HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittalFrom: Dougherty, Lucia (Shld-Mia-Env)
To: Avino, Javier F. (Assoc-Mia-Env); Dougherty, Lucia (Shld-Mia-Env)
Sent: Thu Apr 27 10:23:45 2006
Subject: Attached is letter from neighbor on miami diver
FOR 10:00 AM MEETING, Thursday, April 27, 2006
To: Miami City Commission
Fm: Lin Lougheed
55 and 81 NW 30th St.
Miami, FL 33127
Sub: Zoning Change Petition for 26 NW 30th St.
File ID 05-01505/05-01505a
SUBMITTED INTO THE
PUBLIC RECORD FOR
1TEMpL3ONy27
I support Miami Diver, the owner of 26 NW 30th St., in its bid to convert 26 NW 30th St.
to a private parking lot for the use of its staff and students.
Miami Diver has been a part of the Wynwood landscape for 25 years. The neighborhood
needs such consistency as it enters a period of change caused by the commercial
development of Midtown Miami. Miami Diver has been a good neighbor. It has
cooperated with the Wynwood Arts District and allowed young artists to exhibit it its
space; it has opened its doors to local students to visit its school and observe its training
facilities. It is important for our neighborhood's youth to see career options such as this.
Other institutions in the area should follow Miami Diver's example.
Parking is necessary for Miami Diver's staff and student body. Miami Diver's plan to set
back the street wall of the parking lot and landscape the public face is in keeping with the
street's designation as the Wynwood-Fairchild Garden, a joint program between Fairchild
Tropical Botanic Garden and Wynwood NET. The program involves fruit -tree give-
aways and signage highlighting plants in neighbors' gardens. Miami Diver has signed on
as a sponsor of this program.
I support Miami Diver's application to use its R-3 lot as a parking area. I encourage the
City Commission to provide them with a waiver to do this.