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Home My WebLink AboutM-80-0093ft L .T.i1P�w'{fl'f?Fs�.?i7:'U f:'ijA . Gre- Gillinchari Ms. Kate Terry Jac':haft mr.' Robert Stephen A1s. Barbara"Stephen 1339 ,Ti► ertail Avenue iliami, , P1orida 13133 Dear Mesdxmes and Sirs: Thi. is i11 reply ` to your :letter- .to tae ' City Manager, recived bythis::department on Noverlber 9, 1979. The department'has r.cviev:ed this 'entirenatter, and wishes to confirm our decision tocemplete<the sidewalks on the block bounded by NatoMa Street and Ti gertail Avenue. .The -previous o n r had. agreed` by a covenant to --build this side;raJk :ir provement ao 'specified in Section 514-20 of ;the ::.1iami City, Code. Certain shrubs :and trees will have to be'r.emoved, not on1V-to-build_the-sideWalk but also to conform to basic traffic. 'safe Ly °roquireMent :for sight distance at the corner., of . itatorra 'and ;Ticcrtaih. :A' permit should be obtained for the tree remova1, at no cost, from this dcpartment.. The:sidcwal;' permit should be obtained fro:: thee Building and Zoning ' Inspection Department. Please excuse our rather delayed reply to your letter. It Was necessitated: by lave. to thoroughly investigate. this rnattor to 'make pure "you ;were;`tr aced absolutely fair. Donald -'1. CaP.L. Director be Central Highways . To: Referred to: • • CITY OF MIAMI • ( ASSIGNMENT TRACKING SYSTEM FORM DUE DATE: ^ :•1 11r.ly: From: 71.ecnTtt E . . C. Date: ‘11-11"." Referred to: •ASSIGNMENT (Re -assignment 0) I havtt received a call from the llerald tteighbors So.ct.4 rtlgarding this i)etition • I rclr-err,A-d to yr,1 dincc... Ih-td not awar...^ of any .2roLdoa Cocorli.tt Grove. Please preparc. an informal rrport that may be distril)tzterl to the ttayor •a.nd Commid sa.on Date Action Taken: Action Taken: • • Date Pleaseo answer, With copy to me For' your info, action and file confirmrec&pt 0 Prepare response for_CM/ACM/ Your signature Prepare responsefor Malyotrr/eCooemrninitt merofor'ssCM signature and Investigate an:CI respor:do CM/ACM 0 Submit your rec%ommendations by memo Date Closed: A. hi Joseph R. Grassi.° December 26, 1979 City Manager Petition Against Sidewalk ' Construction -"Tigert,a1.1 Avenue & Natoma. Street, -(PAIGE SUBDIVISION) , Donald W. Cattier • Director of Map & Photographs Public Worics Section 54-20 of the Dliarni City Code requires that anyone subdivid- ing property must post a bond to assure the construction of improve- ments within the public right of way. These improvements include street pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter, storm drainage, sanitary sewers, water mains and other utilities and servicesas requi.red. Where it is feasible the City sometimes accepts a covenant to run with the land which temporarily postpones the construction of some of these improvements until requested by the city. The covenant further states that, when these improvements are required by the City, the oImer of the property will complete the construction at his own expense. In the attached map you will note that theba.ock containing PAIGE SUBDIVISION (1889 Tis•ertail) has sid.ewal.k almost a.11 the way, around it. The pink line on the map incli.cates the portion of sidewalk ad- jacent to PAIGL' SUBDIVISION which was covered in the covenant at the time of' the plat, 1975. The reason for accepting the covenant was that at that time there was a low coral rock wall along the old property 1ifl which the owner wished to preserve. Since this wall fell within the sidewalk area, we felt that the signing of a covenant would be acceptable to the City., • • , , . • Recently, a new house was constructed on the northerly lot of this subdivision. In conjunction wi.th the building construction, sidewalk was placed along the side of the lot abutting Natoma Street. This department investigated the site in the field and noted that the coral rock wall arounci. the southerly lot has been demolished and the rubble left in the fight of way. In addition, some time between 1975 and thepresent time, sections of wooden fencing were constructed and a lar[f,e amount of "landscaping" was planted at the corner of Natoma Street and Iligertail Avenue. The wooden fencing, for the most part, is deteriorated, and in some places falling down. The foliage on the corner has ,grown to the extent that it has become a severe visual obstruction, .presenting a hazard to both .pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Attached is a set of photographs comparing the condition of the corner in 1975and at the present time. . . Page 1 of 2 8 - 9 3 • 1 • a Joseph R.. Grassier= City Manager Itis the opinion of this department that it'is now necessary to construct'sidewalk along;theright.of-way line on both Tiger - tail Avenue:and. Natorna; Street 'abutting PAIGE ` SUBDIVISION, (1889 Tigertaii. Avenue), We, believe that the increase in traffic on Tigertail Avenue and the potential hazard to both pedestrian and vehiculartraffic presented ._by the; overgrown ,foliage, the coral rock rubble in theright of"way,, and the deteriorated wooden fencing support this position. ?6 ST. ‘X\ LEGEND Exist. ;`Sidewalk -�-- Prop. Sidewalk :E ESPANOLA CRYSTAL TER. 1Vr` ' DRIVE DRIVE r • i,,; •..e;,.:��,�_ mow,.• i+�+ •►.-�,!� • *..?:'t.� • it .J.•� y TAKE! L 1qi s' Page Joseph R. Grassie City Manager City 0f Miami Dinner Key Miami, Fla. 33133 Mr. Grassie: We are writing you to protest the action taken by your Public Works Department to force several property owners in the vicinity of Natoma and Tigertail Streets in North Grove to build sidewalks. Furthermore, we are requesting you to direct Public Works to abandon this directive for the following reasonss 1. The director of Public Works admits what we all know is a long standing policy of the City not to build sidewalks in Coconut Grove. This is a unique section of Miami largely because of the numerous trees and village scale of the streets, and your wise policy has largely kept it that way. Despite this, Public Works intends to make an exception for the obscure objective of "making our block 100% complete with sidewalks!" Clearly, this compulsion to have a 100% complete block is meant to satisfy the values of some engineer who doesn't live here and most likely has never been her. This is not good enough. No one here has ever asked for sidewalks. No one here needs sidewalks. No one here wants them, and you have no accident statistics to demonstrate the necessity for them! At 36.00 per lineal foot, these unneeded, unwanted walkways will cost us.00ver $2000. It is hard enough to pay taxes for essential services, without paying substantial amounts of money for unnecessary ones. Substantial: amounts of shrubs and trees will have to be removed to construct your walks. Now really, does this make any sense at all...to take out • what we all value, to build something we object to, that we have to pay for and you must maintain? • r . •rs-.:mr;P•wir,,,: • ,r We are asking you therefore, to spare us and the City the grief of a protracted fight over this issue which can be resolved so easily with one short phone call from your office to Public Works telling them to leave Coconut Grove alone. Should you not agree with this suggestion, we would be forced to take this matter to the City Commission as an emergency measure, (you give us only 30 days to build up or pay up! ) Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter and we trust you will expedite necessary actions to our mutual satisfaction. Yours truly, The, residents of Natoma and Tigertail 1889 Tigertail Ave. , .(• • ./ 1 CC: Donald Cather Maurice Ferre • •:,. • , , • • •••••_,• 1