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RESOLUTION NO, 76-138
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WHEREAS, the Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its
meeting of July 16, 1975, Item No. 3, following an advertised
hearing, adopted Resolution No. PAB 55-75 by a 7 to 0 vote
recommending the request for permission, as provided in Ordinance
No. 6871, Article IV, Section 36, as hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, this Commission deems it essential and
desirable to the public convenience and welfare and finds that the
use will not be detrimental or injurious to the character of the
development of the immediate neighborhood; "D'OCU.MENT INDEX
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED HF�-^HENCOMMI-SSTON- OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The request for permission as provided
in Ordinance No. 6871, Article IV, Section 36, to construct
Women's Detention Center for 164 female inmates at approximately
1401 N.W. 7th Avenue; Blocks 1 & 10, less Expressway, ROBERTS &
GRENTNER ADD. (10-56); and Blocks 23 & 24, DALE MILLER TRACT ADD.
No. 1 (2-70) less Expressway; and property under Expressway directly
to the north of above; waiving the development of 57 of 139 re-
quired off-street parking spaces, subject to closure of N-S Alley
and Replatting of property, zoned C-5 (Liberal Commercial)
District, be and the same is hereby granted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10day of February 197S.
A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL AS PROVbEb
IN ORDINANCE NO, 6871, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 36,
TO CONSTRUCT WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER POR 164
MALE INMATES AT APPROXIMATELY 1401 N.W. 7TH
AVENUE, BLOCKS 1 & 10, LESS EXPRESSWAY; ROBERTS
& GRENTNER ADD. (10-56); AND BLOCKS 23 & 24,
DALE MILLER TRACT ADD, No, 1 (2-70) LESS EXPRESS-
WAY; AND PROPERTY UNDER EXPRESSWAY DIRECTLY TO
NORTH OF ABOVE; WAIVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 57 OP
139 REQUIRED OFP-STREET PARKING SPACES, SUBJECT
TO CLOSURE OF N-S ALLEY AND REPLATTING OP
PROPERTY; ZONED C-5 (LIBERAL COMMERCIAL) DISTRICT.
Maurice A. Ferre
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H, D. outhern 1
CITY dILERE _._._
PREPARED AO APPROVED DY $ M ,..0,4 0
MICHEL"E. ANDERSON, ABET. CI ATTORNEY
APPROVED AS TQ Fp AND ORRECTNE8S;
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
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METROPOLITAN ITAN DADS COUNTY • FLORIDA
132i N. W. i3TH STREET
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33125
Mr. Paul W. Andrews
City Manager
City of Miami
Post Office Box 330708
Coconut Grove Station
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Mr. Andrews:
CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT
Jahuary 9, 1976
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Re: Women's Detention Center
As you know, Dade County's request to construct a Women's
Detention Center at N. W. 7th Avenue and 14th Street and
the official Vacation and Closure of N-S Alley between
N. W. 14th Street and E-W Expressway and of N. W. 6th Court
between N. W. 14th Street and E-W Expressway, all in accor-
dance with tentative Plat #941 have been tabled by the City
Commission.
It is respectfully. requested that these items be placed on
the City Commission Agenda for the next meeting date or as
soon as possible. Please advise if other action will be
necessary to reopen this issue for consideration by the
Commission.
It would be greatly appreciated if your office could notify
us of the date.
Thank you.
JS/jo
Sincerely,
AcCK SANDSTROM
Director
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METROPOLITAN DADS COUNTY LOM.
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MIAMie i=LOPIIbA 31134
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579.,5311
Mr. Paul W. Andrews
City Manager
City of Miami
P. O. Box 330708
Coconut Grove Station
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Mr. Andrews:
OFFICE CAP COUNTY MANAGER
November 19,) 197
Refer to: 5-772
As requested, this letter is to expand on the process used by Dade County
in selecting the property located at N. W. 7 Avenue and 14 Street as a
site for the Women's Detention Center.
As previously mentioned, a centrally located facility was deemed necessary
to provide convenient access to the police departments, courts, and persons
who must, on occasion, visit the facility.
The following is a list of the locations which were considered during the
selection process:
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HUD property located at N. W. 5 Street and N. W. 4 Avenue. This was
the initial site selected, but later was turned down by the HUD Project
Area Committee (PAC).
HUD property located on N. W. 7 Avenue at approximately 7 Street. This
site was rejected since plans were under way for use of this site by HUD.
Property located at S. W. 7 Street and 1-95. This site was rejected due
to a number of environmental conditions as well as location.
-- Stockade property, Milani Dairy Road and N. W. 36 Street. This property
was rejected because of the inconvenient location to the major users,
primarily the Miami Police Department.
-- Downtown Government Center site. As explained in my former letter, land
in the government center has already been committed to a number of uses
which precluded the serious consideration of this site.
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ilovethbee 19, 1975
A ttuitber of other locations were suggested and rejected by staff after
on.site visits for reasons of the site being too small, the accessia
bility, of other problems.
the particular site at N. W. 14 Street and 7 Avenue was derived from
the citiaetz participation process which is explained in mote detail
below.
Beginning in 1ebruary of 1974, staff trade known to the Department of HUD
and the PAC our desire to locate a women's detention facility on the
MD. -owned property located at N. W. 5 Street, just west of 1,=95. A series
of meetings were then held with the PAC to determine the area residents'
feelings in regard to this proposal. An initial meeting was held on
February 12, 1974, at which time the PAC deferred action. On March 12, 1974,
another meeting was held and considerable citizens' objections were raised.
On April 20, 1974, following a well -attended meeting at St. John's Baptist
Church, the PAC disapproved the 5th Street site. On December 3, 1974, the
PAC was asked to consider the alternate location of N. W. 7 Avenue and 14
Street and to set a.special meeting to consider that location. At the
subsequent public hearing on January 14, 1975, the PAC adopted a resolution
approving this location.
Subsequently, this matter was heard by the HUD Advisory Board which approved
the PAC recommendation. The matter was then forwarded to the City of Miami
Planning Advisory Board and unanimously approved by that body following a
lengthy public hearing.
While our initial selection of a site was another location, we feel that the
citizen participation process must be able to influence governmental decisions
in a meaningful way and thereby altered our recommendation. In this instance,
the alternate site selected will meet the objectives we seek to obtain and
will be a more than adequate site for a model facility we intend to build.
Obviously, the construction of a womea's detention facility is only one of
the steps needed in providing adequate facilities for our total jail popu-
lation. The approval by your Commission of the site selected by the citizen
participation process will be a constructive move to adequately address some
of these problems.
RRG/mlc
Sin
Goode
my Manager
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METROPOLITAN A E COUNTY 6',FLORIDA
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MIAM1i rLOR1oA 3313o
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Mr. Paul W. Andrews
City Manager
City of Miami
P. O. Box 330708
Coconut Grove Station
Miami, Florida 33133
Dear Mr. Andrews:
re:
OFFICE OF COUNTY MANAGER
November 12, 1975
Re: 5-772
Construction of Women's Detention
Center - N W. 14th Street and
7th Avenue, Miami
Due to the increasing number and severity of crimes committed by women offenders,
coupled with numerous court decisions requiring programs within correctional
facilities, Dade County was committed in 1973 to the construction of a new Women's
Detention Center. A number of locations were considered in the selection of a
site for this new center.
First and foremost, a centrally located facility was deemed necessary for
convenient access to police departments. Further, reasonable access to County and
Circuit Courts, Jackson Memorial Hospital, attorneys, bondsmen, and visitors, as
well as social representatives, was necessary. In addition, land costs and compliance
with State and Federal regulations for correctional facilities were considered.
