07-10-2007
City CommiRRinn
Susan Gottlieb, Mayor
A ':!be City of
~ventura
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City MJIn~ger
Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM
Zev Auerbach
Bob Diamond
Billy Joel
T eri Holzberg
Michael Stem
Luz Urbaez Weinberg
City Clerk
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC
City Atto171CV
Weiss Serota Helfman
Pastoriza Cole & Boniske
AGENDA
JULY 10, 2007 6 p.m.
Government Center
19200 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
1. CALL TO ORDER\ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. AGENDA: Request for DeletionslEmergency Additions
4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: - Employee Service Awards
5. CONSENT AGENDA: Matters included under the Consent Agenda are self-explanatory and are not
expected to require discussion or review. Items will be enacted by one motion. If discussion is desired by any
member of the Commission, that item must be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
June 12,2007 Commission Meeting
June 21, 2007 Workshop Meeting
B. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED WORK
AUTHORIZATION NO. 01-0103-091 FOR PROFESSIONAL
DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR PHASE 3 OF
THE TRAFFIC VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF A VENTURA AND CRAVEN
THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
C. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO REQUEST THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO LEASE TO THE CITY OF A VENTURA
LAND REFERRED TO AS PARCEL NO. 3812 SITUATED
UNDER THE WILLIAM LEHMAN CAUSEWAY FOR PUBLIC
July 10, 2f1J1 CommiBaimMeeling
PURPOSE TO BE UTILIZED BY THE A VENTURA POLICE
DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO
ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF
THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
D. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA DECLARING CERTAIN
PROPERTY LISTED UNDER THE ASSETS OF THE CITY AS
SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY; DESCRIBING THE
MANNER OF DISPOSAL; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY
OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
6. ZONING HEARINGS:
QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS - Please be advised that the following items on the Commission's agenda are
quasi-judicial in nature. If you wish to object or comment upon any of these items, please inform the Mayor when she
requests public comments. An opportunity for persons to speak on each item will be made available after the applicant and
staff have made their presentations on each item All testimony, including public testimony and evidence, will be made under
oath or affirmation. Additionally, each person who gives testimony may be subject to cross-examination. If you refuse either
to be cross-examined or to be sworn, your testimony will be given its due weight. The general public will not be permitted
to cross-examine witnesses, but the public may request the Commission to ask questions of staff or witnesses on their behalf
Persons representing organizations must present evidence of their authority to speak for the organization. Further details of
the quasi-judicial procedures may be obtained from the Clerk.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF *THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA ABANDONING THAT PORTION OF NE 29
COURT AS RESERVED ON THE PLAT OF HALLANDALE PARK,
LYING BETWEEN THE SOUTH LIMIT OF NE 213 STREET AND THE
NORTH LIMIT OF LOT 10, BLOCK 40 ON THE PLAT OF
HALLANDALE PARK, PROVIDING FOR RECORDATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7. ORDINANCES: FIRST READINGIPUBLIC INPUT: None.
8. ORDINANCES: SECOND READING - PUBLIC HEARING:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA BY AMENDING THE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR
FOUR PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
BISCA YNE BOULEVARD BETWEEN NE 213 STREET AND THE
NORTH CITY LIMIT FROM MO, MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT TO
B2, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
9. RESOLUTIONS - PUBLIC HEARING: None.
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10. REPORTS
11. PUBLIC COMMENTS
12. OTHER BUSINESS: None.
13. ADJOURNMENT
SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGSIEVENTS
COMMISSION MEETING
JULY 19, 2007
9 A.M.
COMMISSION WORKSHOP
JULY 19, 2007
FOLLOWING 9 A.M. MTG
This meeting is open to the public. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are disabled
and who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that disability should contact the Office of the City
Clerk, 305-466-8901, not later than two days prior to such proceeding. One or more members of the City of Aventura Advisory
Boards may be in attendance. Anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the Aventura City Commission with respect to any
matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a
verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be
based. Agenda items may be viewed at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Aventura Government Center, 19200 W. Country Club
Drive, Aventura, Florida, 33180. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of any agenda item should contact the City Clerk at 305-466-
8901.
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MINUTES
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
JUNE 12,2007
Aventura Government Center
19200 W. Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Susan
Gottlieb following the 6 p.m. Local Planning Agency meeting. Present were
Commissioners Zev Auerbach, Bob Diamond, Teri Holzberg, Billy Joel, Luz Urbaez
Weinberg, Vice Mayor Michael Stern, Mayor Gottlieb, City Manager Eric M. Soroka, and
City Attorney David M. Wolpin. City Clerk Teresa M. Soroka was absent. As a quorum
was determined to be present, the meeting commenced.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led during LPA meeting.
3. AGENDA: REQUESTS FOR DELETIONS/EMERGENCY ADDITIONS: None.
4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: Service awards were presented by Mr. Soroka to 10-
year employees Arleen Llanes and Hans Maestre.
5. CONSENT AGENDA: A motion to approve the Consent Agenda was offered by
Commissioner Holzberg, seconded by Vice Mayor Stern, unanimously passed and the
following action was taken:
A. The following minutes were approved:
May 1, 2007 Commission Meeting
May 31, 2007 Workshop Meeting
B. Resolution No. 2007-24 was adopted as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA AWARDING AND LETTING A BID/CONTRACT
FOR BID NO. 07-05-15-2, NE 29 PLACE STREET LIGHTING, TO
HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC, INC. AT THE BID PRICE OF $114,000.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ASSOCIATED
CONTRACTS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE
NECESSARY AND EXPEDIENT ACTION TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS
OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR THE APPROPRIATION AND
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR SAID BID AWARD; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
C. Resolution No. 2007-25 was adopted as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE AND OTHERWISE ENTER INTO
THE ATTACHED MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
AVENTURA AND THE CITY OF NORTH BAY VILLAGE FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF
THIS RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
D. The following motion was approved:
MOTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF UP TO $75,000 TO
SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC VIDEO MONITORING PROGRAM FROM THE
POLICE FORFEITURE FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY
MANAGER'S MEMORANDUM
E. The following motion was approved:
MOTION TO APPROVE CITY MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION AS OUTLINED ON EXHIBIT "A" EFFECTIVE JUNE 1,
2007
F. Resolution No. 2007-26 was adopted as follows:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE ATTACHED WORK AUTHORIZATION NO. 01-0103-090
FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN, PERMIT, BID AND CONSTRUCTION
REVIEW SERVICES FOR THE WATERWAYS DOG PARK PROJECT
BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF AVENTURA AND CRAVEN
THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
6. ZONING HEARINGS: (As to items 6 and 7): Ex-parte communications by
Commissioners, if any, were disclosed and filed with the City Clerk in accordance with
City Code Section 34. All witnesses giving testimony in these hearings were sworn in
by Community Services Executive Assistant Gail Fishman.
Mr. Wolpin read the following resolution by title:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA GRANTING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 31-
171(a)(7) OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW
A 5'5" PARKING PAVEMENT SETBACK, WHERE A MINIMUM 10' SETBACK
IS REQUIRED BY CODE; AND GRANTING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE
FROM SECTION 31-172(c)(2) OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS TO ALLOW A LANDSCAPED DRIVEWAY SEPARATION OF
2
130', WHERE A MINIMUM SEPARATION OF 330' IS REQUIRED BY CODE
FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 18450 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, CITY OF
A VENTURA; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval was offered by Commissioner Holzberg and seconded by
Vice Mayor Stern. Planning Director Joanne Carr addressed the Commission
and entered the staff report into the record. Mayor Gottlieb opened the public
hearing. Alan Rosenthal, Esq., representing the applicant, addressed the
Commission. There being no further speakers, the public hearing was closed.
The motion for approval passed 5-2, with Mayor Gottlieb and Commissioner
Diamond voting no and Resolution No. 2007-27 was adopted.
7. ORDINANCES: FIRST READING/PUBLIC INPUT: Mr. Wolpin read the following
ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA BY AMENDING THE
ZONING DESIGNATION FOR FOUR PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON THE
WEST SIDE OF BISCA YNE BOULEVARD BETWEEN NE 213 STREET AND
THE NORTH CITY LIMIT FROM MO, MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT TO B2,
COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval was offered by Commissioner Auerbach and seconded by
Commissioner Joel. Mayor Gottlieb opened the public hearing. Jacki Tako
addressed the Commission. There being no further speakers, the public hearing
was closed. The motion for approval passed unanimously by roll call vote.
