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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment and Submittals at 02-02-22 PZAB MtgPublic Comments Report for 2/2/22 PZAB meeting February 2, 2022 Public Comment for PZAB w/Agenda Items February 2, 2022 5:17 PM MST Public Comment motero@miamigov.com First Last Nam Nam e e JB Dani eL Ema if Addr ess mon eys. post Reef men er .Oy @icf oud. com Ohre nstei n dano hres ntein @g mail. com Are Age you Addr nda Public Comment a ess Item Lobb yist? PZA B RES OLU TIO Outs N ide 1132 of g : Please, please don't change the zoning. This is outdated and you're turning your No backs on the free market. Let a thousand solutions bloom instead of mandates!!! Mia Zoni mi ng Text TO D Park ing As a former resident of the City of Miami and UM graduate, I want the Magic City to stay magic. The proposed zoning text change will, in the end, needlessly raise costs for both residents and businesses by requiring parking where it doesn't need to be. This is through inflation, market distortion, and incompatibility. We all know about economic inflation but a growing number of professionals have realized that parking minimums are their own form of inflation. If a business or condo is required to build PZA parking that the market doesn't call for, it arbitrarily raises the cost of building. B Builders then pass along the costs to customers and residents. Parking minimums RES even inflate the size of a city by separating places with unwafkabfe and shockingly 1840 OLU duff parking fields. The great quest to build ample parking has, in fact, been an Morr TIO unconscious megaproject which results in higher costs, environmental damage, and ift N vast urban dead zones. In this regard, requiring more parking in TOD zones is a St. 1132 double whammy. TOD zones are exactly positioned to economize by building Less Apt. 8 : parking as Less is needed. Fewer parking spots that can be waived would merely No 208 Zoni become a government -induced market distortion. Further, requiring shops Less than Sara ng 10,000 square feet to build parking would have made it impossible to build places sota, Text people Love to go Like Coconut Grove and the Design District. The small shops and FL cafes would be half demolished to make way for "ample" parking which, at the same TOD time, would have broken up the urban fabric and made these places duff and Park unwaLkabLe. White many businesses and visitors complain about the Lack of parking, ing this is only an indication of the success of an area and that higher parking fees should be considered to create more turnover. The former President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) noted that the way forward is, in fact, Lowering or eliminating parking minimums (https://community.ite.org/bfogs/mr-bruce-beLmore- peng-ptoe-ays/2019/02112Jrethinking-parking-minimums). This zoning text change should be rejected Like yesterday's guava pastry. Let's keep the Magic City magic by creating more places to be and to make a Life and not just spots to park. Thank you. Are First Last Ema Addr Age you Nam Nam Addr ess nda Public Comment a e e Item lobb ess yist? PZA B Hi TOD rep, I recently read online that the city is considering changing the laws regarding waivers for developer parking requirements in areas with mass transit and I RES 785 OLU think this is a huge mistake. While I am an outsider now, I plan on moving to the j1d34 Was TIO Miami area after graduation and I fell in love with the area, not because of the sun 9@s hbur N and the beach but the county's effort to reduce traffic and encourage public transit with the flat rate bus fees and trolleys. By putting more parking in the areas that Jenn Dulit carte n 1132 have quality transit accessibility you are starting to undo all the hard work to mitigate tmait stree 8: No ifer z rut t Zoni traffic in the area. I don't fully know the financials of this besides that the waiver g comes with a sort of fee, building parking is rather expensive, and the city wilt make ers.e Tean ng du eck Text very tittle off the additional parking, but there has to be a better alternative out there. NJ Rather than requiring more parking why not raise the waiver fee or require more TOD green space/shade on each site? More parking does not help everyone and in many cases does a tot of unintended harm to the community already there for the sake of Park those who drive in. If people want to come to these areas, they wilt. ing PZA B 91 RES East OLU Rac Selb TIO hael y N Please keep the existing parking reduction required in the new transit corridor. It is Doro Blvd 1132 more sustainable for people without cars and the environment. It wilt allow for easier Rac Doro hael thy thy wort 8 : access to amenities throughout the region and allow visitors a way to travel without No @g hingt Zoni needing a car. Miami is a great place to visit and wilt be more so without being car maiL. on ng dominated. People want to visit and spend money and do so without using cars. com Ohio Text 4308 6 TOD Park ing End of Report Chair and Members Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33131 RE: PZAB Resolution Number 1 — Additional Public Hearing Requirements PZAB Resolution Number 2 — Removing Parking Incentives Dear Chairperson & Members of the Board, THE SOUTH FLORIDA AGC I am writing on behalf of The Associated General Contractors of America South Florida Chapter (The South Florida AGC), to share our concerns on two pieces of proposed legislation being considered by the Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board today, Wednesday, February 2, 2022: - PZAB Resolution Number 1, would require a public hearing for affordable housing projects that are currently approved by warrant. This would add an additional 6-12 months to the application approval process. - PZAB Resolution Number 2, removes parking incentives for projects in and around Transit Oriented Development areas adding additional delays to the project approval process and making the cost of new housing more expensive. These changes would delay existing projects, increase the cost of current and future projects, and extend an already lengthy approval process for the construction