Several locations were surveyed and set aside because they lacked sufficient space
for parking and recreation and in at least one case did not meet environmental
standards. A proposed location at N. W. 5th Street and 4th Avenue was dis-
approved by the Housing and Urban Development Department PAC Committee. The City of
Miami Police Department strongly objected to our suggestion of locating the faci-
lity adjacent to the Stockade property on N. W. 72nd Avenue and 36th Street.
The property located at N. W. 7th Avenue and 14th Street, although relatively small
in size, is enhanced by the availability of several acres of vacant land adjoining
its northern boundary. This property, available for lease from the Florida
Department of Transportation, will provide a large outdoor recreational area, as
well as adequate parking space to serve the facilitSS U P PO D TI V E
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We reiterate that the subject site has been reviewed thoroughly by the area's
citizen participation structure and the HUb board, and that approvals have been
given in all instances.
Some mention was made of the bowntown Government Center site. The County's land
holdings in the Center are already committed under terms of the master plan,
including: (1) a complex of State Office buildings, (2) the key rapid transit
station for the entire proposed system, (3) a reservation for a new City Halls
(4) a new Courts building, (5) a new County administration building, and (6) a new
(replacement) main library building. Any additional structures would crowd the
site and in the case of the Women's Center, would not provide space for recreational
activities.
We believe that the City Commission supports the need for a quality facility, and
we know you are interested in assisting our local construction industry. These
objectives can be met immediately if positive action is taken.
Staff will be available if needed.
RRG:bb
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R. ,ay Goode
County Manager
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1321 N. W. 12TH STREET
MIAMI, FLORIDA 13125
CORRECTIONS & RENAI3ILITATtON DEPARTMENT
September 9, 1975
Mayor Maurice Ferre
and Members of the City Commission
3360 Pan American Drive
Miami, Florida
Dear Mayor Ferre and Commission Members:
Re: Site 327 - N. W. 7th Ave. & 14th St.
Construction of Women's Detention Center
The subject item was deferred at the September 4, 1975 City
Commission meeting to clarify the action previously taken by
the Housing and Urban Development Advisory Board.
Enclosed please find a copy of the HUD Advisory Board minutes
for Thursday, February 20, 1975. Item #3 on page two reflects
the affirmative action of the Advisory Board. Also enclosed
is a resolution from the PAC Committee of NDP-3 approving use
of this site for the construction of a Women's Detention Center.
It is respectfully requested that the City Commission grant
final approval of this request at the September 25th meeting as
we hope to begin construction of this facility prior to the new
year. The Corrections & Rehabilitation Department will be repre-
sented should any questions arise.
Sincerely,
JSACK SANDSTROM
Director
JS/jo
Enclosures (2)
cc: Paul W. Andrews, City Manager
Andrew P. Crouch, Asst. City Manager
Edward Lynch, City Planning Department
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HOUSl,+d AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES .
Thursday, February 20, 1975
A meeting of the HUD Advisory Board Was held on Thursday, February 20,
1975 in the Board Room, 1407 N. W. 7th Street. The following members
were present:
George F. Reed, Chairman
Pedro Bernal
Francisco Lopez Borges
Richard J. Haft
Henry Morrow
L. Russell Norton
Anthony A. Weigand
Absent: Rev. Theodore R. Gibson, V-Chairman (excused)
George Williams (excused)
Also present were:
Melvin J. Adams Jean Russell Richard Dunn
Keith Betts Ass't. County Attorney
• Ralph W. Carey
Chairman Reed called the meeting to order.
Item #1 - Approval of minutes of meeting of February 6, 1975. Mr. Reed
said that copies of the minutes of this meeting had been sent to all
Board Members and he asked for comments or corrections. There being
none, the minutes of February 6 were unanimously approved.
Item #2 - Recommendation and approval of operator for Convenience Store,
Robert King High -Haley Sofge Towers.
Mr. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board of February 13, copy
of which is attached and made a part of the permanent record of this
meeting. He said that staff had considered the three presentations that
were made by interested persons at the last meeting, and concluded that
of the three, Mr. Abelardo Mendizabal was the best qualified from ex-
perience in dealing with the tenants of the senior citizen complex, as
an independent distributor with an existing source of supply for dairy
products, as a family operation including himself and his wife and son
as desired by the tenants, as a bi-lingual person in Spanish and English
and one with the financial resources to carry out the venture. Staff
therefore recommends that the present .lease be assigned to Mr. Mendizabal
who will purchase the existing equipment and remaining inventory from
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t.e original lessee.
Up -oh motion of Mr. Haft, seconded by tor. Morrow, the Board Voted unani-
MOusly to recommend County Commission approval of the.assignment of lease
for operation of the Convenience Store in Robert King High Towers -Haley
Sofge Towers to Mr. Abelardo Mendizabal.
Item #3 - Approval of Site No. 327 for Wotnen's Detention Center.
Mr. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board of February 13, copy
of which is attached and made a part of the permanent record of this
meeting, Mr. Betts pointed out the site on a map before the Board and.
Mr. Adams explained that the location of Site 327 due to its location at
NW 7th Avenue and 14th Street was very appropriate for its contemplated
use as a Women's Detention Center since it was not suitable for housing
,or,other commercial use. He said that this use was approved by the Pro-
ject Area Committee and staff concurs in their recommendation.
After some discussion, Mr. Morrow offered the motion to recommend County
Commission approval of the sale of Site 327 in the urban renewal area
to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the development
of a new facility for the Women's Detention Center. Seconded by Mr. Weigand
and unanimously approved.
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Item #4 Approval of Development Program for Fla. 5-65, 88 units of elder-
ly housing at 900 NW 95th Street in the amount of $2,644,557.
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Mr. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board of February 14, copy
of which is attached and made a part of the permanent record of this meet-
ing. He explained that stafffthas prepared a development budget of the
estimated maximum permissible cost for the planned 88 units of elderly
housing to be located at 900 NW 95th Street and that the approved develop-
ment budget becomes the up -set figure in the Annual Contributions Con-
tract.
Upon motion of Mr. Haft, seconded by Mr. Morrow, the Board voted unan-
i ous].y to recommend County Commission approval of the Development Pro-
gram for Fla. 5-65 in the amount of $2,644,557.
Item #5 - Approval of Development Program for Fla. 5-67, 86 units of el-
derly housing at No. Miami Court and 83rd Street, in the amount of
$2,593,275.
Mr. Adams called attention to his memo'to the Board of February 13, copy
of which is attached and made a part of'the permanent record of this
meeting. He said a budget is prepared as in Item #4"and when approved,
becomes the up -set figure in the Annual Contributions Contract.
Upon motion of Mr. Morrow, seconded by Mr. Borges, the Board voted unani-
mously to recommend County Commission approval of the Development Program
for rla. 5-67 in the amount of $2,593,275.
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Item #6 Approval of Development Program for Fla. 5-23, 15 single fam-
ily dwellings located in the Seminole NDP area, in the amount of $679,370.
Mt. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board of February 13, copy
of Which is attached and made a part of the permanent record of this meet-
ing, He said a budget is prepared as in Item #4 and #5 and when approv-
ed, becomes the up -set figure in the Annual Contributions Contract.
Upon motion of Mr. Morrow, seconded by Mr. Borges, the Board unanimous`
lye Voted to recommend County Commission approval of the Development Pro-
gram for Fla. 5-23 in the amount of $679,370,
Mr. Norton arrived at this time.
Mr. Adams announced at this point that bids had been opened at 2:00 ofclock
tgday for construction of the 97-unit high-rise for the elderly in South
Miami and the low bid was only some $200,000 over the budget. He said
he felt this overage could be negotiated so that the project could go
forward and he said further, that bids for new projects are coming in
at favorable prices due to the depression in the construction industry.
Item #7 - Approval of Rent Write-offs for various NDP areas.
Mr. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board of February 3.8, copy
of which is attached and made a part of the permane.trecord of this meet-
ing.