8. ORDINANCES: SECOND READING: PUBLIC HEARING: Mr. Wolpin read the
following ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2006-13 WHICH ORDINANCE
ADOPTED A BUDGET FOR THE 2006/2007 FISCAL YEAR BY REVISING
THE 2006/2007 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET AS
OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS
OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A motion for approval was offered by Commissioner Diamond and seconded by
Commissioner Holzberg. Mayor Gottlieb opened the public hearing. There being
no speakers, the public hearing was closed. The motion for approval passed
unanimously by roll call vote and Ordinance No. 2007-10 was enacted.
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9. RESOLUTIONS - PUBLIC HEARING: Mr. Wolpin read the following resolution by
title:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 97-35, RESOLUTION NO. 98-05
AND RESOLUTION NO. 2004-08 TO REVISE THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATIONS;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO
CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
A motion for approval was offered by Commissioner Auerbach and seconded by
Commissioner Joel. Mayor Gottlieb opened the public hearing. There being no
speakers, the public hearing was closed. The motion passed unanimously and
Resolution No. 2007-28 was adopted.
10. REPORTS: As presented.
11. PUBLIC COMMENTS: George Lipton.
12. OTHER BUSINESS: None.
13. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Commission
at this time, after motion made, seconded and unanimously passed, the meeting
adjourned.
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
Approved by the Commission on
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MINUTES
CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP
MEETING
JUNE 21, 2007 9 A.M.
Aventura Government Center
19200 W. Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Susan
Gottlieb at 9:00 a.m. Present were Commissioners lev Auerbach, Bob Diamond, Teri
Holzberg, Billy Joel, Luz Urbaez Weinberg, Vice Mayor Michael Stern, Mayor Gottlieb,
City Manager Eric M. Soroka, City Clerk Teresa M. Soroka and City Attorney David M.
Wolpin. As a quorum was determined to be present, the meeting commenced.
1. PROPERTY TAX REFORM LEGISLATION UPDATE (Citv ManaQer): With the use
of a powerpoint presentation, Mr. Soroka presented an update on the property tax
reform legislation and its effects on the City.
CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: No action necessary.
2. SELECTION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS (City
Manager): Mr. Soroka noted that the term of the present Board expires this month
and requested that Commission members make recommendation to the Mayor for
appointments/reappointments.
CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: Consensus to request applications to fill vacancy
created by resignation of Mel Taks. Reappoint Ms. Israel, Ms. Hernandez, Ms.
Bloom and Mr. Evans. Commissioner Diamond and Mayor Stern to discuss
reappointment with their current appointees and advise.
3. PROPOSED RED LIGHT CAMERA ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM :(City Manager):
Mr. Soroka distributed information on a Red Light Camera Enforcement Program,
brought to his attention by Commissioner Diamond and Chief Steinberg, for
consideration and possible implementation by the City Commission.
CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: Consensus that staff prepare the necessary
legislation for Commission consideration.
4. U. S. MAYORS CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT :(Mayor Gottlieb): Mayor
Gottlieb discussed a request from the City of Miami Mayor to join with other cities by
executing an agreement pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the City.
CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: Consensus to approve execution.
5. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Commission
at this time, after motion made, seconded and unanimously passed, the meeting
adjourned at 10 a.m.
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
Approved by the Commission on
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which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
FROM: Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM, Ci
TO: City Commission
DATE: June 27,2007
SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Execution of Work Authorization No. 01-0103-
91 for Phase 3 of the Traffic Video Monitoring System
July 10, 2007 Commission Meeting Agenda Item 2=B
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing
execution of Work Authorization No. 01-0103-91 with Craven Thompson and
Associates, Inc. for professional design and project management for Phase 3 of the
Traffic Video Monitoring System (TVMS). The cost of the services is $127,000.
BACKGROUND
This work Authorization provides the design and project management for Phase 3 of
TVMS which includes 10 camera locations along Country Club Drive. This project is
included in the 2007/08 capital budget.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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Attachment
CC01586-07
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED WORK AUTHORIZATION NO.
01-0103-091 FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN AND PROJECT
MANAGEMENT FOR PHASE 3 OF THE TRAFFIC VIDEO
MONITORING SYSTEM BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
AVENTURA AND CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES,
INC.; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the attached
Work Authorization No. 01-0103-091 ($127,000.00) for professional design and project
management for Phase 3 of the Traffic Video Monitoring System by and between the
City and Craven Thompson and Associates, Inc.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized to do all things necessary to
carry out the aims of this Resolution.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner , who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner , and upon being put to a
vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
Resolution No. 2007-
Page 2
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2007.
SUSAN GOTTLIEB, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT "A"
The City of Aventura (City) plans to implement a Traffic Video Monitoring System (TVMS)
throughout the City. This system will include visual observation of traffic at major street
intersections and a wireless video connection from each intersection to City Hall. The system
design will be based on previous discussions between Craven Thompson & Associates (CTA)
and the City Police Department and the performance specifications that were developed in
February of 2005.
The City envisions as many as 13 street intersections to be monitored by CCTV as part of the
overall project. Phase 1 of the project was completed in 2006 and included the installation of a
pole mounted cameras at two intersections along Biscayne Boulevard along with the associated
wireless technology, hardware and software to relay images back to City HalL The project also
included a link with the Florida Department of Transportation (FOOT) traffic video monitoring
system. Phase 2 of the TVMS is currently under design and includes two additional camera poles
along Biscayne Boulevard and a third pole on NE 213th Street at the future site of the City's
Waterways Park. Phase 3 of the TYMS will include 10 additional camera poles along Country
Club Drive.
This Work Authorization encompasses the design work for the Phase 3 TVMS as follows:
Plannint! and Desit!n
. Attend project kick-off meeting.
. Coordinate with City staff to determine design criteria, intersection surveillance
requirements and other system requirements.
. Prepare work schedule.
. Permit investigation.
. Itemize system components and develop plans for implementation.
. Prepare design plans for a Fiber. Optics Solution.
. Prepare performance specifications as needed.
. Incorporate software modifications for CCTV s.
. Provide CADD design as required.
. Coordinate with City of Aventura and attend design meetings.
. Coordinate with affected utility companies.
. Provide structural and foundation design for CCTV poles.
. Provide guardrail design as required.
. Perform geotechnical investigation and soil borings as required.
. Provide civil design as required.
. Quality Control.
. Prepare bid documents for Phase 3 TVMS to be bid concurrently with Phase 2 TVMS.
. Submit permit applications and obtain required permits and/or approvals for the Fiber
Optics Solution.
The TVMS will utilize the latest wireless technology available to meet the City's needs. Cameras
will be weatherproof day/night type with pan/tilt/zoom capability and cameras and associated
support equipment for transmission and monitoring of these cameras.
CT A and our subconsultant will coordinate closely with the City during the project to ensure that
the desired system is implemented and tested in accordance with the Contract Documents and
Performance Specifications. CT A will utilize the services of Transcore ITS, Inc. as our
subconsultant for the project based on their expertise and knowledge in the areas of wireless
technology and CCTV technology and implementation; and their prior involvement on the Phase
1 TVMS. The scope of services under this Work Authorization does not include any integration
or procurement of materials.
WORK AUTHORIZATION NO. 01-0103-091
The City of Aventura has requested Work Authorization No. 0]-0]03-09] as provided for in the
Agreement between the City of Aventura and Craven Thompson and Associates, Inc. and
approved by the City Commission on Ju]y 3, 200].
This Work Authorization No 01-0103-091 provides for technical services in accordance with
Articles 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agreement as further detailed in the scope of services in Exhibit A.
Payment for such services shall be in accordance with Article 5 of the Agreement.
Desil!Il Phase
Design/Network Plans (Task No. 34020 - Subconsultant)................................... $] ] 8.600.00
Total Design Phase ..._........................................................................................ $118,600.00
Proiect Management
Project Management (Task No. 34080) ................................................................... $8.400.00
Toml Proj~t Management Phase ......................................................................... $8,400.00
Reimbursable Expenses
Printing, Graphics, Communications, Travel,:...... ....... ......... ................... ................ m $500.00
Couriers, Express Mail, Etc. ....... .......... ...... ....~..... .......... ........ ................ c........ ........ ~... $.700.00
Total Reim bunable Expenses ............................................................................... $1,000.00
Total Estimated Labor Expenses are .................................................................... $ ]27,000.00
Total Estimated Reimbursable Expenses are ........................................................... $] ,000.00
The time period for this work authorization will be:
Design PhaselPreparation of Bids .............................8 Weeks
ATIEST
BY
City Clerk
Teresa M. Soroka. MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY
City Attorney
Weiss Serota & Helfman, P.A.
