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Polish American Club
of Miami, Inc.
Planning, Zoning &
Appeals Board
March 15, 2023
By: Javier E. Fernandez, Esq.
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Background
• The Polish American Club of Miami Inc. (PACOM) has served as the focal point for Polish civic and
cultural life in Miami since its founding in 1938.
• In 1947, Stefan Kolski was elected President of the PAC. During his two-year tenure, the club purchased
the Property for its future permanent home.
• In 1950, Walter ZymaIski was once again elected President of the PACOM. Original clubhouse erected on
the Property. Within two years, the club's growth required the design of an addition and construction on
the facility's expansion commenced in 1955.
• Following the completion of the expansion, PACOM became a center of social activity regularly hosting
card parties, Saturday night dances, and other events that were enthusiastically attended by the
community.
• In recent years, PACOM fell on hard financial times, but the Applicant's reconstituted board of directors
is firmly committed to restoring PACOM's prominence within the community through the development
of a new facility on the Property.
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Applicant's Request
PACOM has submitted two (2) companion applications to the City
for its consideration:
■ Future Land Use Map Amendment: Designation change from
Medium Density Restricted Commercial to Restricted Commercial.
■ Rezoning Request: Designation change from Urban Center
Transect Zone Limited (T5-L) to and Urban Core Transect Zone Open
(T6-8-L).
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Neighborhood Outreach
• Past Outreach: 2019
1. Miami River Commission staff and board of directors.
2. Former leadership of Durham Park Neighborhood Association.
• Current Application: 2022
1. February 2022 - Initial outreach to Mr. Brett Bibeau, including site visit to Fern Isle Park.
2. August 30, 2022 - Meeting with representatives of Duran Park Neighborhood Association
(DPNA) — Horacio Stuart Aguirre and Melody Torrens. The DPNA has registered its opposition
to the applications September 13, 2022, in a letter to the MRC Urban Infill Committee.
3. September 13, 2022 - Miami River Commission Urban Infill Committee Meeting.
4. September 22, 2022 - Meeting with City Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla.
5. October 3, 2022 — Miami River Commission Meeting.
6. November 7, 2022- Miami River Commission Meeting.
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Miami River Commission
• We presented before the Miami River Commission (the "MRC') on October 2, 2022, and November 7,
2022.
• On November 7, the MRC adopted a motion (11-1) respectfully recommending approval of the item
subject to extending the time for a potential 2"'d consecutive increase in land use and zoning density
for 36 months, and that the developer present the site plan when ready to the MRC Urban Infi11 and
Greenways subcommittee.
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Rationale for Applications
• Reinvigorate the Community Facility Use (PACOM) on the Property that has been in continuous use
for all but the last five (5) of the prior 70 years.
• Advance a project that will help endow the organization with sufficient resources to secure the
club's future on the Property for the next 50 years.
• Evolve prior club model which is no longer viable as relied exclusively on the financial support of
members of the PACOM.
• Permit PACOM to re-establish itself on the site as part of a mixed -use project that will provide: (i)
neighborhood -serving retail; (II) needed workforce housing units; and (iii) public access to tributary
of the Miami River via construction of a riverwalk amenity.
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Comprehensive Plan Analysis Pursuant
to s. 7.1.2.8.f.1.a, Miami 21
The Application will advance a number of the Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan's goals, objectives and
policies including, but not limited to:
• Policy LU-1.1.7:... [Ajllow for the development and redevelopment of well -designed mixed -use neighborhoods that
provide for the full range of residential, ofice,... neighborhood retail, and community facilities...
• Objective LU-1.3: The City will continue to encourage commercial... development within existing commercial...
areas; increase the utilization and enhance the physical character and appearance of existing buildings; encourage
the development of well -designed, mixed -use neighborhoods that provide for a variety of uses within a walkable
area ...
• Policy LU-13.15: The City will continue to encourage a development pattern that enhances existing neighborhoods
by developing a balance mix of uses, including areas for employment, shopping, housing, and recreation in close
proximity to each other.
• Objective PR-3.2: Enhance the public's visual and physical access to waterfront areas.
• Policy CM-2.1.3: The City... will continue to require development of the ... river walk along private property
through its land development regulations.
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Practical Justification for Rezoning in
accordance with s. 7.1.2.8.f.1.b, Miami 21.
• Approval will result in substantial private capital investment in an area that has been seen little
commercial investment. Additional residential density will support investment in commercial
properties located on N.W. 22nd Avenue at N.W. 11th and 14th Streets.
• The proposed rezoning will render the Property's designations consistent with the principal goals of
Miami 21 and the City's subdivision regulations.
• Approval of the Application will support several of Miami 21's conservation and development goals,
including: (i) the preservation of neighborhoods; (li) increasing access to the natural environment
through the riverwalk; and (iii) rebuilding the City's commercial Corridors to function as Mixed -Use,
transit -oriented, walkable centers for adjacent Residential Neighborhoods.
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Proffered Covenant
Applicant has proffered a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants that will:
1. Ensure public access to portions of the property and the construction of a riverwalk segment
consistent with Art. 3, s. 3.11 and Appendix B, Miami 21.
2. Require structures to be designed, to greatest extent economically feasible, to attenuate noise
generated by Working Waterfront uses.
3. Provide notice future tenants and owners of the existence of Working Waterfront uses on the
Miami River.
4. Require that not less than 20% of residential units constructed on property be workforce
housing units (100% of AMI or less).
5. Requires that any future structure developed on the property will provide not less than 10,000
square feet of space for the future home of PACOM.
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Thank You
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