Remarks by Paul Mann
69 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 54:53
“Not much. Just curious, we don't see too many downzonings. What prompted the downzoning?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 56:37
“Thank you. Thank you. You mind if I add my vote to that?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:02:37
“Just a clarification. One of your pictures seemed to have lines going through the property. The Coral Gate boundary dips up there? No.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:27:11
“Just out of curiosity, I don't see, I saw a slide that had the number of hotel rooms. I think I saw that.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:27:41
“And what kind of parking do you have for it?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:32:27
“Just out of curiosity, is that open parking?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:53:14
“To the chair, if I may. Oh, let me. Oh, yeah.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:54:39
“If I could just get some clarification on something here. The first exception was Because you're too close to the school, correct?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:55:08
“That's number three. But there's three exceptions. Yeah, so I guess three exceptions. One of them is the time. The other one is you're too close to the school. What's the other one?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:56:10
“Because it's in a D1 and it's not allowed in a D1?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:56:37
“Food, okay. What was confusing me was there was a talk about not having alcohol establishments too close to each other.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:57:07
“So that's the exception that we're, the number two exception then?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 1:57:44
“That's all I need to know. Thank you. All right.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 2:51:08
“Thank you, Chair. Maybe staff could correct me if I'm wrong, but a bonus site at 48 means it's perfectly possible that they could ask for 48 stories in that district?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 2:51:29
“It wasn't just an example of what might have been there otherwise? They really could put 48-story buildings there.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 2:51:43
“Yeah, I know we had a primer on this not too long ago, recently actually, and I think it's a great idea, but some things really concern me. You're essentially building a city, a new city, where there is no city. I think it's a fantastic idea to expand the transportation network, particularly trains. I think it's critical for Miami's future. But you're asking us to approve a city where there is no city. And I can't do that without seeing concurrency. I don't believe that you have enough water there, that you have enough sewer treatment there, that you have enough garbage pickup. I need to see,…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 2:53:55
“And we've heard this before. But we don't see the data. And I need to see the data. I'm just not going to take it on face value anymore. It has the water and the sewer and the garbage trucks. I need to see the data.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:54:21
“Through the chair, could I have a question for staff? By right, we'll be, we vote yes, by right, they have 24. Do they also have 48 by right, or would they have to come back before us?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:55:07
“And they don't have to come before us or commission to get that?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:56:18
“No, I'm uncomfortable with the possibility of going to 48 feet, 48 stories in that area without being able to stop them.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:56:46
“If that's the case, I can live with that.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:57:58
“Based on staff's affirmation that the concurrency is not an issue here, and that capping at 30 feet, at 30 stories, I'll vote yes.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 4:59:49
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 36:56
“Thank you, Chair. A couple of expressions here that make me a little uneasy. What would you... call a habitable roof. What I'm concerned about is that phrase to get picked up by the rest of the city. A habitable roof means all of a sudden more than just mechanical elements. And we know that already developers, architects are pushing the limits of what they can put on a roof. That they're making it not just for mechanical use, they're using it for everyday use. And of course, that's a very small step after that to make it a living space. So what would the city, I guess this is really a…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
- Play at 38:05
“A commercial use means you're gonna put a restaurant or a store on the roof?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026