HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiami River Commission Ltr, WAB & PZAB ResosPolicy Committee:
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Miami -Dade County
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Commissioner Bruno Barreiro
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Group
Mr. Richard Dubin
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Chair of Marine Council
Mr. Ed Swakon
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Executive Director of Downtown
Development Authority
Ms. Alyce Robertson
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Chair of Greater Miami Chamber
of Commerce
Mr. Barry Johnson
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Neighborhood Representative
Appointed by City of Miami
Commission
Dr. Ernest Martin
Neighborhood Representative
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Commission
Ms. Sallye Jude
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Organization Appointed by the
Governor
Mr. Horacio Stuart Aguirre
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the Governor
Mr. Jay Carmichael
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Miami -Dade Commission
Ms. Sara Babun
Designee: Mr. Christian Larach
Member at Large Appoiuted by
City of Miami Commission
Mr. Manny Pricguez
Managing Director
Mr: Brett Bibeau
Miami River Commission
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1407 NW 71' ST, Suite D
Miami, Florida 33125
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email: miamiriver@bellsouth.net
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October 5, 2011
Planning and Zoning Advisory Board
City Hall
3500 Pan .American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
Re: Recommendation for Approval of "Big Fish" Restaurant and
Lounge
Dear Planning Advisory Board:
This letter serves as the Miami River Commission's (MRC) "official
statement" requested in City Resolution 00-320, regarding Planning
and Zoning Advisory Board's, October 5, Agenda Items PZAB 7 & 8,
which impact the Miami River.
During the Miami River Commission's July 11, 2011 public board
meeting, Mr. Ben Fernandez and Mr. Dean Lewis presented plans for a
new "Big Fish" restaurant and lounge, proposed to be located at 39-55
South Miami Avenue Road, featuring a 13-feet wide publicly
accessible riverwalk, sideyards and middle corridor. The MRC
respectfully recommended approval of the "Big Fish" project as
presented, by a vote of 7-4.
Your time and support for the Miami River are appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Horacio Stuart Aguirre
Chairman,
Miami River Commission
Assistant Managing Director
Ms. Ashley L. Chase
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MOTION: WAB 2011-08
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A MOTION OF THE MIAMI WATERFRONT ADVISORY
BOARD RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE BIG FISH
RESTAURANT AT 55 S.W. MIAMI AVENUE ROAD TO
INCLUDE A COVENANT TO ALLOW FOR THE PUBLIC
WALKWAY TO HAVE NON -FIXED, LIGHTWEIGHT TABLES
AND NOT TO ENCROACH ON THE FIVE-FOOT
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. ALSO RECOMMENDED THE
NOTATION ON THE PLANS FOR THE UNOBSTRUCTED
PEDESTRIAN PASSAGEWAY TO READ, "UNOBSTRUCTED
PUBLICLY -ACCESSIBLE RIVERWALK".
ATTEST:
Hearing Date: July 12, 2011
Vote: 7 to 1
Anel Roi►riguez, Deputy Clerk
Hearing :oards
Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board
File ID 10-00612ww
Resolution: PZAB-R-11-045
October 05, 2011 Item PZAB.7
Ms. Maria Beatriz Gutierrez offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS TO THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, MAKING FINDINGS AND
APPROVING A MODIFICATION OF THE REQUIRED WATERFRONT CHARTER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO THE SETBACKS: 1) AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3(mm)(i)(B) OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, MODIFYING THE WATERFRONT SIDE -YARD
REQUIREMENT OF TWENTY-FIVE (25%) PERCENT OF THE WATER FRONTAGE OF EACH LOT,
BASED ON AVERAGE LOT WIDTH OF 276.2 FEET, AS FOLLOWS: WATERFRONT SIDE -YARD
SETBACKS REQUIRED 69'0", PROPOSED EAST 5'0", PROPOSED WEST 8'0", PROPOSED VIEW
CORRIDOR (CENTER) 52'7" (TOTAL PROPOSED 65'7"), REQUEST TO MODIFY 3'5"; AND 2) AS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 3(mm)(i)(A) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, MODIFYING THE REQUIRED WATERFRONT SETBACK OF 13'6.4", PROPOSED
13'1.8", REQUEST TO MODIFY 0'4.6"; FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY
39 & 55 SOUTHWEST MIAMI AVENUE ROAD, MIAMI, FLORIDA. THIS WATERFRONT WAIVER
WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: 1) TO
INCORPORATE THE CONDITIONS OF THE WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD; AND 2) TO
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION: SETBACK APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) FOOT AND
TAKE OFF THE RADIUS OF THE CURTAIN WALL TO KEEP THE SAME AMOUNT OF ELEVATED
DECK THROUGHOUT; KEEP IT CONSISTENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH WITH THE DIMENSION
FROM THE EDGE OF OUTDOOR TABLE TO THE WEST (THE SAME DIMENSION ALL THE WAY
THROUGH) TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
Upon being seconded by Mr. Oscar Rodriguez, the motion was passed and adopted by a
vote of 9-0:
Mr. Charles A. Garavaglia Yes
Mr. Patrick Goggins Yes
Ms. Maria Beatriz Gutierrez Yes
Mr. Lazaro Lopez Yes
Mr. Ernest Martin Yes
Mr. Daniel Milian Yes
Mr. Oscar Rodriguez Yes
Mr. Michael Schiff Yes
Ms. Janice Tarbert Yes
Francisco i,arcia, Director
Plannin• Department
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Anel Rodriguez, Clerk of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of
the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowledges that he executed the foregoing Resolution.
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS IO DAY 0 1 .t1 , 2011.
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