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Home My WebLink AboutR-78-0301RFC/rb 4/26/78 MOT-- 7 8- 3U 1 (4/27/78) RESOLUTION NO. 78`301 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR ANI) SELECT A CONSULTANT, AND THEREAFTER EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID CONSULTANT, FOR A STUDY OF PARKING NEEDS IN COCONUT GROVE VILI. \GE CENTER, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT 0I' $1.`>,000 ALLOCATED FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 3RI) YEAR CONTINGENCY FUND, AFTER APPROVAL OF SAID CONSULTANT BY THE CITY COMMISSION, WHEREAS, the Coconut Grove Village Center is experiencing increased traffic and parking problems as a re3ult of increased development activity; and WHEREAS, the Ci ty oi. Miami is concerned that adequate par.ki-:g be provided to support the generaibusiness community :in ti;: ::;o,:onut. Grove Village Cvntot•; •iv TFEEREFORE, BF IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF , FLORIDA: C.i : y Manager i.s hereby authorized to advertise fcr ,..::c select a consultant to conduct a study - . -i :e '; ,. ;,jut -;rove Village Canter. 2. The City Manager is hereby further nuts: rued to _.._^;;te a contract with said consultant: after apl.roval of said Consultant by the City Commission. wit': funds therefor n-t to exceed $15,000 hereby allocated from Co::...:nity D_?v._iop :aunt 3rd Year Contingency Fund. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of April 1978. ATTEST: "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTSMaurice A. Ferre „..ILO YU» "C?--/ (7 RALP, ONr,IE, CITY CI PREPA 1ED ANI) APPROVED BY; 7( ROBERT F , C LA RK ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MAURICE A. FERRE, MAYO R VE1) AS TO FORM GEORG F. KNOX, CIT'YITTORNEY "DOC►.! y:" (111 )EX ITEM iiu. " •NESS; • rl Joseph R. Grassie City Manager os ph W. McManus Acting Director Planning Department April 21, 1978 Agenda Item City Comm. Meeting 4-27-78 Coconut Grove Parking Feasibility Study In response to a letter of inquiry from this Department dated April 14, 1978, to certain property owners in the Coconut Grove Village Center; Mr, Tom Spencer, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Players State Theatre, 3500 Main Highway, stated in a telephone conversation with me on April 2lst, that the Theatre has an interest in developing part of their property as a parking garage. They are currently investigating the feasibility of leasing their property for a private development and may be interested in discussing a joint public/private venture. "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" Joseph R. Grassie City Manager �se5h W. McManus Acting Director Planning Depnrtment April 21, 1978 Agenda Item City Comm. Meeting 4-,27-78 Coconut Grove Parking Feasibility Study In response to a letter of inquiry from this Department dated April 14, 1978 to certain property owners in the Coconut Grove Village Center, Mt. Jessie W. Hanson 3344 Virginia St., stated in a telephone conversation with me on April 20 that he has no intention of developing his property. MC: so fo• "SUP ORTiVF DOCUMENTS FOLLOVV" fo: Fnom Joseph R. Grassie City Manager c v Richard L. rosmoen Assistant City Manager PAR 2 0 1978 Parking Problem in Coconut Grove Since 1972, when the Coconut Grove Master Plan was accepted in principle by the City Commission, a number of changes have occurred in the Village Center. An increase in the number of restaurants and shops has stimulated additional visitor traffic. Major developments such as Mayfair, while providing on site parking, will attract additional visitors. The current zoning ordinance requirements are that parking be provided within 500 feet of the principal use. Experience indicates that this may not be adequate to cover existing demand or may result in visitors parking on properties reserved for exclusive use of a particular business since it is closer to their destination. The Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan identified the Village Center as an area in need of additional parking. Several conversa- tions have been held with Off -Street Parking Authority on a possible municipal ramp; however, adequate information is not available to justify a revenue bond issue. It is my recommendation that before the parking problem in the Village Center becomes even more acute, the City undertake a complete review and analysis of Grove parking needs. This study should produce a magnitude of need based on existing and projected develop- ment activities, an analysis of potential locations for parking facilities and a set of policies to govern future parking requirements and location in the Grove. If the magnitude of need is such that a municipal ramp seems justified, then our next step would be to contract for a feasibility study for municipal parking with O.S.P.A. in anticipation of a revenue bond issue. Funding for a parking analysis for Village Center is an eligible C.D. expense. I would anticipate a cost of between $10,000 and $15,000 to accomplish this effort. "su p p o RT(\ E DOC FOLLOW" 14A#SitAtL 8. 