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RESOLUTION EXPRESSING CONCERN THAT
PROPOSED 300 GROVE BAY RESIDENCE
PROJECT IS OUT OF SCALE WITH AND WOULD
ADVERSELY IMPACT VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND
GARDENS, AND AUTHORIZING AND REQUESTING
COMMUNICATION OF THESE CONCERNS TO THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND
OTHERS
WHEREAS, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a National
Historic Landmark owned by Miami -Dade County and located
within the boundaries of the City of Miami that serves as
an important and vital part of the cultural community of
Miami -Dade. County and the State of Florida; and
WHEREAS, on the tracts of land to the southwest of
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a development is being
considered by the City of Miami Commission which is named
"300 Grove Bay Residences" and which will have three
residential towers, of up to four hundred and ten feet; and
WHEREAS, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens will be negatively
impacted by a development of such size and scale; and
WHEREAS, City of Miami staff has determined recently,
among other things, that the proposed project is "out of
scale with the area, and the rezoning of the property
should be consistent with the adjacent neighborhood, which
is R-3 zoning".
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WHEREAS, it has been confirmed through expert reports
and otherwise that the residential towers will be visible
above the sight line of Vizcaya's historic gardens and that
the early twentieth-century presentation of the gardens
would be compromised if such imposing, out -of -scale
structures were to be built at the heights currently
proposed or any heights higher than a line of sight above
the currently visible Mercy Hospital buildings; and
WHEREAS, the Miami -Dade Department of Planning &
Zoning has investigated the impact of the proposed project
on Vizcaya and determined that, among other things, (i) it
would impact one of the most prominent attributes of
Vizcaya, the view to the south from the house and gardens,
and (ii) such compromised view to the south from the house
and gardens could diminish the historic integrity of
Vizcaya.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MIAMI-DADE
STORIC PRESERVATION BOARD,
1.that this Board incorporates herein the impact
analysis conducted by the Miami -Dade Department of
Planning & Zoning;
2.that this Board endorses the determination of the City
of Miami staff that the proposed project is "out of
scale with the area, and the rezoning of the property
should be consistent with the adjacent neighborhood,
which is R-3 zoning";
3. that this Board finds that the height and scale of the
300 Grove Bay Residences project, as proposed, (i) is
out of scale with the area surrounding Vizcaya Museum
and Gardens; (ii) would, if approved, have a
significant adverse impact on Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens as an historic property which is, in part,
historically significant for its landscape
architecture, aesthetic heritage, and scenic vistas
and is so designated as such by the City of Miami and
the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park
Service; (iii) should be modified and reduced to a
height no higher than a line of sight above the
currently visible Mercy Hospital buildings.
4. that the
Director of the Office of Historic
Preservation is authorized and requested to advise the
Board of County Commissioners and other governmental
entities of the findings and position of this Board
with respect to the proposed project and its impact on
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Board Member
Ruth Campbell, who moved its adoption. The motion was
seconded by Board Member Robert McKinney and upon being
put to vote, the vote was as follows:
Board Members
Ruth Campbell
Rick Cohen
Paul George
Alberta Godfrey
Vote
yes
yes
yes
yes
Board Members
Hyacinth Johnson
Robert McKinney
JoEllen Phillips
Enid Pinkney
Vote
absent
yes
yes
yes
The chairperson thereupon declared the resolution
duly passed and adopted this 21st day of March, 2007.
This resolution shall become effective upon approval
by the Miami -Dade Historic Preservation Board.
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Alberta Godfrey, Chir a
Miami -Dade County
Historic Preservation Board
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Rodriguez,
Office of Historic
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this
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County'Historic Preservation Board.
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