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April 8, 1977
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Central Shopping Plaza
Florida bl•ivet•s Licenses Division
Richard L. Fiyi�rtt�en
In response to City Commission hilutiun #76-10-14, "A motion instructing the
City Manager to investigate the feasibility of using certain areas near the 1Orange $owl Stadium or to include any other property that might be available
within the City limits for possible construction of a drivers license agency
examination facility of the Florida State Department of Transportation; further
instructing the City Manager to work out the specific recontmendations,and
reports his findings to the City Commission in the near future.", the results
of the requested investigations are as fullowa.
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The Department of Public Facilities has indicated that the operation of the
drivers license division at the Orange Bowl would conflict with Orange trawl
events and further add to at) existing shortage: of parking spaces. It was like-
wise recommended that the City not consider such a facility -a t Marine Stadium,
Miami Stadiutn or the Dinner Key complex since virtually the same condtltuns
exist at all the facilities.
The Planning Department located a number of bileb that might be considered
as potential and future locations as follows;
t) Biscayne Annex Post Office site, (8. 8 acres) located at NW 2lst Streit
and 22nd Avenue, witch could be redeveloped ur partially redeveloped
once the Post Office facility is moved the latter part of this year.
2) Stabaat :1 Coastline Railroad Passenger Station (5 acres) located at NW
22nd and 23rd Streets and NW 70k Avenue. This bile will be available
in approximately 18 months once the new depot is constructed.
3) Shell City site, (7.2 acres) located at 5801 NW 7th Avenue. This site
is presently owned by Dade County housing and Urban Development and
has been cleared.
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City Manager
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Airport Clear Zone located west of LeJeune Road and north of lltu e.1,0
west expressway. Sot-t►e of this area has already .ieen 1'cM1n tttecl to
other uses by the Made County Port Authority.
All of these sited would have sorts involved in the pruel►ase, ICabEnt anti/or
providing of necessary facilities to acce.orit iodate the driver:; liec:i►se+ cfi+�ibn'r�,
As pr.,i.iousty pointed out at public hearings the driver iice•r►:o.. diets ion present-
ly has a lease agreement at the Central Shopping; that 1:_1s a tilt (If ap-
proximately seven years. The only way the facility can be ri►uvecl from that
locationi is if a site and facility is made available virtually at nr, coat to the
drivers license division (maintaining the existing lease) or that they Locate .,n
other etate owned lands which is an acceptable condition for termination of the
lease. Further review of the above sites by the City is nut appropriate. in that.
a commitment would have to be made by the State legislature: by e01c01 to
acquire and build a new facility on one of these sites if devilled appropriate.
Thee wuuld take a minin-turn of approximately two years for funding and in all
probability three or four years before a new facility could actually be Cunutruet-
ed and ready. for operation.
The final alternative, therefpre, is the reconsideration of the Cun,,,,tasion':s
motion 76-1943, sustaining their previous action fur no openings on NW MI.
Street, and for the Comntiiiaiun to allow for an opening buf,je.:t to certain
conditions and saveguards.
The following' conditions have been offered by the Shopping Center and the
Drivers License 'feebting Facility. and are recoMrr(endcd as Lurid' tior►e to a
vehicular opening bring approved at NW ltth Street or NW 39th Avenue:
Locate the egress through the Center's north wall in such a manner
that it, does not open directly onto any north -booth street, approximately
f,50' west of the east property line or directly north of the drive-in teller
facility prohibiting use by the drive-in teller traffic.
2. Install stop signs at they exit.
3. Clearly mark the egreue that it is to be used a.s an exit only.
4. Make the egress too narrow to be uuerd by trucks. ttS V P�'TI
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5. install a "Speed Bump".FOLLOW"
G. Also open a permanent pr.de atrian gate:way in the Lail al►,nt; th., aout1; 'rode
of NW filth Street. (Tlie north wall of the Central Shopping Center).
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Joseph R e Grassie
City Manager
Ap+;il tj 1977
7e install a conventional steel gate at the vehicle egress which would only
he opened during the hours of the Drivers license "Testing Vacility.
This gate`.would be opened by the officials of the 'Testing Fat itity in th
Morning and locked by them in the afternoon.
It ib further recommended that an additional prelestrian provide
alot►g the 39th Avenue: side: of the center and that both pedestrian openings ht.
located acrosb frntn the„ intersecting streets to NW kith Street and NW .39th
Avenue; that the Aeehicular egress approval be for the duration of the existing;
lease with the Driver Testing facility (approximately 7 years) and the; pro,ialuit
that the opening thereafter shall be solidly and permanently c kW -led; and that.
the newly relocated driveway onto 37th Avenue at the not therly corner of the
site b properly marked and channc:lized for ingress and egrcbs and the
remainder of the landscaping completed within ninety CPO days.
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1NTEt . SFrIcE MEMORANDUM
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Vincent D. Grimm, fir►
Assistant City Manager
Richard 8. Roach
Assistant Director
Department of Public Facilities
bATE. February 8, 1977
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5UhJEGt: P 1Orida Drivers License Division
inquiry for Use of City facility i
r+curtneNcts: Memo to you from City Manager
dated January 17, 1977.
NcLosUnes:
1 have discussed the possibility of the State of Florida
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles utilizing
space at the Orange Bowl, for a drivers license office and a
driving test area, with Mr. C. B. Highsmith, Regional Supervisor.
Mr. Highsmith indicated that they would require six to seven
thousand square feet to construct an office building, plus a
large area in a paved parking lot to set up a portable driving
course. The drivers license division is a five days a week,
year around operation and t•,ould obviously conflict with
certain Orange Bowl events and further add to our shortage of
parking spaces.
It ismy recommendation that the City not consider offering
space to the State of Florida for their licensing office at
the Orange Bowl, Miami Stadium, Marine Stadium or the Dinner
Key Auditorium, since virtually the same conditions stated
above exist at all of the facilities.
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