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THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
"City of Pleasant Living"
May 3, 2002
Diane Berry, Customer Service Supervisor
Miami-Dade Water&
Sewer Department(WASD)
3575 South Lejuene Road
Coral Gables, Fl. 33133
RE: City of South Miami Stormwater Billing
Notice of Change in Stormwater Billing Units
Dear Ms. Berry,
The City of South Miami Stormwater Utility has calculated the total "equivalent residential
units" (ERU) for the following property, and we have determined that the appropriate
Stormwater Billing Units total is as follows:
Site Folio Site Address Current total Calculated Total
09-4025-028-2070 5890 SW 69ffi St. 0.00 6.11
WASD Account Id: 6387507200 Premise Id.- 7787507200
Please implement this change in Billing Units total as soon as conveniently possible, and per
WASD policy, back-bill the applicable charges for the last three years, or to the date of account
inception if within the last three years.
Call me at (305) 668-7355 if you have any questions on this issue.
Very truly yours
David K. din
Stormwater Utility Manager
cc: W. Ajibola Balogun, Director of Engineering& Construction
Absolute Towing, 5890 SW 69`h Street, South Miami, Fl. 33143
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City of South Miami Engineering Department♦6130 Sunset Drive,South Miami,Florida 33143♦Phone(305)663-6326 Fax(305)668-7356
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
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Building, Zoning & Community Development Department
6130 Sunset Drive, 2"d Floor; South Miami, Florida 33143
Phone: (305) 663-6327; Fax #: (305) 666-4591
September 15, 1995
Jeff Heath
Budny & Heath, Inc.
5730 S.W. 74 Street, Suite 400
South Miami, Florida 33143 PO 'n
Dear Mr. Heath:
This letter is in response to your telefacsimile received this morning and our telephone
conversation yesterday. Regarding your summary of our discussion, you are correct that "use
would have to be a public government use such as offices and uses ancillary or supportive of
government administration. A supportive use could include I (Intensive) type automotive uses
which are supportive to government administration." With respect to the questions you
posed, please Find the following answers below:
1. Continuation of the existing inspection structure on the site does not impact on likely
permitted uses of the site in any way.
2. Dade County could dispatch and service minivans from the site which is used to
coordinate and administer transportation for the disabled.
3. Dade County could dispatch and service trucks for recycling collection from the site,
as long as the dispatch facility was located on the site and functioned as the main
governmental administration activity and no recyclable materials were left on the site.
Thank you for your inquiry.
Sincerely,
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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI CU MAM'GER'S OFFICE
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To: L. Dennis Whitt Date: May 15, 1997
City Manager
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From: Bill Mackey, AICP Re: Post Office Parking Proposal
Director of Planning& Zoning 5890 S.W. 69 Street
POST OFFICE PARKING PROPOSAL
Per your request of May 9, 1997, I have reviewed the preliminary proposal for expanded parking
by-the Post Office at 5890 SW 69 Street. This City-owned property, now vacated, was formerly
utilized as a collection site for the City's recycling program, and prior to that use, functioned as
an automobile inspection station.
The following issues are noteworthy, regarding the proposed parking lot scheme:
1. The proposed landscaping does not meet required landscaping provisions
under Section 204.5 of the LDC; exceptions may be granted by ERPB.
2. The existing chain-link fence surrounding the public parking lot at the
Post Office (not part of the City-owned site) should be removed, in order
to meet the City's goal for this facility expressed in the second Charrette.
3. The barbed-wire"topper" should be removed from all existing fencing on
the proposed site and fencing on the Post Office rear parking lot, in order
to meet the City's goal for this facility expressed in the second Charrette.
4. The curb cut at the corner of SW 70 Street and SW 59 Place should be
eliminated for the public parking lot at the Post Office facility, in order to
meet the City's goal for this facility expressed in the second Charrette.
Please, find attached copies from the City's landscaping standards, § 20-4.5 (E) and excerpts
from The"Hometown Plan" Area 2 which contains the City's goals from the second Charrette.
Please, note that I am returning the original copy of the proposal to you.
Thank you.