There was considerable discus0ion on this item with Board Members question- -
ing the size of the balances of tenants who moved without notice as well
as why balances owed by tenants moving into public housing could not be
collected. Mr. Adams explained that all efforts are made to collect these
balances and continuing reports show that improved rent collection practices
are showing results. He also explained that this is a situation common
to all urban renewal programs where the properties are in bad shape and
there is often a history of rent delinquency. In response to a request,
he said he would bring to the next meeting information as to the status
of rent collections in NDP properties.
Upon motion of Mr. Weigand, seconded by Mr. Morrow, the Board voted unani-
mously to recommend County Commission approval to write-off rent delin-
quencies for vacated tenants in various NDP areas in the total amount of
$26, 240.40.
Item #8 - Approval of renewal of lease for Larchmont•Tenant Council
Laundromat.
Mr. Adams called attention to his memo to the Board o.f February 13, copy
of which is attached and made a part of the permanent record of this
meeting. He said that the Tenant Council of the Larchmont-Little River
housing project has been very successful. Staff therefore recommends
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that a new lease be executed to extend this program for the next three
years.
Upon motion of Mr. Morrow, seconded by Mrs Weigand, the Board voted un-
aniMously to recommend County Commission approval to execute a new three.,
year lease With the Larchmont Little River Tenant Council for operation
of the Laundromat in that development.
Report of Director.
Mt. Adams said a recommendation and resolution has been received from
the Model City Administering Board requesting that the new high-rise de-
velopment for the elderly being constructed at NW 54th Street and 22nd
Avenue be named for Dr. Elmer C. Ward. The resolution also'included a
recommendation that the Senior Center Building be named for Mrs. Eliza-
beth Espy Curtis.
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The Board discussed this recommendation and upon motion of Mr. Haft, se-
conded by Mr. Weigand, approved the naming of the elderly high-rise
for Dr. Elmer C. Ward.
On the matter of the Senior Center Building, since it may develop that
the Jollivette Plaza senior center may be combined with the new center,
it was decided to table the naming of the new center until it could be
learned definitely whether this combining of the two centers would take
place.
Mr. Adams recalled to the Board that at the last meeting a summary of
the Housing Assistance Plan was presented. He explained that this is an
important element of where we are going in the next year and is mandated
by the Community Development Act of 1974. He said it presents a realistic
program of the needs of the County and the several municipalities. He
described the Plan and its assumptions.
At this point Mr. Haft left the meeting for another appointment.
Mr. Bernal said he did not recall having seen the method being used to
improve the rent collection in NDP areas. He also asked that financial
reports be brought to the Board for information. .
Mr. Adams reported that the appeal for relief of Florida Power and Light
utility charges to the Authority is number 64 before the Public Service
Commission and it could be some time before it can be heard. The mem-
bers asked that this matter be expedited if at all possible.
Mr. Adams reminded the Board that the groundbreaking for the congregate
housing project is set for next Friday, February 28, at 11:00 A.M.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximate-
ly 4:00 P.M.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS PAC o.; NDP-3 has a rE uest for the re -use of Site 527 (1 Street
At N. W. 7 Avenue) for institutional development of a govern;en-
tal agency, and
WHEREAS the Department of Corrections, through their search for a site
location for the use of a new Women's Correctional and Rehabili-
tation facility, has identified Site 327 as the most desirable and
feasible site, and
WHEREAS the intended use of Site 327 by the PAC of N'DP-3 was planned pre-
viously for other community useage, and
WHEREAS after careful deliberation PAC has gone on record as approving
Institutional useage as the most desirable use of Site, and
WHEREAS PAC of ND:'-3 expressed a hope that this kind of cooperation with
the County should evince reciprocal commitments to: (1) tho con-
struction of a comprehensive multi -purpose center at N. W. 3rd
Avenue and 17th St., and (2) the establishment of a Bun Plaza
on another site iithin•the area, which are priorities that have
long been established br the ND?-3 Project Area Co'riittee,
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that PAC of ND?-3 herewith approves the proposal
to locate a Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation facility on the
Site, subject to an acceptable plan encompassing adequate planning,
construction, administration and facilities to include desirable
amenities.
Done this 29th day of January, 1975.
Reverend iehedfor i o o'rnson
Chairnani PAC Nd?-3
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honorable City
Attention: Mr.
City of Miami,
nentlemen:
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Commission
P. W. Andrews
Florida
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July 18, 1975
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Re: APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT USE
RECOMMENDED
Approximately 1401 N. W. 7th Ave.
Blocks 1 & 10, less X-Way
ROBERTS & GRENTNER ADD (10-56)and
Blocks 23 & 24, less X-Way
DALE MILLER TRACT ADD #1 (2-70)
& property under X-Way directly
to North of above.
Applicant: Metro Dade County
The Miami Planning Advisory Board, at its meeting of July 16,
1975, Item #3, following an advertised Hearing, adopted
Resolution No. PAB 55-75•by a 7 to 0 vote RECOMMENDING the
Request for Permission, as per Ordinance 6871, ARTICLE IV,
Section 36, to construct Women's Detention Center for 164
female inmates at Approximately 1401 N. W. 7th Avenue; Blocks
1 & 10, less X-Way; ROBERTS & GRENTNER ADD (10-56); and
Blocks 23 & 24; DALE MILLER TRACT ADD 41 (2-70) less X-Way;
and property under X-Way directly to North of above; waiving
the development of 57 of 139 required off-street parking
spaces, subject to closure of N-S Alley and Replatting of
property; zoned C-5 (Liberal Commercial).
Three objections were received in the mail.
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Pam,....
A ABSOLUTIOP to provide for this Government Use has been
prepared by the City Attorneys Office and submitted for
consideration of the City Commission.
Sincerely,
c.a„,J
David Simpson, Jr., Di ctor-
Department of Administration
Planning and Zoning Boards.
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Attnched: Minutes
cc: Law Department
Planning Department
NOTE: Planning Department recommendation: "APPROVAL Subject
to Landscape Plan Approval.
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APPROXIM ' :t 140 ._ .t r.,Gt..n.' T t AVENu
Blocks l & 16, less *-tray; R6BERTS & CG LNTNER
Abb (10-55) ; and Blocks 23 & 24; DAtE ,MILLER
TRACT ADD n1 (2-70) less X-Way; ' and property .
under X-Way directly to north of above.
Request permission, ee per Ordinance 6671,
ARTICLE IV, Section 36, to construct Womens
Detention Center for 164 female inmates
on above site, waiving the development of 57
of 139 required off-street parking spaces,
subject to closure of N-S Alley and replatting
of property; zoned C-5 (Liberal Commercial).
Secretary filed proof of publication of Legal Notice of Hearing, and
administered oath to all persons testifying at this Nearing.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECommENDATXO T:, APPROVAL
SUBJECT TO LANDSCAPE _ PLAN APPROVAL
The proposed facility will provide a modern detention center
for women to replace the existing facility on N. W. llth Street
and is located centrally to hospitals,. courts and the Miami
Police Department.
The landscaping plan submitted by the landscape architect does
not meet the landscaping requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
Therefore it should be amended and resubmitted to the Planning
Department for approval.
Mrs. Rockafellar: Mr. Lyhch - before you begin, who is the
applicant on this petition?
Mr. Lynch: The applicant is the Dade County Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Rockefeller: Mr. Acton, as Chairman of the Board, I'd
like to make a request, that in the future no matter who is petitioning
something before this Board, that the applicant is named. I think the
Board is entitled to know who they're dealing with.
Mr. Acton:' Yes.
Mrs. Rockefeller: I appreciate that. Go ahead Mr. Lynch.
Mr. Lynch: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. The subject
site is an "L" shaped piece of property, bounded on the south by
by N: W. 14th Street; on the west by 7th Avenue; on the north by 15th
Street and'on the east by 6th Court.
