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A RESOLUTION APPROVING, IN PRINCIPLE, OF THE
DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN (APRIL, 1987s,
A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE
PART HEREOF) FOR THE AREA FROM PORT BOULEVARD
TO I-395, BETWEEN BISCAYNE BAY AND BISCAYNE
BOULEVARD, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
DEVELOPMENT, OPEN SPACE, MODIFIED RIGHTS -OF -
WAY, PARKING FACILITIES, PEDESTRIAN
OVERPASSES, BEAUTIFICATION, SPECIAL FEATURES,
SPECIAL EVENTS AND WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENTS,
WHICH PLAN IS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MIAMI
COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN (SEPTEMBER,
1985).
WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting
of May 20, 1987s, Item No. 2, following an advertised hearing,
adopted Resolution No. PAB 36-87, by a 9 to 0 vote, RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan, as hereinafter
set forth; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission by Resolution 87-92.1 and
others directed the Planning Department to prepare a master plan
for the sixty-five (65) acres of public waterfront lands
(including Bicentennial Park and land known as the FEC tract) for
the area from Port Boulevard to I-395, between Biscayne Bay and
Biscayne Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the policy of the Miami City Commission is to
establish future development of the area described above; and
WHEREAS, the development of the property considers open
space, modified rights of way, parking facilities, pedestrian
overpasses, beautification, special features, special events and
waterfront improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Commission approves in principle
development of the Downtown Waterfront Master Plan for the area
from Port Boulevard to I-395, between Biscayne Bay and Biscayne
Boulevard
Section 2. The Commission determi-se."Imp" ibbe I hall
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a) establish a unified design for one park not two; b) permit
major public open spaces define the park character; c) provide
vistas through the park to Biscayne Bay; d) feature a deep water
slip as the park center; e) introduce major regional activities
and attractions; f) use the attractions to create north -south
activity links; g) emphasize the waterfront with pedestrian
promenades and plazas; h) design the use of the waterfront to
complement, not duplicate, Bayside and Bayfront Park; i)
construct parking on site to service attractions; j) extend the
people mover to Bayside and Port of Miami; k) accommodate the
Grand Prix or similar race course in the park; 1) develop the
park through a joint public/private program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of 1987.
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PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
MARIA J. IARO
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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DESIGN AND USE CONMPI'S FOR 11E DOMNTOWN PUBLIC
VAI NFRONT
APRIL 1987
XAYIER L. SUARU' MAYOR
J.L. PLUMNER; JR., VICE MAYOR
ROSARIO K0101EEDY; COMMISSIONER
MILLER J. DAWKINS; COMMISSIONER
JOE CAROLLO; COMMISSIONER
CESAR H. ODIO; CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING
DEPARTMENT
SERGIO RODRIGUEZ - DIRECTOR
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. ESTABLISH A UNIFIED DESIGN FOR ONE
PARK. NOT TWO
This plan treats the heretofore two
distinct areas of Bicentennial Park
and the FEC tract as one public
space joined by the existing
deep -water slip.
2. LET MAJOR PUBLIC OPEN SPACES DEFINE
THE PARK CHARACTER
Funded, purchased and dedicated as
public parks, the fundamental
objective, as a matter of public
trust, is to assure preservation and
enhancement of significant open
space for civic gatherings, events,
and individual enjoyment.
3. PROVIDE VIEWS THROUGH THE PARK TO
TIE BAY
Although it is literally not
possible to see the bay from
Biscayne Boulevard (excepting the
deep water slip) the perception that
one should be able to see through
the park is respected. By gently
tilting the plane of the park 2%
toward the boulevard observor, the
views of open space and a sense of
the distant bay edge are
significantly enhanced.
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4. FEATURE IM DEEP WATER SLIP AS TNE
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As the only deep water, protected
embayeent of the city bayf ront, the
slip should become the active and
symbolic focus of the park.