CITY:
CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA
through its City Manager
BY
City Manager
Eric M. Soroka. ICMA-CM
day of
,2007
Notice to Proceed Yes
No
Project Initiation Date
RECOMMENDED through its
Police Department
BY ~-- r -=-
-- Chief of Police
Chief Steven Steinberg
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CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Commission
DATE: June 19,2007
FROM: Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM, Cit
SUBJECT: Request to Lease Land Situated Under the William Lehman
Causeway from FDOT for Police Purposes
July 10, 2007 Commission Meeting Agenda Item ~G
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing
the City to request FOOT to lease land situated under the William Lehman Causeway
for public purposes to be utilized by the Aventura Police Department.
BACKGROUND
In order to accommodate additional parking at the Government Center, the Police
Department has determined that they could relocate certain equipment currently
located in the parking lot to a vacant parcel of land owned by FOOT under the William
Lehman Causeway. In order to initiate a lease with FOOT, the City is required to adopt
a Resolution formally requesting said action.
The land is located under the causeway and would be fenced with security lighting and
landscape to shield the equipment from the public.
A picture of the area to be leased is attached.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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Attachment
CC01563-07
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO REQUEST THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION TO LEASE TO THE CITY OF
AVENTURA LAND REFERRED TO AS PARCEL NO. 3812
SITUATED UNDER THE WILLIAM LEHMAN CAUSEWAY
FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE TO BE UTILIZED BY THE
AVENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO
CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS RESOLUTION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City Commission of the City of Aventura hereby authorizes the
City Manager to request the Florida Department of Transportation to lease to the City of
Aventura land referred to as Parcel No. 3812 situated under the William Lehman
Causeway for public purpose to be utilized by the Aventura Police Department.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to do all things necessary to carry
out the aims of this resolution
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner I who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner , and upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
Resolution No. 2007-
Page 2
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2007.
SUSAN GOTTLIEB, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY r.LERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 25, 2007
TO: City Commission
FROM: Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM, Cit
SUBJECT: Resolution Declaring Equipment Surplus
July 10, 2007 Commission Meeting Agenda Item H
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution declaring
certain equipment as surplus to the needs of the Charter School and the City.
BACKGROUND
Section 2-258 of the City Code of Ordinances provides that any property owned by the
City which has become obsolete or which has outlived its usefulness may be disposed
of in accordance with procedures established by the City Manager, so long as the
property has been declared surplus by a resolution of the City Commission.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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Attachment
CC01585-07
RESOLUTION NO. 2007-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA DECLARING CERTAIN
PROPERTY LISTED UNDER THE ASSETS OF THE CITY
AS SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY;
DESCRIBING THE MANNER OF DISPOSAL;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Manager desires to declare certain property as surplus to
the needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2000-09 provides that all City-owned property that
has been declared surplus cannot be disposed of prior to the preparation and formal
approval of a resolution by the City Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. Recitals Adopted. The above recitals are hereby confirmed and
adopted herein.
Section 2. The property listed on Exhibit "A" has been declared surplus and is
hereby approved for disposal.
Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to dispose of the property listed on
Exhibit "A" through a public auction, sale, trade-in, transfer to other governmental
agency or, if of no value, discarded.
Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to do all things necessary to
carry out the aims of this Resolution.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner
to a vote, the vote was as follows:
, who moved its
, and upon being put
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
Resolution No. 2007-
Page 2
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2007.
SUSAN GOTTLIEB, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY
Exhibit A
ITEMS FOR SURPLUS:
47 rectangular tables (to be replaced with student desks)
9 Computer Tables
1 Set of Risers
1 Teacher Desk
2 large Broken Metal Cabinets
100 Hard Plastic Student Chairs
CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
FROM: Eric M. Soroka, IC
City Manager
TO: City Commission
BY: Joanne Carr, AIC
Planning Director
DATE: June 19, 2007
SUBJECT: Request of City of Aventura for Abandonment of a Portion of the Public
Right-of-Way Reservation of NE 29 Court on the Plat of Hallandale Park,
Aventura (01-AR-07)
July 10, 2007 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item tt>
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission approve the request for abandonment of a
portion of the public right-of-way reservation of NE 29 Court lying north of NE 213
Street to the north limit of Lot 10, Block 40 on the Plat of Hallandale Park as shown on
the sketch attached as Exhibit #1, upon the following conditions:
1. That the owner of each parcel to which a respective portion of the title of an
abandoned portion of NE 29 Court shall pass to by operation of law shall
execute and record a Unity of Title, in form approved as to legal sufficiency by
the City Attorney, so that the abandoned portion shall be joined to the respective
existing parcel.
2. That the abutting owners acknowledge the existence of overhead utility lines
within the portion of NE 29 Court to be abandoned and further acknowledge that
utility easements or relocation of these utilities may be required. A public utility
easement will be reserved by Resolution for existing utilities and no building
permit shall be issued by the City until the utilities approve or accept either an
easement in replacement of this reservation or the relocation of the utility
facilities.
3. That the above described conditions shall be applied separately to each abutting
parcel, so that the abandonment may be effective in whole or in part as
applicable.
THE REQUEST
City staff is requesting abandonment of a portion of the public right of way reservation
of NE 29 Court lying north of NE 213 Street to the north limit of Lot 10, Block 40 on the
Plat of Hallandale Park, Aventura, as this portion of the right of way reservation is no
longer required for traffic circulation. If the request is approved, part of the abandoned
right of way reservation will vest in and be joined to the City-owned parcel abutting to
the east. The abandonment will enhance the public interest by increasing the size of
the City's parcel, which may then be sold by the City for an appropriate use.
BACKGROUND
APPLICANT
OWNER OF PROPERTY
LOCATION OF PROPERTY
SIZE OF PROPERTY
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES
Zoning -
Subject Property
North
East
South
West
City of Aventura
City of Aventura (right of way)
a portion of NE 29 Court
(See Exhibit #1 for Sketch of Survey and
Exhibit #2 for Location Plan)
Approximately 0.202 acres
See Exhibit #3 for legal description of portion of right
of way reservation to be abandoned
right of way reservation (not zoned)
right of way reservation (not zoned)
B2 (Community Business District)*
MO (Medical Office District)
MO (Medical Office District)
* pending second and final reading of ordinance to rezone property to the east from MO, Medical Office
District to B2, Community Business District
Existing Land Use -
Subject Property:
Property to the North:
Property to the South:
Property to the East:
Property to the West:
dirt and gravel road
dirt and gravel road & paved road
public storage buildings
vacant
single family home
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Future Land Use - According to the City of A ventura Comprehensive Plan, the
following properties are currently designated as follows:
Subject Property:
Property to the North:
Property to the South:
Property to the East:
Property to the West:
Business and Office
Business and Office
Business and Office
Business and Office
Business and Office
The Site - The public right of way of NE 29 Court is a reserved area on the plat of
Hallandale Park recorded in Plat Book 12, Page 37 of the Public Records of Miami-
Dade County and is shown in the sketch attached as Exhibit #4. The public right of way
reservation runs north and south between NE 213 Street and the north City limit and
varies from 66 feet wide at the south limit to 54 feet wide at the north limit. The portion
of the public right of way between NE 213 Street and NE 214 Street contains a 14 foot
dirt and gravel road, while the portion between NE 214 Street and NE 214 Terrace is
paved. The unimproved portion of the public right of way reservation between NE 214
Terrace and the north City limit was abandoned by Resolution No. 2004-42 passed on
September 7, 2004 at the request of the developer who owned property on both sides
of the right of way.
The Project - The City of Aventura owns property on the west side of Biscayne
Boulevard north of the public storage building site. A portion of this landholding will be
reserved to enable the future construction of an east-west connection from Biscayne
Boulevard to East Dixie Highway. The portion of NE 29 Court lying south of this
planned east/west connection is no longer required for traffic circulation. The lots to the
east have access by way of Biscayne Boulevard. The lots to the west have access by
way of NE 213 Street, NE 214 Street and NE 28 Court.
