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Historic Preservation Board Meeting of September 15, 2021.
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SUMMARY OF MEETING:
AD VALOREM TAX RELIEF:
An application requesting ad valorem tax relief for the property at 4209 Santa Maria Street, a Local Historic Landmark, and a Contributing Resource within the “Santa Maria Street Historic District,” legally described as Lots 11 and 12, Block 96, Coral Gables Country Club Section Part Five, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 23, at Page 55 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The related Special Certificate of Appropriateness, COA (SP) 2015-005, was granted design approval by the Historic Preservation Board on June 18, 2015.
A motion was made by Mr. Fullerton and seconded by Ms. Rolando to approve the ad valorem tax relief for the property at 4209 Santa Maria Street. The motion passed (Ayes: 9; Nays: 0).
LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION:
CASE FILE LHD 2021-004: Consideration of the local historic designation of the property at 1129 Sevilla Avenue, legally described as Lot 19, Block 15, Coral Gables Section “A,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 102 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
A motion was made by Mr. Fullerton and seconded by Mr. Durana to approve the request by the applicant for deferral of this item to the next Historic Preservation board meeting of October 20, 2021. The motion passed (Ayes: 8; Nays: 1).
SPECIAL CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS:
CASE FILE COA (SP) 2021-010: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 525 Alcazar Avenue, a Contributing Resource within the “Alcazar Avenue Historic District,” legally described as the West ½ of Lot 18 and Lot 19, Block 13, Coral Gables Section “B,” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for the installation of an S-tile roof.
A motion was made by Ms. Rolando and seconded by Mr. Ehrenhaft to deny the request for design approval for the installation of an S-Tile Roof. The motion passed (Ayes: 9; Nays: 0).
CASE FILE COA (SP) 2021-013: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the building currently on the University of Miami Main Campus referred to as “Pentland House - Building 34” located at 1238 Dickinson Drive, legally described as all of the “Apartment Building 34 (Pentland)” as now existing, laid out and in use, the same being a portion of Tract 5 of Amended Plat Portion of Main Campus University of Miami, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 46 at Page 81 of the Public Records of Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Florida. The application requests design approval for an addition and alterations to the structure.
A motion was made by Mr. Fullerton and seconded by Ms. Spain to approve the project with four amendments.
1) To separate the stair wall from the slump wall.
2) To accept the board of Architects’ recommendations and have them worked out with staff for review and approval.
3) To accept the return of the wall on the back for the glass separation between the existing building and the new glass piece on the second.
4) To add to the slump wall the entirety of the façade of the existing building in at least its proportion with a horizontal element at the top where the roof would be, and where the metal louvers are to at least have some sort of a metal screening in a proportion to those metal louvers.
5) For staff to work out a solution that would also show the memory of (without impeding or causing any trip hazards or danger inside) where exactly the length of where the other two walls were.
The Historic Preservation Board’s reason for the approval of the addition and alterations to this structure, is that the buildings have been recently altered and do not serve the function as they were intended, and the original dedication was of a grouping of buildings of which there’s already a similar service building as part of that existing grouping of buildings.
The motion passed (Ayes:9; Nays: 0).
CASE FILE COA (SP) 2021-015: An application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for the property at 534 Menendez Avenue, a Contributing Resource within the “Chinese Village Historic District,” legally described as Lots 2, 3 & 4, Block 100, Coral Gables Riviera Section Part Two, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 28, at Page 18 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requests design approval for the construction of a freestanding gazebo and site-work.
A motion was made by Ms. Rolando and seconded by Mr. Fullerton to defer the application for design approval of a freestanding gazebo and site-work until the applicant is ready to resubmit. The motion passed (Ayes: 9; Nays: 0).
BOARD ITEMS / CITY COMMISSION / CITY PROJECTS UPDATE:
1) Golf course shelters
2) Biannual Boards and Committees Ethics seminar
3) Landmarks Advisory Board.