A substantial amount of the property is located under the 836
Expressway and it's proposed to be used for parking in conjunction with
the Detention Center. An accessory parking lot is separated from the
principal site by the F.E.C. Railroad right-of-way. Except for a
residential area to the south and west of the proposed facility, the
principal uses in the area are industrial and commercial. Thera is a
substantial amount of vacant land in the immediate area.
To the southeast of the proposed facility, is located the
Regal Brewery which many, of you might be familiar with because it is a
significant Miami landmark,
The proposed facility is intended to replace the existing
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0 **thin betentio - Center that is curtentlyiticated In the MiamiPollee
P6Partmanto Th6Volice beparttttent, as you ea1.ite, is scheduled to be
relocated in the proposed Government Center fn the hoar future: The .
existing WOMonie 3etention Centtir as a capacity for 144 f t t tle g and
the proposed facility in for 164 women;
According to the Supervisor of the t4omen's Detention Center,
there are several 1ocational requirements that were taken into account
in se1acting this site. 1. That the facility has to be olose to the
Courts oince a majority of the Women are of pre► -trial statue and a
minimum n of 4 trips ate tmade daily to the Justice Building or to the
Courts in the do'rrntown area.
2. That the facility has to be close to hospitals because
Demo of the Women are brought in injured and erer'gency medical treatment
is required.
3. A third and very important consideration is that the
facility has to be centrally located with regard to the various Police
Department, in order to facilitate booking and on an average, more than
40% of the women that are booked in the facility, are booked by the
City of Miami Police Department.
The transparency 1 just put on the overhead projector shows
the location of the facility and its relationship to the Jackson Memorial _
Complex;.the Metro Justice Building; the County Court Building; and
the proposed City of Miami Police Department. The blue shows the location: -
of the proposed facility.
According to State Statute, the maximum time allowed for
detention is 1 year although only about 20% of the females that are
incarcerated serving time.
Now the proposed structure, the 4 story centrally air-conditioned
building - and for that reason the windows will be closed all of the
time. According to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, 139 parking
space', are required based on 1 parking space for every 400 gross square
feet of the building and all of these parking spaces can be accommodated
on site. However, the applicant is requesting a waiver of 57 spaces,
since the inmates will not have any vehicles on -site.
The original landscaping plan submitted by the architect was
inadequate with regard to the amount of tree canopy on the proposed site.
Within recent date, if they have submitted an updated landscaping plan
which we are reviewing.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS: (See page 29 of these
minutes) .
Mr. Danrenberg: If I remember right, last time that we had
a problem with one of those - either - Work Release Centers or any type
of project of this sort, we specifically asked that we get a run-down
on how the County is planning to distribute all the Centers throughout
the County? And here, we haven't heard anything about that again, and
boom! - we get another one back.
Mr. Lynch: This facility is very different than the kind of
thing they're talking about. What we were reviewing in the past were
community based Treatment Facilities which are de -centralized,' You
can have many of them located in Miami or other municipalities or in
Dade County. This is a central facility. The one and only of its kind
which is located right now in the Mia-ni Police Department, and this
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E'a►2ility, lie 1 i4 eated0 is proposed to ruses the one acid on%y
Woman's Detention Center in bade County. This is hot a eentralized
kind of facility.
Mr. bannenberg: You say it's now located inside .the • tami
Polite Department?
Mr. synth: That's right.
Mr. bannenberg: You mean the City of Miami Police Department
has a hugh building they're building downtown and it cannot be located
inside just like the other one?
Mr. Lynch: The existing city of Miami Police Department on
N. W. 11th Street houses the Women's Detention Center on the second
floor. When 'the City of Miami Police Department moves to the proposed
Government Center, theWomen's Detention Center will have to find
an alternate location.
Mr. Dannenberg: You also say, waiving the development of
57 of 139 required off-street parking spaces. I've been quite a few
times around the Metropolitan Dade County jail, and man, I can't believe
the things I hear on the street, up and down, screaming and shouting,
and there's no parking whatsoever there. And yet, you're asking for
137 - you've got what? 164 inmates?
Mr. Lynch: That's correct.
Mr. Dannenberg: And you're asking for 82 parking spaces.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: Mr. Lynch, what's the object of building a
now facility? I don't understand.
Mr. Lynch: It's only to replace existing facilities.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: Why?
Mr. Lynch: Because we have no location, once the Police
Department is torn down, for the Detention Center.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: It's my understanding that, that building
is not to be torn down.
Mr. Lynch: Well the existing facility is also inadequate and
some of the'wo:nen are forced to bunk 2 or 3 in a room. I think perhaps
Mr. Sandstrom of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation could
address some of these questions also in terms of why it is that the
move has to be made.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: The reason for the new facility.
Mr. Sandstrom: I'm Jack Sandstrom. I'm Department Head for
the Corrections Department. For many years the women were housed in the
Dade County jail and a few years ago the City of Miami .abolished their
Court and turned the jail over to the County for operation.
We took the opportunity to use the existing jail to house women
and we developed several programs, vocational training programs, and as
you know, the Work Release Program and so forth.
That facility was never adequate for housing women who are
serving sentences. There's no recreation. There is no outside activity
►t all in that facility,„abe dormitories are large. They were designed
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fort houai ig glad+ llAn nts and public drunk alCbtb mul bo forth4 the
ri w facility that we propose will have all of the things that ut feel
noebsoary to operate a modern correctional facility. the ptograma will,
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0,4 u rt= , be en; Artced in the thew buiidinr , T4ne l u3r.ng .t e .f will )
in individual rcoms, rather than big dormitories, The aer ites that
must be conducted in such a facility such as hooking and releasing -
prisoners, dealing with the public as we mutt, will be enhanced in the
.new location and the new facility.
So it will., #1. - will give us some space to grow in. We last
year realized al.tnoet a 40% increase in bur average daily population. 1
think we went from an average of 77 women in custody w and this year
We've been averaging something about 120 and we expect that, that number
will. increase. So there are many reasons for having a new Women's
Detention facility in Dade County.
Mro. Rockefeller: Mr. Lynch, now I understand this is pre-trial.
Now this definitely was part of the umbrella Ordinance that Mr. Dannenberg
spoke of we -deferred.
Mr. Lynch: We were talking about facilities that would house
individuals that have been released by the Court or just about to be
released by the -different institutions, and would be housed there -for a
very short period of time to facilitate their re-entry into the
community. We are talking about a different kind of facility now.
We're talking about a Detention Center for a maximum of 1 year according
to State Statute.
Mrs. Rockefeller: I understand that. But only 40% corm from
Miami. 60% come from Dade County. Right? According to the material
we have here today.
Mr. Lynch: What I mentioned is that more than 40% of the
women who are booked in the facility are booked by the City of Miami
Police Department although I think perhaps Dr. McCardle has some
statistics that more than that number actually do come from the City of
Miami in terms of residency. But in terms of booking more than 40% are
booked by the City of Miami Police Department.
Mrs. Rockefeller: And this being a Dade County applicant,
isn't there any room in Dade County for their own facility?
Mr. Lynch: Well one of the things r think we have to realize
here is that many, if not rrbost of the service facilities and related'
Departments with which this facility deals with, namely the Courts,
the Federal, State and County Courts are located in the City of Miami
and there is also a need to be near one of the Departments which books
a majority or a good size number of the worsen that are being incarcerated
in the City of Miami Police Department.
Mrs. Alexander: I'd like to ask Mr. Sandstrom 2 questions.
Firstly, these women are women who would not be sent to any State
institutions. These are women who'arc in for a short tens and presumably
in need of rehabilitation or rehabitable?
