The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutSubmittalRespected Commissioners, My name is Juana Villegas, I am a fashion designer for Soye, a women's clothing store at Soyka's 55th Street Station. I am here today in support of Kubik as a merchant of the area. 55th Street Station is a unique collection of wonderful stores and businesses; all of us are constantly working to make our niche a destination point to the residents of Miami, but there is still a great deal of work to be done. I believe a development like Kubik will make our street secure, friendly, and more beautiful still. Kubik respects the area's aesthetics and will create pedestrian traffic that will abate crime and prostitution while bringing customers to our places of business. I strongly support the development of Kubik at 56th Street and Biscayne. jlAtkk 70/ 5b'y1 E - 95� O VR/ � ea�� L0e5l6L ,)626A(i)- Mill41;//- 1\'641\i'cro wc,(-1 C4-e�s [„g 'E2- 0-Rill/ex. ,1e (5A/ V JOIE 77/76"--v0026,ggio (a it - u Ow-kW-1702 03-6415— Au�� f&'i-9{w(. 4ttieq tt i�11 SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR ITEM Pz / ON y-aa-a� ..C)c-t-) I (J7 c e. /)S 471 4i 4, 1049 •<.5 61�1.r d 6B I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2004 F UM/MIAMI PARTNERSHIP Plan to enhance Civic Center ■ The University of Miami and the city of Miami launch an Initiative to transform the Civic Center area into a cohesive neighborhood. BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI aviglucci@herald.com Miami's Civic Center seems to have enough going for it to power a vibrant city -within -a - city: hundreds of medical stu- dents, tens of thousands of people who daily visit or work at its vast medical centers and courthouse, a major produce market and three Metrorail stations, all of it surrounded by waterways and historic neighborhoods. Yet it remains an urban hodgepodge, a hard -to -navi- gate maze of unappealing side- walks and traffic -choked streets where amenities are few and most people have lit- tle reason to linger outside working hours. Now city officials and the University of Miami want to change all that. On Tuesday, they announced an initiative — The Miami Partnership — that aims to knit together all the disconnected pieces to create an attractive and dynamic urban neighborhood. MASTER PLAN Details are scant at this early stage. The idea is to pull together the major institutions and neighborhoods in the area to begin generating a master plan — including the state attorney's office, UM's medi- cal school, Jackson Memorial Hospital and the VA Hospital, as well as residents of adjacent Allapattah, Spring Garden and Highland Park. "This is an area where the wheel doesn't need to be rein- vented," Miami Mayor Manny Diaz said at a news confer- ence. "Think of the purchasing power that exists in this area. Think of what we can do." The major players will reconvene for an initial plan- ning meeting April 13, Diaz said. They won't be starting entirely from scratch. They plan to build on a blueprint developed in 2002 by students in a program run by EDAW, one of the country's largest planning and design firms. One major flaw, the study found, was that uninviting rail and bus stops, and the lack of directional signs, clear path- ways and safe street crossings effectively isolate the medical and justice complexes from adjacent businesses and neigh- g>ods. adjacent Highland Park neigh- borhood. UM President Donna Shalala said spurring private construction of housing and commercial retail in surround- ing neighborhoods is essential. "We already work here. It's living and playing here that's important to us in creating a community," Shalala said, add- ing later: "People in the malt cal centers work long hours.,. They would love to live in the area if they could. But people! .._.,aren't going to come here to Few workers live in the stay unless they can buy gro- area, and few area residents — including some neighbor- hoods with high unemploy- ment — work in the Civic Center, the study found. POINTS TO IMPROVE The report recommended some quick, visible projects such as improved signs, light- ing and landscaping, as well as long-term initiatives to pro- mote pedestrian -friendly pro- jects that mix residential units and retail, and to revitalize the ceries, eat at a restaurant, get' their dry cleaning done."