Crossing the slip with a pedestrian
bridge to shorten the one half mile,
walk around it will unite the parks
bay edge and offer a strong symbolic
gateway feature for the park.
S. INTRODUCE MAJOR REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
AND ATTRACTIONS
To pull people into the park, major
regional attractions should be
located along the waterfront.
Activities and attractions should be
educational, interpretive, inter-
active and/or cultural in nature.
Design and placement of pavilions to
house the attractions should
preserve views through to the bay.
6. USE ATTRACTIONS TO CREATE NORTH /
SOUTH ACTIVITY LINK
The attractions should be located in
a sequence along the waterfront to
unify the downtown public bayf rant
park system and link Bayside to the
OMNI area.
7. EMK1ASIZE THE WATERFRONT WITH A
PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE i PLAZAS
To connect the attractions and
dramatize the city's unique
relationship with the bay, a major
pedestrian promenade walkway. should
trace the park edges along the bay
and deep nnect
the pavilions and Join the
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to the deep -water slip.
S. DESIGN THE USE OF THE WATERFRONT TO
COMPLEMENT, Off DUPLICATE; BAYSIDE
AND BATFRONT PARK
In contrast to Bayfront Park and
Bayside, the plan provides for two
large, uniformly shaped open spaces
suitable for large gatherings; a
deep water slip that is the
bayfronts only deep draft vessel
protected harbour also suitable for
small craft visits and water events;
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and attractions that are
educational, interactive and
interpretive in nature.
9. COMSTRUiCT PARKING ON SITE TO SERVE
AT1"RACTIONS
Parking for approximately 1500
vehicles plus service areas is to be
developed on -site adjacent to the
attractions. The parking facilities
are to be below the elevated grade
of the park (2% slope rising from
the boulevard to the bay).
10. EXTEND THE PEOPLE MOVER TO BAYSIDE
AND PORT OF MIAMI
An elevated people mover system,
similar if not identical to the
Metromover technology, should be
constructed from the proposed phase
II Freedom Tower station, along the
new port bridge with stations at the
Bayside pedestrian overpass and the
port.
11. ACCOMOOATE THE GRAND PRIX RACE
COURSE IN THE PARK
Utilize the access drives to parking
and the large central open spaces to
stage the race and support
activities (pit a spectator/ -
hospitality area) for the Grand
Prix.
12. DEVELOP TIE PARK THROW A JOINT
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PROGRAM
Establish, through a
feasiblity/marketing study, the type
and extent of joint public/private
actions necessary to finance
development and operation of the
park. Seek through City requests -
for -proposals the private sector
expertise and investment necessary
to fund and operate the park and its
attractions.
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INTRODUCTION
COlMISSION DIIIE1MVE FOR TW PLAN
In January, I#$?, the City of Mini
Comiaission directed the Planning Department to
prepare a master plan for the conceptual design
and development of the 65+ acres of public
waterfront lands including Bicentennial Park and
the land known as the FEC tract. This plan
provides a framework of policies for the future
use, design, access, and image for the area.
CMIISSION OBJECTIVES
To assure optimal public use of this
unique and strategic site, the Comatission
established in January, 1907, the following plan
objectives:
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IN SUBSTANTIALLY
ITS PRESENT FORM
BACKGROUND
Public actions that have shaped the
history of this site:
Port of Miami / Qioaa twdal Park - In
the late s, o o as mp coeted its
move from the downtown waterfront to Dodge
Island, leaving a 35 acre site for a new public
park. In 1972, a "Parks For People" bond issue
was -passed that funded transformation of the old
port into Bicentennial Park, dedicated in 1976.
Bicentennial Park has had an uneven history of
public use. Concerts; Fourth of July
celebrations, and sporting events have brought
many people to the park for these special
occasions but for the majority of time general
public use has been slight. Many reasons for
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the parks decline and lack of use have been
offered: lack of a nearby residential
neighborhood; detiorated conditions in the
surrounding area; lack of visiblity into the
park from Biscayne Boulevard; too little police
protection in the park; too few activities in
the park to attract people; and an unfavorable
feeling about downtown throughout the region.