11A #is S*q h.00r+ bdok k2bi At. SuttbtNo 2$ NORt4EASt kthst AvtNut MIMgt, tt.onxbbA 33tat April 3, 1978 Honorable Mayor Maurice rerre City Nall Dinner I(ey Miatm., Florida Dear Maurice: I understand that one of the items to come before the City Commission meeting this corning Thursday will be the possibility of hiring a consultant to do a parking study of Coconut Grove. It is try under- standing that the administration is contemplating hiring a consulting firm which would study both the need and possible solutions to the present parking dilemma in Coconut Grove. Some months ago, I took a personal interest in that matter and wrote Colonel Mitchell Wolfson about what I saw not as a parking problem but as a potential community relations problem caused by the fact that parking for the Coconut Grove business section was sooner or later going to start infringing on the residential sections around the Grove. As a result of that letter and later conversations with Richard La Bow, I did a personal survey of the available properties in the Grove and came to the conclusion that there are limited solutions available but that a parking problem does exist. Based on the above, I would strongly recommend that you not consider the Fiif g 'oI cons gunk can ittl e more than agree that there is y suggest the y two vi more a cons tants . ,city experience 3s tht eh onsulfailr would end up asking the peopple who are concerned about the Grove their opinions, and since I -have already done t, I ow t eir cone usions would be. e so utions t Z-tea: In addition, if the consultants were not appointed, you would be in a far better position to trove rapidly towards the tore attractive potential solutions. In view of the rapidly escalating values in the Grove area, it seems that the rapid movement by the City and not the long drawn out process of a consultant's study, is the most appropriate solution. "SUPDO `T„1,, MSH: fg cc: 1.fr. Kenneth Triester Mr. Richard La Bow Very cordially yours, DOCUMENTS Mars - 1 S. Harris FOLLOW" April 14, 1978 Mr. Joseph Grassie City Manager City of Miami 8500 Pan American Drive Coconut Grove, Florida 13133 Dear Mr. Grassie: cso t '. 10 ttit 4 ' ar • 001 In response to the newspaper article which appeared in the Miami Herald on April 8th stating that the Miami City Commission is withholding a de- cision about financing a study concerning public funding for a Coconut Grove parking facility until plans for private developers are known, I want to contact you about my proposal to build a multi -level parking fa- cility in Coconut Grove. This proposal is now pending before the City's Zoning Board and hopefully will be on the Board agenda May 15th. I appeared before the Board in Jan- uary and was told to solicit additional community support for my project in order to obtain the zoning I will need. This effort is currently under- way in both the residential and business communities. I would very much like to have an opportunity to speak to the Commission on or before April 27th, when the issue of Coconut Grove parking is being considered, to acquaint the Commission with the specifics of my plans to build this parking facility. In our previous discussions with the Zoning Board, I had asked for a zoning variance. However, I understand that I will now have to modify my application to request a zoning change. This facility could be started immediately be a major step in providing Coconut Grove parking facility, a goal I understand that and I. Naturally, no public funds will be this facility. Thank you for your attention. Very truly yours, call o r.ea Francesco Morello President upon zoning approval and would with an adequate, attractive the Commission shares with you required to develop or manage "SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS FOLLOW" cc: The Honorable Mayor Maurice Ferre The Honorable Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso The Honorable Rose Gordon, Commissioner The Honorable J. L. Plummer, Commissioner The Honorable Theodore R. Gibson, Commissioner :34h1 MAIN IIIGIIW.\Y t'O('Otil.'T GROVE, I'LOR1p.% 33133 (305) 443.1606 REGISTERED REAL ESTATE BROKER SERVING COCO\UT GROVE SINCE 1925 03 Ark April 18, 1978 Mr. Joseph R. Grassie City Manager P. O. Box 330708 Miami, FL 33133 C if // • ./ 34 REr PARKING/COCONUT GROVE Dear Mr. Grassie: I am presently using the area behind my buildings at 3356 Virginia and 3041 Grand Avenue as well as the areas behind Dade Cycle and Greater Miami Federal Savings and Loan for parking. Parking in these areas is free for customers and em- ployees of Blue Water Marine Supply, Dade Cycle, Greater Miami Federal and other participants. A charge equal to that which is charged by other parking lots in the area is used for others. At the present time the parking area is less than 50% full at any given time and in fact the total cash revenues are inadequate to cover the attendant's salary let alone other expenses. I, therefore, have no plans at this time to construct facilities for additional spaces. Should the demand for more spaces materialize in the future, I, of course, would consider alternates that would provide more parking. Thank you for contacting me on this matter and if I can help in any other way, please let me know. JDB/pv Sin rely, ,) Jerome D. Bryant 3576 Matheson Ave'!' Miami, FL 33133 )-' i t_L_�IYff 1-ftiLe SVt'I. •