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(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (M.U.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in the alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can reach agreement on the proposed project.
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Public Hearing Application: PZ.19 03-416a (land use amendment), PZ.20 03-0416b
(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (M.U.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in the alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can reach agreement on the . • sed project.
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Public Hearing Application: PZ.19 03-416a (land use amendment), PZ.20 03-0416b
(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (NLU.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in the alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can reach agreement on the proposed project.
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(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (M.U.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in the alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can reach agreement on the proposed project.
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Public Hearing Application: PZ.19 03-416a (land use amendment), PZ.20 03-0416b
(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (M.U.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in the alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can reach agreement on the proposed project.
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Public Hearing Application: PZ.19 03-416a (land use amendment), PZ.20 03-0416b
(re -zoning), & associated MUSP application
Applicant: ROYAL ATLANTIC DEVELOPERS, LLC
PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF APPLICANT'S REQUESTED
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT (M.U.S.P), LAND USE
AMENDMENT, AND RE -ZONING TO ALLOW THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 744 UNIT, TWIN 27 STORY
COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AT 1001 NW 7 ST ON
THE MIAMI RIVER ACROSS FROM SPRING GARDENS.
We, the undersigned, wish to express our Opposition of the above referenced
M.U.S.P. application and associated land use amendment and rezoning to allow the
"Royal Atlantic Miami River" project at 1001 NW 7 ST across from Spring Gardens.
The proposed height and bulk of this project is out of scale with the single family and low
density character of the Historic Spring Gardens Neighborhood and surrounding areas,
and it will further congest traffic, cause noise and light pollution, further over utilize our
public schools, and directly impact the privacy and property rights of Spring Garden
residents living on or near the Miami River. We, therefore, urge the City Commission to
Deny the applicant's request or, in a alternative, Defer the matter until the applicant and
neighbors can h agr,�eement o1)7 a proposed project.
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• My name is Ruth Greenfield. I live at 752 NW
• 7`h Street Rd. Miami
• I regr.et having to be out of town and not attending
this crucial meeting. I have asked my
(Son/daughterinlaw) to read this statement.
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• nFirst My wish to you Miami City
Commissioners is for
• A sturdy year of wise decisions that will continue
to vigilantly defend all things green, including
Bayfront and Bicentennial Parks and
neighborhoods like Spring Garden on the Miami
River.
My vivid memory of growing up on North East 21 St
Street, between the boulevard and open view of the
bay, has been obliterated by the onslaught of
monster structures jutting out to the street and
covering the skyline. Their greedy absentee owners
are impatiently awaiting the demise of the one
house left- ours, now owned by my brother.
Whereas the Performing Arts Center , Its bold
beautiful architecture will ennoble the
boulevard,while these impending canyons can only
coarsen it.
In 1959 my husband and four children moved into my late
grandparents neglected home in Spring Garden off the
Miami River. The neighbors, far from being posh or
unrelated to each other, formed an association that has
grown by leaps into a residential enclave in recent years
classified "historic."
Our dedicated neighbors have come together to ban many
serious invasions as we are doing today. Among the
developments the association has fought off are----
F-DOT's plans to plow through the existing seawall with
a rapid transit system from the airport to the seaport;
The City's intent to build a hospital for the criminally
insane on 11 th street whereas, in recent years, we
persuaded the Commission to vote for a supermarket to
replace the nonfunctioning jail building on the same
property. .
The fight against inappropriate development continues..
We're —not opposed to multi -dwellings that conform with
the height -space and population of our neighborhood.. It is
the over -sizing for profit and insensitivity to our health -
oriented and aesthetic values we find unconscionable and --
unacceptable. Thank you.. --
Esther J. de Varona
1028 NW North River Drive
Miami, FL 33136
01/22/04
Subject: The devastating and irreversible impact that the project in question will have on the
overall character and charm of this portion of the Miami River.
The currently proposed project for 1001 NW 7th Street is not good for the City of Miami; not good
for Little Havana and; not good for the historic Spring Garden area.
As proposed, the project will permanently alter the essence and unique character of this portion
of the Miami River, the Middle River. Both sides of its banks: The north —Spring Garden with its
historic homes where people like Margot), Stoneman Douglas and William Burdine lived and the
south — Little Havana with its ethnic flavor and low to medium density neighborhoods.
Visitors are surprised when they see a lush green tree canopied vista as they ride up the
curving, narrow river, under the 5th St. bridge. Here, private docks and pleasure boats dot
the bank. We often see tourists and boaters with faces lighting up in view of the unexpected:
private homes, small parks, and townhouses that butt right up to the edge of the river.
The Miami River constantly curves creating separate view corridors. Along this section, it forms
a curve. From our townhouse deck, we can see up and down the river because of the
orientation of the river bend. But, looking across the river to the property in question,
because the land curves out towards us, and the river is narrow at this point, (less that 100
yds.), even the present 4 to 5 story building (the Old Miami News) with its large parking lot
setback, appears close.
Because of its kind of half-moon shape, riding along the river, you actually border part of the
sides of the proposed project site. Building these 300-foot towers at this spot is so
disproportionate from the opposite bank, that they would overwhelm the view, just overpower
any sense of its present unique character; something special, worth seeing.
