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INTEN-OFFICE MEMORA.NDUNI
Mayor and Members
b±' the City Commission
Joseph ?. Grassie
City Manager
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sv"Ja;t Florida. - Matilda Area Study
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P CEs: Public Nearing January Li, 197
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At the December 16th Co mission meeting, the Administration was
directed to hold a public hearing to discuss the recommendations
of the Planning Department and Public Works Department regarding
the area around the Coconut Grove Elementary School. All property
owners were notified by mail. In addition, formal notices were
published in the newspapers. Mr. Grimm, from my staff, conducted
the meeting, and representatives of the Planning Department, Public
Works Department and Metro Department of Transportation were present.
Attached to this memorandum is a list of all those from the neigh-
borhood who were in attendance. The school was represented by the
Principal, President of the P.T.A. and the legislative representative
for the P. T. A.
I wish the Administration could report that all of the differences
that exist between the parties involved were resolved; unfortunately,
we cannot,. The basic objections that have been voiced repeatedly by
Mr. Daw and other residents on Florida Avenue still exist. The
changes in the area recommended in the report of December 6th have
been somewhat modified at the suggestion of the P.T.A. and other
representatives of the school. These modified recommendations are
supported by the Administration.
At the conclusion of the meeting, rr. Grimm informed all those in
attendance that this report would be presented to the City Commission
during the morning session of the January 13th Commission meeting.
He further told the audience what the report would contain. The
substance of the recommendations is as follows:
1. ALLOW TIIE CONTINUATION OF THE BARRICADING OF MATILDA
STREET BETWEEN FLORIDA AND OAK AVENUES BETWEEN 8:00 API
and 3:15 PM BUT RESTRICT THE PLACEMENT OF THE NORTH
AND SOUTH BARRICADES TO WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE
FLORIDA-IMATILDA INTERSECTION.
2. REQUEST THAT DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRAFFIC AND
TRANSPORTATION iJODIFY TRAFFIC AND FARKING SIGNS WITHIN
THE AREA TO REFLP CT THE FOLLOWING II:F0:3I•FATION:
a) CLOSURE OF MATILDA STREET BETWEEN FLORIDA AND
OAK AVENUES DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
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b)
REMOVAL OP "NO PARKING" SIGNS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE
OE THE SCfo0L (OAK AVENUE) EXCEPT WHERE A VEHICULAR
ACCESS GATE IS LOCATED AND ADJACENT TO THE INTER-
SECTION OF MATILDA STREET.
PLACEMENT OF "NO ANGLE PARi<ING" SIGNS AT THE SOUTH
WEST CORNER OF THE FLORIDA AVENUE AND MATILDA STREET
INTERSECTION AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF KIRK MUNRoE
PARK.
DIRECT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE PARKING REGULATIONS
IN THE AREA OF THE SCHOOL AND PARK,
IMPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT OF FLORIDA AVENUE
BETWEEN McDONALD AND MATILDA STREETS BY:
a) STRICTLY ENFORCING THE HOURS THAT THE PARK IS
OPEN FOR PUELIC USE (7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM).
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RELOCATING THE CHILDREN' S PLAY EQUIPMENT IN KIRK
MUNROE PARK CLOSER TO MATILDA STREET.
IIM:PRCVING THE EXISTING STORI'4 DRAINAGE THAT HAS
RESUIfTED IN CONTINUAL FLOODING OF TFiE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
d) UNDERTAKING A STUDY TO SCERTAIN HOW TO ALLEVIATE
THE PERSISTENT CHIME P CI3LEM .
The foregoing recommendations are basically the same a.s appeared in
the December 6th report. The one exception is that Section 3 of the
earlier report, which haci recorr.:endations to the School Board, has
been eliminated because it was felt that these could not be accom-
plished under the strict budget limitations now existing; in the
schools. It was further tempered ty the fact that with the increased
parking on the street we may have provided enough relief. The rec-
ommendation to the School Board rill, however, be reviewedat a
later date.
The Department of Public Works will formally request the Metropolitan
Dade County Department of Traffic and Transportation to study the
traffic patterns in the vicinity of the school with a view to possible
modifications to facilitate traffic flow.
Physical irrprovenents to the street Nights -of -way involved, such
as grading, paving, landscaping, etc. will be acccmplished by City
forces.
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