sitting at high schools. So there's a lot embedded within that enrollment growth.

No, it's brilliant. Congratulations. I just happened to see it. And then this came up and the questions were raised. So I figured I would ask the question. Thank you so much. Thank you.

All right, I guess moving on to item two.

All right, traffic report. The report notes that the 11th edition of the IT manual was utilized to calculate the trip generation report. Why wasn't the 12th edition used, which was published in 2025? Staff's response, the 12th edition for the IT was published at the end of August 2025. This traffic study was completed in early September. It is expected to provide time for transition acquisition of the new ITE manual. As there was no increase in student enrollment expected, the net new trips was zero. The outcome of the traffic study would not have been impacted by the use of the 12th edition of ITE.

I reviewed that question as well with our traffic engineer and I concur with staff as well.

Number two, how did COVID affect the 11th edition and does that generally cause trip generation analysis to be lesser than that resulting from the use of the 12th edition? What engineering adjustment factors, if any, were applied to account for the lesser traffic experience during COVID pandemic? Staff response, the 11th edition of ITE was not adjusted due to COVID, rather during the time period between the years 2020 to 2022. Traffic engineers were asked to utilize a COVID factor to adjust projected traffic volumes accordingly. This factor was not the same across the board, but rather was determined during the methodology process for each individual development.

And the only thing I'll add to that is that all of our counts were done, were collected in 2024, so really COVID wasn't a factor any longer.

Eddie, if I can just have a question here. So the study is saying not a significant amount of traffic generated by the reconfiguration of the fields. but there will be a significant increase in the use of the fields by people that are not at Barry. Is that true or not?

So with the partnership with Miami Country Day, it's all occurring at off-peak hours. So when we're looking at traffic, we're looking at peak demand times. So when we have additional use that occurs at off-peak times, it doesn't increase our trips.

So the times used by Miami Country Day would be...

They're the afternoon and weekend times.

So school gets out at almost 3, get over for a game for 3.30, 4 o'clock, and the game lasts two hours, so we're impacting traffic at that time or no?

The...

Hi, Chuck Sennett, Miami Country Day School. I'm the athletic director. I've actually been there 35 years, and I'm a proud alum and baseball player at Barry. So this partnership, the way that it's come full circle has been amazing. We are going to be practicing in these facilities primarily. We get out of school at 3.20, so at 4 o'clock we are going to send vans or bus the kids over. There is no driving on their own. They're not allowed to drive to practice. Parents are not allowed to go and attend. We are going to ship our kids over there for the practices and then bring them back. It's a safe way to do it from a liability standpoint, and it's a great way for us to be able to do it so there is no additional traffic to be able to come into this facility. So it's for... Student practice only it's for practices only for game The only time we'll play games there is on the baseball field when Barry University is out of town So if they have a game at Tampa and I think it'll be seven games throughout the year. We'll play a game and Mr. Bolton's been at country day. It's not a huge load. We may have 50 fans that come to the game. Yeah, the traffic that's going to go back and forth is not by any means going to be substantial. Okay.

Thank you.

Next item. On page two of the traffic engineering study, two tables are shown, one titled existing use and intensity and the second title proposed use and intensity. Why do the tables not include trips for administration and staff? Staff response, the independent burial input for ITE manual is either students or employees. The conservative approach would be to get an output of trips based on the number of students versus the number of employees. The ITE TRIPS are dependent on data sets collected, so the TRIPS are based on similar-sized universities with a similar student count. The purpose of these tables were to indicate input data used for the TRIP calculations. Next question. Why do the tables not recognize increased load due to the proposed MCDS use of multipurpose fields? All right. And is this part of it too?

All right.

The memorandum parking elements of use agreement between Berry University and MCDS indicates that an increase in traffic, possible 100% increase related to the usage of the multipurpose fields could result from the agreement. Further commercial concessionaire vending is not limited. Why aren't the traffic impacts as a result of the uses outlined in this memorandum not contemplated in the traffic engineering study? So for that, staff's response was, the trips being proposed by MCDS were taken into consideration. As shown in the traffic study, there are over 550 available peak hour trips available. Also, the fields can be used by MCDS on Monday through Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays 8 through 12 p.m., which indicates that much of the use will be conducted during off-peak hours. I think we agree with that. Why doesn't the application address increased traffic flows through adjacent neighborhoods and proposed mitigation measures? For Florida Statutes 163.3180, this proposal has net zero new trips or minimal impact. They would not be responsible for the mitigation of existing deficiencies. Therefore, this was not addressed in the current traffic study. The next set of questions, number three, Barre University main campus parking study prepared by Kimley Horn. The majority of these fall under the applicant's purview, but we'll go through it. The parking study shows page I, application PDF 121, that during existing peak conditions, all available on-campus parking is fully utilized, leaving no excess capacity. During the peak parking counts, what steps were taken to verify that vehicles were not parking in informal or in non-designated locations? such as along curbs, drive aisles, or in areas not striped for parking in addition to designated parking.

So I actually think that the answer is you want us to count the illegal parking because you want us to show what the actual demand is. So that's what we did. We captured all of the parking that was being used at a particular time to create what the demand number was. So we did capture illegal parking because if we didn't, it would be somewhat of a misleading number.

Next one. The study indicates that peak parking demand exactly matched available supply. From a statistical standpoint, how likely is it that demand would align perfectly with supply without any additional vehicles seeking parking?

I'm going to have our traffic engineer explain this one because it's a little more numbers than I'm qualified for, but go ahead.

Good evening, Raquel Solanikio, offices at 2 Alhambra Plaza in Coral Gables. So I'll go through the numbers one by one just to clarify how we calculated them and so that I can present them to you in a way that we can follow. So when we collected the demand, including illegal spaces, there was a peak demand of 1,429 parking spaces, and that was at 11 a.m. on a Wednesday during Founders Week, which is the university's peak operations. And so we wanted to make sure that we were providing a conservative analysis, so we looked at data, roadway data in the area, and on top of the really conservative operations when we collected that peak demand, we overlaid a 6% buffer on top of that 1429 spaces, which resulted in our peak season demand of 1515, 1515 spaces. So that's our peak demand with which we're comparing everything.

Peak demand, that means 1,515 cars that needed to park on campus. Exactly, yes.

