Fire Station No. 1_Design PresentationGO#45: FIRE STATION No.1
G.O. Bond Oversight Committee Meeting
September 23, 2021
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PROPOSED SITE
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Site
•Address: 833 6th Street
•Ownership:City of Miami Beach
•Existing site of the South
Shore Community Center
•Frontage on
6th Street,Jefferson Avenue and
Meridian Avenue
•1 acre property
•Surface Parking Lot P-11 located
on site, 27 spaces with access
to Meridian Court
EXISTING SITE
P-11 PARKING LOT
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Existing Building Design elements:•Stacked bond faced block
•Textured poured in place concrete
planters integrated into building facade
•Double-T Entrance canopy feature
EXISTING BUILDING
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PROPOSED SITE PLAN
Site Plan
•Pedestrian access from 6th street
•Maintains vehicular access for
Meridian court and public surface
parking lot, P-11
•Provides secured parking for fire
station staff
•Maximizes green space
34 Fire
Parking
spaces
14 Public
Parking
spaces
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GROUND FLOOR
Ground Level
•Entry plaza on 6th street
•Secured parking below apparatus bays
•Public access for watch office services
•Secured circulation for fire station
staff
Entrance
Plaza
6th Street
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APPARATUS BAY
First Level
•4 drive-thru bays for quick
emergency response times
•Watch office
•Quick response slide
•Apparatus bays secure emergency
vehicles during storms
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LIVING QUARTERS
Second Level
•Efficient plan layout for quick
response times
•Dorms and activity rooms are
separated to enhance
functionality and control sound
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Facility Program
•3 levels -29,309 square feet
facility
•Building will meet LEED Gold
Certification requirements
•The building design evokes
the modern character of city’s
historic district and promotes
a vibrant continuity between
the new facility and its urban
context
VIEW FROM 6TH STREET SW CORNER
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Facility Program
•Larger canopy trees maintained
on site. Some trees and palms
will be relocated to Flamingo Park
and other sites throughout the
City
•Parking is not visible from 6th
street
•Exterior design promotes the
continuity of urban landscape
VIEW FROM 6TH STREET SE CORNER
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Facility Program
•Fire Department Parking lot
secured with fencing and
automated gates
•Use of stacked ground faced
block inspired by architectural
language of previous building
•New design provides a larger
separation from the residential
buildings to the north and
provides landscape buffers
VIEW NW CORNER –NORTH ELEVATION
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•Entrance ramp off Meridian
Avenue
•Access to P-11 off Meridian
maintained in proposed
design
•Landscape elements enhance
the pedestrian walkways
VIEW FROM NE CORNER –EAST FACADE
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•Corner landscape bulb-outs
provide more opportunities
to enhance the street
promenade
•Public street parking is
maintained along 6th Street
VIEW FROM SW CORNER –WEST FACADE
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•Building placement allows for
more city views for building on
the NW Corner
•Exit Ramp to Jefferson is
enhanced with landscape
elements
•Proposed Fire Station is similar in
height to Residential building at
the NW corner of site
BIRD’S EYE VIEW FROM SW CORNER –ON JEFFERSON
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•The design conveys a sense
of place associated with its
context
•Vehicular Ramp edges are
enhanced with landscape
elements
•Access to Meridian Court
and public surface parking
lot, P-11
BIRD’S EYE VIEW FROM NE CORNER, ON MERIDIAN
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Existing FS1 –1051 Jefferson Avenue
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Service Area Response Time Map
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Future FS1 –833 6 Street
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2 minutes
6 minutes
Service Area Response Time Map
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Existing FS1 –1051 Jefferson Avenue Future FS1 –833 6 Street
Service Area Response Time Maps –Side by Side
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Submit Design for Historic
Preservation Board (HPB)
Review
Present Design to
G.O. Bond Oversight
Committee
City Commission to
approve setting
Public Hearing on
Development
Waivers
Present to
Community at Virtual
Public Meeting
Present to City
Commission at Public
Hearing on
Development
Waivers
Present to Flamingo
Park Neighborhood
Association (FPNA)
Present Design to
Historic Preservation
Board (HPB)
9/20/21 9/23/21 9/30/21 11/01/2110/05/21 10/29/21*December / January**
*Dates subject to 9/30/21 City Commission Meeting
** Tentative
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THANK YOU
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