Mr. Sandstrom: No. Actually, the County is responsible for
the processing and holding of all persons charged with felonies. P.. good
portion of the people who are charged subsequently go on to a State
prison, but that's following conviction. But while they're in the
pre-trial status, they must be held by the County unless, of course, they
obtain a release on bond or some other means.
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Mrs. Alexander: What percentage ate incarcerated for .
the one year term? These would hot be for felonies, would they or
misdemeanors?
Mr.. Sandstrom
Mrs. Alexander:
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or up to n year?
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Y'es, they could be charged with felonies..
but get less t ',n a year's
sentence
Mr. Sandstrom: The State law provides that anyone.
sentenced to more than one year must go to a State facility.
Mrs. Alexander: That's what I was trying to get out in
the open and quite clear. Iri other words, these are people who have been
adjudicated guilty, but have been given minimal sentences?
Mr. Sandstrom: Correct.
Mrs. • Alexander: Now, in percentages how much of a
percentage of your case Load in your present detention home is pre--tria].
and .how much is there for a term? Have you any figures on that?
Mr. Sandstrom: The average is - somethi:g like 40% ...'
Dr. McCardle has some exact figures on that. We'll gat herup here.
Of course that could be anything from one day to a year.
Mrs. Alexander: 1 appreciate that fact but it's still
people who are adjudicated guilty and are to be interned or whatever you
want to call it.
Dr.. Janet McCard? e:. With regard to the status ox the '
s or,.en in the Center - (1'm 'che Supervisor of the Women's Detention
Center) in spite of tha sudden increase that Director Sandstrom referred
to, in the recent months the percentage of pre-trial and post --trial
people. has remained rather stable so that approximately 80% of our total
population on any one .day is in a pre-trial status. The remaining 20%
JD serving time.
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Mrs. Alexander: Thank you very much. Xn terms of
crowding right now, how•do you sit?
Dr. McCardl e : We have 7 cells ranging from a 10 person
to a 40 person cell. And then we have soma solitary cells, individual.
cells, 8 of those. We have currently 2 cells in the facility that hold
a large nw oer of people. The bunks are side by side ri'rt down the
line. They bold up to 40 people. One is presently at ul.l, capacity and
the other has 22 in it. They are all people in pre-trial statue. One
of the problems that we have faced in this facility a s thep of
.w roble�;�
tal:{ ncj the responsibility for the protection of these individuals in
adc ion to society. And that htt been a great deal of oar burden in
`ne facility. When you place 40 people together th t are already some-
/ : ►". anti.•-ri'J' cia. 1 and ho the against the system, you have an incredible
prc.)1 E2r 03 your hands, and even if you are able, and we are no;: able to
Ettwna and watch them con =7•rvs'+l y every minute of the time, you will get
f 7 `t;:o -uJ i when th,y're that c per'' together. They need some room within
the facility in order to maintain their own integrity to some extent i4
you will, <t's ju :,t an i.ncredzb:? problem and X thine: th.tt we have the
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"' ratipehbibilitydho a bepartreht, acid t thifewe have that respohsibil ity
tat ti dOMMdflitylig lee to it that wa do het have a riotbua.like situations
or a black mark oh bur community with regard to the worn rt in pr isoh,
An it ban bio�
yer foe the „ pat 3 years, we h:3 'L t1o't had a ecrious problem of
major proportions that created, you know, interest from the media, We
have hot had a homicide or nuicide its that particular facility • JAut 1
stand on eggs when 1 nay that. 1 think we have n responsibility and
that is why the County has seen fit to . • . and byek this kind of
a proposal to build a more adequate facility.
in addition to protection of the women against women, if X can
just take a minute of your time. The current facility was built for a
City of Miami jail. The city of Miami jail, at the time that this was
built took care of rniedemeanenta who were in there for a short period or
time and then were released. If they were in for any time at all they
were sent out to the stockade that was then owned by the City of Miami
or run by the City of Miami. So the jail was built merely to detain
people for a period of time, for 10 days or 20 days, until they could get
in front of the judge in 2 or 3 days. And that was the only thing that
it was built for. There were no services within that jail for social
eervices7 for the attorneys to see the defendants; for the visitors; for
the people who are there sometimes even waiting trial for many, many
months. Depending upon the seriousness of the case, Absolutely no
adequate'facilities for visitation with their family.
68% of these women are mothers. The children are under the age
of 17. They are not allowed to visit in that facility and I invite any
of you to see the facility, and you will understand immediately, why.
But, it just is inadequate as far as the current facility.
I have prepared some statistics. That last time we were here
addressing the issue of the Work Release Center, X recognize the concern
of the Board that perhaps the . . . situation were being centered in
elle City and that the County had come responsibility in this area to
place these programs in the County. In recognizing that, and t was very
sensitive to your concerns at the time, I took a closer look at just what
our population actually consisted of. And we have about 9,000 women
booked per year. Booked into this facility. Of that 9,000, like Mr.
Lynch mentioned, approximately 41 or 42% are booked by the City of Miami
Police Department. The remaining percentage are booked by Dade County
and all of the other municipalities and the Federal Gavernrneit. You
have to understand that thin is the only facility in this Greater Miami
area for female defendants - female offenders. So that any kind of
booking process will be done in that particular facility.
Now, I stand corrected on that slightly. The municipalities
will book and if a person is able to make bond, not the City but other
...allow municipalities such as South Miami, North Niarni, will go ahead
and book the woman. If she can make bond, there she bonds right out from
the Police Department area. But if she cannot make bond, she must be
detained for a period of time. None of the Police Department jails are
ou£t'ic i ont to handle both Wren and women and the women are of a much
trnalle+ proportion of the number of people that they book. So they are
ecet to our facility to do their time sentences. Anyone doing time, or
spending arty length of time at all in a jail in this community, whether
hey be from the municipality, Dade County or the Federal Government, City
if Miami, do it in this particular facility.
I wanted to show you, if I could beg your indulgence, a few of
these etatistice because like I said, I did take the time to get them up
and x wee concerned about your concerns that perhaps this was not really
properly . . . as a City/County kind of are pensibility.
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The fir circle that you nee, reitehte the tbta : httber
or people booked and of that, the darkened area is the 41% that are
b kod by city policemen. Now that r s o ie of the statistics l think is
very! L _poitant and Chi?~ from jha City Police ecp:t LneI t
would like to speak to you on that particular issue in terms of trac e
portatioti: time at i dollars: manpower, policeMen beihg out of theirs tones
. while they make bookings this type of thing and won't belabor that
point,
The second circle represents the daily census in the facility.
The daily census which now averages approximately 120 people. That
indicates that of the people in•the facility, that have to remain there
that do not make bond find get out, that are serving time, 70% of those
worn have a City of Miami residence. They are residents oz the City of
riiiarti.
The nuMbers at the bottom, also l would like to explain to you,
X took a quick count in terms of statistics, like I say, the averages
seem to go pretty consistently over the month, 1 took 2 months which
was April and May of this year, counted up the number of women that are
transported from our facility after they are booked by the Corrections
Department, to the Courts. And like Mr. Lynch mentioned to you there are
4 trips each day. This figure up there, the first figure, 1727 rep-
resents the number of females that were transported to the Court from
tho jail in a 2 month period. Now of those, 427 were released in Court.
Their disposition was released in Court. When these women are booked,
all of their personal property is taken from them in the sense of rings,
and anything of value, money, that kind of thing. When they go to Court,
they just go without purses and without benefit of any money or any
personal belongings. When they are released in Court, as happens here,
they walk back to the jail and pick up their personal belongings out of
the Property Room, and leave.
Now, most of these Courts are County Courts that they would be
walking back from which are located in the Justice l3ui'! ding. This is
another important reason why this particular facility roust be centrally
located to serve the kinds of needs that it is supposed to be serving.
