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Home My WebLink AboutM-77-0524State of Florida RtiUAIM o'n. ASKIiW Governor InkucE A. SMATiiERS Secretary ar state itoRERT L. SH$VIN Attorney General tit itAI.t) A. I.i.N'IS %� ` j t'omptrniler D Al(� TMENT NATURAL Ut AL RESOURCES Dam�rCt):Vti1.ItR Conirnissioner of Agriculture RALPH ii. TORLNNG-ON Conlrnissiifner nr Education t4ARMON w. SHIELDS Executive t)irectnt The ComrissionerS City of Miami City Hall, Dinner Key Miami, Florida CROWN HOLDING / 202 BLOUN'i' S'I'I2I I t / 1 ALLAHASSLE 323o4 DIVISION OF RECREATION AND PARKS District VII Post Office Box 8 Hobe Sound, Florida 33455 Gentlemen: The public enjoyment of an historic site depends in a large degree on how well a place like The Barnacle relates to the person. The State purchased this site because it belongs to an express era of time...the Era of the.Bay. As you walk down the path through the site, the Guide tries to give you the feeling of the Coconut Grove of the late 1800's...befaredthere was a Miami, before hammocks t was were destroyed, and before bay Anything that visually interrupts the aesthetic qualities, be it on the property or adjacent to the site, decreases the visitor's historical perspective of early life in South Florida. On conception of this building project, we hoped that the developer of this land would blend his structures into the natural and historical values of the St.atr'''s land, rather than be apart and distinct from his neighbor. However, as htii 1 di my increases, there is concern for those who are involved with the site, 'tnaz. our intrinsic values will be diminished - the new fill will undoubtedly affect our vegetation, the bulkhead will affect our shoreline and the building and the wall will present a modern visual encroachment on the site. In keeping with the State's historical objectives, The Barnacle exists dSa part of Florida's and the community's history...for to endure as a community, the Grove must continue to keep its own distinct personality...based on its past. Respectfully, Lt. Ric and E. Robert`s Interp►letive Naturalist/Biologist' Division of Recreation & Parks jd 7'7t04/ 77 d 9 aka ,c,amo ADM NISTNATIVk< SERVICF:S • LAW k:NFORCk:MRNT • MARINE: KF:SoURCES Rt:CREATION AND PAHIiS • KESOURCE MANAGEMENT 4:hap W1.t.iAI t. 1rth LoUtS J. fac+00 DAIibtT A. DAV1!} OVOID t* SULLIVAN t NESt pt*Ett Jt*Itr A.CI10CRttf WILSON SwITFI tALiJoT D'ALtimik6+t JAMES i4.SWttNyTiin -sows tDWA%D SMt * NOPMAN A.tOLL TWOS. t.t»MDS SNEPA*ID RING APDtN DOSS,JP., IGITTWEW M. CWILDS SAPPY R. DAVIDSON NOEL N. NATION P S. ALVINES. DAV S tLL JANET PENO JOSEPW P.KLOCK,JS. PICWAPD E. SMITW WOMAS P.McGU!OAN PATPICIA A.SEITZ DENNIS A. LAAuSSA PAWL J. BONAVIA JOHN C.SUMSEbG JuOtTW M.ROPCraIN JOWN M.SAPAETT WILLIAM L.NICWE+ POSEb4 J.IbVIN 'F 't HEe'refR & DAVIS gbuI'4 USt flAtt NAtIoNAL AN puiLbtNG MIAM I, Lt3416A f1I5I June 17, 1977 Mayor and City Commissioners City of Miami City Hall Miami, Florida Dear Mr. Mayor and Commissioners: This firm represents Mr. David Swetland. We understood the Commission on June 9, 1977, to have directed its staff to see that the developers complied with the original PAD application approved by the commission for 3495 Miami Highway (Abitare). A subsequent inspection of the site reveals that the developers have done nothing to restore the natural slope reflected on the orginal plans accompanying the PAD application. A footing for a wall around the property has been poured since the June 9 hearing. No such wall is reflected on the property plans.ineThesee concrete buttressesbwereenotscome reflectedeonitheo the property original plans. In original presentations of their plans to the City, the developers expressed the desire to maintain the "environmental integrity" of the area. However, a view of the site from the Barnacle reveals a large fortress like barrier of. fill which conflicts markedly with the surrounding environment and destroys the natural shoreline. My client is not opposed to reasonable development. He raised no objection to the plans for Abitare as originally approved by the Commission. But he respectfully requests that iS S'1oN 'Nth L€0446NE' ) bflAt@OO bit $IAL Nup9tP mayor and City ComMisnifters Alune i"i, 1937 page Two all further construction at the Site be topped and bhp buii ing permit be revoked or suspended.until the site is restored to.the• condition depicted •in the original plans and until. plans are submitted to the Building reparttdent which complies with•the original plans. • Sincerely,