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(1i) Parking Lot Buffers
All parking lots adjacent to rights-of-way or private streets shall be
screened by a continuous hedge and/or, three (3) foot high wall with a seven
(7) foot landscaped strip incorporating said hedge and/or wall on private
property. Hedges shall be a minimum-height of eighteen (18) inches at time of
planting, with a maximum spacing of thirty (30) inches on center.
(12) Landscaped Areas in Parking Lots - to exceed open space requirements
(a) All parking lots shall be required to provide ten (10) square feet, of
landscaped area for each parking space. Said space may be placed
anywhere within a parking lot subject to Landscape Plan Review.
(b) This requirement is in addition to applicable required open space.
Planting areas shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) square feet.
(E) Landscape Requirements - City standards for Parking Lot Areas
All vehicular use areas, except those which are located within or beneath structures
and those serving single-family or two-family residential uses, shall conform to the
minimum landscaping requirements of this sub-section.
To ensure that required landscaping in vehicular use areas is used to its greatest
potential in relieving the monotony of and insuring circulation safety within such
areas, the following standards are set forth:
(1) Interior Improvements
(a) When the interior of any vehicular use area is designed for purposes
other than off-street parking, such as a service station, drive-in
banking or drive-through retailing, an area or combination of areas
equal to not less than ten (10) per cent of the total vehicular use
area, exclusive of perimeter landscape buffers, shall be devoted to
interior landscaping.
(b) When the interior of any vehicular use area is designed for off-street
parking purposes, the following landscaping elements shall be required
in lieu of percentage requirements:
i. Curbed terminal islands shall be located at both ends of rows of
contiguous spaces. Such islands shall be not less than five (5) feet in
width and extend the entire length of the spaces. Each terminal .island
shall have at least one (1) tree for every ninety (90) square feet of
area, or portion thereof, and be covered with grass or ground cover as
needed to meet requirements under § 20-4.5(D) (1) .
ii. Curbed interior islands, which measure not less than five (5) feet in
width and extend the entire length of the parking space, shall be
located within rows of contiguous spaces. There shall be at least one
(1) interior island for every eight (8) spaces within each row. Interior
islands shall be placed at intervals of not less than six (6) nor more
than ten (10) spaces, but shall not be required in rows containing six
(6) contiguous spaces or less. -Each interior island shall have at least
one (1) tree for every ninety (90) square feet of area, or portion
thereof, and be landscaped with grass or ground cover as needed to meet
requirements under § 20-4 .5 (D) (1) .
iii. Interior islands need not be placed directly opposite each other when in
abutting parking rows. Any design arrangement which relieves monotony or
increases tree coverage of the vehicular use area is permissible.
(2) Triangles of Visibility
(a) All landscaping within required Triangles of Visibility, as defined in
§ 20-3 .6 (G) , shall provide unobstructed cross-visibility at a height of
between three (3) and six (6) feet.
(b) Trees having over six (6) feet of clear trunk, with limbs and foliage
trimmed in such a manner as not to extend into Triangles of Visibility,
shall be permitted in said areas, provided that they in no way create a
traffic hazard.
(c) No landscaping elements, except for grass or ground cover, shall be
located within three (3) feet of any accessway.
(3) Wheel Stops (Bumpers) Required in Landscaped Parking Lot Areas
(a) Landscaped areas shall be protected from the overhang of parked
vehicles. Where such protection is necessary, reinforced concrete wheel
stops or an approved continuous curbing of not less than five (5) inches
in height shall be installed to prevent such overhang.
(b) Concrete wheel stops shall be permanently anchored to the ground and
located not less than thirty (30) inches from landscaped areas.
(c) If the overhang area is left unpaved, it shall be landscaped according
to this section and the abutting required perimeter buffer or divider
median may be four (4) feet in width.
(F) Landscape Plans Review Criteria
Landscape plans shall be reviewed by the Planning Division in accordance with the
following goals and objectives, and the guidelines and illustrations provided in the
Landscape Manual [published by Metropolitan Dade County, Florida] .
(1) Landscape design shall enhance architectural features, relate structure design
to the site, visually screen dissimilar uses and unsightly views, reduce noise
impacts from major roadways and incompatible uses, strengthen important vistas
and reinforce neighboring site design and architecture.
(2) Existing specimen trees, native vegetation (including canopy, understory, and
ground cover) and Natural Forest Communities shall be preserved to the maximum
extent possible and all requirements of § 20-4 .5 (H) through (L) .