FEC Purchase - In the late 1970's, the
City o am o`31—legal action to acquire with
park bond funds the 23 acre tract of land owned
by the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad between
Bicentennial Park and Bayfront Park. This
action united public park lands and assured
continuous public use of one mile of downtown
bay frontage. The FEC tract has never been
formally developed as a park.
Miami Grand Prix - In 1982, the City of
Miami entered n o a contractual agreement with
Miami Motorsports to stage a grand prix motorcar
race. The first years race in 1983 utilized the
FEC tract in creating its 2 mile track circuit
through Bayfront Park and along Biscayne
Boulevard. The race moved into Bicentennial
Park in 1986 to make room for constructing
Bayside and maintained its use of the FEC tract.
The race has an agreement with the City to
continue staging the event through 1998.
Bayfront Park - In 1984, the City
brought world renowned sculptor Isamu Noguchi to
Miami as the designer of a completely
refurbished Bayfront Park. A new design for the
park removed the old library building and has
created a collection of fountains, promenades,
light towers and performance amphitheatres. . It
will open in late 1987 as the showcase front
yard for downtown.
Bayside - In 1987, the Bayside
special ty center opened as the premiere
attraction in the Downtown bayf rant park system.
Modeled after similar centers in Boston,
Baltimore and New York, Bayside introduced
festival retailing in 230,000 square feet of
shops surrounded by public walkways, plazas and
courtyards programmed with entertainment and
special events. Over 1,300,000 people visited
Bayside in the first 10 days of it's opening.
Biscayne Boulevard - In 1987, the New
World Center Foundation retained the landscape
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architect, Roberto Burle=Marx; to prepare design
drawings for the improvement of Biscayne
Boulevard from the Miami River to the OMNI area.
The plan is expected to call for the widening of
the roadway between 5th street and 11th street
to continue the grand colonnade of royal palms
extending south of 5th street. This plan
envisions a dramatic new face to the boulevard
fronting on Bicentennial Park and the FEC tract.
Park Vest • In 1982, the City of Miami
adopted a coitmphre ensive master plan that called
for the establishment of a new residential
community in the old Overtown neighborhood and
the aging warehouse area to the east that served
the old port of Miami. Numerous federal grants
have provided the seed money to redevelop the
most blighted areas. Tax increment financing
has added necessary support to the first phase
of 1000 housing units due to break ground in
late 1987. The plan ultimately envisions a
community of 9000 residences reaching east to
Biscayne Boulevard and overlooking the bayf ront
park system. Bicentennial Park is ultimately to
serve the major open space needs of the Park
West community.
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MASTER PLAN CONCEPTS
This plan recommends three primary concepts for
the use and structure of the park along with a
conceptual framework for pedestrian and
vehicular circulation, public access and
parking.
CONCEPT ONE - OPEN SPACE
This is park land. The dominant image,
the primary character of this site should be
open and green. Moreover, the open space theme
should be seen, understood and appreciated from
Biscayne Boulevard. Views from this important
boulevard, the entrance to downtown, should be
into and through the space of the park. The bay
edge should be revealed to the boulevard
observor.
The open space should have three special
qualities:
1) Large scale - The space should be
big enough to accomodate major public gatherings
and events (Fiesta -by -the -Bay, Hispanic Heritage
Festival);
2) Yell deftued - 081; is needed is
not a scattered array of meadows and gardens,
a uniformly shaped open area that will
resist future efforts to fill it up or break it
apart with buildings and isolated activities;
3) Orundc - The space should convey
a sense of grand scale and symbolic importance
befitting its location at the entrance to a city
with world class aspirations. To enhance the
depth and scale of the space; it is region mended
that the ground plane of the• open space be
tilted toward the boulevard. A 2% slope rising
from the sidewalk level of the boulevard to the
bay edge would enable a viewer on the boulevard
to see the full expanse of green open space and
the distant bay edge.