And so at the time that we collected this data, we took a survey of all of the parking areas that fall within the university within Miami Shores. And that resulted in a total parking supply of 2,092 parking spaces available. So at the time, there's a delta. I can't do the math in my head. But right now, I'm thinking it's like 550 available parking spaces, or 570. However, that 2,092 parking spaces includes 580 spaces that fall within the podiatry law of the university, which is no longer being used for parking. And so we wanted to remove that supply and make sure it's excluded so we could represent the actual available parking supply. And at the same time, there were some restriping efforts that the university had gone through changing the parking supply in some of the parking areas. removing 11 spaces from one, fitting in another six or so spaces in another, and so on. So based on those efforts and eliminating the 580 parking spaces from the podiatry lot, that resulted in, not coincidentally but on purpose, that 1,515 available supplied. And again, those restriping efforts were to make sure that the peak demand could be accommodated within the Miami Shores campus. Even still, we have some planned restriping efforts in some of the areas to provide additional vendor spaces, to provide scooter parking, and we detailed that in the parking study, but that would result in a net increase of five spaces. So the total future parking supply within Miami Shores would actually be 1,520, or five greater than the peak season, peak operations demand. And even still, we took a look when we were taking a survey of the proposed parking supply. Berry University has some facilities that are located outside of the village. They're on Northeast Second Avenue, on the north and west quadrant of 115th Street, and also on the south side of the university. Those areas, we wanted to exclude them from our analysis because they're outside of the village. We want to make sure that we comply within the village. But those areas actually have a supply available of around over 400 spaces so in case there is overflow supply needed there is that available supply thank you any questions questions from the board so so where would where would parents from school

if they came to watch? Are they parking in the lot or are they parking on the square?

They're not coming during the week for the practice. It would be for the games only. And that would be just in any of our available parking. On the weekends, there's countless surplus spaces within the university.

Do you have any other questions? I kind of just find it hard to believe that parents would want to go and watch their kids practice.

We've been practicing at Barry now for the last two years. On their side field, our lacrosse teams have been going over there from January to May. So this has been routine for us. We've had maybe two parents of practice, if the kids have to leave early, get permission from us to go over and do it. But every time we've gone over there at 345 to drop our kids off for lacrosse practice, I don't know the number, but there are probably 400 empty spots in that parking area just off the baseball and softball field. There are a lot of empty spots during that time, but we've been doing this for two years with, I think, almost zero impact on traffic. So this is not new. It's maybe a little longer period of time, but it's routine for us now that we've been doing it.

Great that you're here.

Thanks. Item three.

The aforementioned Barry memo infers and in practical terms confirms the Barry MCDS arrangement will generate additional parking demand even though it attempts to manage and limit that demand. If parking is already at capacity and possibly over capacity, how does Barry intend to address the additional demand?

I think that we clarified this already with how the operations are going to work with the vans, that we have the numbers were taken at the peak time. These are going to be off peak with the games. So I think that I won't bore you with rehashing all of that.

The next section deals with the release of covenants. In light of the potential deficiency outlined herein, is the release of covenants advisable at this time? Staff response, the applicant has indicated that these covenants are not part of the current request. Should the applicant later elect to pursue a formal amendment, modification, or release of the covenants, the village manager may determine the appropriate process for review, which may include seeking input or direction from the village council prior to considering any administrative action. The next question was, would the board support the formal issuance of a statement request to council and the village manager that the applicant address all deficiencies in a manner that is satisfactory to the board? I would defer to the attorney, but it seems that we have a release of covenants, so the points move, right?

Correct. We're not releasing any covenants. Correct.

Has staff evaluated the proposed master plan and athletic field agreement against the recently adopted CR district? Staff response, the parcel of land currently containing the future land use category CR community residential are not part of this applicant request. When those parcels are rezoned to the CR zoning district and a site plan application has been filed, that would be the appropriate time where a traffic study would be reviewed as part of the site plan review. The current applicant request is seeking to establish the University Campus Master Plan and Parking Plan and that is being reviewed pursuant to Code Section 521.6 University Parking Master Plan to which the applicant has provided satisfactory documentation. Number two, would the increased traffic likely resulting from this application adversely affect a development in the CR district? Staff response, as there was no increase in student enrollment expected, the net new trips is zero, therefore no increase in traffic. and would the cumulative increases in traffic associated with this application and proposed to our district adversely affect neighboring residents it's really the same response we would review the CR district site plan when that ultimately gets filed that's not before us tonight what we're looking at is the parking master plan for current operations and And the last question is, is it reasonable to request the applicant conduct a broader study to include traffic impacts from both the application and CR district? It would not be appropriate to do so because that's not before us. What we're dealing with are the current operations with this master plan.

Thank you.

Any other questions for our planning director or our applicant?

Can we go back to number four again? Can you explain that again to us about the covenants and what the purpose of them were and why we're saying it's not applicable? If you can just kind of expand on that there. Because it was very confusing when I was reading about the covenants in the package.

Mr. Nunez, I'm happy to hop in. Just to clarify, so the two covenants mentioned, one of them is a covenant in lieu.

Thank you.

Handy easel. One of them is a covenant in lieu that was for future development of the Berry Campus. The land that that document covers is this block. That is not part of the master plan. So eventually, after the master plan is adopted, we are going to clean up that covenant since it's no longer covering Berry Campus. But it's not a part of this application. But just so that you're aware, that's what that covenant did. The second covenant is a parking covenant. And it tied... the master plan area and also this part, this block that is not a part of the application together. And it said that once Barry is in compliance with parking regulations, that covenant can be released. So we are not, that's not here today, but our intention is that once the parking plan is adopted, which shows that we're in compliance with parking requirements we would seek to release that covenant because it's no longer applicable so it's not before you tonight but that's you know a little bit about what the two covenants are and what our intention is in the future but they wouldn't come to us the way they're written now so they they can be released by the village manager And he may or may not seek input from an additional board, but the language of the covenant says that they could be released administratively if you meet the conditions.

But it specifically said planning and zoning would not be included in that process. I believe one of them said that.

Right. So the process, as stated, is controlled by the village manager. When their application comes before the village manager, if he decides to get input from the Planning and Zoning Board, at that time we'll kind of cross that bridge. I know that it was included in this application, but it's still very premature because they may, they might not, although they are stating that that is their intention to request the release of this particular covenant.