The other figure on the end, are the nu►rber of people in the
2 month period that we did have to take to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Dion though we do have medical services provided in the facility, the
nature of the problem they were complaining of, seemed serious enough
that it could not be handled by a registered nurse nor the doctor that
co;:.eo in once a day. So it was transferred to Jackson Hospital and
again, it's very important to be fairly close to Jackson Hospital. The
type of people that come into the jail; the socio-economic level of
those people indicate that they are going to have multiple medical
problems, and that many in a 2 month period were of a very serious nature
that we deemed emergency type and transported them to Jackson for
treatment.
Mrs. Alexander: Nano. Chairman, Mrs. McCardle did say something
about a police officer who is here to talk to uo. X think in support of
it. 1 would like to.hear him.
Mrs. McCardle: Would you like to.hear from the architect in
.orms of the design of the building. We've talked about the purpose but
perhaps you need to hear a little about the design?
Mrs. Rockefeller: The people that want to talk for it can speak
first, Own anyone opposed can speak afterward.
Dr, Werd: Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Dr. mer A, Ward.
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I'm r orate rnnd, t with the techn�.cal legal side, but I m cancethed with
LhO human side and I visited that facility and I coo believe that you,
ladies iec' bra 'C'!e . ; ti :,:- ` le c- _- r jueiiciously make
ou �, C You cannot: visualize what. the fac�rCzf�ion if you w_.re to visit it. cilty
in likes I would also point out that it may be A tendency bra the part
Of many of the governmental agencies who have jurisdiction over Making -
such an important decision, to tale more, mays a benign attitude. I
don't want to irritate you, of course, because that would be very foolish,
And you said it has to be brief.
Mts.. ltocka:eilar 'Yes, we're asking you to be brief if you
would. please. There are many people wishing to speak.
Dr. ward: Would I have an opportunity to speak after the
antagonists speak? I'm for it.
Mrs. P,ockafellar: raybe there's no one here against it. We
don't know. We haven't gotten into that yet.
Dr. Ward: Well if there's no one here against it, maybe I've
said all I should say right now. But X have, I think, sufficient, valid
humanitarian reasons that this facility should be built, and if there are -
any antagonists, then I have something else to say.
Ms. . . . I'm . . . I live at 150 N. W. 18th Court. I'm
with the National Organization for Women and we're on the Jail Task Force.
We aro definitely for this new jail. We've been visiting the jail for
the past two years and communicating with the women in jail and we feel we do know what their ner-.ds are. This new facility will help a desperate --
problem. The medical facilities are horrendous at the other jail and
this new jail will provide more medical facilities. The recreational
facilities; X understand this is the first women's jail to be built in the -
country which is also something else to take into consideration. Women
shouldn't really be shuffled and put in second place with men. And the =_
whole National Organization for Women is definitely in favor of this.
Ms. Sunny Yahr: I'm Secretary of the League of Women Voters,
Metropolitan Dade County. We have finished a year's study of the justice j
system in Dade County and part of our study was the study of women in
prison. And I must underscore everything that has been said here. The
facility is intolerable and the situation grows pore intolerable every
day. And the dedication of the Staff of the Center cannot make up for
tho inadequacies of the facility. Wc. urge you to act in support of the
site planned. The reason for its location, 1 think, has been very well
stated tonight. Thank you very much.
Ms. Massaguer: I'm Trudy Massaguer of 2784 N. W. 4th Terrace,
a public school teacher and a visitor to the Women's Detention Center for
the past 2 years. I am definitely in favor of having a new facility
because I'm interested in the whole person. I believe that these women
need a chance to visit with their families; a chance for recreation; a
chance to talk with their lawyers in privacy. So, please count me in on it
Mr. Dean: My name is Elvin Dean and I am the Chairman of the
area in which this site, if approved, will be located. I had mixed
emotions about this because I was born on 6th Street: between 2nd and 3rd
Avonue and z was concerned about a police station on 5th Street and a
jail on i.4th Street. This would surround that particular Comer Park area
Which is perhaps known as N.P.D..-3, Central Negro District, whatever.
put as Chairman o!: the Committee, persona l? y, I was in direct
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6Plibition at fit#ut after much debate iscussion sirs deliberation
about this With fifty Committee, arid members of the Cofer park area and
slab b . Ward and the Pack and the Whn e bi.t, we have tome to the agree`'
menment that this site :;hot 1d bo, if ,-'-pp oved, provided for one Womefl's
betettirjn Center. I think it's a much needed facility based tipon My
experience of the ovor==Crowcledness in those particular cells. 1 think
that the social and economic group of the commenity will be enhanced by
ouch a Mite if it is erected as stated by Mr. Sandstrom and the Department
of Correct/6ns.
All we have to say about it is that we have talked about it.
Fie have taken petitions on it. We've had many people that were against
it, and many people that are for it. But 1 think there were more for it
than against. And I had to go through this kind of thing . •
because I was in direct opposition at first. But now I'm in total agree -
matt with this. Thank you.
Chief Klimkowskic I'm Adam Kl imkowski, Assistant Chief of
Police of Miami. We need the proposed Women'o Detention Center at 7th
Avenue and 14th Street from a very selfish point of view and terms of
simple economics. The further we must transport our female prisoners,
the further away from our Main Police Station and from the male Detention
Cotter, the more it's going to cost the taxpayers of the City of 2liami.
We were alarmed several weeks ago to hear of the possibility
that wo night have to take the females out as far as the Stockade and
we were alarmed based on our past experience because when we did take
prisoners to the Stockade, or when it was necessary to pick up prisoners
for custodial work in our building, that meant that we lost the services
of the individual crew that picked up these prisoners for up to 2 hours.
It's a simple problem of transportation. The further our officers get
away from our Immediate supervision, the longer it seems to take. So
vo need this facility as close to our base of operations as possible.
And again, the further we get away, the more it's going to cost us and
tho less sorvico we'll be able to perform.
Mr. Morton: My name is David Morton. I'm the architect - one
of the architects on the project. We have some site studies and a
model we'd like to show you if this is the time that you'd like to see
that?
Mrs. Rockefeller: Fine.
Mr. Morton: I think you're all aware of the current trend in
Correctional architecture which is basically a humanizing process rather
than bringing them in, putting them in a cell, serve your time and
release. Dr. McCardle has given you some -insight into the internal
problems that she has faced as far as her rehabilitation program - the Ass
Chief of Police has given you some ideas as to what is required of him
based on proximity to arrest point. And what we'd like to show you here
is both the, as Mr. Lynch has said, the required site planning based on
the current zoning codes and what we would like to do as a waiver of
doeo1op: ;ent based on our study of the needs of the facility, based on
current statistics.
A little bit of background in the concept of the facility that
you see in the model here - what we have is a number of facilities that
functions within the facility now we have a supervisory portion - a
social service portion M the normal booking facility; we Nava a fairly
o:{teneive program being developed for contact visitation. This would be
the number of women with children has boon stressed by Dr. McCardle -
this is an area that's being well covered in this Particular plan. We
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hf$e both indoetikd outdoor recreational ft ilitied that I'll shop+ you
oD the plans t,+e have an inereazed medieal faeility1 The eu to it faoi ity
being censiclerably sub-nt andzIrd in hoth the 1 adi.c;1_.1 and re ?obi .?.tat`vc
terVie 3 .! + +_ + + n + t.+ +
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for 164 detainees in individual rooms; 8 people to a . . s opening otf
to h oeteson bay /t.00m in the upper 3rd floor that you see on the Model.
Again, 1 id get into the social tervi.cee, but l think that's been.
Covered. The desist concept, 1 think has been covered by the Members of
outer+ team with the Correctional experts that we have Davisurtis and i►
feW Ot1eane
Directing now to the parking requirements, (I see the gentleman
left) but what we have is a requirement of 139 opacee based on the one
per 400 requirement for institutional use. The occupant load is 164.
