HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEPB 04-10-15 Staff ReportCITY OF MIAMI
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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Staff: MCS
Application received: 3/26/2015
Staff Report & Recommendation
Chairperson and Members
Historic & Environmental Preservation Board
Megan Schmitt
Preservation Officer
Applicant: The City of Miami, Capital Improvements and Transportation Program
Subject:
Item No. 1 — Miami Marine Stadium, 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway
The applicant, the City of Miami's Capital Improvements and Transportation Program, is proposing
site improvements to the Miami Marine Stadium's parking lot. Though the majority of the work is to
occur on undesignated portions of the parcel, work is being proposed to the section of the parking lot
that falls within the boundaries designated by HEPB-2008-56 (attached).
BACKGROUND: This is a new application.
THE PROPERTY: The Miami Marine Stadium was designated as a historic site at the October 7,
2008 HEPB meeting. Below are the boundaries of the designated site:
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Staff: MCS
Application received: 3/26/2015
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS:
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Miami Marine Stadium, 1962. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives
Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham
Miami Marine Stadium, 1962. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives
Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham
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Staff: MCS
Application received: 3/26/2015
ANALYSIS:
CIP is proposing to remove the majority of the trees that currently exist on the designated
portion of the site, including the trees that obscure the view of the Stadium from the
Rickenbacker Causeway. Historic photographs consulted do not show trees planted directly
in front of the Stadium but rather next to the building on either side (see image above).
CIP is also proposing to install small footings for the use of temporary tents at future events.
Staff does not think that this intervention is problematic necessaryily, but requests further
information as to what the asphalt will look like once the work is complete.
Staff requests further information (dimensions, materials, color, etc.) about the FPL switch
cabinet that is called out to better understand its impact on the designated site.
The Preservation Office requests that CIP provide further detail as to whether the scope of
work includes any changes to the traffic circle that sits in front of the Stadium.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
The Preservation Office recommends that the application for a Special Certificate of
Appropriateness for site improvements to the Miami Marine Stadium's parking lot
be Approved with Conditions.
1. The improvements being made to the designated area of the site shall restore the
historic conditions of the trees, landscaping, traffic circle and any other designed
elements as documented in archival materials.
2. Any work that touches the structure would require the City of Miami's CIP
Department to return to the HEPB under separate review.
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