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RESOLUTION NO. 92-20586
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE FOLLOWING
SMALL SCALE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN:
(1) A CHANGE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF A
PORTION OF POLO PARK FROM RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE TO
PUBLIC FACILITIES-EDUCATIONAL, AND (2) A CHANGE IN THE
FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF A PORTION OF NAUTILUS
MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES-EDUCATIONAL TO
RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT,
WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the City of Miami Beach as the
Local Planning Agency held a public hearing on April 21, 1992 and
voted to recommend in favor of the future land use map amendments
to the City's Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, said action of the Planning Board has been duly
transmitted to the City Commission in accordance with the City' s
Public Participation Plan and the requirements of Chapter 163 ,
Florida Statutes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that a public hearing for
consideration of the aforementioned small scale amendments to the
City' s Comprehensive Plan is hereby called to be held before the
City Commission in its chambers on the Third Floor of City Hall,
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida, on September
16, 1992 , beginning at 6:0U p.m. ; and the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to publish appropriate Public Notice of
said Public Hearing as required by Chapt-r 163 , Florida Statutes,
at which time and place all interested '/.rties will be heard.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day . September, 1992 .
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER TELEPHONE: (305) 673-7010
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO.
TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and DATE: Sept. 2 , 1992
Members of the City Commission
FROM: Roger M. C. •
City Manag:
SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR A
PORTION OF POLO PARK AND A PORTION OF NAUTILUS MIDDLE
SCHOOL - SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARING
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt a
resolution calling a public hearing to consider small-scale
amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan, changing the Future
Land Use Map designations of a portion of Polo Park and Nautilus
Middle School. The request is a joint application from the City of
Miami Beach and the Dade County Public Schools for small-scale
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to change a portion of Polo
Park from Recreation and Open Space to Public Facilities-
Educational and to change a portion of the existing Nautilus School
from Public Facilities-Educational to Recreation and Open Space.
This is an amendment to the Future Land Use Map in the
Comprehensive Plan to accommodate the construction of a new middle
school.
BACKGROUND
Dade County Public Schools has conducted an extensive structural
evaluation of Nautilus Middle School (4301 N. Michigan Avenue) , and
it was concluded that it will be necessary to build a replacement
structure instead of renovating the existing school.
The City-owned Polo Park is located adjacent to the school property
to the south and east. The School Board has requested that the
City exchange approximately 5 acres of Polo Park for 5 acres of
Nautilus Middle School property, so the new school can be built
while students continue to attend classes in the old school. Once
the new school is completed, the existing school will be demolished
and a new park built in its place.
In order to accomplish this land exchange, a Comprehensive Plan
amendment is required because the existing school is presently
designated on the future land use map as Public Facilities -
Educational (PFE) , and the park is designated as Recreation and
Open Space (ROS) as shown on Map A on the following page. Map B
shows the proposed amended designations to accommodate the land
swap.
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The zoning on both the school site and Polo Park is GU-Government
Use. No future rezoning will be necessary to accomplish the land
swap. Conditional use approval will not be required for either the
park or the school, but Design Review Board approval will be
necessary, unless waived by a 5/7 vote of the City Commission.
According to preliminary plans submitted, the proposed design of
the new school will not require a variance for setbacks. The new
parking lot will provide 129 spaces, considerably in excess of the
86 spaces required by the Zoning Ordinance. This is due to the
fact that the State Department of Education requires one parking
space for each employee as well as visitor parking.
The school and park are surrounded by single family homes on three
sides; zoning is RS-4. Several multi-family buildings are located
to the south on W. 42nd Street. Interspersed among the apartment
buildings are small parking lots which service the 41st Street
commercial district adjacent to these properties. The area is
zoned RM-1 (Multiple Family Low Intensity) and CD-3 (Commercial
High Intensity) .
On West 42nd Street, there is considerable on-street parking.
The Nautilus/Polo Park site consists of 10.1 acres bounded by W.
42nd Street to the south, N. Michigan Avenue to the west, and N.
Meridian Avenue to the east. A block of single family homes
fronting on W. 43rd Court abuts the property immediately to the
north.
Nautilus kiddie School
The existing Nautilus school fronts on N. Michigan Avenue. The
main building, constructed in 1949, is primarily a single story
complex with a small two story structure fronting on N. Michigan
Avenue. As was indicated earlier, the majority of the school is
structurally deficient, as is described in detail in a report
entitled "Nautilus Middle School -- Modernization vs. Replacement
Analysis", (September 27, 1991) .
One major problem associated with the existing school is that the
floor elevations of all existing buildings average 2 . 5 feet below
minimum flood zone criteria. Portions of the site experience
flooding during seasonal rainfalls. Other problems include: roof
and ceiling construction and corridor walls do not meet life safety
requirements, and all spaces are programmatically substandard.