CONCEPT TWO - WATERFRONT
This is a waterfront site...perhaps the
most dramatic segment of waterfront in Florida.
The ultimate form and function of the park must
reach for, connect to, and actively use the
water edge. The bay edge is fixed; it will not
and should not move. It is however a turbulent
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edge for all but the largest of boats and is
best considered as a vantage point from which to
view the bay. The deep water slip, however, is
an ideal sheltered harbour for all types and
sites of vessels. It is the only such deep
draft sheltered water on the Miami bayfront and
should become the centerpiece of the park. Here
the active connection between marine activities
and landside attractions can be made.
CONCEPT THREE - ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS
The park must attract many people; of
all interests$ at all times of the day, if it is
to be judged successful. To do so will require
the introduction of special activities that will
complete the spectrum of public bayfront
attractions that includes Bayside and Bayfront
Park. The key is to complement, not compete
with existing activities along the public
waterfront. Important as well is the need to
continue the sequence of public attractions
(Pepper Fountain-amphitheatre-Bayside) from
south to north so that the waterfront becomes an
active link between Chopin Plaza and the OMNI
area. Activities that connect the bayfront to
the boulevard are recommended along the slip.
The recommended activity program for the
park includes:
1) Regional attractions that are
essentially educational,
interpretive and interactive in
nature. These would be sited
along the bay edge in pavilion
structures and include such
special facilities as science,
historical, maritime or art
musuews, aquariums, audio-visual
interpretive centers including
Omni -max, video, slide, laser and
holographic projection
technologies, and specialty
exhibit pavilions for expos or
fairs;
2) Regiml activities a W events
such as the Miami Grand Prix, the
Orange Bowl Parade/Fiesta by the
Bay celebration, the Hispanic
Heritage Festival, The fall
Harvest Crafts Festival and
outdoor trade/arts expositions,
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and special public assemblage and
rallies;
3) Special marine activities/-
sewices such as port -of -call
visitations from naval and
international cruise vessels,
tour and sightseeing boats, "'Tall
Ships" cruise port, charter
cruise and fishing boats, water
taxis and hydrofoils, transient
pleasure craft visits, and boat
shows.
4) Athletic activities including
Miami Dade Community College
field sports programs, special
collegiate/high school athletic
competitions, and impromptu and
unorganized public pursuits from
softball to kite flying and
frisbee.
5) Not included in the recommended
atfractions are the regional
performing arts faclities such as
a grand opera or philharmonic
hall. Size alone plus their
limited daily use patterns make
these facilities inappropriate.
A full service conversation/ -
exhibition hall would likewise be
inconsistent with design
objectives for the park.
Certain support activities of a retail
nature are also appropriate and desirable.
Eating and drinking establishments, vending of
flowers and confections, museum shops and ticket
sales for concerts and events are recommended,
but only as services subordinate (functionally
and visually) to the principle activities above.
(See Implementation section)
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PARK FRAMEWORK
Having set forth the basic plan concepts for
Open Space, the Waterfront, and
Activities/Attractions, it remains to define the
circulation, access and support functions that
create the essential park framework.
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
Pedestrian walkways connect activities
and attractions. The system is defined by
several key features:
1) principally, a waterfront promenade
that extends the baywalk from
Bayside, beneath the port bridge,
around the deep water slip and north
to the Omni area (new designs for a
high level bridge to Watson Island
will allow a baywalk to cross under
it);
2) a pedestrian bridge crossing the deep
water slip to allow the relatively
direct north/south connection of the
bayfront attractions. The 1/2 mile
walking distance around the slip
effectively divides the park into two
isolated parts. By locating a bridge
aproximately 500 feet from the bay
edge, the major waterfront activities
can be linked while allowing port -of -
call ships to enter the deep water
slip. With a bascule opening, the
bridge could also allow tall ships
and large feature boats to enter the
western end of the slip;
3) a pedestrian bridge crossing port
boulevard linking directly to
Bayside;
4) a pedestrian walkway extending from
the Biscayne Boulevard / 11th Street
intersection to the Bayf rant;
5) major pedestrian plazas terminating
the open space commons at the
bayfront and the deep water slip at
the Boulevard.
