HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 14-0575Your original request, dated January 22, 2014, is reproduced in the space below:
From: Chris O'Hare [mailto:chrisoharegulfstream @gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:07 AM
To: Bill Thrasher
Subject: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST morgan Itr
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Pursuant to Article 1. Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119.07 of the Florida
Statutes I wish to make a public records request of your agency for the following records:
The "not so friendly" letter from Scott Morgan referred to by Commissioner Ganger during the
August 9, 2013 Commission meeting.
If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt from
inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by 4119.07(1)(e) of the
Florida Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as
required by 4119.07(1)(fl of the Florida Statutes.
Please take note of 4119.07(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1)
promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort
which "includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within
the agency whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be
accessed." I am, therefore, requesting that you notify every individual in possession of records
that may be responsive to this public records request to preserve all such records on
an immediate basis.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency in an electronic format please
produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were created or
received. See 6119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes.
If you anticipate the production of these public records to exceed $1.00 please notify me in
advance of their production with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any
estimates so as to indicate the total number of pages and /or records, as well as to distinguish the
cost of labor and materials.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email
address: chrisoharegulfstream(cDgmail.com
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
SCOTT W. MORGAN
1140 N. Ocean Blvd
GULF STREAM, FL 33483
PH (561)- 751 -1936
FAX (801) -760 -2777
Date: 7 -23-13
To: Town of Gulf Stream
Fax: 561- 737 -0188
From: Scott W. Morgan
Re: Application for Level 3 approval of Lot 5- Hidden Harbour Estates
Number of pages: 3
Memo:
Please find attached my letter in opposition to this application.
Would you please make copies of the letter for distribution to the members of the ARP$?
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SCOTT W. MORGAN
1140 N. Ocean Blvd
GulfS main, FL 33483
Ph (561) 243 -1432
July 23, 2013
To:
Town of Gulf Stream Architectural Review and Planning Board
Re: Hidden Harbour Estates Lot S
1224 N. Ocean Blvd
Dear Board Members:
Please note my objection to this application for Level 3 Architectural/Site Plan
Review of a 8,726 sf Colonial West Indies single family dwelling.
Sec. 66-144 (b)(10)69
The proposed architectural design of this home violates the prohibition
against excessive similarity both in regard to neighboring homes and in comparison of its
East and West breezeway structures. The latter composition gives an appearance more of
the wings of an aircraft than of an Ocean West District home. Because the lot is long and
narrow, the applicant has attempted to create useable space by symmetrically loading the
farthest East and West sides of the property. The result is a forced balance that gives the
appearance of outstretched arms on a measuring scale. The long breezeways, nearly 27'
each, only heighten the sense of awkward balance between the two ancillary buildings.
2. Sec. 70-4 (c)(4) and Sec. 70 -29 (b)(3)
This long, narrow and drawn out house design also conflicts with the
Code's prohibition against excessive similarity to neighboring homes, which by
definition then conflicts with the Code's prohibition against applications that "do not
maintain the desired character or quality of the zoning district within which they are
located... "(Art. I, Sec. 70-4 (c )(4)). The Ocean West District is characterized by "lots
that are set back great distances from the road ... the homes and landscape features lend a
formal, elegant and estate -like feel to the lots in the district " (Art. II, Sec. 70 -29 (b)(3)).
The homes of this District have a unique, separate character that helps define the Town of
Gulf Stream. The similarity of lots inside Hidden Harbour Estates —all of which are
rectangular, long East to West, and narrow, and which lay next to each other like two
rows of domino tiles —has from its conception risked the potential of turning into a gated-
community sub - division, typical of large home neighborhoods in Boca Raton and West
Delray Beach. The previous three Hidden Harbour Estates homes approved by the ARPB
were all corner lots and so were evaluated on their own, rather than in juxtaposition to
homes on adjacent lots. The current application for Lot 5 is a middle lot, and is
sandwiched between two approved homes, each of which employs the now ubiquitous
long, narrow, rectangular design.
In order to preserve the integrity of the Ocean West District character, and
to prevent an over - crowding of similar homes inside Hidden Harbour Estates, I ask that
the Level 3 ArchitecturaVSite Plan Review of Lot 5 be denied, and request that the
applicant re- submit a house design consistent with the Gulf Stream Code.
Very truly yours,
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TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
February 24, 2015
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream @gmail.com]
Re: GS #575 (morgan ltr)
The "not so friendly" letter from Scott Morgan referred to by Commissioner Ganger during the
August 9, 2013 Commission meeting.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstreamOgmail.coml,
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records requests dated January 22, 2014. If
your request was received in writing, then the requests can be found at the following link
httn: / /www2.mlf- stream. ore/ WebLink8 /0 /doc /18034/Pagel.aspx. If your request was verbal,
then the description of your public records request is set forth in the italics above. Please refer to
the referenced number above with any future correspondence.
Please allow this letter to confirm that this document, which is the subject of litigation you have
brought against the Town styled O'Hare v. Town of Gulf Stream, Case No. 2014CAOI833 AJ,
was previously produced to you in care of your attorney, Giovani Mesa, Esq. at the O'Boyle Law
Firm on March 12, 2014. Specifically, that document was among others produced to Mr. Mesa in
your case and in O'Boyle v. Gulf Stream, Case No. 2014CA001572AJ. As a matter of courtesy,
the requested correspondence is nevertheless being made available to you once again at the same
above link.
We consider this matter closed.
Sincerely,
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records