By operation of law, once a public right of way is abandoned by resolution, it will vest in
the abutting owners. Exhibit #5 shows the portion of the right of way that will become
part of the City's abutting property to the east. The balance of the abandoned right of
way reservation will vest in Lot 10, Block 40 to the west.
ANAL YSIS
Consistency with Comprehensive Master Plan - The request is consistent with the
City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan. The future land use designation of the parcels is
Business and Office.
Citizen Comments - The Community Development Department has received no
written citizen comments to date.
Community Development Department Analysis - The abandonment of a right of way
is a discretionary legislative decision of the City Commission. Before a right-of-way, or
any portion of right-of-way, is abandoned by a public agency, all public interest in it
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must first be extinguished. Public interest can include, but is not limited to, maintaining
an appropriate traffic circulation system, maintaining adequate landscaping, and
ensuring that utility and access easements remain available if needed.
Roadway Level of Service - A 14 foot wide dirt and gravel road lies within the portion
of the right of way reservation requested to be abandoned. It is not required for access
and serves no traffic circulation purpose. The land to the east has access from
Biscayne Boulevard. The land to the west has access from NE 213 Street. A portion of
the property owned by the City on Biscayne Boulevard is being reserved for future
construction of an easUwest connection from Biscayne Boulevard to East Dixie
Highway. Thus, the abandonment will have no impact on future transportation levels of
service.
Utility Easements - The City received a title report upon abandonment of the northern
portion of NE 29 Court in 2004 indicating that there are no easements or encumbrances
on this right of way reservation. Since that time, the City has constructed a storm sewer
along the south limit of NE 213 Street and the parcel owned by the City. A 15 foot wide
easement, as shown on Exhibit #1, will be reserved by the City for maintenance of this
sewer. It is also noted that there are overhead utility lines within the portion of the right
of way reservation to be abandoned. Any necessary utility easements or utility
relocations will need to be provided by the developers of the abutting lands to the east
and west as part of their development approval processes. A public utility easement
will be reserved for the existing utilities as a condition of approval and no building permit
will be issued by the City until the utilities approve or accept an easement in
replacement of this reservation or the relocation of the facilities.
Landscaping - The right-of-way parcel currently contains a dirt and gravel road with
some trees and sparse grass. Once abandoned, the right of way will vest by operation
of law to the two abutting owners and will be joined with the abutting parcels by way of
Unity of Title. As part of future development permits, each owner will be required to
landscape its parcel in accordance with the landscaping requirements of the City Code.
Thus, adequate landscaping will be maintained.
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THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 12, PAGE 37 OF THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID EXTENSION AND THEN ALONG SAID EAST
LINE OF LOT 10 A DISTANCE OF 142.08 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SAID LOT 10; THENCE SOUTH 78 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 30
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HALLANDALE PARK PLAT; THEN SOUTH 01 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 48
SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 128.56 FEET TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
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easements. rights-of-way. set bock lines. reservations. ogreements ond other
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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA ABANDONING THAT
PORTION OF NE 29 COURT AS RESERVED ON THE
PLAT OF HALLANDALE PARK, LYING BETWEEN THE
SOUTH LIMIT OF NE 213 STREET AND THE NORTH
LIMIT OF LOT 10, BLOCK 40 ON THE PLAT OF
HALLANDALE PARK, PROVIDING FOR RECORDATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Applicant, City of Aventura, through Application No. 01-AR-07,
has requested abandonment of that portion of NE 29 Court reserved on the plat of
Hallandale Park, lying between the south limit of NE 213 Street and the north limit of
Lot 10, Block 40, on the plat of Hallandale Park, in the City of Aventura, Florida,
measuring approximately 0.202 acres as described in Exhibit "A" to this Resolution;
and
WHEREAS, following proper notice, the City Commission has held a public
hearing as provided by law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. Application No. 01-AR-07 for abandonment of that portion of
NE 29 Court reserved on the plat of Hallandale Park, as legally described in
Exhibit "A" to this Resolution, is hereby granted as in the public interest subject
to the following conditions precedent:
Resolution No. 2007-
Page 2
1. That the owner of each parcel to which a respective portion of the title of an
abandoned portion of NE 29 Court shall pass to by operation of law shall
execute and record a Unity of Title, in form approved as to legal sufficiency by
the City Attorney, so that the abandoned portion shall be joined to the
respective existing parcel.
2. That the abutting owners acknowledge the existence of overhead utility lines
within the portion of NE 29 Court to be abandoned and further acknowledge that
utility easements or relocation of these utilities may be required. A public utility
easement is hereby reserved for existing utilities and no building permit shall be
issued by the City until the utilities approve or accept either an easement in
replacement of this reservation or the relocation of the utility facilities.
3. That the above described conditions shall be applied separately to each
abutting parcel, so that the abandonment may be effective in whole or in part as
applicable.
Section 2. The City Manager is authorized to indicate such approvals and
conditions upon the records of the City, and to take any action which is necessary to
implement the purposes and conditions of this Resolution on behalf of the City.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be recorded in the Public Records of Miami-
Dade County, Florida, with the petitioner to pay the costs thereof.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption, subject to the provisions hereof.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by
, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by
, and upon being put to a
vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
Resolution No. 2007-
Page 3
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 2007.
Susan Gottlieb, Mayor
ATTEST:
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY
This Resolution was filed in the Office of the City Clerk this _ day of
,2007.
CITY CLERK
EXHIBIT "A"
DESCRIPTION OF RESERVED AREA TO BE ABANDONED
A PORTION OF THE RESERVED AREA LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO LOT
10, BLOCK 40, HALLANDALE PARK, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 12, PAGE 37 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID HALLANDALE PARK PLAT;
THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE
SOUTH LINE OF SAID HALLANDALE PARK A DISTANCE OF 66.41 FEET TO THE
SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOt Ie, !:"_cSK 40;
THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID
EXTENSION AND THEN ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF LOT 10 A DISTANCE OF
142.08 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 10; THENCE SOUTH 78
DEGREES 08 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 65.08 FEET TO THE
EAST LINE OF SAID HALLANDALE PARK PLAT; THEN SOUTH 01 DEGREES 19
MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 128.56
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID LANDS SITUATE IN THE CITY OF AVENTURA, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA CONTAINING 8,790 SQUARE FEET OR 0.202 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
BY: Joanne Carr, AIC
Planning Director
TO: City Commission
FROM: Eric M. Soroka, IC
City Manager
DATE: May 15, 2007
SUBJECT: Amendment of the Official Zoning Map of the City of Aventura by amending
the zoning designation for four parcels of land on the west side of Biscayne
Boulevard between NE 213 Street and the north City limit from MO, Medical
Office District to B2, Community Business District (02-REZ-07)
June 12, 2007 Local Planning Agency Agenda Item ~
June 12, 2007 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item ~
July 10, 2007 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item ~
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission approve an amendment of the Official Zoning
Map of the City of Aventura by amending the zoning designation for four parcels of land on
the west side of Biscayne Boulevard between NE 213 Street and the north City limit from
MO, Medical Office District, to B2, Community Business District.
THE REQUEST
Staff is requesting an amendment of the Official Zoning Map of the City of Aventura by
amending the zoning designation for four parcels of land on the west side of Biscayne
Boulevard between NE 213 Street and the north City limit from MO, Medical Office District
to B2, Community Business District to facilitate development in accordance with a
recommendation from the City's Planning Consultants.
BACKGROUND
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES:
Folio # 28-1234-001-0150 City of Aventura
*Folio #28-1234-001-0160 Biscayne Medical Properties LLC
*Folio #28-1234-004-0340
*Folio #28-1234-004-0350
Folio #28-1234-001-0170
Folio #28-1234-001-0180
Biscayne Medical Properties LLC
Biscayne Medical Properties LLC
Roy R. Lustig Trustee
Roy R. Lustig Trustee
* These three properties are subject to a recorded Unity of Title and are considered
one parcel.