These two towers will not only hurt my family's property value because they are too high, too
close and oriented directly parallel to our back deck.
But also it will hurt all Miamians by irreversibly damaging a historic setting, reminiscent of old
Miami. For both banks of the river are important, Little Havana and Spring Garden.
The joyous surprise of encountering this uniquely charming section of the Miami River will be
gone forever, dead with one shot.
It is clear, just as maintaining an old Art Deco District in South Beach added value, renown and
distinction to Miami Beach, I am sure that maintaining and preserving the existing charm of this
portion of the Miami River will be a legacy for many generation and a gift not soon forgotten.
Please help us all!
ELLEN F. MONKUS, M.D.
1024 N.W. North River Drive
Miami, FL 33136
01/21/04
Subject: Planning Advisory Board of the City of Miami Meeting 12/17/03
regarding future land use of the property described as "1001 NW 7th Street"
To whom it may concern,
I attended the 12/17/03 meeting of the Planning Advisory Board regarding future land use of the
above property. In the first place, it should be stated the project is to be an elegant complex with
desirable amenities and beautiful landscaping. In my personal opinion the major problem with the
proposal is the location. The Royal Atlantic Developers plan to include two towers, both 27 stories
high. They are designating 1,073 parking spaces for tenants.
My home is within 500 feet of the project. If I figure correctly, my home is located directly across
the river from the site where the two towers will be built. This will cause a serious environmental
change both during construction of the project and occupancy of 744 multifamily units. Surely
more noise and light and loss of privacy will occur; how much can hardly be predicted at this time.
At 9 pm on a Monday evening, I am sitting in my bedroom on the second floor about 15 feet from
the river. The area of "1001 NW 7th Street" is dark and completely quiet, except rarely when a
commercial airplane or a tugboat passes. If the project is built in the proposed location, our lives
obviously will be much less peaceful. Surely the desirability and value of our riverside property will
decrease since we can no longer offer the same quiet lifestyles. I do not know the significance such
considerations are in your decision regarding the land of "1001 NW 7th Street."
Another issue I would like to raise is that the Miami River is a historic amenity for the City of
Miami. Miami is becoming a commercial metropolis. I visualize the city as a central business core
with housing for workers in a ring around it South, West and North and further out again would be
commercial. "1001 NW 7th Street" should be a quiet friendly neighborhood like Spring Gardens. We
have two hundred single family homes and four multifamily condominiums built on the Miami
River. Several have small sail/motor boats. We maintain two small riverside tree -canopied parks. We
are connected with the Parking Authorities to oversee our parking decals (20 years) and
environmental services for preservation of our tall trees. We are also involved with developing a
portion of the Miami River Grccnway.
It is my feeling that a similar neighborhood should be established at "1001 NW 7`h Street." The
property should be neither SD-4 Waterfront Industrial nor C-1 Restricted Commercial, but a low -
density multifamily residential area.
Sincerely Yours,
Ellen F. Monkus, M.D.
01/21/04
Subject:
ELLEN F. MONKUS, M.D.
1024 N.W. North River Drive
Miami, FL 33136
Planning Advisory Board of the City of Miami Meeting 12/17/03
regarding future land use of the property described as "1001 NW 7th Street"
To whom it may concern,
I attended the 12/17/03 meeting of the Planning Advisory Board regarding future land use of the
above property. In the first place, it should be stated the project is to be an elegant complex with
desirable amenities and beautiful landscaping. In my personal opinion the major problem with the
proposal is the location. The Royal Atlantic Developers plan to include two towers, both 27 stories
high. They are designating 1,073 parking spaces for tenants.
My home is within 500 feet of the project. If I figure correctly, my home is located directly across
the river from the site where the two towers will be built. This will cause a serious environmental
change both during construction of the project and occupancy of 744 multifamily units. Surely
more noise and light and loss of privacy will occur; how much can hardly be predicted at this time.
At 9 pm on a Monday evening, I am sitting in my bedroom on the second floor about 15 feet from
the river. The area of "1001 NW 7th Street" is dark and completely quiet, except rarely when a
commercial airplane or a tugboat passes. If the project is built in the proposed location, our lives
obviously will be much less peaceful. Surely the desirability and value of our riverside property will
decrease since we can no longer offer the same quiet lifestyles. I do not know the significance such
considerations are in your decision regarding the land of "1001 NW 7th Street."
Another issue I would like to raise is that the Miami River is a historic amenity for the City of
Miami. Miami is becoming a commercial metropolis. I visualize the city as a central business core
with housing for workers in a ring around it South, West and North and further out again would be
commercial. "1001 NW 7th Street" should be a quiet friendly neighborhood like Spring Gardens. We
have two hundred single family homes and four multifamily condominiums built on the Miami
River. Several have small sail/motor boats. We maintain two small riverside tree -canopied parks. We
are connected with the Parking Authorities to oversee our parking decals (20 years) and
environmental services for preservation of our tall trees. We are also involved with developing a
portion of the Miami River Greenway.
It is my feeling that a similar neighborhood should be established at "1001 NW 7th Street." The
property should be neither SD-4 Waterfront Industrial nor C-1 Restricted Commercial, but a low -
density multifamily residential area.
Sincerely Yours,
Ellen F. Monkus, M.D.