Let's just cross that bridge when it comes to us or if it doesn't come to us That's more of my concern when it doesn't come to us and it doesn't appear that it that it would be Just the wording was extremely odd to take planning a zoning board out of the process some just

Well, this is a covenant. I know, I know. And this is a covenant, so the language says that the village manager has the power to release that particular covenant, those two covenants.

I think that the parking covenant, the manager can release. The covenant in lieu, the manager can amend, or if we're seeking to release it, it goes before village council.

Yes, correct.

And the parking covenant is strictly on which parcel?

It's the main campus, these two blocks, and this block. But the terms of the covenant say, basically at the time the covenant was recorded, Barry was still in development. And so for each new building, Barry was supposed to provide 150% of the required parking for that building to catch up. But once Barry came into compliance with the village's parking standards, then the covenant can be released administratively by the village manager.

Okay. Dan, any questions? No. Let me ask a couple questions here. That drawing right there is the existing campus, correct?

Yes. What we're showing outlined is going to be the, that is the campus. And then what's hashed in blue is not a part of our application.

But the only, what's in front of us is just the red perimeter. So that's the existing campus. And you did an as-built of that, surveyed the whole campus, did an as-built, God knows how much that cost, in order to get this master plan in place.

Yes.

And I see the two fields there on the bottom left, and I'm going through this for my board here. The two fields on the bottom left. So what's in front of us now is what you want to change now from the master plan is you're basically changing the orientation of one of those fields.

Correct.

From a north-south orientation to an east-west orientation. So that's essentially the only thing you're changing from your as-built is that, and you're going to put it in artificial turf.

Correct.

All right. Now... Is there traffic issues around this campus at present? What time is there the most traffic of cars coming in, exiting, or going through Miami Avenue? I guess Miami Avenue is where there would be where there's no light.

So where's the peak? Just for the record, Joaquin Vargas with Fraptech Engineering. Well, there's two things. The university has their own peak, but we have to look at the peak hour of the street. So that is taken directly from the county. What the county does is they look at the two-hour period between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., so that is the standard. That's the highest two-hour period in Miami-Dade County. That's what we are required to look at. And according to the county data supplemented with the DOT, all of these roadways, according to their database, are operating at acceptable.

And that's fine. That's all, you know, I'm a civil engineer myself, actually, transportation. I build the stuff. But my question is just from eyes on the ground, what does the traffic look like here around campus during the day from the people who work on campus? Is it ever backed up or horns honking or people – FRUSTRATED. I'M NOT AWARE OF TRAFFIC ISSUES AROUND THE CAMPUS MYSELF. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT ANYBODY IS AWARE OF.

I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE RECENTLY TO DO ANY OBSERVATIONS, BUT BASED ON THE COUNTY DATA, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY BACKUPS IN THIS AREA.

DO YOU EVER SEE BACKUPS AROUND THE CAMPUS? YES. And that's probably because it's a pedestrian corridor.

Correct. But remember that the standard is a two-hour period. So you have to look at the whole hour. You may have a 15, 20-minute period where it's an issue. But according to the way that we have to look at it, it does meet the level of service.

All right. So there's really not a lot of traffic issues. Is there any times when the parking is – People are parking on curbs or spilling over into the local neighbors' yards and whatever around campus. I'm not aware. A lot of universities have that issue, you know, especially universities in dense urban cores. Yeah. I'm not aware of that. I mean, I think your relationship that you're trying to solidify with Miami Country Day is fantastic. I think it's a win-win for Country Day and for Barry. Barry gets the access to the swimming facilities of Country Day. Country Day gets to practice on fields. Country Day's campus, as we know, is probably getting quite congested as far as having athletic fields with the growth that they're realizing there. So I think it's a great thing for both institutions, you know, which are our main institutions in our village. So I think it's a great thing. So I support, you know, what you guys are doing. I don't see – I've been to Miami Country Day sporting events. Great school, but they're not an athletic powerhouse. They don't have hundreds of people attending their sporting event. I'm sorry. Girls' basketball has been very good for them, right? um but uh you know so there's really not i don't really i don't anticipate any increase in parking hassles congestion traffic or anything from this thing i i think it's great you're catching up getting your master plan in place getting it uh filed with the city uh if that wasn't a mission in the past whatever if it got lost whatever it's great you know and the only thing i really see here is You're improving your fields. So I'm in support. Thank you. Any other comments?

Yeah, you brought up a good point. It's something that I'll go back to my time on the Recreational Advisory Board, and our deputy manager served with me there many times. We had lots of great meetings. But there was one time where... was an overextension or use overuse of the fields during summer camps and so you know where I'm going with this so that I'm sure specifically Recreation Department requested to utilize the athletic fields for camps and Barry was unwilling to work with the village at that time so um you'd be I'm not saying anything that's not true because we both remember it. So I'm kind of just wondering why Barry's kind of just looking to Miami Country Day and not really trying to partner with the recreation department at Miami Shores.

We do have intramural club soccer from the Shores Recreation Center currently at Barry. So we are partnering with the village for that. And now with this application, doing the turf, we're not going to have such overuse of the grass, so there's potentially more opportunity there.

Okay. I'd like to see that partnership increase because it was disappointing when we heard at Recreational Advisory Board that Barry was unwilling to work with the village for that.

DAN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND MAKE COMMENT?

HI THERE.

AJ NICHOLS, MIAMI 113, NORTHWEST 106th STREET, MIAMI SHORES. PROUD RESIDENT SINCE 92. AND MY QUESTION IS, I'M TRYING TO ASCERTAIN THE FORM OF THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION The plan, it lists it as a sports complex. And I'm wondering if it's more than just beyond improvements. It seems like there's building of some, perhaps I've heard of a 9,000 square foot building and there's actual facilities being built. And as I'm looking at the plans, I'm seeing plans for a press box. And then when I'm looking at the application, I'm seeing something about the... I'm sorry, I lost it. Where was it? The alcohol application approval and the sidewalk cafe approval. So I'm just wondering, I guess the long and the short of this is can this be Is there any commercial uses prohibited? Are commercial uses allowed under this? Like, this is a 30-year agreement, so we have to get this right with an option to renew for another 10 years. So I understand the benefit to the universities, but I look at it, is it a benefit to me, my neighborhood, my town? And if you're going to look at games that perhaps are going to be televised, perhaps could be professionalized, I think I heard something about NCAA flag football or something. You know, are we going to, you know, we keep talking about, is it an increased enrollment? Well, are we going to draw gains that are going to draw a whole lot of cars in the hundreds? And are we going to be faced with, you know, sort of a mini Orange Bowl? You know, if you remember, the Orange Bowl was surrounded by houses and everybody's yards were getting parked on. And, you know, you can hear the noise on game days and things like that. So... Is this restricted to universities and everyone just singing kumbaya, or are we just trying to cash in and have a sports complex here? That's my question.