NAME OF APPLICANT
LOCATION OF PROPERTY
SIZE OF PROPERTY
Folio # 28-1234-001-0150
*Folio #28-1234-001-0160
*Folio #28-1234-004-0340
*Folio #28-1234-004-0350
Folio #28-1234-001-0170
Folio #28-1234-001-0180
HISTORY
City of Aventura
west side of Biscayne Boulevard
between NE 213 Street and north
City limit
(See Exhibit #1 for Location Map and
Exhibit #2 for parcel layout plan)
approximately .45 acres (.23 after reservation
for future right-of-way)
approximately.98 acres for 3 folio numbers
approximately 1.26 acres
approximately .97 acres
In April of 2003, the planning firm of Wallace Roberts Todd prepared a study entitled
"Conceptual Urban Development Framework - Aventura Medical Office District" at the
request of the Economic Development Advisory Board. This study, attached as Exhibit
#3, was undertaken to review current land use regulations in the Medical Office District
and make recommendations for redevelopment. The major recommendation of that report
was to create five distinct development areas within the triangle of land on the west side of
Biscayne Boulevard currently zoned MO, Medical Office District. Those five development
areas, shown on the plan attached as Exhibit #4, were:
1. "Medical Office - Large Site" area comprising land bounded by Biscayne
Boulevard, NE 213 Street, NE 28 Avenue and the north property line of the
Aventura Hospital campus in which minimum lot size was recommended to
increase from 1.5 acres to 3.0 acres to permit substantial office developments.
2. "Medical Office - Small Site" area comprising land bounded by NE 28 Avenue and
East Dixie Highway, NE 206 Street and the south property line of the Aventura
Hospital campus in which minimum lot size was recommended to decrease from
1.5 acres to .5 acres to permit a "village-like array of smaller office structures".
3. "Residential Multi-Family - High Density" area comprising land bounded by NE 29
Avenue and East Dixie Highway and NE 214 Terrace and NE 213 Street to allow
workforce housing for employees within medical district.
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4. "Residential Multi-Family - Moderate Density" area comprising land bounded by NE
29 Avenue and East Dixie Highway on the north side of NE 214 Terrace to allow
townhouse type development.
5. "Commercial Outparcels" for the properties fronting on Biscayne Boulevard at the
northern and southern parts of the district. The B2, Community Business District,
zoning category was recommended.
In addition to creating the five development areas above, the consultant's report
recommended amendments to the site development standards to accomplish the
compact, urban design goals of the new mix of uses, including increased floor area
ratio, reduction in open space, reduction in setbacks, review of parking ratios, inclusion
of design guidelines, streetscape enhancements, street extensions and street closures
in the district.
The Advisory Board adopted the recommendations of the consultant's report and
requested that it be transmitted for City Commission's consideration. A staff report was
presented to the City Commission on November 4, 2003 that recommended incentives for
large office developments and residential rezoning in the north part of the district, a lot size
reduction to .5 acres in the south part of the district, commercial rezoning of the lots
fronting Biscayne Boulevard, revised site development standards and new urban design
and streetscape standards.
Following testimony from landowners in the northern portion of the district at the
November 4, 2003 public hearing, the proposal to rezone that northern portion to
residential and commercial was not passed. Following subsequent meetings with a
predominant owner in the north part of the district, no change was made to the lands
bounded by Biscayne Boulevard and East Dixie Highway north of the Aventura Hospital
campus. Those lands remain with the MO, Medical Office District, zoning designation.
However, the recommendations for redevelopment of the portion of the MO district south
of the hospital campus were passed. Those recommendations included a reduction in
minimum lot size to .5 acres, revised setbacks, lot coverage, open space, streetscape and
urban design standards for the lands remaining in the medical office zoning category.
Although the consultant's report recommended the B2 zoning category for the parcels
fronting Biscayne Boulevard, staff recommended the B1 zoning district to complement the
new village-type uses. On January 6, 2004, the City Commission passed Ordinance No.
2004-01 which rezoned five parcels fronting on the west side of Biscayne Boulevard,
shown on the map attached as Exhibit #5, from MO, Medical Office District, to B1,
Neighborhood Business District and also passed Ordinance No. 2004-02 which revised
setbacks, lot coverage, open space and minimum lot size, additional conditional uses,
streetscape design and urban design standards for lands in the south part of the medical
office district, shown on the map attached as Exhibit #6.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Staff now wishes to re-examine the rezoning of the four parcels fronting Biscayne
Boulevard in the north part of the medical office district from MO, Medical Office District, to
B2, Community Business District. The 2003 report from the planning consultant
recommended rezoning of those parcels from medical office use to commercial uses
permitted in the B2 zoning district. No change was made in 2003 due to the fact that the
recommended large office building parcels and residential rezoning in the north part of the
district were not approved. In 2003, staff did not recommend the B2 zone for these four
parcels, but rather the B1 zone, due to the proposed residential rezoning of parcels
immediately to the west and the 20 story, 341 foot height of the B2 zone at thattime. That
height has since been reduced to 12 stories or 120 feet by Ordinance No. 2006-02 passed
on February 7, 2006. This 12 story height limitation in the B2 zoning district is now the
same as the permitted height in the Medical Office zoning district.
ANAL YSIS
Future land Use Designation
Subject Properties:
Properties to the North:
Properties to the South:
Properties to the East:
Properties to the West:
Zoning
Subject Properties:
Properties to the North:
Properties to the South:
Properties to the East:
Properties to the West:
Existing land Use
Subject properties:
Properties to the North:
Properties to the South:
Properties to the East:
Properties to the West:
Business and Office
Business (City of Hallandale Beach)
Business and Office
Business and Office
Business and Office
MO, Medical Office District
City of Hallandale Beach
MO, Medical Office District
B2, Community Business District
MO, Medical Office District
vacant
nursery school/day care (City of Hallandale Beach)
public storage
vacant
vacant and single family residences
The following standards for reviewing proposed amendments to the Official Zoning
Map are found in Section 31-77 (f) of the City Code:
1. Whether or not the proposed amendment is consistent with goals, objectives and
policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
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The proposed amendment will be consistent with goals, objectives and policies of the
City's Comprehensive Plan. Specifically, the future land use map designation of these
properties is Business and Office. The proposed B2 zoning category is permitted on
land with this future land use map designation.
2. Whether or not the proposed zoning district is compatible with the surrounding area's
zoning designation(s) and existing uses.
The proposed zoning district is compatible with the surrounding area's zoning
designation(s) and existing uses. The uses in the B2 district are compatible with the
uses in the medical office district to the south and west. There is a vacant parcel
directly opposite on the east side of Biscayne Boulevard zoned B2. The majority of
properties on Biscayne Boulevard are zoned B2.
3. Whether or not the subject properties are physically suitable for the uses permitted in
the proposed district.
The subject properties are physically suitable for the uses permitted in the proposed
district.
4. Whether or not there are sites available in other areas currently zoned for such use.
There are sites available in other areas currently zoned for a B2 use. The majority of
properties on Biscayne Boulevard are within this zoning category.
5. If applicable, whether or not the proposed change will contribute to redevelopment of
an area in accordance with an approved redevelopment plan.
The proposed change will contribute to redevelopment of the area in accordance with a
2003 plan by Wallace, Roberts & Todd, LLC, Planning Consultants, entitled
"Conceptual Urban Development Framework - Aventura Medical Office District",
6. Whether or not the proposed change would adversely affect traffic patterns or
congestion.
The proposed change will not adversely affect traffic patterns or congestion.
The proposed B2 zoning category allows general office, medical office and general
retail and commercial uses. Due to this wide range of uses permitted in the B2 zone,
the effect on traffic patterns and congestion will depend upon the actual use of the
property. If developed for general office use, the number of vehicle trips per day would
be less than those for medical offices. If developed as medical offices, the daily trips
would be the same as the existing zoning. If developed as general commercial, the
daily trips will increase. However, in the event that each property was developed to its
greatest intensity as general commercial, the increase in daily trips is not expected to
adversely affect traffic patterns or congestion. The intersection of Biscayne Boulevard
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and NE 213 Street is now operating at Level of Service (LOS) C in the a.m. peak
period and at LOS E in the p.m. peak period. The Miami-Dade County signal timing
changes that have been approved and are expected to begin within thirty to forty-five
days at this intersection will improve the LOS as follows:
Existing LOS AM Peak Period C
PM Peak Period E
With Signal Timing
Change AM Peak Period B
PM Peak Period C
For Commission's information, there are six levels of service, with A being free flow and F
being the breakdown flow with severe congestion. Level of Service B that will be achieved
with the signal timing represents stable traffic flow and Level of Service C is the minimal
non-congested level of flow.
The City is also reserving approximately one-half of its property at this intersection for
future right of way to provide an east-west connection from Biscayne Boulevard at this
intersection to East Dixie Highway, which will further improve the Level of Service. It is
anticipated that this connection will be constructed as part of development approval.