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VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
to provide vehicular access / service to
major attractions' a vehicular drive following
the perimeter of W central open space anions
and paralleling the waterfront promenade is
reconiended6 Vehicle passengers will have
several opportunities to view the bay and
harbour (deep water slip) making the drive an
equivalent of a shore road or Omalecone. Tour
buses, Bayside trolleys, trams and public
transportation would have needed direct access
to the front door of major attractions. This
drive would not serve as a bypass or relief
route to Biscayne Boulevard.
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ACCESS AND PARKING
Connecting the proposed park to the
larger downtown community and the region is
essential. Two principal systems are proposed:
1) People Mover - The Phase I1 of the
downtown Metromover must be extended
to the OMNI area thus providing a
necklace of stations bordering the
western and northern edges of the
park. The proposed Bicentennial Park
station connects directly to the park
which allows it effective access to
both public and private parking
facilities in downtown, and enhances
CBD employees and visitor access to
park activities. A second station,
as a part of the recently proposed
people mover extension to the Port of
Miami, is needed at the southern
margin of the park and should be
located directly above the pedestrian
overpass to Bayside. The technology
for this easterly extension could be
the same as the Metromover or a
scaled down monorail as in the Zoo.
The extension would reach to the
cruise port across the new port
bridge to be constructed by 1991
(space on the bridge has been
provided).
2) Parking - Parking, is a virtual
necessity if the park is be actively
used. However, surface parking lots
and above grade structures that would
block or constrain views into the
park are considered unacceptable. it
is recommended that a level of
parking (possibly two, depending on
the water table level) be placed
below the elevated grade of the park
(see Concept One - Open Space). The
recom■anded 2S grade of the park
sloping up from the Boulevard
sidewalk toward the bay edge, would
raise the surface of the park enough
(600 feet from the boulevard) that a
level of parking would fit below it.
Significantly, this would still place
the parking above the ground water
table level but out of sight of a
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view into the park. Approximately
600 to 750 parking spaces could be
thus accomodated on each side of the
deep water slip, or 1000 to 1600
total in the park. The vehicular
drive described above, would provide
access to the parking.
While the parking deck below the rising
level of the park could be extended to the bay
edge and gain even more spaces, it is
recommended that the easternmost 200 feet of
below grade space be reserved for exhibit space.
The above grade pavilions housing the
attractions listed in Concept Three - Activities
and Attractions will need—consiaera" e
sp ay ex space. They could utilize the
100,000 square feet of floor area directly below
the pavilions in both the Bicentennial Park and
FEC tract (200,000 square feet total).
In addition, it is recommended that
general access to the park be enhanced through
the widening and landscaping of Biscayne
Boulevard from 5th street to 12th street to
extend it's visual character and efficiency of
traffic movement.
GRAND PRIX
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The Miami Grand Prix, by formal
agreement with the City, will stage the annual
race in the park through 1998. This plan
incorporates the race track and all support
activities by providing:
1) use of the vehicular drives and
segments of the pedestrian promenade
as the track;
2) use of the oomons open spaces for
pit areas (including below grade
parking facilities) and hospitality
areas;
3) preservation of all bleacher seating
areas;
4) removal of tensile structrres along
slip for bleachers;
5) westerly relocation of turns 03 and
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pavilions, but maintaining minimum
INSA standards for track length;
6) maintaining space for all vending and
circulation.