of new projects. Although this is a burden for our member firms it is even more of a burden for our workforce which has seen skyrocketing rents, and home prices within the city of Miami. Commercial Construction is a labor-intensive process and policies which impact our ability to find local workers has a negative impact on all sectors of society as roads, powerlines, sewer pipes, and building construction is dependent on constriction workers to build and service them. We respectfully ask that the board consider deferring these items until there is a better understanding of their impact on the supply of housing over the near and long term and their impact on affordable housing. Thank you for allowing us to speak on behalf of South Florida's Commercial Construction Community and the thousands of construction workers who call the City of Miami, home. Carlos Carrillo Executive Director The South Florida AGC The South Florida Chapter of The Associated General Contractors of America 8200 NW 41st Street, Suite 200 Doral, FL 33166 asf Builders Association of South Florida BUILDING GREAT CITIES SINCE 1944 Chair and Members Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board City of Miami 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33131 www.basfonline.org 111 NW 183rd Street, Suite 111 Miami Gardens, FL 33169 February 1, 2022 Re: PZAB Resolution No. 1 (File No. 11327) - Additional Public Hearing Requirements throughout Miami 21; and PZAB Resolution No. 2 (File No. 11328) - Removing Parking Incentives Dear Mr. Chairman and Board Members: I write today on behalf of the Builders Association of South Florida ("BASF"), to express our concerns regarding two pieces of proposed legislation scheduled to be considered by the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2, 2022. In their current foul, BASF would be opposed to both items for the reasons set forth below. One of the City's top priorities is to keep housing affordably priced for all Miami residents. Both pieces of proposed legislation would have a negative impact on housing affordably by extending an already lengthy permitting process, and making housing significantly more expensive to construct. • PZAB Resolution No. 1 would require a public hearing for affordable housing projects that are now routinely approved via Warrant, adding anywhere from 6-12 months more time for application approval. • PZAB Resolution No. 2 seeks to remove highly effective parking incentives for applicants with projects in and around Transit Oriented Development ("TOD") areas. Adding significant additional delays to applicants' already lengthy approval times and eliminating TOD parking reductions would be counter -productive to the goal of producing more affordably priced places to live. The City's Warrant process is a fundamental feature of the zoning process for most developments, and in particular affordable housing developments with strict federal tax credit deadlines, as the bonus height, density and FLR available for affordable housing developments under Miami 21's Section 3.15 Attainable Mixed -Income Housing provisions now require a Warrant. While the protection of neighbors is paramount, a comprehensive analysis of the impacts of the proposed legislative items must be properly vetted prior to a rush to eliminate a process that has been in place since the adoption of Miami 21. An Exception process will not only unduly burden the applicants, staff, and boards, but the general public as well, with added notifications that create uncertainty and angst for uses that are otherwise permitted. This will also cause delay to a process that is already backlogged. Also, the City's reduced TOD parking requirements has been a major driver in encouraging the construction of more housing in and around transit hubs. This smart zoning feature is used by many builders to construct more desperately needed apartments and condominiums in areas where growth is most compatible. Requiring a public hearing application for ALL applications would create significant uncertainty, threatening Miami's progress in addressing critical issues around housing affordability and mobility, and putting more development pressure on residential neighborhoods, potentially adding more cars and gridlock to the road. Now, with the completion of Brightline and Miami Central Station, and other transit stops along the eastern corridor, transit -oriented developments are becoming a reality — and a great relief to many residents. This will reduce the need for more parking, promote mass transit use and ultimately, will offer more City residents places to live near transit stops. Continued on page 2 PZAB Board Page Two February 1, 2022 Before any single proposal to amend Miami 21, BASF respectfully suggests that this Board ask about the status of the Miami 21 Task Force Report and consider any broad -sweeping changes in a wholistic manner. In 2021, at the City Commission's direction, a Miami 21 Task Force was formed and met at City Hall to consider a wide range of updates and improvements to Miami 21. The Task Force's recommendations offer a wholistic approach that could help the Board, and the City Commission, adopt a package of much -needed improvements to Miami 21. When separate proposals are considered, there is greater risk of not fully understanding that specific item's implications, and unintended consequences, on other Code sections, the City's economic well-being and ultimately, our City residents. To our Members' knowledge, no public workshops or meetings have been held on the Task Force Report, to date. Thus, BASF respectfully suggests that this Board inquire as to the status of the Miami 21 Task Force Report, review those recommendations for a wholistic approach for process improvements and other improvements that benefit the City of Miami and its neighborhoods, and that public meetings or workshops be held on the Task Force Report, before considering individual amendments to Miami 21. Thank you for the opportunity to provide our Members' point of view on this important community issue. Sincerely, 414. Truly Burton Executive V ce resident cc: Mayor Suarez, City Manager Noriega, Planning Director Garcia -Pons