HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Staff Memo RE Applicant Response to ConditionsCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Francisco Garcia
DATE: 10/26/2018
FILE:
SUBJECT: Magic City SAP Response to
Conditions
REFERENCES:
FROM: Joseph Eisenberg ENCLOSURES:
Good afternoon Mr. Garcia,
Below you will find Planning Staff's most recent assessment of the Magic City
SAP's attempt to satisfy our conditions of approval.
Condition 1: Planning Staff's condition should be updated to reflect plan updates on July
5, 2018 and August 8, 2018. Both updates are in response to our other conditions of
approval.
Condition 2: Sufficiently addressed.
Condition 3: Planning's preference remains for full public accessibility to the SAP's open
spaces, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, we understand the applicant's desire
to restrict access during night time and early morning hours. Planning staff is comfortable
with the most recent proposal, which is to have the option to restrict public access to the
SAP's open space from midnight to 6:00 am.
Condition 4: Sufficiently addressed.
Condition 5: Planning staff has a strong preference that 7% of the SAP's units are
reserved for affordable housing and 14% of the SAPs units are reserved for workforce
housing. The current proposal is to reserve 7% of the SAP's residential space for
affordable housing and 14% of the SAPs residential space for workforce housing.
Planning's preference is for the former, not the latter, as there is a demonstrative citywide
need for income restricted units. This problem is better addressed by providing a higher
number of smaller units, rather than a smaller number of larger units.
Planning staff also has a preference that the workforce housing be reserved for families
making at or below 120% AMI, which it the threshold at which Miami 21 begins to count
workforce housing as a public benefit.
Conditions 6-26: Sufficiently addressed.
Condition 27: Planning staff's preference is for the applicant to begin the tentative plat
approval process. This must commence prior to any development activity, therefore
Planning prefers that it happen sooner rather than later.
Condition 28-33: Sufficiently addressed.
Condition 34: The applicant is currently engaged with the Office of Resilience. This
process will be completed shortly, in time for City Commission second reading.
Condition 35: Sufficiently addressed.