ILLUSTRATIVE DESIGN
To assist in visualizing how these plan
concepts and the supporting framework of
circulation, access and parking facilities might
materialize, the accompanying sketch,
Illustrative Site Plan; has been included. The
plan is not a torml park design and it is to be
understoRW- that the sketch is only a symbolic
depiction. Professional landscape architects,
architects and engineers will have to give
tangible definition to the adopted . plan
concepts. The illustrative Site Plan suggests
several possibilities:
1) Tiro large c ms (open lawn areas)
are shown extending from Biscayne
Boulevard to the bayfront promenade.
The open space edges could be defined
with dramatic tropical landscaping.
2) 7M deep water slip is bordered by a
waterfront walkway and connected to
Biscayne Boulevard by a major public
plaza. As the plans of the adjacent
commons areas is rising toward the
bay at a gentle 2% slope, the walkway
edges of the slip are raised thus
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creating the opportunity to step down
with terraces to the water level.
This creates an amphitheatre effect
that embraces and accentuates the
focus on this important water
feature.
3) the pedestriam bridge crossing the
slip could be the subject of a design
competition resulting in a unique
landmark structure that is quite
literally the gateway to Mimi.
Imagine a fanciful suspension bridge
outlined with lights and banners.
4) A major waterfront promenade outlines
the park and offers the opportunity
to create terraced public plazas at
the waters edge with unparalled views
to the bay and it's islands, the
cruise port, and Miami Beach. Mind
sculptures could line the shoreline
offering color, movement and music.
5) Four paviliams booting special
attractim (science museum, Omni -wax
theatre, etc.) could be placed in
sequence along the waterfront. They
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l, for the v and nark the bays ediew ge for
the distant observor. The pavilions
themselves could be each designed by
a different architect and offer
strong statements as to the regional
design aesthetics of sub -tropical
Florida. Below the pavilions,
bordering the promenade; exhibit
space could look out through. glass
walls to the bay and the harbour
slip.
6) Lining the south edge of the the deep
water slip could be tmiqorary temstle
fabric strrctrres floating above the
ground and sheltering a changing
variety of shows; exhibits, fairs,
and markets. These structures could
be removed to make room for the Grand
Prix. Vendors could serve a
continuous area of tables and chairs
beneath a shade pergola that would
follow the north shore of the slip.
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y) The, northern quadrant of the park
could be reserved for field gams
(baseball, soccer), small local
carts ( the show -mobile variety)
plbre, gardens and a
visitors/tYwrst information/ticket
antere
8) Bisegns Boulevard would be widened
and landscaped to create a dramatic
front entrance to downtown and the
bayfront park system. This would
necessitate filling in a short
portion of the deep water slip to
preserve room for the proposed plaza
and access drive.
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IMPLEMENTATION
CRITERIA
To guide the determination of
appropriate uses and design of major
attractions, the following criteria are
recoemended:
General Suitability of Attractions
1) Provide wide appeal to all
age/income/ethnic groups
2) Interpretive or educational in nature
(offers visitor experiance of lasting
value)
3) changeable features to permit state -
of -art updating
4) self-supporting financially to
greatest extent
5) Attract visitors for maximum hours in
a day (evening)
6} Appeal to tourist and convention
visitor especially
i) Not of direct competitive nature to
Bayside (retailin
8) Exclude commercial / residential
development directly competitive to
private property in vicinity (office,
hotel. condominium)
Facility ad Site Development Criteria
for Attractions
11 View corridor to bay not less than
502 of bayfront width
2) Open space (commons) view corridors
unobstructed by structures through to
bay edge
3) Four major attractions housed in
pavilions with building footprints of
25,000 to 40,000 square feet (not
including exhibit floor space below
finished grade)
4) All parking and service access to
pavilions to be below finised grade
of park
5) Height of pavilion structures should
not exceed 35 feet above finished
grade of park
FUNDING
The realization of these, or any
concepts that envision the full and highest
public use of this park, will require a
significant public commitment of funds. It is,
however, recognized that any plan which seeks to
generate major public attractions and activities
that will bring millions of annual visitors to
the park, has within it the potential for
attracting private investment as well.