( The potential market is huge. According to city esti- mates, about 30,000 people work at the Civic Center. And Shalala said the UM -Jackson medical center is embarking on an expansion that will bring many more. UM recently broke ground on a vast new clinical research building, the first in a planned series of new research facili- ties. PALM GROVE NEWS PAGE 2 OF 2 A:soaetle■ Maeda Mutes Legion Pads Communtty Center 11447 NE 7th Avenue 7 PM, March 25, 2004 Minutes of Bore Meeting of Pale Grow NeghbMnod Amor-Neon 1. Cal to order 11. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting Minuets of the lop meeting *ere read and approved. ILL. 71e•eerer's Report David B0sn nrwrded that to balance in to Prom Grow Neighborhood Arodalbn•s account was 51,495.213. IV. Ekaloo or Often end Board for 2004-2005 year Deed Born mooed that Donald Wlbon collect the •bastes tidies end Abele Cuellar Crock teem In due to the fact that BIN Keen was user b Weed to meeting. Pweed hrrweusly Preeide t Ale Rodrigues asked for eery Moor norm albru. There were none. Al C to menses were given S mines to spook tall position. Nominator* were then dosed. Mbi• Cooler meagre counting of to yobs. Result. of voting: Erentitell Are Radtnpro-/4 Abbie Cuter-27 Sir SIMIM Ron MU-14 Ukich Yldhal-27 Dodd Im Mvu Moen -T2 (Unopposed) 1210120211 Darold WIleon - e Dryl McDowell -14 Evelyn Hernando. - 27 Gordon WOW - 21 V. Presenutln by Clty of Mleml Department of Planning and Toting A presentation was made by Pwcing at. Zoning explaining the process for applying and to benefits of a Neighborhood Convention District Tha proposed plan has an overlay that avoid restrict to type of development that would cone no our neighborhood. awe euggeNd the ire bolt at to overlays created by other neighborhoods for guidance in the ruling of our own. It was 4ugldnad that it toles 10-12 m onto for teemed once we wrest to designation. Monique Taylor expressed hoe concrn the to PENA does not 1aprem to entire commun0y and notification, including ■ vote, should be distributed to the entire Palen Grow nee before we now forward on to topic VL Drug Free Tone Ass Rodguet on NMI of Neighborhood Resource Officers Nicols and Burden (who had to save), dirhned to elements of • dig free tone. He Indicated the the C0y was melting a mow to strongly enforce lawn ngaln t dogs. He also announced to sumcl of to Drug -Free Zone program at Montgol4e Elementary on Friday, Mesh 213• at 11:00 AM.. Vll. Decasslon of Patio Grove Development Concerns President Ale Rodrigues asked to member* fora let of development mncemr 0n a legal pod et the riveting. None were lMed. Vlll. Kubik Project Presentation Kubik presented their project and answered several questions. The majority of Nose in attendance indicated they were in favor of Ms project Meeting Mlaanrod. Our thanks w Dogma and Gourmet Mallon for mmr conMbution to the Annual Meeting. To to Palm Grove Board and Developan. I do be1M Wet to unit way that prostitution. drugs, is awn and re to bed elements that en se present on Bia®yne Boulevard and in our neghborfoed• can be eliminated is with a molar deference In to dowebpro t of to nee. I mired Pre ■ weer and ■ had ago ilea Ikbg In South Beach for 15 year.. A• one of the pioneer. of the Soucy Beach, one pal contributed b plc 0 In to map with many others, I resin row Ind we are the vast dune for what tat beautiful and spacial place Net once we cos he become today - • horrible mesa Thal Mppred brace we rely dktnl know whet *e *ere doing and we were too dry Gsrebpirg our own Yves andcareers to and moorings end fight. BdIM Ws had the I chance Net I utlwedidn't we IL Before we knew t, thewtols playa we boon taken away from usnphl b ore cam /nowms very much from to development of to beach in that Y contributed puke a bit to the development of my cater and my fireboat situation, but all this didn't nape• ed miaow ow paying a major price. That price was beg • very spell, betted pea that 1 we vary proud to cat home. 1 sus kcky Bough b kid another great place In the beautiful city, • pea tat is giving me to erne pleasures and benefits that South Beath pow me ten. This tine n do whet ever needs to do be done and fight to whatever level is needed to mew .on that we dont et the dunce gee Wan away horn us. I do balsw very mesh Net a happy