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_agenda 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 1 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI City Commission Steven J. Alexander Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager Bob Welsh, Vice Mayor Maria M. Menendez, CMC Josh Liebman, Commissioner City Clerk Gabriel Edmond, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq. Walter A. Harris, Commissioner City Attorney SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017, 7:00 PM CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS 6130 SUNSET DRIVE SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA A. SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES B. ROLL CALL C. MOMENT OF SILENCE D. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE E. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING(S) Staff Report Attachment 1 – Application Attachment 2 – Letter of Intent Attachment 2 – Exhibit A Attachment 2 – Parking Study Attachment 2 – Traffic Study Attachment 2 – Valet Operations Plan Attachment 3 – Project Narrative and Overview Attachment 4 – Design Concept Exhibits Attachment 5 – South Miami Intermodal Transportation Plan Attachment 6 – Concurrency Analysis Attachment 7 – Mailing Label Affidavit with Location Map Attachment 8 – Mailing Label Affidavit with Location Map (Abutting property owners) Attachment 9 – Mailout Affidavit Attachment 10 – Applicant’s Notification Letter Attachment 11 - City Notice of Public Hearing Attachment 12 – Legal Ad 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 2 1. An Ordinance amending the City of South Miami Comprehensive Plan approving the creation of the Downtown SoMi (DS) land use category in the Future Land Use Element for a Mixed-Use Project on The Shops at Sunset Place property and as legally described herein. 3/5 (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) 2. An Ordinance providing for a Small-Scale Map Amendment amending the City of South Miami Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Plan Map from Mixed Use Commercial Residential (Four-Story) to Downtown SoMi (DS) (195 feet) on a 9.68-acre property known as The Shops at Sunset Place and as legally described herein. 3/5 (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) 3. An Ordinance pursuant to Section 20-5.7 and other applicable provisions of the City of South Miami Land Development Code creating ARTICLE XII. – Downtown SoMi (DS) District Regulations; modifying Section 20-3.1 Zoning use districts and purposes (A) and (B); modifying Section 20 -3.3(D) Permitted Use Schedule; creating Section 20-3.3(F) Outdoor Seating/Dining Within the Downtown SoMi (DS) Zoning District; modifying Section 20-3.5(B) and (C) Dimensional requirements; creating Section 20-3.5(I) Dimensional Requirements Downtown SoMi District; modifying Section 20-3.6 Supplemental regulations; modifying Section 20-4.3 Sign regulations; modifying Section 20-4.5 Landscaping and tree protection requirements for all zoning districts; modifying Section 20-4.5.1 Tree protection; modifying Section 20-5.11 Site plan review approvals; modifying Section 20-6.1 Administrative entities in order to effectuate a Mixed-Use Project on the Shops at Sunset Place property as legally described herein. 3/5 (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) 4. An Ordinance pursuant to Section 20-5.7 and other applicable provisions of the City of South Miami Land Development Code providing for a Map Amendment to the City of South Miami Official Zoning Map from Specialty Retail (SR) to Downtown SoMi (DS) on a 9.68-acre property known as The Shops at Sunset Place and as legally described herein. 3/5 (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) 5. An Ordinance, pursuant to Section 20-5.7 and other applicable provisions of the City of South Miami Land Development Code, providing for a Map Amendment 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 3 to the City of South Miami Official Zoning Map to remove the Hometown District Overlay designation on a 9.68-acre property known as The Shops at Sunset Place. (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) 3/5 F. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S) 6. A Resolution pursuant to new ARTICLE XII Downtown SoMi District Regulations and ARTICLE V Procedures and Applications and other applicable provisions of the City of South Miami Land Development Code approving a request by FRIT Shops at Sunset Place Fee Owner, LLC for Site Plan approval for a Mixed -Use Project consisting of Retail, Office, Residential and Hotel components on The Shops at Sunset Place property as legally described herein . 3/5 (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) G. ADJOURNMENT THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI HAS A SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST IN CONDUCTING EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY COMMISSION MEETINGS. SPEAKERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT SECTION 2 -2.1(K)(2) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES THAT “ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL IMPERTINENT, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO SHALL BECOME BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION SHALL BE FORTHWITH BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS PERMISSION TO CONTINUE BE GRANTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.” PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 286.0105, THE CITY HEREBY ADVISES THE PUBLIC THAT IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THIS BOARD, AGENCY OR COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT ITS MEETING OR HEARING, HE OR SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AFFECTED PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDIGS IS MADE WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT BY THE CITY FOR THE INTRODUCTION OR ADMISSION OR OTHERWISE INADMISSIBLE OR IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE, NOR DOES IT AUTHORIZE CHALLENGES OR APPEALS NOT OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY LAW. PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION No. 246-10-13280,“ANY INVOCATION THAT MAY BE OFFERED BEFORE THE START OF REGULAR COMMISSION BUSINESS SHALL BE THE VOLUNTARY OFFERING OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS PRESENT. THE VIEWS OR BELIEFS EXPRESSED BY THE INVOCATION SPEAKER HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION DOES NOT ENDORSE THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR VIEWS OF THIS, OR ANY OTHER SPEAKER.” QUASI-JUDICIAL WARNING FOR CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS: ANY AGENDA ITEM THAT HAS A QUASI-JUDICIAL WARNING IS CONSIDERED TO BE A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION MAY NOT HAVE ANY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE, OTHER THAN AT THE MEETING SCHEDULED TO RESOLVE THE MATTER, UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER OTHER THAN A SITE VISIT OR MAKING WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM CITY EMPLOYEES AND RECEIVING WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM THEM IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. ALL WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND RESPONSES THERETO MUST BE FILED WITH THE CLERK AND A COPY MUST ALSO BE SENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR IF THE MATTER INVOLVES A LAND RELATED ISSUE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH CITY EMPLOYEES REGARDING THIS MATTER. YOU MAY NOT ENTER ONTO SOMEONE’S PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. FURTHERMORE, YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR ANYONE ELSE, INCLUDING 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 4 NEIGHBORS. YOU MUST, IN WRITING, ADVISE THE CLERK OF THE DATE AND TIME OF YOUR SITE VISIT AND, IF THIS MATTER INVOLVES LAND USE, YOU MUST ALSO SEND A COPY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. ALL INFORMATION THAT YOU OBTAIN ON THIS MATTER, OTHER THAN YOUR PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AT A SITE VISIT AND WRITTEN INFORMATION PROVIDED BY STAFF, MUST BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE DULY NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING DURING WHICH THE APPLICANT SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE APPLICATION AND ANY EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. IF THERE IS A BREAK IN THE MEETING, YOU MAY NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE MATTER OR ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATTER. IF THE MATTER REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE HEARING, YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH ANYONE, UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED BY A FINAL WRITTEN RESOLUTION OR, IF APPLICABLE, ORDINANCE, AND, EVEN THEN, NOT UNTIL THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL OR ANY WRITTEN OR PRINTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATTER BEFORE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HEARING AT WHICH A FINAL DECISION IS MADE FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN CITY EMPLOYEES ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, YOU MAY READ IT BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO IT AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A COPY OF ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION OR DOCUMENT YOU RECEIVE CONCERNING THIS MATTER TO THE CITY CLERK, AND A COPY MUST ALSO BE SENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR IF THE MATTER INVOLVES A LAND RELATED ISSUE. IN ADDITION, IF YOU RECEIVE ANY VERBAL, OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED TO THE CLERK AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR) YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE IT AT THE PUBLIC MEETING AND, IF IT WAS VERBAL, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE A MEMORANDUM THAT INCLUDES THE INFORMATION RECEIVED AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE. THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE DELIVERED AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE TO THE CITY CLERK, AND IF APPLICABLE TO A LAND RELATED ISSUE, A COPY MUST ALSO BE DELIVERED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. WARNING REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS: “EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS” ARE WRITTEN OR VERBAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL, AND AN APPLICANT, HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVES, OR A CITIZEN OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE EXCHANGE. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE BY THE ADOPTION OF SECTION 286.0115(1), FLORIDA STATUTES, HAS AUTHORIZED THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL ORDINANCES ALLOWING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS IF CERTAIN PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED TO ENSURE THAT THE WRITTEN OR VERBAL EXCHANGE IS MADE PUBLIC, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO REMOVE ANY PRESUMPTION OF PREJUDICE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE RESULT IF THE EXCHANGE WERE KEPT PRIVATE AND NOT DISCLOSED. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE PUBLICLY DISCLOSED PRIOR TO OR AT THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING AT WHICH THE DECISION IS TO BE MADE. ALL DECISIONS MADE AT A QUASI- JUDICIAL HEARING MUST BE BASED ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. VERBAL EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS ARE HEARSAY, ARE NOT COMPETENT EVIDENCE, AND MAY NOT FORM THE SOLE BASIS FOR MAKING ANY QUASI-JUDICIAL DECISIONS, BUT THEY MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT OR EXPLAIN OTHER COMPETENT EVIDENCE. PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE §2-2.1, CITY CODE, THE SOUTH MIAMI CITY COMMISSION HAS ADOPTED THESE PROCEDURES TO ALLOW THE USE OF EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE ELECTED OR APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHALL DISCLOSE IN WRITING THE SUBJECT OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP, OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE COMMUNICATION TAKES PLACE, WITH THE CITY CLERK AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AT THE HEARING BEFORE FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER. 2. A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY READ A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM ANY PERSON. ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT RELATES TO QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING BEFORE A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL, SHALL NOT BE PRESUMED PREJUDICIAL TO THE ACTION, PROVIDED SUCH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IS DISCLOSED AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD BEFORE FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER. 3. A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, MAKE SITE VISITS AND RECEIVE EXPERT OPINIONS REGARDING QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING OR IMPENDING BEFORE HIM OR HER PROVIDED THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES AND THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS, SITE VISITS OR EXPERT OPINIONS IS MADE A PART OF THE RECORD BEFORE FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE MATTER. 4. DISCLOSURE MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS 1, 2 AND 3 ABOVE MUST BE MADE BEFORE OR DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING AT WHICH A VOTE IS TAKEN ON SUCH MATTERS SO THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE OPINIONS 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 5 CONTRARY TO THOSE EXPRESSED IN THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATION ARE GIVEN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REFUTE OR RESPOND TO THE COMMUNICATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF THE STATUTE OR ORDINANCE DISCUSSED ABOVE, OR A QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION OR BOARD ARE CHALLENGED, THAT A COURT MIGHT FIND THAT NEITHER THE LEGISLATURE NOR THE CITY COMMISSION HAD AUTHORITY TO ENACT THESE PROCEDURES CONCERNING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE ACTION TAKEN BEING REVERSED. YOU THUS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK IN ENGAGING IN SUCH COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY ARE NOT ENCOURAGED. THEY ARE, HOWEVER, THE POLICY OF THE LEGISLATURE AND CITY COMMISSION, AND UNTIL DETERMINED OTHERWISE BY THE LEGISLATURE OR THE COURTS, ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED BUT NOT WITHOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE CITY AND OTHER PARTIES.