Admission fees, food and entertainment services
in support of public attractions offer
legitimate means of not only reducing the public
burden of capital costs but provide the ongoing
means of funding operating and maintainance
costs. It must, however, be cautioned that a
fine line exists between optimizing ancillary
revenues through private leases and concessions
and the commercialization of a public park.. To
assure that a creative yet balanced approach is
taken to optimizing a joint public/private
development of the park; the following steps are
recommended:
1) Feasibility/Market Study - The City
should retain an economic consultant
to analyse the contemporary
experiances of American cities in
establishing and operating
educational/inter-active attractions.
Some work adequately' others are
struggling, and still others have
been creative and economic successes.
Now and why aquariums, museums,
theaters and the like succeed and
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economic and market value when paired
with comercial services is an
important question. Now -much revenue
could the City generate from and what
would be the terms of a public
offering for a joint venture?
2) Parking Feasibility Study - Based on
an economically sound strategy for
establishing the size and type of
feasibility tstudyonis necessary for
securing the bond financing of public
parking structures described in the
plan. The Miami Department of Off -
Street parking should initiate this
study.
3) Requests -for Proposals - Issue RFP's
to the private sector vendors for the
development of the attractions and
facilities deemed feasible and
desirable.
4) Assessment District - Research and
define a special benefit assessment
district that would be applied to
properties with Boulevard frontage
opposite the park. This assessment
would recognize the unique and
significant benefits that would
accrue to properties facing the park
should these public investments be
made. Monies for programing and
maintaining the park could be raised.
6) Regiaal Beading - Define potential
linkages to Bade County bond issue
funding capabilities in recognition
of the parks regional role.
6) Grants - Seek federal Economic
Development Adminstration monies for
improvements to Biscayne Boulevard.
7) Exposition - Explore potential
opportunities for attracting foreign
government or corporate investments
in connection with the staging of a
500th anniversary celebration in 1992
of the New world discovery.
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METRO•DADE CENTER
OFFICE OF THIt COUNTY 14ANAOEA
DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT COMMITTEE
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Honorable Mayor t Members
City of Miami Commission
3580 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
RE: Downtown Waterfront Masterpian
Dear Mayor t Commissioners:.
This is to advise that the Biscayne Bay Shoreline Development
Review Committee met at an advertised meeting on May 13, 1987 and
rendered a need to comply determination for the above referenced
masterplan.
In addition, the Committee passed the attached resoltuion (#87-3)
to recommend approval of the masterplan with conditions as
enumerated in the resolution. This document is submitted to you
pursuant to Dade County Ordinance 85-14.
Sincerely,
William O•.Leary,
Chairman, Shoreline
Development Review Committee
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cc: vSergio Rodriguez, Director
City of Miami Planning Dept.
Reginald Walters, Director
Dade County Planning Dept.
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Natty Hirai
City Clerk
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SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
RESOLUTION 87-3
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has applied for approval of the
Downtown Waterfront Masterplan prepared by the City of Miami Planning
Department dated April 1987, which is totally within the Shoreline
Development Review Boundary as outlined in Dade County Ordinance 85-
14 , and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami has applied for a need for
compliance determination as required by Dade County Resolution #259-85
Section B, and
WHEREAS, the Shoreline Development Review Committee considered
whether and the extent to which the Downtown Waterfront Masterplan
conformed to the Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan,
the applicable Municipal Master Plan and Zoning Ordinance, and the
Biscayne Bay Management Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Shoreline Development Review Committee of Dade
County has as one of its primary responsibilities, the duty to
determine the extent to which any plan or development action as
proposed, is in conformance with Dade County Ordinance 85-14 and the
minimum standards set forth in Dade County Resolution 85-257, and '
WHEREAS, the Committee considered the summary review and staff
recommendatiorr prepared by the City of Miami, and
WHEREAS, a public meeting of the Shoreline Development Review
Committee of Dade County, Florida was advertised and held as required
by law, and all parties in attendance were heard and upon due and
proper consideration having been given to the matter,
WHEREAS, the Waterfront Master Plan in the form presented to
SDRC was deemed to be a conceptual plan requiring further refinement•
and further review prior to application and implementation.
