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HISTORIC& ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD
CITY OF MIAMI
June 15,2017
Honorable. Mayor Thomas Regalado & Members of the City Commission
City of Miami
3500 pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33131
Re: Art in Public Places — Amendment
File No. FZ.2, 2099 and PZ.20, 1909
Public Art requirements for Private Development
Honorable Mayor Thomas Regalado and Members of the City Commission:
On June 6, 2017, the .Historic and Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB) passed a motion authorizing
the Chair to issue a letter of support to the proposed amendments to the Art in Public Places Ordinance
scheduled before the City Commission on June 22, 2017,
The Historic and Environmental Preservation Board is pleased to endorse said amendments, which will
establish public art requirements for applicable private development projects within the City of Miami.
These requirements will serve to advance the City's progressive leadership position in urban design,
preservation and public art, while creating great public and private civic spaces.
Furthermore, the HEPB is delighted to see that a portion of the Public Art fund will be designated for the
restoration of our cultural resources and for public improvements within our designated historic districts,
We cannot emphasize too much how valuable the dedicated funding source in this innovative ordinance
will be to Historic Preservation efforts within the City of Miami.
We urge you to support the proposed amendments to the long -overdue Art in Public Places Ordinance and
we ask that you consider our proposed language to Subsection 3 of the Miami 21 and Subsection 4 of
Chapter 62 of the proposed legislation as listed in page 2 of this letter.
Sincerely,
William E. Hopper, PhD
Chair
444 SOUTHWEST 2 AVENUE, THIRD FLOOR, M1AM), FL 33130
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305.416.140e www.itiAmiGov,com
The AIPP Legislation has been in the works since 2015. The development community has had
enough time to properly prepare for the implementation of the Public Art requirements. To allow
for additional time for projects to be exempt would be counterproductive to the intent of the
legislation.
We have the opportunity now to have art integrated into the built environment while creating
dynamic public and private civic spaces and building.
Proposed text modifications:
Section3. This Ordinance shall not apply to any Development Projects that have a valid and
effective Waiver, Warrant, Class II, Variance, Exception, Certificate of
Appropriateness, Major Use Special Permit, Development Agreement, or Special Area
Plan permit on the effective date of this Ordinance and which have not been
substantially modified and that obtain a master building permit within twenty-four (24)
months of the Effective Date of this Ordinance. If a decision on a Waiver, Warrant,
Class 11, Variance, Exception, Certificate of Appropriateness, Major Use Special
Permit, Development Agreement, or Special Area Plan permit has been timely
appealed on the effective date of this ordinance to the PZAB, the City Commission, or
a court of competent jurisdiction, the twenty four (24) month period to obtain a master
building permit shall begin to run on the date of a final order on the appeal to the
highest court of competent jurisdiction, or the issuance of the permit, whichever is
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Substantial modifications shall mean a material change such as
but not limited to, Height, FLR/Lot Coverage, number of floors and or dwelling units,
&creases in setbacks, open space, uses, en -el -parking spaces and does not increase the
number of average daily trips from the site and or does not alter the location of any
points of ingress, egress, access for vehicular and pedestrian pattems to the site, If
substantially modified, the Ordinance shall apply to the entire project.
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