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The existing media center, built in 1963, is the newest on the
campus. It is in good condition, and it is proposed to be retained
as a new City of Miami Beach recreational facility on the proposed
Polo Park site.
There are two existing parking lots on the Nautilus site. To the
north of the building is a 40 space employee lot, and to the south
of the building is a 14 space lot. Total parking is insufficient,
and neither lot meets the City's code.
At the present time, school buses load and unload directly on N.
Michigan Avenue in front of the main entrance to the school. A
poorly maintained, unpaved swale area is used for this purpose.
Fencing around the school is in poor condition, and there is
virtually no landscaping.
Polo Park
The existing Polo Park site contains a small activities building
with covered patio (scheduled to remain) , a multi-use field, 3
tennis courts, and 2 basketball courts. According to the City of
Miami Beach Comprehensive Plan Supporting Documents, the
utilization of the park is heavy, and the layout needs redesign for
better utilization of space to create joint use with the school.
As is the case with the existing school site, landscaping of the
park is minimal, and fencing is in fair to poor condition.
PROPOSED SCHOOL AND PARK CONDITIONS
New Nautilus Middle School
The proposed new school will be a three story structure oriented
toward the interior of the school property, away from all
residential areas. In other words, the entrance to the school and
the bus turn-around will be looted on the interior of the five-
acre
ive-
acre parcel. The largest portion of the structure will be situated
along W. 42 Court, across the street from multi-family buildings
and parking lots. A thirty foot landscaped buffer will be provided
along W. 42nd Street.
The new school will have 54 classrooms and a 475 seat auditorium,
with a total building area of 160, 262 square feet. The projected
enrollment for the new school is 1,425 students. The projected
cost for the new school and park improvements is $14, 325, 000.
A new parking area will be constructed on the west side of the
school property, with 129 parking spaces, a portion of which can be
used during non-school hours for park users. The parking area is
separated from N. Michigan Avenue by a landscaped buffer area. An
integral part of the parking and loading area design is a bus
loading and unloading circulation plan on the interior of the
property. Students will no longer be dropped off on N. Michigan
Avenue.
New Polo Park
The new Polo Park improvements will be constructed by and funded by
Dade County Public Schools. They will include 4 tennis courts, 4
basketball courts, 2 racquetball courts, a new tot lot, a park
pavilion, a softball field, and, as was discussed earlier, a new
recreational building (the existing media center) . The tennis
courts will not have lighting so as not to disturb nearby
residents.
ANALYSIS
The Administration has reviewed the proposal submitted and is
supportive of the overall concept. The land swap will accommodate
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a much needed improvement in Nautilus Middle School, where present
conditions may in fact pose life safety risks for the children
attending the school.
The design of the new school is oriented away from the residences
surrounding the school, since it fronts on the interior of the
five-acre parcel. The proposed plan will substantially improve the
existing conditions relating to bus traffic andparking. At the
present time, visitors to the school often park in front of single
family homes, since there is insufficient parking. Thisproblem
will be alleviated with the construction of the new facility.
The new Polo Park will provide enhanced recreational opportunities
for both Nautilus students and residents of the surrounding
neighborhood. A softball field is needed, and the addition of a
new indoor recreational facility (the media center) offers new
opportunities for additional programming which is not possible at
the present time. A major factor in supporting this comprehensive
plan amendment and land exchange is that the City will receive the
benefit of a new school and park at no additional cost.
Visually, both the school and the park will improve the area with
enhanced landscaping and fencing, with adequate buffer areas and
setbacks.
The construction of a new school and park is consistent with many
of the goals, objectives, and policies contained within the City's
Comprehensive Plan. It will provide improved recreational
opportunities and improved educational facilities for our changing
population which includes an increase in the number of children who
will be attending middle school during the next ten years.
CONCLUSION
On April 21, 1992 the Planning Board acting as the Local Planning
Agency, recommended approval of the request. Specifically, they
recommended approval of a joint application from the City of Miami
Beach and the Dade County Public Schools for an amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan (subject to its re-adoption) to change a portion
of Polo Park from Recreation and Open Space to Public Facilities-
Educational and to change a portion of the existing Nautilus School
from Public Facilities-Educational to Recreation and Open Space for
the purpose of constructing a new school and park. The City
Commission's first step in this process is to adopt a resolution
calling a public hearing on these proposed amendments.
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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 92-20586
Calling a public hearing to consider a
recommendation of the Planning Board on the
following small scale amendments to the
City's Comprehensive Plan: (1) a change
in the future land use map designation of
a portion of Polo Park from recreation and
open space to publicfacilities-educational,
and