7. Whether or not the proposed change would adversely impact population density such
that the demand for water, sewers, streets, recreational areas and facilities and other
public facilities and seIVices would be adversely affected.
The proposed change has no affect on population density.
8. Whether or not the proposed change would have an adverse environmental impact on
the vicinity.
The proposed change will not have an adverse environmental impact on the vicinity.
9. Whether or not the proposed change would adversely affect the health, safety and
welfare of the neighborhood or the City as a whole.
The proposed change will not adversely affect the health, safety, and welfare of the
neighborhood or the City as a whole, but rather, will benefit the City by facilitating
development of vacant land at our northern entrance on Biscayne Boulevard.
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EXHIBIT 2
02-REZ-07
Conceptual Urban Development Framework
A ventura Medical Office District
Submitted to:
Economic Development Advisory Board
City of A ventura
Submitted by:
Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
April 21, 2003
EXHIBIT 3
02-REZ-07
CONCEPTUAL URBAN DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
AVENTURA MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT
At the March 27, 2003 meeting of the Aventura Economic Development
Advisory Board representatives of the City's consultant, Wallace Roberts &
Todd, LLC, reviewed a number of issues pertaining to the redevelopment of
presently underutilized properties adjacent to Aventura Hospital, comprising
what has been identified as the Medical Office District. At the conclusion of
this meeting WRT was asked to consider various development scenarios and
offer recommendations pertaining to land use mix, minimum lot sizes and
other factors related to the character of development. Of specific concern
was the present minimum lot size in the Medical Office zoning district of 1.S
acres, which was considered by some members to be overly restrictive on
small office development, while not inducing optimally efficient larger
medical office buildings. The recommendations contained herein are
considered conceptual and preliminary to more detailed investigations and
are not based on analyses of market conditions, development feasibility,
traffic engineering or parking demand. Accompanying the
recommendations are the following graphic depictions:
Figure 1 - Conceptual Urban Development Framework depicts the proposed
overall structure of the district, including land use sub-districts, gateways,
and corridors.
Figure 2 - Street Network depicts existing streets to remain, those which may
be created in the future, and those existing streets which may be abandoned
to accommodate property assemblies.
Figure 3 - IJ/ustrative Plan depicts conceptually the scale of development
consistent with recommended land use and zoning designations, future
street alignments and landscape and streetscape enhancements.
Land Use and Zoning Designations
Overview
The area to the north and south of Aventura Hospital has recently
accommodated several medical office developments of varying sizes and
intensities. A key issue is what is a reasonable mix of land uses based on the
likely marketability of office and other uses, and the overall functionality of
the district. If redevelopment for office use were to take place throughout
the MO district at the maximum permitted intensity at ten stories, nearly 2
million square feet of office space could be accommodated. Although the
study effort did not include market analyses, anecdotal evidence would
suggest that this is well beyond what the office market could reasonably
absorb even far into the future. Consequently, other compatible uses must
be encouraged if the area is to redevelop in an appropriate and compatible
fashion. Factors that influenced the following recommended land use and
zoning designations included existing property sizes, proximity to the
hospital, access and visibility, Biscayne Boulevard frontage and compatibility
with adjacent uses outside the Medical Office District.
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Medical Office - Large Site
The area bounded by Biscayne Boulevard, NE 213 Street, NE 28 Avenue and
the northern property line of Aventura Hospital is believed to be ideally
suited to large scale, predominantly medical office use due to its direct
adjacency to the hospital, large property sizes and direct access and visibility
along Biscayne Boulevard. In this area, totaling approximately 8 acres,
consideration should be given to increasing minimum lot size to 3.0 acres.
This would permit two substantial office developments totaling
approximately 400,000 square feet, plus multistory parking garages. Medical
office should be the predominant use, with multifamily residential and a
limited array of ancillary commercial uses related directly to the district
permitted as conditional uses. To provide for necessary vehicular access and
connectivity within the district, several new streets may be appropriate to
accompany this redevelopment. These include an extension of NE 212 and
213 Streets to provide east-west access and district entrances from B iscayne
Boulevard, and an extension of NE 29 Avenue to provide north-south access
and connectivity to the hospital.
Medical Office - Small Site
That portion of the medical office district located immediately to the south
of Aventura Hospital, south of NE 209 Street, is comprised primarily of small
single family parcels and unrelated commercial uses. The present 1.5 acre
minimum lot size poses a challenge for the assembly of suitable sites, and
also precludes smaller medical/dental office development appropriate to
accommodate individual group practices occupying their own buildings. As
such, this minimum lot size could be inhibiting appropriate and compatible
small-scale redevelopment. Consequently, it is recommended that the
present MO district in this area be modified to reduce minimum lot size to
either 0.5 acre, or 20,000 square feet. This will permit a · village-like · array
of smaller office structures. The combined capacity for small office
development, based on a floor area ratio for one-story buildings of 0.40,
would total approximately 140,000 square feet. However, due to the present
requirement to retain 33% of site area as landscaped open space, this
capacity can only be achieved with parking placed in multi-level garages,
which may not be economically feasible. If all development were to occur as
single story structures with surface parking lots, less than 100,000 square
feet could be accommodated. This amount, plus the quantity of larger scale
medical office development which could occur to the north, would indicate a
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total additional capacity for medical office development In these two
districts of roughly 450,000 - 500,000 square feet.
Residential Multi-Family - High Density
The area between NE 214 Terrace and NE 213 Street comprises a pattern of
fragmented small lot single family development similar to that existing to
the south of Aventura Hospital. However, the total land area is significantly
greater, fewer homes remain and the street pattern remains largely
incomplete. While medical office is considered an appropriate use, it is
highly unlikely that this large area could be consolidated for medical office
use in the foreseeable future. This area may be more likely to redevelop for
multi-family housing, which can help the City meet its need for a more
affordable housing stock, strengthen the tax base and provide an
opportunity for many of the employees within the medical district to reside
within walking distance of work. Either RMF 38 (35 dwellings per acre) or
RMF 3A (45 dwellings per acre) could be considered appropriate zoning
designations, which may better reflect present-day marketability than the
present medical office designation. Such RMF designations could
accommodate between 488 and 628 dwelling units depending on which
RMF designation were applied. Although it is recommended that this area
build out as a predominantly high-density residential enclave, medical office
and limited commercial use should be considered as conditional uses.
Residential Multi-Family - Moderate Density
That portion of the Medical Office District lying north of NE 214 Street
consists of a narrow band of formerly single family development of only one
lot deep. Because of the shallow lot depths and the immediate proximity of
a single family neighborhood beyond the City limit, high density or large
scale residential or office uses are not appropriate. Consequently, this area is
recommended for townhouse or similar moderate density multi-family
residential use. While the RMF3 zoning district, which provides fo.r 25
dwellings per acre and up to 4 stories, may be an appropriate designation,
to maintain compatibility with the neighborhood to the north, a reduction
in density and maximum height should be considered. Total residential
development capacity is estimated to range from 26 dwellings, if developed
as townhomes, to up to 73 dwellings if developed as mid-rise apartments
Commercial Out Parcels
At two locations, at the northern and southern edges of the Medical Office
District, there exist several triangular-shaped parcels with frontage and
access along 8iscayne Boulevard. While such parcels could conceivably be
assembled with adjacent properties for office or residential development, it
is more likely that these properties would be developed as freestanding
commercial outparcels. Such commercial uses should be limited to those that
would not detract from the character and image of the Medical Office
District, as permitted in the 82 zoning district.
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Development Intensity Standards
The intensity, compactness and efficiency of development which can be
achieved in the MO District is a function of the development standards that
govern floor area ratio (ratio of building area to site area), maximum Jot
coverage (percent of site covered by buildings), minimum landscaped open
space (percent of site in green space), minimum setbacks (distance of
buildings from property lines) and parking ratios (ratio of parking spaces to
office space). In several cases noted below, present development standards
may not be conducive to an efficient, compact and" urban" character suited
to a medical office district. As a reference, present development standards
for the MO District are compared with those in place for the region's largest
medical complex surrounding Jackson Memorial Hospital I University of
Miami Medical Center.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
Present FARs are variable with a base of 0.40 and an additional
0.11 for each additional floor. Thus, a 10 story building would be
permitted a total area of FAR 1.39, or 139% of the gross lot area.