All right.

It's not apparent from this. I've been studying the plans for hours. I don't read plans. I'm not an architect. I'd love to see renderings.

So let me just, and it's comment only, but let me just make sure I understand your question. You said something about alcohol and what was your question?

Well, it's on the application, and I don't know how to read this, but it says alcohol application approval, $500.

After I excuse you, I'll ask the applicant. So alcohol... And then Orange Bowl-like situation.

Where you have a sort of mini stadium.

We all have been to the Orange Bowl.

But you're not going to get more roads. I've looked all over the place. And unless you knock down 12 houses, you're not going to expand even one of those roads. So if we're going to add this traffic potential of these games... and leave people with just a 30-year option to do whatever the heck they want, this can evolve. It always starts out one way. Lotto is going to be funding education, and then it becomes something else. I don't want it to become something else. And we have limits here, and we have to serve the residents first. This is residential.

Thank you. Thank you for your comments.

If my time is up, thank you, sir. Thank you.

Any other comments on this item from the public? No other comments? Okay. Applicant? So maybe just two questions I had following up on our public comment.

alcohol in the vending what was the situation on that and I know we have alcohol rules in the village anyway the planning director can clarify

So essentially we have an application and the application is all encompassing, right? You can apply for a variance, alcoholic beverages, so on and so forth. So the gentleman is reading from that application, but that's not what's checked off here.

Okay. And then is this thing going to spin into an Orange Bowl like situation?

Unfortunately, I don't think that's in our future.

Maybe we can have Chuck Sennett talk on that one.

One thing I want to give this board a little bit of comfort on, as part of the parking master plan, we are required annually to submit a report that will be reviewed by staff. So in that report, we'll talk about what's going on on campus. And that is a checkpoint between the village and us just going forward.

Thank you. Any other questions from the board?

I would just make a comment. I mean, the Berry Athletics is very successful in the lower levels of sports. It's not a Class 110, but it's won a number of championships, and I doubt that there's enough people there to fill up a rather large bus that aren't students for almost all the events. I mean, if you watched any of the... CLASS II FOOTBALL GAMES THAT WERE ON LAST WEEK FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, NOBODY COMES. THEY DON'T GO. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO GO WITH THE PARENTS OF THE PLAYERS AND THE STUDENTS. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF WHAT SMALL COLLEGE ATHLETICS IS LIKE.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION?

NO, YOU CAN'T.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

Can I get a motion? Mr. Chair, since we did have one public comment, and it's such an important item, I would like to grant the resident an additional two minutes to address the board, if I may.

The commenter? Okay. Not a problem. Please.

But I do base this on something. I've worked for Miami-Dade Television for 35 years. And I've watched many zoning hearings, many projects, many promises made. And I see how they go south. We're still waiting for parcel B behind American Airlines Arena. So I want to be sure. that we have an assurance that this will not be lent out to any professional organizations, that this will not be used for commercial gain, that this be used solely for the purposes that the zoning was intended for, and that's for university purposes. In other words, I want in writing that there shall be no commercial gain from this. This is to be used for students. I'm all for it. But the thing that would bring You know, when you have a facility, you want to rent it out. We got the day-cutting auditorium. We used to rent it out all the time, you know? And, you know, I've just seen so many promises gone wrong. And, you know, if it's going to be a 30... Why is it a 30-year agreement? Are we bound to that, too? Can we change our mind if this goes south? I don't know. I guess once a facility's built, it's built, and you can't really move it. But if it is something that can be... You know, unless it's spelled out, it's not spelled out. So can it be used for commercial uses or not? Can it be lent out to anyone else but Berry University or a country day school? Can people be brought in? Why is there a press box in there? You know, are we going to be covering these things on television? We're a small place. We can't handle this. You know, we're in the business of housing. Housing. And that's it. You know, anything else. Northeast Second. And anything else is... Unless it benefits this town also, I'd like it to also benefit the town and not be a detriment. Let's just put it that way. I just don't want to be a negative. Look, I love Barry. I think they've been a great neighbor. I have nothing against Barry. I have something against... unintended consequences, broken promises that I've seen over the years, and just, you know, just the idea that we've got to do things right, and why 30 years? Okay, thank you. We have an option to get out.

Thank you. Any other discussion?

I would just, if the applicant could just address the residents concerned, that would be great.

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Iris Escarra. I'm offices at 333 Southeast 2nd Avenue. I'm Marissa Neufeld's partner. And I also work with a lot of different universities, a lot of different sports leagues. This is a university campus, and it would be used for university sports. In order for it to have any commercial use, we would need to build a stadium with a certain seating capacity because commercial uses will not go unless there's enough 20,000, 30,000, 40,000. Dolphin Stadium is 67,000. so for example the fifa world cup is can only be played and that was joe robbie's brilliance he created a football field and he created a soccer stadium to have a fifa world cup so commercial uses will not come the inner miami stadium that's being built is 26 562 seats it cannot accommodate fifa it can only accommodate mls because it is built to that standard So any commercial uses, we would have to come back before this board and build a stadium with enough seating capacity to host it. We could only host university uses and the country day school.

So just to go a little bit further with that statement, if I can, Mr. Chair. So would it be fair for us to assume that that would be a proffer by Barry University on that restriction? Yes.

