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HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-25-00 Regular Council Meeting.tifMINUTES VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2000 COUNCIL CHAMBER 85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 00 pm Present were Councilmembers Scott Bass, Mortimer Fned, Gregory C Han, Robert Oldakowski, Vice Mayor Martha F Broucek and Mayor Joe I Rasco Councilmember Alan H Fein was absent Also present were Village Manager C Samuel Kissinger, Village Clerk Conchita H Alvarez, Village Attorneys Richard Jay Weiss and Daniel Weiss 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rasco led the Pledge of Allegiance 3 AGENDA Vice Mayor Broucek requested the addition of a bnef statement regarding the proposed airport at Homestead and Councilmember Oldakowski requested the removal of Item 4B from the consent agenda There was no objection to the agenda changes 4 CONSENT AGENDA The following consent agenda was approved by unanimous consent The minutes of the January 11, 2000 Regular Council Meeting 5 ITEM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA The Clerk read the following resolution by title A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, STRONGLY OPPOSING ANY PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO ASSIGN THE CONTROL OF THE DELIVERY OF POSTSECONDARY WORKFORCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO THE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, AND FURTHER URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT DUAL 1 of January 25, 2000 DELIVERY SYSTEM BY CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADULT AND POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO BE CONDUCED BY THE MIAMI- DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Councilmember Fried made a motion to approve the resolution The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Broucek and approved by a 6-0 voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Bass, Fned, Han, Oldakowski, Vice Mayor Broucek and Mayor Rasco voting Yes 6 BUILDING, ZONING AND PLANNING All witnesses giving testimony in the public hearing were sworn in by the Clerk Hearing Number AP -00-01 TRC Real Estate Investments, Inc , 800 Crandon Boulevard, the applicant is appealing an administrative decision made by the Building, Zoning and Planning Director relating to the issuance of a building permit to construct a building that will contain a hardware store (floor plan shows a hardware and two other spaces labeled "store") Vice Mayor Broucek disclosed that she had had ex-parte communications with the applicant on September 8, 1999 Jud Kurlancheek, Director of Building Zoning and Planning addressed the Council stating his recommendation that Council affirm his decision to deny the issuance of a building permit to construct a building that will contain a hardware store The Attorney addressed the Council regarding this hearing The Mayor opened the public hearing Judith A Burke, Shutts & Bowen, 201 South Biscayne Boulevard, representing the applicant, addressed the Council The following residents also addressed the Council Irvin Kerner, 355 West Wood Drive, Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, James Peters, 561 Allendale Road, Tony Navarro, 151 Crandon Boulevard and Haydee Archibald, 881 Ocean Drive The Mayor closed the public hearing Councilmember Fned made a motion to uphold the BZP Director's recommendation The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Broucek and approved by a 5-1 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fned, Han, Oldakowski, Vice Mayor Broucek and Mayor Rasco voting Yes Councilmember Bass voting No At 8 09 p m the Village Council recessed in order to open the Local Planning Agency Meeting The Mayor reconvened the Council meeting at 8 53 p m 2 of 4 January 25 2000 Director Kurlancheek requested that the record of the LPA Meeting be incorporated in the record of the Council Meeting Ms Burke joined in this request There was no objection from Council to the request Heanng Number CPA -00-01 TRC Real Estate Investments, Inc , 800 Crandon Boulevard, the applicant is requesting to amend the master plan by changing the future land use map designation from office to commercial Jud Kurlancheek, Director of Building Zoning and Planning addressed the Council stating his recommendation to approve the request The Clerk read the following ordinance, on first reading, by title AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN OF THE VILLAGE BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR PROPERTY AT 800 CRANDON BOULEVARD BY REMOVING IT FROM THE "OFFICE" CATEGORY AND PLACING IT WITHIN THE "COMMERCIAL" CATEGORY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, REPEALER, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE Councilmember Han made a motion to approve the ordinance on first reading pursuant to the recommendation made by the Local Planning Agency The motion was seconded by Councilmember Fned and approved by a 6-0 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fned, Han, Oldakowski, Han, Vice Mayor Broucek and Mayor Rasco voting Yes The Clerk announced the second reading of this ordinance for February 8, 2000 7 RESOLUTIONS There were no resolutions considered by Council 8 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The following items were discussed At this time the Council took a two minute recess Mayor and Councilmembers Vice Mayor Broucek addressed the Council regarding the proposed commercial airport at Homestead Village Attorney There were no reports submitted by the Attorney Village Clerk There were no reports submitted by the Clerk 3 of 4 January 25 2000 Village Manager The Manager submitted to Council a letter sent to Michele Padovan, Property Manager, LePhare Condominium Association from William M Brant, P E , Director Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Department regarding the property at 798 Crandon Boulevard 9 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL DISCUSSION There was no further business discussed 10 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS/EVENTS A schedule of future meetings and events was presented to the Council 11 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9 10 p m Respectfully submitted Conchita H Alvarez, CMC Village Clerk Approved this --8th bruar _, 2000 c Joe I Rasco Mayor IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL 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 4 of