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that at its advertised meeting of
May 130, 1987, the Biscayne Bay Shoreline Development Review Committee
moved by Franklin Grau, seconded by Glen Johnston to render a need to
comply.. termination and to recommend preliminary approv 1 of the
Waterfront Masterplan as presented with the following provisions:
1. Any "Request for Proposals" (RFP) developed to implement the
Waterfront Masterplan include the review requirements and design
guidelines of the Shoreline Review Ordinance.
2. The "Request for Proposals" shall be reviewed by the Shoreline
Development Review Committee prior to their release to the
public.
3. The Shoreline Committee shall review the preferred response to
the "RFP" prior to the City accepting or committing to the
proposal.
4. In the event that the Waterfront Master Plan is implemented in
phases, any and all phases of development shall be reviewed by
the Shoreline Review Committee prior to approvals or issuance of
permits.
The Vote on the motion was as follows:
William O'Leary - Aye T. Glen Johnston -.Aye
John Thomas Regan - Absent Madelin Bunster - Aye
Sergio Bakas - Aye Ronald Frazier - Aye
Jose Feito (City of Miami) - absent Franklin Grau - Aye
Edward Wright (City of Miami) - Aye
Motion to approve with conditions passed 7-9.
2 absent
This resolution constitutes the report of the Shoreline
Development Review Committee submitted to the City of Miami, Florida
pursuant to Dade County Ordinance 85-14 which shall become a part of
all hearing and/or permit records on the proposed redevelopment plan
and subsequent development actions.
Res ectfully submitted,
William A. O'Leary, F.A.S.L.A.
Chairman, Biscayne Bay Shoreline
Development Review Committee
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Natty Hirai
City Clerk''
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APPLICANT
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BACKGROUND
ANALYSIS
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PLANNING FACT SHEET
City of Miami Planning Department:
April 29, 1987
2. Consideration of recommending approval, in
principle, of the Downtown Waterfront Master
Plan (April, 1987), for the area from Port
Boulevard to I-395, between Biscayne Bay and
Biscayne Boulevard, including recommendations
for development, open space, modified rights -of -
way, parking facilities, pedestrian overpasses,
beautification, special features, special events
and waterfront improvements, which plan is in
conformity with the Miami Comprehensive
Neighborhood Plan (September, 1985).
To establish the City Commission's policy on the
future development of Bicentennial Park and the
F.E.C. tract.
In January, 1987, by Resolution 87-92.1 (and
others), the City Commission• directed the
Planning Department to prepare a master plan for
65 acres of public waterfront lands including
Bicentennial Park and land known as the FEC
tract, immediately to the south.
The Plan recommendations are to:
1. Establish a unified design for one park, not
two
2. Let major public open spaces define the park
character
3. Provide views through the park to the bay
4. Feature the deep water slip as the park
center
5. Introduce major regional activities and
attractions
6. Use attractions to create a north / south
activity link
7. Emphasize the waterfront with a pedestrian
promenade and plazas
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RECOMMENDATIONS
PLANNING DEPT.
PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD
S. Design the use of the waterfront to
cm*lement; not duplicate; Bayside and
Dayfront Park
9. Construct parking on site to serve
attractions
10. Extend the people mover to Bayside and Port
of Miami
11. Accommodate the Grand Prix race course in
the park
12. Develop the park through a joint
public/private program
Approval.
The recommendations of the Planning Advisory
Board will be presented at the City Commission
meeting.
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