This compares with a FAR of 1.72 permitted surrounding Jackson
Hospital.
Maximum Lot Coverage
Present maximum lot coverage ranges from 40% to 45% of gross
lot area, depending on the proportion of parking provided in
parking garages. This coincides with the maximum 40% coverage
applicable to the medical district at Jackson Hospital.
Minimum Landscaped Open Space
The total percentage of site area required to be maintained as
landscaped open space ranges from 33% to 39% depending on
proportion of parking provided in parking garages. This
requirement may be considered excessive for an intensely
developed urban district, and may act as an impediment to
efficient, compact development. As noted above, the open space
requirement may preclude development up to the maximum floor
area ratio without resorting to parking structures, which may be
infeasible or uneconomic for smaller office developments. The
comparative open space requirement applicable to the medical
district at Jackson Hospital is 15% of gross lot area, less than half
of that required by Aventura's MO District. Consideration should
be given to reducing this requirement.
Setbacks
Present front, side and rear yard setbacks applicable in the MO
District are 50 feet, 20 feet and 25 feet, respectively. As with the
minimum open space requirements, these may be considered
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excessive for the development of a compact urban district. They
compare with setbacks of 10 feet for front( side and rear yards in
the medical district at Jackson Hospital. Consideration should be
given to reducing these requirements.
Parking Ratios
The present parking ratio applicable to medical and dental offices
is one space per 300 square feet of office - a well-established
standard and the same that applies in the medical district at
Jackson Hospital. However( Mlarge office buildings., or those
150,000 square feet and over, are required to provide additional
parking according to a formula. As applied to a 150,000 square
foot office building, this would have the effect of increasing
required parking from 500 spaces (based on 1 space per 300 square
feet) to 644 spaces, an approximate 29% increase. Considering the
possibility that the development of affordable housing within
walking distance could reduce parking demand for those district
employees residing nearby, present parking requirements may
exceed what may actually be needed, thus unnecessarily increasing
development costs. Therefore, it is suggested that the present
parking requirement be reviewed.
Local Street and Streetscape Pattern
Figure 2 depicts potential adjustments to the local street pattern, as
described below.
Potential Street Closures
In order to support the consolidation of sites for larger scale development,
the City should be prepared to assist in property assembly by abandoning
certain existing streets or rights-of-way. These include NE 214 Street and NE
208 Terrace. Neither street provides essential internal connectivity, or access
to Biscayne Boulevard.
Potential New Streets
Potential new streets, depicted in dashed lines on Figure 2, include the
following:
NE 30 Avenue I NE 213 Street extension across Biscayne Boulevard.
This linkage could become a major entrance to the district and to
the neighborhood to the north.
NE 213 Street extended east from where it presently ends at NE 28
Avenue, to define an edge between the predominant office use to
the south and the predominant residential use to the north.
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NE 212 Street, extending from NE 28 Street to Biscayne Boulevard
and defining the edge of the Aventura Hospital compound.
NE 29 Avenue to connect the north edge of Aventura Hospital to
the office and residential development to the north.
District Character Enhancements
The Aventura Medical Office District has the potential to redevelop over
time as a lively mixed use district comprising a concentration of small and
large scale medical offices, close-in walkable and affordable housing and
supporting commercial uses. The mbdifications to zoning codes and
adjustments to the local street pattern, described above, are necessary but
not sufficient to guide redevelopment to produce a character and unique
identity consistent with the high standards of community aesthetics
maintained elsewhere in the City of Aventura. In order to improve upon the
quality and character of development it is recommended that the City
consider two additional initiatives, as follows.
Streetscape Enhancements
As shown conceptually in the Illustrative Plan, a network of
streetscape enhancements could greatly improve the aesthetics
and the pedestrian environment and connectivity within the
district. Components should include street trees and sidewalk
along all local streets, enhancement of NE 28 Avenue as a well-
landscaped pedestrian-vehicular spine and the creation of a
continuously landscaped edge along Biscayne Boulevard. In
addition, the district may benefit from the creation of a "themed"
wayfinding signage system and identity features such as entrance
gateways and roundabouts.
Design Guidelines
Whether the Medical Office District is developed so as to · read. as
a defined district, rather than a fragmented collection of individual
office, residential and commercial structures, depends on the
degree of harmony and consistency in the design of individual
elements. In order to achieve a consistency in scale, building
orientation, colors, materials and architectural features, a set of
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02-REZ-07
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA BY AMENDING THE ZONING DESIGNATION
FOR FOUR PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON THE WEST
SIDE OF BISCA YNE BOULEVARD BETWEEN NE 213
STREET AND THE NORTH CITY LIMIT FROM MO,
MEDICAL OFFICE DISTRICT TO B2, COMMUNITY
BUSINESS DISTRICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura has initiated, through Application No. 02-REZ-07,
an application to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City for four parcels of land on the
west side of Biscayne Boulevard between NE 213 Street and the north City limit from
MO, Medical Office District to B2, Community Business District; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has held the required public hearings, duly
noticed in accordance with law; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has been designated as the local planning
agency for the City pursuant to Section 163.3174, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed the action set forth in this
Ordinance and has determined that such action is consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan and intended use of the land.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. That the Official Zoning Map of the City of Aventura is hereby
amended by amending the zoning designation for four parcels of land located on the
west side of Biscayne Boulevard between NE 213 Street and the north City limit, Folio
Numbers 28-1234-001-0150,28-1234-001-0160, 28-1234-004-0340, 28-1234-004-0350,
28-1234-001-0170 and 28-1234-001-01801 from MO, Medical Office District to B2,
Community Business District (see Exhibit "A" for property location).
1 Land with Folio Numbers 28-1234-001-0160,28-1234-004-0340 and 28-1234-004-0350 is subject to a
recorded Unity of Title and is considered one parcel.
Ordinance No. 2007~
Page 2
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall
remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand
notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 3. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the City Commission, and it
is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part
of the Code of the City of Aventura and that the Official Zoning Map of the City may be
revised so as to accomplish such intentions.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon
adoption on second reading.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner ,
who moved its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner
who moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by
Commissioner and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Michael Stern
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
PASSED on first reading this 1ih day of June, 2007.
Ordinance No. 2007-
Page 3
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 10th day of July, 2007.
SUSAN GOTTLIEB, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATTORNEY
This Resolution was filed in the Office of the City Clerk this _ day of July, 2007.
CITY CLERK
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BY MICHAW. SNIFFEN
A~soc'ated Press
WASHINGTON - The
CIA released hundreds of
heavily censored documents
Tuesday about its spying on
Americans,foreign assassina-
tion plots and other misdeeds
that triggered a scandal in the
mid-1970s.
Known inside lhe C [A as
the "family jewels:' the docu-
ment's were released with
vast sections blocked out by
agency censors. As a result,
they were far less revealing
than the reports issued in the
mid-1970s by the three inves-
tigations that obtained uned-
ited versions of these internal
CIA documents a generation
.go.
The ensuing scandal sul-
lied the reputation of the
intelligence community and
led to new rules for the CIA,
FBI and other spy agencies
and new permanent commit-
tees in Congress to oversee
them.
INVESTIGATIONS
The 693 pages, mostly
drawn from the memories of
active CIA officers in 1973,
were turned over at that time
to three different investiga-
tive panels - President Ger-
ald Ford's Rockefeller Com-
mission, the Senate's Church
committee and the House's
Pike committee.
The panels spent years
investigating and amplifying
on these documents. And
their public reports in the
mid~I97()s tilled tens of thou-
sands of pages.
[n early 1975, CIA Director
William Colby told the Justice
Department that these docu-
ments detailed assassination
plots against foreign leaders
such as Fidel Castro, the test-
ing of behavior-altering drugs
on unwitting citizens, wire-
tapping of U.S. journalists,
spying on civil rights and
anti-Vietnam war protesters,
opening of mail between the
United States and the Soviet
Union and China and break.
ins at the homes of ex-CIA
employees and olhers.
But as censored by lhe
CIA, many of lhe most sensa-
tional events were mentioned
in little more than one,
sketchy paragraph apiece.
The new documents
devoted two paragraphs to
the programs that opened
mail between U.S. citizens
'!'lie 1970, scandal
Slimed Ihe replllu[iol1
(,fth(' in/ellil/enc('
community.
and the Soviet Union and
China.