I think this is where he was Looking at - 'well, if you have 164, you
must mean 164'. The inmates of the institution are l believe almost
without exception, brought to the institution by the arresting officer
and at this point they are left there. They don't have a vehicle of
their own. So really what we have to contend with 3.n this particular
case, is the functioning correctional officers within the institution;
the social service and rehabilitative Staff that are coming and going
from the various points in the community; we'have a certain amount of,
let's call it, transient population in vehicles through the booking
officers with the booking team; and then we have the visitor who is both
related through the social service and also through the recreational and
contact visitation portion of the program.
So, in analyzing the current needs of the facility, what we
have come up with is a recommendation that initially the need is for 82
spaced on the site. And again, this goes back to reviewing the statistics
from the current facility and using our judgment based on the expanded
population within this facility and our recommendation would be to make
the reduction in 57. Again, as you can see on the drawing to the left,
this is as the expanded facility would go to meet the Code requirements;
the larger drawing to your right is the facility as we would pro+pose it
for the initial development and which is, of course, our purpose. for the
waiver of development.
Finally, the landscaping; we've been working with the Planning
Department to develop this in accordance with both the needs of the
facility from the security standpoint which does have some very specific
problems related to landscaping as I'm sure you can see. They've been
quite helpful in working with us and I believe that I can say at this
point we have reached an acceptable solution for the City Planners.
Again, all I can say at this point, you can also see from the model, that
we've pulled the facility back from the corner and we have a major bus
atop on the 14th Street side; and.we're trying to rcake this almost into
a perk facility if we can. We realize the size of the facility takes
away from this character but from the model you can see that it's
developing in a residential character. The landscaping has been quite
extensive. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.
Mrs. Lichtenstein; I don't see it on your model. It says the
F.E.C. Railroad right-of-way bisects the principal site and the proposed
accessory perking lot site? 1 don't sea it hero et all.
Mr. Morton: Where the expressway stops, the tt�io ,. , ..egmcnts of the
expzeesway, ( expl ei.ns but is away from : craphone . Not audible).
tiro. Fernandez I'm reac."+.iag here that the landscaping plan
eubmitLed by the l.ar:c.acape architect does net n„ t she landscapin J
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`: quire: a is of a seining ordinance and Al this should be amended
tutki rosub .tted ' the Planning beparttneht f5r approval.
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Lynch! The Cia„'.1gI11 l I niiCwsC'r3p1na plan tA.2.Ch 4:7.:5 s:1;1mI.tGid
1':',J t;Z applicant: wilE3 roL i..c:::equi.:L i aL; far as the requirements of the
toning Ordinance. Within the last week, the architects have submitted
another plan whichwe are currently reviewing. We haven't given total
approval to it yet. So our recommendation was APPROVAL SU 3 CT TO
LANDSCAPE MAW 3? PLA.NiIL G buPAt2'i'MENT. We haven't llad a chance to
adequately review it yet. tut the first plan they sUbmitted was not
adequate. Thin is an updated, revised plan.
'bits, Fernandez: So you have an updated plan after July lithe
the memo that we have in front of us?
Mr. Lynch: Correct.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: Mr. Morton, may r ask you what you mean
about security problems in landscaping?
Mr. Morton: Well, the problem that you have here, of course,
is just shrubbery and this type of thing; heavy shrubbery around an
institution much as this, there is a certain problem that is related to,
let's say, drug transfer which is an on -going problem of surveillance
from within the facility. We feel that our planning, and this is
supported by Director Sandstrom, has given the facility adequate patrolling
and surveillance, potential, that we can control this situation. However,
let's ray if we did not have controlled landscaping and this goes again
to working with the Planning Department, we could build ourselves into a —
box from a security standpoint which would be detrimental to the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Lichtenstein: Then this is part of your additional plan
that you are resubmitting to the Department?
Mr. Morton: Yes ma'am. This is covered into that. One thing I
might acid; as far as the orientation on thin since I think you're
concerned primarily with lard use here also, is that the service functions
of the facility have bean pushed to the rear. As you can see, the main
parking area is what we would call to the rear of the project. The
arresting officer drop-off point, what they call a vehicle Salley -port
in to the rear. So what we're trying to do, really, is put our best
foot forward. The public entrance is off cf 7th Avenue. We've land-
scaped the corner to soften it up as far as the immediate neighborhood and
the bus -atop and everything - we will have considerable bus traffic here
because of the Courts, and the visitation recreational facilities involved
in the project.
Mr. Dannenberg: Pair. Acton, as far as I can see from the map
there, you've got C-2's, C-4, C-5, mainly that type of surrounding zoning.
That's underneath the expressway, is that State property?
Mr. Norton: Yes, that's Department of Transportation. We've
boon given their assurances that - of course this is all predicated on
our discussion with them as far as land use of their property.
Mr. Dannenberg: The funds provided to build this thing come
from the State, County, City?
Mr. Morton; These are County funds. Some Federal planning
Money i , involved but the actual construction is County money'.
Mr. D .nnepbrrg; Let ro tell you why I'm as" i.n9' that.
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wo hays a facie.# that is riot what we tObtailtike it tb be, therefore
We have to build a hew facility. l really don't agree with that theory.
1 think a lot of titres you cats retrodel the e:tistinc} facility and get
t�Tl )i ft o' A u 1 F i T- �7 a i • `Vc, ; f you're
you '��'.�.�. V t �•ic111�. 0..2 O�. t., l,2 � _�..2 �. t. �.� J
in the City of Miami Police Department L of course you're how with the
policeten and the policemen will eventually be but of there, So you
would have, probably, the facilities for yourself. find there is a
certain area there that I'm sure can be used for basketball Courts or
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whatever it is that you have -. and landscaping can be provided. I Would
like to see somehow what's the expense to one and what's the expense to
the other? nave you looked into it at a117
Mr. Morton: I direct this back to d'ack Sandstrom but consider abl
time has been put into this particular facility in review of the existing
and else what we could do with our dollars to putting it in new. I
might say that the oxisting facility has been rehabilitated to bring it
to tho current substandard point it's at. I don't know whether you've
been through the facility or not
Mr. Dannenberg: No X have not.
Mr. Morton. But they are air-conditioned. However, the units
sit in the rooms and the ducts go down the halls and there's not much
you can do with that. Recreational is minimal. iron of their rehabil- 0
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itative programs right now, in the current facility, come anywhere near.
close to the State guidelines - in other words, we have office practice -
cosmatology the•programs in our facility as planned, will allow for m.
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certification of these girls after they complete the program. A good
part of the State guideline is on space requirements, adequacy of
facilities. The current facility doesn't come anywhere near close. �
Mr. »annenberg: I'm sure it doesn't come close. That's not my
(. question. I'm saying can•it be brought to where you want it? I know
that if it would have been close you probably wouldn't be doing this
study. I'm saying, why can't it be turned into what you want it to be
instead of going and building all this - these facilities and everything
else? Because you have the existing building, there; you've got the
.and there; it's closer to the Courts.
Mr. Morton: The current facility is approximately 27,000 square
feet. Taking the program requirements that we have developed and had it
cleared with the State as far as their other programs, this current
facility as you see it here, is 54,000 square feet. So what you're
talking about is doubling of capacity and again, under current constructior
dollars, this is almost equal to what we have.
Mr. Sandstrom: I'd like to comment on the use of the existing
City of Miami. Police Department, I believe that's what you're referring
to, is the entire building. We, of course, have no control over what is
to happen to that building. Although I have talked to several people
from the City of Miami. Commission concerning future use of that facility,
and it is my understanding at least at this moment, that it is to be•
converted into some kind of a Youthful Offender Street kind of.program -
I think Commissioner Gordon is heading up a Committee that's trying to
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convert that facility for some such purpose.