I don't want to restrict it. I'm just letting you know that it could not be accommodated. We cannot have a commercial use because the commercial use will not come without enough seats. And I'm happy to have Barry University speak to it. I'm telling you from a practical commercial perspective, I do enough sports stadiums to know it's all about the seating because a league of any capacity will not come unless there's a minimum of 20,000. SEATS IN A STADIUM TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH. THERE'S NO SEATS. THESE ARE FIELDS. THERE'S SOME BLEACHERS THAT WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE ANY COMMERCIAL USE. AND IF WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SUCH, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD TO BUILD SUCH A STADIUM.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? SO LET ME ASK YOU, AND PROBABLY I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO YOU, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE PODIUM. HOW MANY, THE BLEACHERS FOR THESE FIELDS NOW, HOW MANY SEATS ARE ON THESE BLEACHERS? and then and then and then that is correct if you're going to build something and build and expand the bleachers to expand the facility that would have to then come that would have to then be come back to the to the planning board so about how many seats are the bleachers on there right now hello good afternoon my name is Jamil Pierre with Kim Lee Horne to El Homer Plaza and the seats we're proposing are about 800 bleacher seats 800 seats? Yes. Per field or total? In total. So how does that work? 400 per field, I guess? Or one field's the practice field and one field's the game field, right?

It's about 500 on the south side and about 300 on the north.

So one is the practice field and one's the game field, I assume.

I believe that's a reduction of what we currently have today.

If I may, just to caution the board to kind of limit the hypotheticals as it relates to what may come before the board in the future and to observe and assess the plans as it is before us. Because I know the future is endless.

Thank you. Any other questions from the board?

Discussion? I think this has been... discussed kind of emotion I move to we want to approve the master plan that's the motion well both the master plan in the parking plan because they need the master plan in order to move to recommend the commissioner we just adopt okay we adopt the master site plan package including the site plans the master site plan and the parking plan

Do I hear a second?

For discussion only?

After a second, we have discussion.

Second for discussion only.

Okay. So I have a second? Yes. All right. Discussion?

So I'm going to take a page out of Mr. Bolton's book when there's three people here. So I would seek to amend the motion to include a request from the Planning and Zoning Board to the Village Council that the applicant address all deficiencies in a manner that is satisfactory to the Planning and Zoning Board prior to the release of any covenants at the Barry University property. Okay, so this is regarding the the covenants So this is a comment that mr. Spirk Suggested so I would like To include a request from the Planning and Zoning Board to the village council that the applicant address all deficiencies in a manner that is satisfactory to the Planning and Zoning Board prior to the release of any covenants at the Barre University property.

I'll accept a second for the amendment. I'm sorry.

Just to be careful, there's one covenant where the release is within the village manager's authority, and then another one is in the village council's authority. I get it. I get it. I understand.

It's both of them, all of them.

If I may, just for a practical perspective, since those covenants are not before you, I would ask that if you can move the item independently and then secondly, pass a resolution after the master plan and so forth, recommending to the city manager that any covenants come back before you, so like that the two are not tied together because that item is not before you. It would create a deficiency.

I would do it in reverse. Covenants first.

Or you can pass a resolution, but separate from a part from the master plan is what I'm trying to say.

I withdraw my motion.

Right. You can pass a motion, too, because you have the independent authority to recognize such.

I withdraw the motion. That's for approval.

I do agree with Iris, because the item is not before you today. Again. We do have a paragraph within the application that kind of discuss the covenants. And I don't know if the applicant would even proffer additional materials as it relates to the covenant. So I don't know if it is proper at this time. It's definitely the board can write a letter and resolution to the village council and the village manager as it relates to the covenants. But because the item is not before you today and it's just a paragraph within the application materials, But it's still there.

It's still there. It's in the application materials.

So, I mean, help me out here. So what's the issue with the covenant? I mean, I'd like to get this approved with our partners, Barry, and help them.

We're on the same page here.

But what's the issue with the covenants and then what's the best way to accomplish your concern?

The issue with the covenants is that it specifically takes the Planning and Zoning Board out of that process. And I have a problem with that. And obviously Mr. Spirk has a problem with that.

Okay. And my understanding was we're not releasing any covenants.

as part of this issue no the covenants will exist after tonight that is not before the board and as the language of the covenant states who has the power to release to amend the covenant let's vote on this issue in front of us and then if you want it let's make a resolution to the council

addressing the covenants. Do you want to do that? Or do you want to make a resolution now to the council?

Yes, I think that would be the fairest way to go. Do you want me to stab at it? Yeah, but just repeat it. That the Planning and Zoning Board requests that the Village Council address all deficiencies related to the material contained in the covenants in a manner that is satisfactory to the Planning and Zoning Board prior to the release of any covenants of the Barrett University property.

So that's your motion? Yeah.

I'll second it.

Comments, discussion?

All in favor? We've discussed it.

All in favor? Aye. Aye.

Thank you.

All right, back to the application.

I'd like to make a motion to approve the master site plan package, including the parking plan. Second.

All in favor? Aye. All right, thank you. Gentlemen. My over-under is busted. Totally. All right, thank you. Thank you, John. I did not drive by this house. You know, Eddie. I drive by it on Google.

Right. All right. Item 7C.

Right. RSP 2567. Owner, Allied Liberty Financial. ADDRESS 1025 NORTHEAST 92 STREET.

THANK YOU, SIR. THE LOT IS APPROXIMATELY 9,660 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND CONTAINS A SINGLE STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1969. The existing structure has a living area of 2,626 square feet. It's configured with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a two-car garage. The applicant seeks to demolish this single-family structure while proposing the construction of a new two-story single-family dwelling comprised of 3,824 square feet in size. The proposed site plan indicates a total of four bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, two-car garage, and a swimming pool with outdoor terrace area. Staff has confirmed that the single-family future land use is compatible with the r25 zoning district and we've reviewed the site plan and found that it generally complies with the 22 Zoning criteria as found within the villages zoning code and therefore we're recommending approval along with all of these stipulated Conditions as found within your staff report.

Thank you Thank you questions for the planning director from the board like to discuss the project?

Yes.

Please state your name and address.

It's David Martinez, 98139 Northeast 10th Avenue.

Okay.

So the project itself, around this neighborhood, there's a lot of new construction, probably about four or five new constructions. And these are massive houses that they're building. They're like 6,000. There's one that's 8,000. There's one that's 9,000. So with this construction, the idea was not to... do something that doesn't, in my opinion, doesn't fit the neighborhood with these monster houses. So this is a very modest house. It's 3,300 square feet under air. We use all the elements of the neighborhood with stone, a lot of greenery that's being used. And everything is being used strategically because, again, it's not a big house. So we have to use everything strategically. move everything in a place where we can make it livable, but at the same time usable. So the space doesn't feel so small. One of the components that I know that Mr. O'Hara had an issue with the first individual was the front. This one is kind of not the best rendering. There's another rendering that's a lot better at the beginning. If you go, keep going. Yeah, you can kind of see it there. So then that actual piece, because this house, it's unique in the sense that it's not CVS. It's all steel. It's an all steel home. So that portion actually has a... What does that mean, it's an all steel home? It's completely made out of steel. So like Superman. So the idea of it, it's a hurricane. It's a lot stronger than CVS. So the entire thing, there's no wood in it. The entire thing will be made out of steel.

