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Home My WebLink AboutSubmittals at PZAB MtgFACTS CHARLES AVENUE Submitted Into The Record • Charles Avenue runs East West from Main Highway to 37th Avenue ne • Charles Avenue was conceived, without a survey • Corner of Charles Avenue and Hibiscus is not aligned from 't•iscus Avenue to 37`h Avenue • 74 homes of which 5 have been designated Historic • There is one Church, one Cemetery and a Playhouse • Street was designated historic in 2012 • Parking on south side of Charles Avenue is prohibited except for several small cutoff parking spaces on private property. • Charles Avenue is narrow and only 19 feet wide versus a normal street, which is 25 feet. OUR EXPERIENCE ON CHARLES AVENUE • We own a property on Charles Avenue since 2011. • In 2012 Charles Avenue was designated a historic street an idea which we supported. • We thought that designation would bring Capital Improvements and prosperity to the neighborhood. • So Far the Opposite - There have been no Capital Improvement and a total disregard for property rights in a residential area. WHAT WE KNEW ABOUT CHARLES AVENUE • We knew we were close to a Main Highway and a Commercial area. • We also knew Charles Avenue is a Residential Street. • We did not know there would be a new building of 110,000 square feet @Ransom built. • The Stirrup House converted into a Bed & Breakfast. • That an Italian Restaurant zoning would be approved next to the Stirrup House Bed & Breakfast. • And now a proposed change of zoning to T4L to include a 38 room hotel that would further increase traffic and open the door for hotels, multifamily residences and retail into a residential area. CURRENT DAILY SITUATION ON CHARLES AVENUE • Photos and Traffic Study speak for themselves • Traffic down Charles is over 1.522 cars daily almost double Miami Dade County Criteria. • Speeding - 85% of daily cars go over the speed Limit. Note: Traffic Study conducted by City of Miami. • Lot zoned for Italian Restaurant used as Valet Parking, Barbeque Pit, Garbage Yard and services deliveries causing yet more traffic. • Pedestrians are unable to walk on Sidewalks because delivery eighteen - wheelers are on top of sidewalk. • Cyclist travel down Charles Avenue every day. • Traffic is frequently stopped; cars are unable to pass because of delivery trucks in middle of street. • Already City of Miami Emergency Vehicles responding to emergency collided with Planters on Public Right Away. Elizabeth & Charles. Ren►e1 helerretiolts: 1-800-BY-RYDER SPONTATION I sum', CPU. WNALLN(NI Ryder.cam Ever better. MOW Rem, se iiiiiiii mama,. I 4461,1T Rental Reservations: 1-800-BY-RYDER a Audio ! Video Automation Securit, I Fiber WIC Charles Avenue - Traffic Study: On Jan 11, 2018, at 12:47 PM, Estevez, Samael <SEstevez@miamigov.com> wrote: Good morning Ms. Seymour, In response to your request on behalf of Mr. Guillermo de la Paz (copied herein), the City of Miami's Office of Transportation Management staff conducted a traffic study to evaluate existing traffic conditions and assess the need for traffic calming devices along the subject road segment. Traffic volume and speed data was collected for a twenty-four (24) hour period on November 30, 2017. Collected data is summarized below. Collected Data Study Segment 85th Percentile Speed MPH Vehicles per Day VPD Accident History (3 years) Posted Speed Limit MPH Charles Avenue between Main Highway 33 1,522 4 30 And SW 37th Avenue In order for the city to implement traffic calming measures, the location must meet the criteria established by Miami -Dade County Policy on Traffic Calming Measures or, alternatively, the City of Miami Beach Traffic Calming ranking criteria as allowed by the Amended Interlocal Municipal Agreement. Miami -Dade County Criteria Study Segment +10 MPH over Speed +750 VPD Limit Traffic Volume Road Features* Criteria Met Charles Avenue between Main Highway And SW 37th Avenue NO YES YES NO * Local residential street at least 750 feet long, one lane in each direction, posted speed limit of 30 MPH or less. Interlocal Municipal Agreement Study Segment Speed Points Volume Points Accident Points Total Points Criteria Met (>2.5 pts) Charles Avenue between Main Highway and SW 37th Avenue 0.5 1.5 0.5 2.5 YES As summarized in the tables above, the subject roadway segment is eligible for traffic calming treatment as per the interlocal municipal agreement criteria. Mr. Jeovanny Rodriguez, director of our Capital Improvements Program is copied in this email. Please include implementation of traffic calming on the subject segment as part of your program's schedule. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please contact our office. Regards, Samael L. Estevez, P.E. Transportation Engineer City of Miami I Office of Transportation Management 444 SW 2^d Avenue, 8th Floor, Miami, FL 33130 SEstevez@miamigov.com Office: 305.416.1020 I Fax: 305.416.2153 Letter to City: From: Guillermo de la Paz <gdelapaz2@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 12:33:30 PM To: Russell, Ken (Commissioner); Seymour, Cynthia; Parjus, Alberto N.; Alfonso, Daniel J.; jsrashid@cdc-florida.org Subject: Historic Charles Ave. Commissioner Russell, For the past two years my wife and I have been an advocate to restore the minimum rights that everyone should have to walk on a safe sidewalk and street down Historical Charles Avenue. This effort has felt like a roller coaster of frustration with little results. I have approached some of your staff in multiple occasions at Community Meetings to inform of the problem with no resolution. While most of the Grove has been repaved not one single street in West Grove has been taken care of. Neither you or Capital Improvements has been able to give a response as to when the street will be repaved. Countless calls to 311 reporting potholes seem worthless. One potholes gets fixed and five more are unresolved. To top this off, we now cannot walk on the sidewalk either because it is full of garbage and debris. This weekend this situation hit close to home, our son was injured and wound up in the ER, due to a pothole down Charles Avenue. Attached is a picture. Lastly, speeding down Charles Avenue has been and continues to be a huge issue. This is yet another safety concern for people who live on the street. There are a lot of kids of all ages that live on Charles. Some bike to school, walk and play ball while cars zoom by. Sadly, we have also approached your staff in Community Meetings regarding what needs to be done to have Speed Bumps installed with no answers or resolution. Would be helpful to know in writing what action needs to be taken to get this done. 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