One paragraph said "Pro-
ject WESTPOINTER," from
the (all of 1969 through Octo-
ber 1971 was based in the San
Francisco area and the "tar-
get was mail to the United
States from Mainland
China."
The other paragraph said
a program, begun in 1953 but
dormant by 1973, intercepted
incoming and outgoing Rus-
sian mail, and occasionally
other types of mail, at New
York's Kennedy Airport.
By contrast, the Senate
committee headed by Frank
Church, D-Idaho, spent two
years investigating these
documents and produced a
book-length study of 12 CIA
and FBI mail opening pro-
grams [rom 1940 to 1973. It
found that the CIA alone had
opened and photographed
almost 250,000 first-class 1et-
o CITY OF AVENTURA
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR AMENDMENT
TO OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
Public Notice is hereby given that the City Commission of
the City of Aventura will meet in a public hearing on
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 6:00 p,m. to consider enactment
of the following ordinance on second reading'
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA BY AMENDING THE
ZONING DESIGNATION FOR FOUR PARCELS OF
LAND LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF BISCAYNE
BOULEVARD BETWEEN NE 213 STREET AND THE
NORTH CITY LIMIT FROM MO, MEDICAL OFFICE
DISTRICT TO B2. COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE AMERICAS
"'~~lIEt.UlCfCfHEUJAJI
'FAMILY JEWELS': Intelligence researchers and analysts
work on the documents detailing the CIA spying
misconduct that caused a scandal in the 19705
ters in the United States and
produced a computerized
CIA index of nearly 15 mil-
lion names.
efforts domestically for inter-
nal domestic collection pur-
poses."
Another 1973 memo to
Colby from the CIA inspec-
tor general expressed con-
cern over CHAOS "because
of the high degree of resent-
ment we found among many
agency employees at their
being expected to participate
in it."
But the Church committee
reported in 1976 that CHAOS
compiled a computerized
index of 300,000 individuals,
including 7,200 Americans
and more than 100 domestic
groups between 1967-1973 as
it examined civil rights and
anti-Vietnam war protesters.
'u.s. EXTREMISM'
The agency's new docu-
ments contained an unsigned
three-page memo that
described the CIA's program
code-named Operation
CHAOS as a worldwide
effort to collect information
"on foreign efforts to manip-
ulate U.S. extremism."
It said some American
extremists had been
recruited by the CIA and scnt
abroad as contract agents,
but asserts that CHAOS "has
not and is not conducting
WASHINGTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007 9A
Mob contacts used
in '70s Castro plot
BY PABlO BACHELET
pb(lcheleta'~4i<lmiHerald.cor1'\
WASHINGTON - The
CIA contlrmed it used matla
connections in an attempt to
kill Cuban leader Fidel Cas-
tro as part of 700 pages of
newly declassified docu-
ments unveiled Tuesday,
In 1973, the then CIA
director, James Schlesinger,
asked for a compilation of
CIA actions that may have
violated its charter. What
emerged included the Castro
a....sassination attempt, spying
on two u.s. journalists, and
on civil rights and Vietnam
anti-war activists.
The mafia incident, as well
as other attempts to kill Cas-
tro such as by using poisoned
cigars, has been previously
reported, and it is unclear
why this particular instance
wa.<; included in cases known
as the CIA's "family jewels."
"I suspect that is because
of the mob connection," said
Peter Kornbluh, who directs
the Cuba documentation pro-
ject at the private National
Security Archive.
In September 1960, the
CIA was looking to carry out
a "sensitive mission requiring
gangster-type action." Agents
contacted Johnny Roselli, a
suspected mobster, who in
turn introduced them to two
high-ranking members of the
malia "Sam" and "Joe " who
were' later identifi~d as
Morna Giancana, Al Capone's
successor in Chicago, and
Santos Trafficant. Both wert'
on the attorney general's list
oflO most wanted men.
Sam suggested handing six
poison pills to Juan Orta, a
Cuban official who had
received kickbacks from
gambling interests and had
access to Castro.
After several weeks of
reported attempts, Orta "got
cold feet" and the mission
was handed to another
Cuban official. Dr. Anthony
Verona, who also failed. The
pills were eventually
returned to the CIA.
In 1967, according to
Kornbluh, a CIA inspector
general report d.etailed sev-
eral assassination attempts.
That document was made
public a decade ago.
The "family jewels" com-
pilation was reviewed by
President Gerald Ford's
Rockefeller Conunission and
by the Church and Pike Com-
mittees in Congress.
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The Public Hearing will be held at City of Aventura
Government Center Commission Chamber, 19200 West
Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida, 33180 The
proposed Ordinance may be inspected by the public at the
Office of the City Clerk, 19200 West Country Club Drive,
Ave~tura, Florida. Interested parties may appear at the
PubliC Hearing and be heard with respect to the proposed
Ordinance
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, all persons who ~e disat;>led and who ~ special
~~~;d~;\~~~~~;~~~ ~~h~ffi~~TI~~ti~~~~
(305) 466-8901, not iater than two business days prior to
such proceedings.
11 a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City
Commission with respect to any matter considered at a
meeting or hearing, that person will need a record of the
proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure
that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which
record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based,
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
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MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miami-Dade County. Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
O.V. FERBEYRE, who on oath says that he or she is the
SUPERVISOR, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business
Review f/k/a ~iami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami-Dade
C~unty, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement,
being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
CITY OF AVENTURA - PUBLIC HEARING 7/10/07
APPLICANT NAME/NUMBER - CITY OF AVENTURA 01-AR-07
in the XXXX Court
was published in said newspaper in the issues of
06/26/2007
Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami-Dade
County, Florida and that the said newspaper has
her~tofore been continuously published in said Miami-Dade County,
Flonda, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays)
and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post
office in Miami in said Miami-Dade County, Florida, for a
period of one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or
she h~s neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation
any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose
of securing 's adverti nt for publication in the said
news pap .
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this
~007
(SEAL)
-'
O.V. FERBEYRE personally known to me
MARIA I. MESA
. NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF flORIDA
Commission #DD293855
Expires: MARCH 04, 2008
CITY OF AftIft'URA
NOTIC., OF. PUJU,.lC.lIIAJUNG
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.,I.,p,in. .
AppIIoIInt~"CitYof~~,(01-AR-07)
Applicant Requ.t: Th8appl~~~ng llbahcfon~t of a:,
.portiOn of ftl$ pllbIlc, dght-of-wayreserYation of;
NE 29 ~ tying between the.80Ulhllmlt of NE:!
213 Str88tllJl(t1he I1C)l'thIlmlt of Lot 10, Block 40.
on the plat ofHall8r1dfll8~ . 'I
Loc8tIon of SUbject Proi-tJ; portlonofNE 29' CoUrt, Avent~ra
l4II ~: '.~ 1eg8I de$cl1ptIOft on file, at Community
DeW10pnleIlt O8parIment ' '
Plans are on file and may be examined during regular business hours at
the CIty, of Aventura .~. Cemer. C9rMwnltY Development
Department. 19200 West Country Club Drive. Aventura, Aorlda, 33180.
Plans may be modified at or before the Public Hearing. The application
may change during the hearing prooess.
The PublIC HearingwIU behe1d In the CIty CommIssion Chamber. City of
Aventura 'Gove1'mlent Center at the addreSS above. YOUI'''COinmentll
may be ri18de In person at the hearing or fIIed'ln WrtIInvpdor to the
hearing date. Refer to appIicantIproperty on correspondence and ~,
same to City of Aventura Government Center, Communlty,Deyek)prneI)t
~ at the,addr9S8 abOIit. For turther\nfoml8llCll\;;pIea8e'oaII
(306) 466-8940. 0;',
In acCordance 'wtththe ,Ai'netfeanS with DtUbIlti..., of- 1990. aft
peisORsWflo ara'dlSabled ancrWtto ne&d special ~-to
partlClpatein thl8 prclCiIediR9.because of that dl8abi1lty shoUld contact
the OffIce, of the 'CIty Cl8Jk; (905r'46&-890t. no later the.tl',tw<>'bUsIi1eS8
days prior to suctlc proceedings.
If a persond$cldeS to appeal any decision made by the CIty CommIssion
with respect.toMy matter considered ata. meeting or hearing. that
personwiH needar8cOrd of the proceedings and. for such purpose. may
need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which
rQ<<C)rd includes th.~J1lony and ~nce upon which the appeal Is to
be based.
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Teresa M. Soroka. MMe. CIty Clerk
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