I don't know. I've never seen a steel house. What does that look like? Steel sheets? Steel siding?

No, it's 16 gauge.

You don't put block? No.

No. Zero concrete. There's zero wood.

Is it like these steel buildings?

It's exactly like a steel building, yes. So you'll see it's steel beams. It's light gauge steel all around. Yeah, it's all steel. It's completely steel. So then when we're designing the house, we have to kind of do, since it's not CVS, we have to put a lot of thought into how it's being designed in order for it to accommodate the steel. So that component of itself, it's a low-bearing section. And that also houses the staircase, that portion right there. Because again, we have to make it in a way where we could have 3,300 square feet so it's not an oversized house compared to the neighborhood, but then yet be able to have the roof space that we need. So with the designer, that portion is all stone. It blends in with the greenery. So there's a lot of thought that was put in mind behind that. But it's not a design thing. It's a structural component of the house.

So explain to me the exterior finishes, please. I don't know how you attach them to a steel structure.

Do you stucco it? Well, no, there's no stucco there whatsoever. It's a process. It's called a stow system. So what we have to do, we have to put EXP sheeting on the outside. And on there, we put impact-resistant mesh. Then we put some adhesive. And then we layer it with a waterproofing. And then on top of that, we put what's called a stolate, which is an acrylic that goes on it. And then on that, we can then place all the stone and everything on it.

And that's for that big section in the front. That would be for the big. What about to the right side of that, on the right picture there, the right side, just the regular wall finish?

Yeah, the whole house will have this acrylic finish. So the paint, everything is blended in. The only difference with that portion is that we can actually attach stone onto that portion of it. Because the idea, again, we have to make it impact resistant. It's actually 200 miles per hour resistant of wind.

So it's steel sheets?

No, the skeleton is steel. So think of like a stick frame, but instead of stick frame, it's all steel. The whole frame of the house is steel. And then the actual face of it, it's going to be like fiber boards that go on top. And then we put additional layers of impact mesh and stuff in order to make it hurricane resistant.

So it's the structure that's steel, but the actual walls are going to be made out of something else. Correct.

A portion of it's a fiberboard, correct. Like you've seen dense glass, it's kind of a dense glass. Great question.

What do you do then? These are just kind of technical questions. So you put the fiberboard on the outside, and that gives you your exterior. And then, I guess, on the inside, you attach insulation or something. The inside, yes. And then do you do drywall on the inside? Yeah, we would have to do. Frame it and drywall the inside.

Correct. So the inside, we do the spray foam insulation in order to then give it also soundproofing and also impact resistance. And then after that goes the drywall.

Oh, so then you do frame it and drywall. And the inside's all right.

Of course. The outside's just a different construction. As long as it's in there, it allows you.

You know, because I mean, when I've read the stuff, I've never heard him talk about any science besides block. Can you make a house like this in Miami Shores?

It's going to be... Well, we have... My actual home is being... In other words, the frame is steel.

Yeah, we're building it steel as well, and you guys approved that design. Where is this? 9139 Northeast 10th Avenue. It's like three houses down from here.

Yeah, well, it's across the street.

I see you... Oh, okay.

Yeah. I don't think we knew... You came to us twice.

Yes, correct. Okay, yeah.

And that's going to be a steel... That is steel as well, yes.

I'd like to be safe.

Okay.

Any other questions?

My wife looked at this and actually thought it looked nice.

Oh, thank you.

I went for a walk down to North Bay Shore Drive. Okay. And with the exception of the huge house at the end of the block, nothing comes close to looking like this.

Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, well.

Yeah, they're building some monster houses over there. They're going overboard.

And you have, I guess, plantings along that second floor roof there?

Correct.

As shown in the renderings there. Yeah, the idea is to blend. And that's detailed in your drawings, those planters?

Correct.

They are? Second floor planters.

It should be on the floor plan.

A 24-inch high planter. Okay. Tell me, how's that built with the steel? Is that going to be blocked?

No, that's not part of it. The actual steel component of the house is the skeleton. Everything else is just going to be regular construction.

Okay. So what would that be? CMU?

That's just going to be concrete.

Concrete poured?

Yeah.

Okay.

And that landscaped area is... or not used?

No, that's going to be a terrace.

That's a terrace.

Yeah, because the idea for that, it's my field. We had an option to do a balcony in the back. from the master, but then my concern is always privacy of the neighbors, my opinion. So then what we thought would be better was to do, and again, we have very limited space that we could work with, so to make that area, which was already there, usable, and then make it into an enclosed space where you have landscaping, so you can't, there's privacy, but then you don't invade your neighbor's privacy as well. So we eliminated the balcony that was in the back, and then we just focused on that.

So the balcony above the, sorry.

Yes, there's a rendering one. There's one that shows a balcony. Correct. So then if you look at the, that's eliminated now. So then if you look at the actual floor plan layout, you'll see that there's no balcony in the back.

So the glass balcony above the pergola to the left of the pool is not there.

So if you scroll down, I don't know if you guys can go down. Oh, go up. You should go to the second one. One more. Okay. Now that's C1. Go down, I'm sorry. Another one. Another one. Okay. You see, it's eliminated. So it's no longer there.

Okay. Yeah, because the wall then goes to the

Yeah, you're not invading into other people's backyards. So here, it's your private area. It's kind of like you have your own private, but you're not invading in anybody's privacy. Nobody's invading your privacy, and it's a usable space. So then, again, the idea was I don't want to build a big house, so then let's try to work with what we have.

So the pergola is gone, too. That is correct.

And then the roof, the second floor roof is just a flat roof?

That is correct.

A parapet or no parapet? No parapet. No parapet, just flat roof.

Correct.

All right.