(3) In order to conserve water, the plan shall demonstrate an emphasis on the use
of drought-tolerant species. Plants with similar water requirements shall be
grouped together to reduce the amount of water necessary for irrigation.
Landscaping Section Substitution Pages 88.17 Replaces Pages 88.1 - 92
South Miami Post Office: '
• Remove the chain link fence and barbed wire; these send a potent negative +WWI
message about the neighborhood.
• Plant trees along the sidewalks on the east and south of the site.
• Reroute circulation within the parking lot. The present layout creates <Low
confusion and backups at the intersection as customers queue for the mail drop
boxes. An clearer alternative layout, with cars entering on the southeast side
and exiting on the northwest, requires minimal restriping.
• Long term, plan any future expansions or reconstruction so as to bring the
building up to the street, with a bearing befitting a permanent community
institution. With its parking lot situated all around, the present low-slung
building is more typical of a suburban gas station or convenience store.
• Encourage the post office to use the Metrorail garage for some of its parking.
In the past such shared use of parking facilities was considered undesirable, but
that policy must change.
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INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: L. Dennis Whitt Date: June 10, 1997
City Manager
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?rom: Bill Mackey, AICP Re: Post Office Article
Director of Planning& Zoning
POST OFFICE ARTICLE
Please, find attached an article from Nation's Cities Weekly, regarding two Post Offices in other
cities and their relationship with the urban environment. The article is very informative and may
provide ideas for use in the City of South Miami. The article even mentions "barbed-wire."
Thank you.
2126 Nation's
I—ec or- lolume 40, Number SZ
43-51740 June Z, 1997
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JUN - 9 1997
QW Official Publication of the National League of Cities, Washington, D.C.
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agreement would achieve a
need federal budget in the struggle now unfolding in two of Connecticut's
• 2002 through some $320 by PUMP lam* towns—.Southbury and Madison—and in
on in cuts in Medicaid, numerous towns and cities in other states.
Iicare,defense,and domestic Some people have the misguided notion that The U.S.Postal is is closing old,small
retionary spending. 21 per- if the local post office just delivers the mail,it's post offices in localities across the country and
of the cuts would come from accomplished everything it should do. constructing new facilities not nearly so well
iestic discretionary programs This is like believing that if Thanksgiving suited to community needs-
cting state and local govern- delivers plenty to eat,our oldest national holi- The South Britain section of Southbury is a
its; 27 percent would come day has accomplished everything it's supposed cohesive, long-settled area that received its
Ti cuts in defense;and 52 per- to do. In both cases,something is missing—an first postmaster, a man named Elliott Beard-
t from reduced growth in fed- appreciation of greater, more communal Pm'- slee, 170 years ago. The presence of the Post
1 entitlement spending. Most poses. 4�
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Office,near a church,a library,a -increase over the 150 to180 clos- local store restaurants, and
general store, a museum, and a ings per year in the 1980s. community connectians.
collection of old homes in the "There were closings in 28 states The troubles of the Postal
local historic district, had long in 1995,"Skaggs said. Service in South Britain and
been a point of pride in South The Trust has been deluged Madison point up these disturb-
Britain . But when the building with calls since The New York ing facts:
that contained the Post Office Times ran an article in Decem- * The Postal Service has
burned down in February 1994, ber about one such closing, in abandoned its historic role as
the US.Postal Service told local Livingston,Montana,where the architectural benefactor. No
people to take their business to a, Postal Service announced its longer can you count,.on the
much more impersonal facility intention to vacate a two-story Postal Service to provide build-
in a traffic-plagued area two downtown Post Office and erect ings that elevate public life.
miles away. The Post Office in a larger one-story building,most Unlike distinctive, well crafted
South_Britain has never been likely at the edge of town. older Post Offices that added to
reestablished, much to the dis- The closings and relocations the attractiveness of traditional
satisfaction of residents who °deal a blow to communities'pat- Main Streets, new postal facili-
have formed a Post Office terns of daily life. Without their ties tend to be uninspiring stan-
Restoration Committee to press local Post Office, many South dard design. "They're very box-
for its return. . . Britain residents feel their com- oriented, not only in their Similarly, people in Madison munity's identity has been erod- nizational chart but also in their
are distressed that the Postal ed. Similarly, Madison has design, so whether you go to
Service wants to close a 1939- prized its porticoed, red brick Montana or Madison, it's the
vintage Post Office at the liveli- Post Office. "It's a focal point same building,"Rylander said.
