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Home My Public Portal About11-16-93 2nd Special Council Meeting.tifM I NUT E S SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1993 KEY BISCAYNE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 160 HARBOR DRIVE 1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Festa at 7 15 p m Present were Councilmembers Mortimer Fried, Raul Llorente, Betty Sime, Raymond Sullivan, John Wald, and Mayor John Festa Vice Mayor Rasco was absent Also present were Village Manager Sam Kissinger, Village Attorney Steve Helfman and Acting Village Clerk Yocelyn Galiano Gomez 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Festa led the Pledge 3 BUILDING, ZONING AND PLANNING: This item was continued from the special Council meeting of October 26, 1993 Nearing Number 93 -10 -VC -2 Royal Biscayne Venture, the applicant, requested modification of an approved D R I development order, resolution and recorded agreements as well as accompanying variances for the proposed hotel/residential project located on the property lying on the east side of Crandon Boulevard, between East Heather Drive and Galen Drive Building, Zoning and Planning Director Robin Sobrino stated her recommendation for approval subject to conditions of the director Sherwood Weiser, 3250 Mary Street, Miami, of the Royal Biscayne Venture, addressed the Council regarding the proposed project Mayor Festa opened the public hearing Acting Clerk Gomez read a letter from Lorraine Sonnabend, 330 Pacific Road, regarding her support for the project The following residents spoke in support of the application William Croysdale, 550 Ocean Drive, Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive, John Conover, 881 Ocean Drive, Elliot Tyler, 615 Ocean Drive, Jackie Rose, 390 Caribbean Road, Ed Flynn, 744 Woodcrest Road, Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, Tim Stickney, 285 Woodcrest Road, and Camille Guething, 260 Seaview Drive Page 1 of 3 November 16, 1993 The following residents spoke in opposition to the application Jim Brewster, 500 North Mashta Drive, Clifford Brody, 180 Harbor Drive, Sally Brody, 180 Harbor Drive, and Bill Ofgant, 512 Fernwood Road There being no further speakers, the mayor closed the public hearing Mr Weiser made further comments to the Council and public Carter McDowell, 100 Southeast 2 Street, Miami, representing the applicant, addressed the Council Taft Bradshaw, 4337 Seagrape Drive, Lauderdale -by -the -Sea, also representing the applicant, made comments regarding the entrance features of the project After extensive discussion by the Council, Mr Weiser offered a voluntary contribution of $250,000 00 for the development of the Village's tree farm property Councilman Fried made a motion waiving the building moratorium The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 6 - 0 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Fried made a motion finding that the application is not a substantial deviation from the previously approved D R I project The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente and adopted by a 6 - 0 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Fried made a motion adopting staff's recommendation, as well as accepting the applicant's additional voluntary contribution of $250,000 00 for parks and recreation The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid Councilman Llorente offered an amendment to the Fried motion eliminating the single-family residence entrance to the project, providing for an emergency entrance only, subject to a traffic engineering study The amendment was seconded by Councilman Sullivan and adopted by a 5 - 1 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman Waid voted No Councilman Sullivan offered an amendment to the Fried motion prohibiting the construction of buildings east of the Coastal Construction Line After brief discussion, the amendment was withdrawn Page 2 of 3 November 16, 1993 After further discussion, the Fried motion, as amended, was adopted by a 4 - 2 roll call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Sime and Sullivan voted No The mayor called for a five minute recess 4 OTHER BUSINESS/GENERAL BUSINESS Mayor Festa requested Council approval of funding for a presentation by the Zoning Code Review Committee Councilman Sullivan made a motion to provide funding to the Zoning Code Review Committee, in an amount not to exceed $5,000 00, for preparation of a presentation regarding the committee's work The motion was seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime, Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes By unanimous consent, the Village Attorney was instructed to prepare a draft ordinance based on the work of the Zoning Code Review Committee 5 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10 05 p m Approved flue iLlik day of C-e_Ce m �y�Y 1993 Village CIerk Mayor IF A PERSON DECIDES W APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY ME VILLAGE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO ANY loll lit CONSIDERED AT A MEETING OR HEARING, THAT PERSON WILL NEED A RECORD OF ME PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE, MAY .NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES ME TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED Page 3 of 3