And tell me about the exterior finishes. The second floor exterior finish, it looks dark, I guess, here. I guess that's just...

paint colors? Can I see which one you're looking at, sir? Yes, that's going to be like a lime wash, which is the same style of my house. It's going to be also lime wash. So that all the elements from my house, we implement it to that house. So it kind of matches the name of it. That's a good one. Again, not a big house. It's just the one next door is also 3,600 square feet. So the idea is just to blend in. It's a two-story, the one next door. It blends in perfect. So that's wood cladding on the first floor? Yes, this would be wood cladding, correct. This is stone. Stone goes across, and then you have all the landscaping. And then this would be just like all light lime wash, which is, again, the same build that we have that we're doing on 9139.

So give me an example. Like the finish on the regular surfaces there that aren't architectural, just the white there and the black. What does that look like? I wasn't clear. Does it look like a cement board? No, not at all.

It looks like a regular paint.

How smooth is it?

I wish I could show you a thing. It's exactly like regular. It looks like nothing different because just the method of application is different.

I'm just trying to get a texture on it. It's not a stucco type texture. It's not a cement board texture.

I would say it's sand, like a stone texture. It looks like stucco, but it's not. the paint you don't paint it like regular paint right because it's designed into it so it's a it's called stole it so then when the guys come we have to have like 15 guys and they go and they do it kind of like stucco but the paint it's already embedded in there because the idea is once you finish it you don't ever have to wash the house again for 10 years if you don't want you don't have to do anything to it because everything's blended in the idea of that is to to

How smooth is it?

It's as smooth as you want. We have different options.

All right. And that's the craftsman who's applying it. Absolutely. Makes it smooth or rougher textured or whatever.

Correct. And then the job of that is... The biggest problem with stucco is that stucco absorbs moisture. And a lot of people don't know that. So then what happens is that you have an issue with mold, rotting, stuff like that. So with this, it's completely different. Why? Because it's an acrylic seal. So then once it's sealed, it reflects UV rays, it reflects rain, everything. So then the house stays like this for 10 years. It looks brand new forever. So it's like, I don't know why they don't build like this, but that's the idea. It's not regular paint. You don't have to worry about it. It's just very well done.

And it can be put on other, like, what can it be put on? Like, does the wall prep before it have to be a certain way?

Yeah, it's an entire process. You can't just slap it on into anything. And this is why you can't really do it on, I guess you could do it on CVS if you ought not to do a stucco, but it works perfect for steel product. Because we have, it's a blank canvas to work on.

So is this on a slab?

I'm sorry?

Will this be on a slab?

Yes. It's not a flat slab.

And so you just bolt the sticks to the slab?

Yes. We manufacture it. We bring everything on site. And then we start building the sticks. And then within like six weeks, you'll see this beautiful metal dome that's built. And then at that point, then we finish the little details and we do everything. But it's an awesome site.

Have you ever built any of these?

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Any place around here? My house will be the first one. This will be the second one. Do you know where E-Lake is in South Miami? We're building one there right now.

Okay. Where are you at with your house right now?

We're almost close.

Do you have the walls up?

No, we're almost done with permitting. I'm right there. No, I'm right there. Okay. Yeah.

Any questions for the applicant? I'd like to open this for public comment. Any public comment on this application? Discussion?

Move to approve the application as submitted with the conditions identified by staff. Second.

All in favor? Aye. Application passed.

Thank you, gentlemen. Have a good night.

Love your enthusiasm for the product. I'm excited. Can't wait to see it. It's hard for me to hold it back. Can't wait to see it.

Let us know when it's there so we can go and see it. I will. Yeah, please. Thank you.

Thank you. Maybe give us a tour when you have it. Absolutely. I walk by that house all the time. It's right there. Well, you'll see it when it's up for sale. Yeah, I'm interested.

Now, I walked by there today and I said, geez, I wonder what would have happened to these guys.

All right, item 7D, owner Guru Jupiter. Agents, Carolina Sullivan, 558 Northeast 94th Street.

Thank you, sir. The lot is approximately 9,600 square feet in size. It contains a one-story single-family home originally built in 1938. The existing structure is a living area of 1,682 square feet. It's configured with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a one-car garage. The applicant seeks an approximately 545 square foot rear addition and a 240 square foot garage conversion to the existing single family residence, which will accommodate a new master bedroom suite area and an interior reconfiguration of the home. The new total area indicates 2,227 square feet with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a home gym, and a rear terrace pool deck area. Staff has confirmed that the single-family future land use is compatible with the R17.5 zoning district, and we've measured the site plan against the 22 zoning criteria as found in the village code, and we found that it generally complies. And therefore, we're recommending approval along with all of the stipulated conditions as found within your staff report. Thank you.

Thank you. Questions for the planning director? Would the applicant like to discuss her project?

Yes, good evening, members of the board. My name is Carolina Sullivan. The address of the project is 558 Northeast 94th Street. And I'm here to request approval for a rear addition to make a space for a master suite in the property. The property is sitting on 9,600 square feet lot. itself under AC, it's very small. It's only 1,682 square feet. The house is not efficient right now. It's not functional, the space. There is only one master suite with an ensuite bathroom, which is very small. And the other two bedrooms are really small, 10 by 11, 10 by 12. And they don't even have closets. To get access to the second bedroom, bathroom, which is in the living room, and it's also the social bathroom, they got to cross the living room. So my intention is to add a master bedroom, which is going to be 545 square feet. It includes ensuite bathroom and two closets, his and her. It's going to be in the rear of the house. Actually, the addition, you're not going to be able to see from the public right of way. And I intend just to match the whole structure, the rear structure, same as the whole, you know, the current condition of the house. It's gonna be the same material, CBS, stucco, it's gonna have the same paint color. The roof is gonna be the same. I intend to do a roof pitch with Spanish clay tile. It's just the extra 545 square feet for the master suite. That I'm requesting, please.

Thank you. Any questions from the board to the applicant?

Oh, I have one more little note that I just heard. The application says to enclose a garage. I'm not enclosing it. Actually, on the comments, I made it clear that I'm not enclosing a garage. The garage never had an opening in the front. It's that type of house. that the opening of the garage, and I have the records from a long time ago, the front has never been altered. The access of the garage has been always in the back. And actually, the driveway is also in the back. So I'm not doing that work. And I made it clear.

So it's not a garage conversion? No, the garage is there. You're making a building addition in the back?

Correct.

So you're going to get rid of the driveway that's in the back?

No, the driveway is going to stay.

You're going to, over your new patio floor tiles, you're going to put the driveway over that?

