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11/17/98
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A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE INTENT OF
RESOLUTION NO. 98-1084, WHICH ACCEPTED THE
COCONUT GROVE PLANNING STUDY, ATTACHED
THERETO AS "EXHIBIT All, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
CONDITIONS, AS A GUIDING TOOL FOR THE FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF THE COCONUT
GROVE AREA AS DEFINED IN THE STUDY.
WHEREAS, representatives of the Cocoanut Grove Village
Council appeared before the Commission on March 25, 1993 to
request a planning study; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Motion 93-211, adopted March 25, 1993,
the City Commission directed the City Manager to begin the
process of preparing the plan, and identifying funds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 93-693. adopted
October 21, 1993, the City Commission designated the acquisition
of professional planning services for the Coconut Grove Planning
Study (the "Study"), as a "Category B Project", and further
allocating $100,000 from the General Fund Special Program and
Accounts for said purpose; and
WHEREAS, on November 17, 1994, the City Commission approved
the findings of the selection committee and found the firm of
Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Architects, Inc.(DPZ)
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as the most qualified team to conduct the Coconut Grove Planning
Study; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 11338, adopted
February 29, 1996, the City Commission accepted grant funds in
the amount of $50,000 from the Metropolitan Planning Organization
("MPO") to simultaneously perform a transportation study for the
Coconut Grove area; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 1998, the Planning Advisory Board, by
a vote of five to zero (5-0), adopted Resolution PAB 45-98, which
recommended approval of the final draft of the Coconut Grove
Planning Study, attached hereto as "Exhibit All; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Development
recommended acceptance of the attached study with the condition
that it not be binding upon the City and that implementation of
certain components of it undergo further analysis for
appropriateness, and that if during such analysis it is
determined that the study recommendations should not be
implemented because it would not be in the best interest of the
Coconut Grove area or of the City of Miami, such action shall not
be taken; and
WHEREAS, the City recognized that, prior to implementation,
some of the recommendations incorporated in the Coconut Grove
Planning Study will require further approval by the City
Commission; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 98-1084, adopted
October 27, 1998, the City Commission accepted the Coconut Grove
Planning Study, attached thereto as Exhibit "A", as a guiding
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tool for the future development and preservation of the Coconut
Grove area as defined in said study, and further directed that a
public hearing be held so that the residents of the area are
afforded the opportunity to express their opinions concerning
said study; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a public hearing held this date, the
City Commission confirmed the intent of Resolution No. 98-1084;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference
thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this
Section.
Section 2. The intent of Resolution No. 98-1084, adopted
by the City Commission on October 27, 1998, which accepted the
Coconut Grove Planning Study, attached thereto as "Exhibit All, as
a guiding tool for the future development and preservation of the
Coconut Grove area as defined in the study is hereby confirmed,
subject to the following conditions:
a) Implementation of certain components of the Study shall
undergo further study for appropriateness and upon a
finding that such implementation is not in the best
interest of the Coconut Grove area or of the City of
Miami, such component(s) shall not be implemented.
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b) Certain components incorporated in the Study shall
require further approval by the City Commission prior
to their implementation.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective thirty
(30) days after final reading and adoption thereofll.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of November , 1998.
ATTEST:
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
In accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2.36, since the Mayor did not indicate aplorol/al of
Phis iegistation by signing it in the designated pace p-nvbd,
becomes effective with the elapse of ten 10
regarding same, without the May 'r erc* i vefo°m the to of
Walter J. Foeman. City Clerk
l/ This Resolution shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed
by the Mayor within ten days from the date it was passed and adopted. If
the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately
upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective
date state herein, whichever is later.
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