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A. Vicky Garcia -Toledo
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February 2, 2009
Ms. Teresita Fernandez
Chief, Hearing Board
City of Miami
Miami River Center, Seventh Floor
444 S.W. Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33130
Re: Letter of Intent
Douglas Gardens Holding Corp., Inc., (the "Client")
The property more specifically described in Exhibit "A" (the "Property")
Dear Ms. Fernandez:
Douglas Gardens Holding Corp., Inc., is the real estate property holding company of the
Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, which today is the largest, most comprehensive
center for geriatric care, programs and services in the Southeast United States, employing
1,500 individuals, making the home one of the largest single employers in the area. The Miami
Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged is a not-for-profit corporation. It provides a public
service in the City of Miami for which additional parking is necessary.
On behalf of our Client, we hereby submit public hearing applications for an Amendment
to the Zoning Atlas and an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan (hereinafter, the
"Applications") in connection with the Property. The proposed use of the property is a surface
parking lot for use by the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged.
This is the only lot on the block that is zoned residential with a duplex residential future
land use. In 2005-2006, our Client applied for and the City approved amendments to the zoning
atlas and comprehensive plan on the remainder of the block to accommodate the use of the
property as a surface parking lot for the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged. Then in
2008, these properties were granted a special exception so that they could be used for the
surface parking lot. This lot could not be included in those applications because our Client had
been unable to purchase it due to title issues.
The current zoning is R-2 and the future land use is Duplex Residential. We are seeking
to rezone the property to GI and amend the comprehensive plan to a designation of Major
Institutional Public Facilities, Transportation and Utilities. By amending the zoning and land use
designations, the properties will become consistent with the other properties on the block. chr
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We thank you for your consideration and respectfully request your support.
Sincerely,
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Vicky Garcia -Toledo
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