Well, actually, yeah.

Your elevations don't have a garage door, so.

They're actually in the back.

There's actually not a garage door. That's a French door that is in place right now. So there is a driveway which is out of asphalt. My intention, which is showing there, is in the same location, just do bricks, pavers. But honestly, I just had a chat with my architect due to budgeting situation. I think I'm just going to keep the asphalt and maybe do like a small re-asphalt surfacing. But that's it. And I'm going to keep that driveway the same.

So where's the driveway currently located? It's in the rear.

Do you guys have the plans, if you don't mind, please? Yeah, we'll go there. Okay, there. So this is also, this is like the proposed, the pool is not part of this because the pool is gonna be in the rear and I was told that I didn't have to get permission for the board for that, but this is not part of this permit. But the driveway is right there. It comes from the back alley.

Okay.

Right. And that's going to stay the same. It's just the material, which at this point, I think I'm just going to keep it as asphalt because of budgeting.

So hypothetically, you're just coming off the alley, and if you need two parking spaces, they just park one in back of the other?

Correct. And also, there is this parking space right here, which is grandfather. I was told by Zoni, which is...

There's a... What is there? Asphalt in the swale?

Yes, correct.

Okay.

Yeah. they told me that i cannot you know like do anything in the front because as soon as i do that then i'm gonna i'm gonna lose this parking space so that's why i'm not i'm not touching at all the facade of the property and i'm gonna keep the two spots in the back and these two that are you know the asphalt here that is already there so i mean because you label the in the plan just labels it as a carport

And when I first looked at it, I thought it was just in. The garage is labeled as a carport.

Oh, OK. No, actually, that's incorrect. And I made that correction with my architect when I submitted the plans to Miami Dade. Correct. Yes, no. It's an enclosed garage.

Yeah, look, I thought it was a carport that was open, but it's not.

No, it's an enclosed garage. OK. You're right.

So your lot coverage proposed?

It's going to be the lot coverage or the total square footage of the home.

Maximum lot coverage.

I think...

I'm looking at sheet SP-2.

Yeah, I have the table here.

It says 23%. Is that correct?

Maximum lot coverage allowed, 3,840 square feet. And the house is going to be 2,227 square feet. OK. All right.

So there's a lot. You have a lot of room there.

Yes, I do. But I'm going to build the pool eventually later. So I don't want to just build a big house. The house is going to be only 2,227 square feet, including the new addition.

And the FAR is 0.23. All right.

Correct.

You have a lot of room there. Correct. All right. Any questions from the board?

Supervious. Okay. I guess there's going to be coverage.

Supervious, right?

Okay.

I'd like to open it for public comment. Any public comment on this item? None.

Motion to approve with staff conditions.

Second. All in favor?

Aye.

Thank you. Good luck.

Thank you.

Good night.

Good night. Item 7E. Owner 1180 Holdings, agents Veronica Fidel, 1180 Northeast 102 Street.

Yes.

The lot is approximately 12,946 square feet in size. It contains a one-story single-family home originally built in 1953. The existing structure is a living area of 2,013 square feet configured with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The applicant is seeking a 974 square foot rear addition to the existing single-family residence to accommodate a new bedroom and new master bedroom suite. The total habitable area indicates 2,987 square feet, complete with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, cabana bath, and a rear terrace outdoor area. Staff has confirmed that the single-family future land use is compatible with the R25 zoning district, and we've measured the site plan and found that it generally complies with the 22 different zoning criteria as found in the village code. And therefore, we're recommending approval along with all of the stipulated conditions as found in your staff report. Thank you.

Questions for the planning director? Would the applicant like to discuss her project?

Good evening. Veronica Fidel, 1180 Northeast 102nd Street. I'm the owner's sister and agent for the project. As mentioned, we're proposing to do a renovation of the existing home. Small changes. If you look at the site plan, We can stop here because I know that the remote's been glitchy. So part of what we're trying to do on the existing home is some slight changes to the facade. Okay. Some slight changes to the facade, which include shifting the front door of the home slightly to the left so that in plan we can have a larger kitchen to better accommodate a family. That kitchen window, which is to the right of the front door of the home, is being expanded to allow more light in. The planter in front of that window is also being expanded proportionally to the window. And the garage, the home was originally built with a single car garage, which was then closed in, and now we're reverting it back to its original function as a single car garage. There's currently an asphalt driveway. We're proposing to demolish that and replace it with old Miami pavers. And all of the planters in the home are going to be re-cladded with coral stone. So that you can see in the top two renderings. And the addition that we're proposing is on the southwest side of the property. So it's on the rear and you can't really see it from the street. But you can see it on these bottom two renderings and it's this volume right here, which again includes two bedrooms, the master, and one bathroom, bringing the home to 4-4. Part of what we wanted to do with this addition is make sure that it was subordinate to the structure. You can't see it from the street. It's not coming up in height or anything like that. And in terms of materiality, it's continuous with the same stucco, the same paint color, the same sloped tiled roof. We're also planning to do the same curved fascia that's on the existing home. And the windows that we added on the addition, all the windows are being replaced for impact windows, but the windows on the addition were actually taken from proportions from windows on the existing home. still high proportion and such. And we also made it a point to include muntins on all the windows because we didn't want to just slap on modern plain windows as I've seen a lot, but to keep the character of the home. It's a long presentation, that's why I didn't want you to swipe through everything. We're doing some cleaning of palm trees on the rear of the property for the addition. keeping the beautiful like live oaks that we have one on the front and one on the back and we're also proposing a lot of new landscaping we tried for the largest quantity of plants to be native so we're doing a Clusia hedge along the east south and west also creating additional buffer with our neighbors and the other plants that we're proposing if they're not native their context appropriate and we're really into landscaping so we're also excited about that also are you reestablishing the garage Re-establishing as it originally was built.

Undoing the garage conversion, I guess, in the past. Yes. You are.

Exactly. So there you can see the existing.

That's a first for us, isn't it? Yeah.

So that's the existing versus the proposed from the front. So you can see the slight shifts. And cleaning it up because it's been unkept and abandoned for a couple years. So it's very.

There's no one living there, is there? No. I went by.

Yeah, not right now.

Could get somebody to clean it up a little bit.

Yes, that's what we're hoping to do.

Let me ask, did you say occlusa hedge?

Occlusa is along the edge of the property to add additional privacy.