rnedkxn can be renewed brown reidrw and developers. rm to km one to appreciate N• brier in wake on my house in to tau war alone. I'm e in Isar of mvebpmrn and menu this rWghborhood Wei on ore. This pros can be • rosy special and convenient place to kw. if we all work (opener and really make a our priority to keep a Owe We on wirers going on, to benefits to u residrw and others In this relycomcod tan be quire aneorg. Wa can N Whew the perfect eve of heap it e. onos orb t s going to be oNy up to us to mew sure the the happens. I we dont •peek ore about what we do and dont *en t and unit scowl Whet d•vebprs and otw peopehom4anias intended on investing In to nee say we wig be t e Wank 140* we peed pile and nrp map* to arse Is whets going to finally den up this are for good and continua to knows to value of our properties and give us • greeter Wally of Me. Forborne most of the people Mid here row and d• ebping the arse are to ores who did t on to beach. We haw • second once of mating it work fiord doe time. I believe that's is boldly up to us to led Ind! balance. But renw0¢er, t is unit up (ow. Stormy. Noel Artie/Palm Grove Resident Apri121, 2000 Volume 1,Issue 1 INDEX President v 1 , 1,1 Page 1 Me,ing Minutes Paget Letters Page 2 "Palm Grove no0ds to come together,' PALM GROVE NEWS Presidents Letter Palm Grove Members, It Is with great pleasure that I announce the fiat volume of the monthly Palm Grove Neighborhood Association Newsletter. The Inspiration for this newsletter was given to me by an old friend and Palm Grove Associate member, Dick DeCair. He created and edited this volume and will continue to do so for the corning year (thank you, Didd). If you have suggestions, you can e-mail them either to PalmGroveBoarckaaol.com or rdecair@bellsouth.net. In the past two years, Palen Grove has been blessed with a rapid evolution. This could never have been possible without the positive energy of all of our neighbors and residents. Many have just moved to the area and are creating beautiful homes within the infrastructure of a charring and quaint neighborhood. Others have been in Palm Grove for many years, (some as long as fifty + years), and they are truly one reason we reap the benefits of a wonderful community. Now we are all here together... Many of the new residents, induding myself, chose Palm Grove because they saw potential in this pocket community we call home. Many of them did not even know the area was called Palm Grove, but they invested and created a home. The Upper Eastside has become one of the hottest zip codes, as published in the Biscayne Boulevard Times, "A recent review of raw real estate data by CNN Money has declared that 33137 and 33138 were in the top eight zip codes in the United States for gains in real estate appreciation for the last five years." Palm Grove is part of it! Our neighborhood has all the amenities many property owners want: location, sense of community, shopping, dining, etc.... And more is on its wayl Palm Grovers need to come together! We need to embrace our community, putting differences and personal agendas aside. As such, we will ALL work together toward the enhancing of Palm Grove. We may not always agree and we may not always like what the other person has to say, but if we focus on our community and its goals, we will continue moving in the right direction. We all care about Palm Grove and want the best for it! Through the Palm Grove Neighbomood Association, the Upper Eastside Miami Council, The Biscayne Boulevard Chamber of Commerce, The City of Miami and, most importantly, YOU, we can make our neighborhood outstanding. People will compare Palm Grove wfth phenomenal neighboring communities such as: Historic Bayside, Belle Meade, El Portal, Biscayne Gardens and Momingside. We too are becoming a destination and a hot spot on the Boulevard! Let's work together and not apart. Let's bring In the good, throw out the bad; and continue to combine the old with the new. Let us ALL male Palm Grove GREAT! Regards, Alex Rodriguez President Important dabs: Commission Meeting in reference to Kubik - Thursday, April 22nd at 3:00 PM April Palm Grove Board meeting - Wednesday, April 28th at 7:00 PM Commission meeting in reference to SD-9 overlay - Thursday, April 29th at 3:00 PM Your Ad Horn Support nslghbors who support your buslnoss