est corner in town—Wall Street daily and particularly on Satur- .• Post Offices increasingly
and the Boston Post Road—and day," said First Selectman occupy locations that are hard
build a new facility elsewhere. Thomas Rylander. for people to walk to and that do i
The proposed replacement—a "A good portion of the townls little to foster the vitality. of
17,000-square-foot box, laid out population goes downtown downtowns. In Madison, postal
more for truck access and mail- sometime during the week," officials deserve praise for offer-
sorting efficiency than for pedes- Rylander said. "People who are ing to build their new Madison
trian comfort and for neighborly fund-raising or running for elec- facility within the downtown
meeting and greeting—threat- lion always stand there." area. But a seemingly relentless
ens to undermine.,Madison's Thomas MacDonaldl a Madi- fixation on efficiency criteria,
long-standing efforts to preserve son architect and chairman of such as mail-sorting operations
and strengthen a still vital the local citizens group Action and access for large trucks, has
downtown. 2000,said that in the downtown, squeezed out civic attributes
Throughout the nation, con- "the Post Office and the library that used to make the Post
cern over the Postal Service's are the two civic buildings we Office a prime supporter of com-
inattentiveness to local commu- have left." The 4,000-square-foot munity life.
nities is growing. Laura Skaggs Post Office with a WPA mural in The Postal Service,as a
at the National Trust for His- its lobby is a natural gathering privatized organization with a
toric Preservation said 239 place,a spot,he said,"where you public status, combines disad-
postal facilities were closed in can get a petition signed." And vantages from both those
1995 as part of consolidations or because the Post Office entices realms. Now that the Postal
relocations,_-_.a---substantial---people-dowutown,.it_bene&ts--Service-i&to a-large exten p_r+_-
vately operated,"there's no pout- stamps and accepting packages)
ical pressure that can be put on in a pedestrian-oriented building
them," observed William in the town center. So far, the
McMinn, Madison's planning Postal Service has been cool to
and zoning administrator. But that idea, arguing that it is
because it retains federal spon- uneconomical
sorship, the Postal Service is The difficulty is that local peo-
empowered to override local ple have a hard time getting
building and zoning controls
except for environmental regale- their arguments taken seriously
tions. within the labyrinth of the postal
In Southbury, residents were bureaucracy and they have a
incensed that Postal Service rep- hard time evaluating how realis-
resentatives from the Hartford tic the Postal Service's current
area did not bold a public meet- standards are."We kept writing
ing with local citizens and public and calling," Rylander said, but
officials until three years after the postal authorities essentially
the fire. Even then,they antag "appeared for nine months."
onized the residents by appear- One thing is certain:the issue
ing unprepared for many of the of the Postal Service's conduct
audience's questions. and its effect on communities has
In Madison' postal officials not been settled. The National
have heeded some local con-
cerns_eliminating barbed wire Trust has been meeting with
from a chain-link fence,for exam- postal officials in Washington,
ple. Nonetheless, the First and the question of uncivic-
Selectman and the planning minded Post Offices is getting
administrator have found the increasing attention from the
Postal Service to be cumbersome- press. Which is as it should be,
ly bureaucratic. `They're rela- for,as McMinn puts it,` 'his isn't
tively inflexible," Rylander a problem just for Madison. It's a
observed. The typical private problem for the country."■
business is more willing to bend
to municipal concerns than is the Philip Langdon is associate
Postal Service,McMinn said. editor of `Connecticut Tbwn &
Clearly,a Postal Service that's City'and author of the book,A
in competition with Federal Better p14rice to Live: Reshaping
Express, UPS, and other busi- the American Suburb,published
nesses must have some flexibi .-
ty One suggestion that has been by the University of Massachu-
raised in Madison is that the setts Press Article reprinted with
Postal Service might move its Permission from "Connecticut
pail-sorting activity to a more 7bwn & City," the newsletter of
truck-accessible site but keep its the 'Connecticut Conference of
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