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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal - Sherman Rattner - Letter of CommissionersSubmitted into the pub record for ittm(s) on[. City Clerk i(c) -- 7 Ve 7 7 7 PZ.5 File #12009 June 23, 2022 Department of Planning Amending Zoning Ordinance Transfer of Affordable Housing Density Bonus My name is Sherman Rattner. I am the President of the Tenants Association for 1809 Brickell Ave — a 270 units of Affordable Housing for Senior most of whom are disabled. I'm here to talk about Affordable Housing, or rather the lack of Affordable Housing. Thanks to the City's failure in policy and leadership over the past decades that has only gotten worse we are no the least affordable housing market in the nation. Half the City struggles to pay for safe, decent, and affordable housing as a result of the years of failed policy and leadership that has made us ground zero for the housing crisis This proposed ordinance is a shameless give away by the City of billions and billions of dollars to Developers that will have nominal benefit for most citizens in need of housing while further turning Miami into a Tale of Two Cities dividing the Rich from Working Families, Senior, disable, and the poor. 1 Right now you are in the process of giving — literally giving a billion dollars to a billionaire developer for tearing 400 Seniors most of whom are disabled and sending them off to a premature death in one of the most dangerous and toxic areas of the City where there is literally a 7 year liss life expectancy according the Census Date. YOU — Each of you is responsible for this travesty. While you give a way billions have the City struggles to survive. 2 Submitted into the public record or ite (s) • , - S on City Clerk This is Political cowardice sinking under the weight of moral bankruptcy of the worst kind. This is ordinance to create "A Tale of Two Cities" - one city Millionaires and billionaires mostly along the coast a wall along Brickell and Biscayne Boulevard and a few other areas and the other City did the rest. Failure policy and a failure of leadership you have This ordinance will give away billions and billions to other developers all across the City for doing the same thing. Otherwise Known as the City's Billion Billion Dollar Give Away to Developers for Sending the Seniors, Disabled, Working Families and Poor off to a premature death in the most dangerous and toxic areas of the City. Or alternatively I call it the tale of two Cities in which through years of a failure of policy and leadership you have managed to turn Miami into Ground Zero for the Affordable Crisis. Thanks in large measure to your failure of policy and leadership Miami is now the least affordable housing market in the nation. This Ordinance Officially Memorializes that reality. It is not an Ordinance to solve the problem but an ordinance to perpetuate the problem. That you cloak this Billions and Billions in gives aways in the name of Affordable Housing as you have done with the Inclusionary housing Ordinance; and the Forever Bonds is absolutely shameless and reprehensible. 2 Submitted into the pilic record or i ein(s) S on , City Clerk 3 I don't like to just complain about what others do or don't as in what you are doing here; I believe in offering up real solutions which I have done on many occasions in the past. Let me give you some right now: and I think the Mayor will agree that l have offered up credible and reasonably documented realistic proposals in the Past. I can show you a way that working with the County You can create a 1,000 affordable units for seniors and disabled at virtually no cost in the next six months. Sound too good to be true but its real, and I've actually been able to show it can be done. Here's another one: I can show you a way that you can create 270 affordable units for seniors and disabled at no cost whatsoever in one day and all you have to do is send this letter to HUD to get it done. Its real; you can do it; one letter to HUD and you will create 270 affordable units for seniors and the disabled literally over night. You want to know how to do it all you have to do is contact me at info(1809Brickell.orq and I will show you how. I have two final points: You are in the process of giving away a billions dollars to a billionaire developer — literally giving him a billion dollars — And what did he do to deserve this; With your help he is sending 400 seniors from the cleanses and safest area of the City to one of the most 3 Submitted into the public record or item(s) - on . �-! aS /9-c(. City Clerk dangerous, deadly, and toxic areas of the City where the life expectancy is literally 7 years less then where they live now A Billion dollar payoff from the City to a Developer to send seniros and disabled off to a premature death. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU. This ordinance will memorialize doing exactly that all over the City — Billion dollar bonanza for sending people off to die. don't think it gets any more outrageous then that. One final point: In Januray 6, 2a24, A Traitorous, Draft dodging Liar tried to over through our democracy and came within a haris breath of succeeding and continues to spread the great lie of a stolen election. All of this and the continued divisiveness that plagues our nation, threatens our democracy, and undermines our security has been made possible by your continued silence Your silence and even support of this lie is an act of unimaginable political cowardice. It is a Shame that you will carry for the rest of your lives. THANK YOU 4 Submitted into the public record for items) (f ,9/`} City Clerk While you pay to protect the millionaires and billionaire ORDINANCE First Reading AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, TITLED "GENERAL TO ZONES", TO ESTABLISH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT DENSITY PROGRAM; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Christine King APPLICANT(S): Arthur Noriega V, City Manager on behalf of City of Miami PURPOSE: This will allow amending article 3, entitled "General to Zones", to establish an affordable housing transfer of development density program. FINDING(S): PLANNING DEPARTMENT: Recommended approval. Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board: Scheduled for June 15, 2022. Note for the Record: PZAB File ID 11990 Linked to this Legislative File