HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZAB SUBMITTAL - BUENA VISTA EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONBUENA VISTA
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To: City of Miami Planning and Zoning Appeals Board
RE: Magic City SAP
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Dear PZAB,
The Board of the Buena Vista Historic Neighborhood Association has reviewed the application and supporting
documents for PZAB Items 12 and 13. We have several concerns about this application.
This proposed zoning change and subsequent request for SAP are vague. An "innovation district'', or any other
SAP has much potential to impact surrounding neighborhoods positively, and also negatively. We feel that more
information needs to be provided to the community before designation as an SAP. Craig Robbins at DACRA has
demonstrated what an SAP is, how it should interact with the communities around it, and the give and take in such an
undertaking. The Magic City developers have not reached out regarding plans other than a meeting on November 14,
2017. At that time, they mentioned a Temporary Use Permit that would allow them entertainment venues for 3 plus
years. We have heard no further details from Magic City, and a blanket Temporary Use Permit with alcohol licensing
with NO community outreach or plans evident regarding parking, traffic, sanitation, noise, etc., is alarming at minimum,
especially after what the City at the expense of residents has learned in hosting ULTRA in a dense residential and
commercial corridor.
Additionally, many of the letters of support for this SAP come from people who do not live in the area, and the
last 6 letters (pages 1362 through 1367) are generated through a format found on the applicant's website. The letters are
identical and all refer to the proposed Lemon City Rail Station. Plans for a stop in Lemon City/Little Haiti, or at the
proposed Eastside Ridge at 54 Street are nonexistent at FDOT level at this time, much as we at the local level would
like to contemplate rail access within our communities.
Additionally, for all of the references to demographics and socioeconomic measures in Little Haiti, there is no
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the best of our knowledge, low income or workforce housing is not part of this SAP, as indicated by Goals: HO1 and
1101 which have been analyzed as inconsistent due to anticipated salaries of S75000 for potential occupants in the
Magic City residences.
We ask for a deferral of this designation and any Temporary Use Permits until the developer has reached out to
various communities and has come to a consensus on acceptable impact and accommodations.
Respectfully,
Robin Porter, President
Buena Vista East Neighborhood Association