Mrs. Rockefeller: z think Mr. Da:inenberg bad an idea that we
would uei'1 that to you for a good price.
Mr. Dannenberg : You might get the land for free. We'l.l sel.1
you the building.
Reply; That might be worthwhile.
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Mrs. Lichtenstein: I'd like to: ask Mt* Sandstrom, diet t
understand Mr. Morton to say that the ptesent size of the building, the
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1'1� .� };t1i�. � LTtcf `tJl ..Z t7!"` exactly a .�_
currently occupying?
Mt. Sandstrom: No. The space that we are occupying in the
City of Miami police Station will be doubled.
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Mrs. Lichtenstein: What about the total
space of the building?
Mr. Sandstrom: The new building will be appro imate y 54,000
nquare feet.. The existing jail space that we niow occupy is 27,000 square
feet.
Mr. Smith: What about the building, the entire building?
Mrs. Lichtenstein: The entire building? This is the point.
LLI o Mr. Sandstrom: The entire building, I have no idea to the
Z square footage of the City of Miami Police Station but it's mach bigger
L khan 54,000 square feet.
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Mrs. Lichtenstein: It's larger than 54,000 square feet.
Mr. Sandstrom: Yes. There are several wings and a couple*of
outbuildings there that I have no ideaof the sire,
Mr. Morton: I don't want to belabor a point, but let me
comment on that. I think I understand the thrust of your question.
What we're dealing with es Janet McCardel said was, right now we have
two 40 person dormitories. Of course, the situation there, you can pack
people together there, really, like animals. And this is the situation
we have there now. As I said before, we're going into a single room
concept where you have living units of 8 people; it's actually a re-
orientation of society rather, than this bullpen approach. They -have a
smaller group that they can relate to and from the social service stand --
point and psychological standpoint, this is the direction that the
Correctional philosophy is taking.
Of course there is no way that we can take the space they use
now to house 40 girls on a double bunk situation and convert that into
a comparable space. The Federal guidelines require 80 square feet per
person. So, you're talking about better than 3,000 feet -
Mr. Smith: I don't think the question is using the exact space
that you're using now because you're sharing that building with the
present Police Department. Okay?. and when the Police Department moves
out, this is what we're talking about - the entire building will be
available. Miami's plans, according to Mrs. Gordon's plans - she's
trying to get that building to be turned over to the County for the
purpose as he said - but it still will be a County function.
Mrs. Rockefeller: You just tell. Mrs. Gordon to sell them the
land.
Mrs. Alexander: rime. Chairman, X think if we're thinking in
terms of humanity, X don't think we need to address ourselves to the
old building. Let's stay on the subject at hand which is this building,
its placcment,and what it's trying to do.
Mrs. Rockefeller; I totally agree with you. Is there any
other Apea.er? Anyone for It? Myone in opposition? Being none,
we'll clone the Public nearing and go into diaeuesi.on aitong the Board,
Xe there any further discussion among the Doard?
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Mrs. Ali Eider: Mr , Chalrmah, if ere's no further
discussion, I'm ready to give the approval of this permission as per
Ordinance 6371, AR''i"tCL : TV, Section 36, at appro citatety 1401 N. W.
lth Avenue to construct a Women i s Detention Center for 164 female
inmates on the above site waiving the development of 57 of 139 requited
off street packing tipaces,subject to closure of N-S Alley and
replotting of property; zoned C-5 (Liberal Commercial)p also subject to
an amended landscaping plan that will meet the approval of the planing
Department.
H . smith: Second.
Mrs, Alexander: I'd like to speak to it. I just Want to say•
one thing. It's long overdue. Long overdue in this community for us
to quit treating any human being as animals. Let alone the females who
get into trouble.
Mr. Dannenberg: Mme. Chairman, I'd like to make an amendment
to the motion. I agree with the motion. I don't agree to treating
human beings like animals, females or males - make that statement correct
we're all equals, and the only thing that I object to is the waiving of
the 57 of 139 required off-street parking spaces, because the gentleman
stated that we need space to grow in. So if you're going to grow, and
you already have 164 inmates, I would say you need the parking spaces.
You're going to have people going there for business; their attorneys;
families; friends, they're going to be visiting and X don't think you
ought to waive the parking - X don't believe there's too much parking
around there - the area - and that's my amendment.
Mrs. Rockafellar:, There's an amendment to the motion. Is
there a second? No second? Your motion fails for lack of a second.
Is there any further discussion on the motion? Would you call the
roll Mr. Acton?
4 written objections were received in the ,nail.
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:a, Alekaodor offerod theilkilowitv resolutioh
aAd movod ita adoption:
RESOLUTIoN No, PM 35,45,
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING CONSTRUCTION Or
WOMEN0S DETENTION CENTER AS Ptk ORDINANCE 6871,
ARTICLE IV, SECTION 36, POR 164 FEMALE INMATES
ON APPROXIMATELY 1401 N. W. ITH AVENUE, BLOCKS
l'ANb 10, LESS EXPRESSWAY, ROBERTS AND GRENTNER
ADDIT/ON (10-56) AND BLOCKS 2 AND 24, bALt
Mit.tral TRACT ADDITION #1 (2-70) LESS EXPRESS-,
WAY, AND PROPERTY UNDER EXPRESSWAY D/RECTLY
TO THE NORTH OF ABOVE, WAIVING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF 57 OF 139 REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING
SPACES, SUBJECT TO CLOSURE OF NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY
AND REPLATTING OF PROPERTY AND LANDSCAPE PLAN
APPROVAL BY T PLANNING DEPARTMENT; ZONED C-5
(Lumma, COMMERCIAL).
. • - _Upon being seconded by Mr. Smith, this resolution
:.was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mmes. Alexander, Fernandez, Lichtenstein,
Rockafellar
Messrs. Bode., Dannenberg, Smith
NAYES: None
ABSENT: None
Mr, Acton: Resolution passes 7 - O.
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1755 West 60th Street
Deerfield 206
Hialeah, Florida 33012
February 8, 1976
Honorable Maurice Ferrel Mayor
City of Miami
City Hall . Dinner Key Auditorium
Miami, Florida
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District XI of Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
representing over 400 working women in the northern half of Dade County has
long supported our Federation's Objective of Women Helping Women and by
action of our District Meeting on January 18, 1976 do support the construction
of a new Women's Detention Center for Dade County. Our organization recognizes
the need for a facility which will provide an atmosphere where rehabilitation
of the women offender can be accomplished.
If a male or female offender is to be returned to society as a functioning -
productive member of the community in which he/she resides, we must take an
active part in providing an environment conducive to rehabilitation. A
number of our members along with the Committee of 100 have worked to improve
the status of the woman offender since 1970. The building of a new Woman's
Detention Center is one more step to improving the quality of life that
these women have to look forward to in the Third Century.
The facility should have provision for schooling and job education; personal
and occupational counselling; and a regard for the humaneness of life itself.
If we, the community, are to have a declining; crime rate, we riust start by
inproving the present facilities for detention and begin to rehabilitate the
offender to cope with the world as its exists. Only the community as a
working unit can achieve this goal.
Yours truly,
Patricia N. Bailey, Director
District Xi Florida Federation of
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
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1755 West 60th Street
Deerfield 206
Hialeah, Florida 33012
February 8, 1976
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is to authorize the Fannie Nae Leeper is to represent me,
Patricia Y. Bailey, Director, District XI Florida Federation of Fusiness
and Professional Women's Clubs, at the City of Miami Commission Meeting,
February 10, 1976. Mrs. Leeper is further authorized to speak in support
of District XI's support of a new Women's Detention Center.
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Patricia M. Bailey, Director
District XI Florida Federation of
Business and Professional Women's Clubs