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See Agenda add-on items 5-A, 7-C, 10-H, and 11-B, 11-C and 12. <br /> 5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: <br /> A. Add-on item: RECOGNITION SERVICE AWARD FOR CHARTER COMMISSION <br /> ACTION: Mayor Samson expressed gratitude and presented a plaque to Emanuel Lassar, <br /> CPA, for his work as a member of the Charter Commission that drafted the Municipal <br /> Charter that was approved by the voters on June 16, 1997. [City Clerk's note: see also City <br /> Commission Summary Minutes of May 28, 1998, agenda item 5-A, for presentation to the <br /> other members] <br /> 6. ZONING Public Hearings: <br /> A. Hearing No. Z980008 <br /> REQUEST OF RESIDENCES OF SUNNY ISLES INC, OWNER OF PROPERTY AT <br /> THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 192ND STREET AND COLLINS AVENUE FOR THE <br /> FOLLOWING: <br /> 1. Unusual Use to permit a home for the aged. <br /> 2. Special Exception for site plan approval to permit a proposed home for the aged. <br /> 3. Non-Use Variance of setback and spacing requirements to permit proposed <br /> garage to setback 10'-3" (20' required) from the front (south) property line and <br /> be spaced 15' (20' required) from the principal building. <br /> 4. Non-Use Variance of parking requirements to permit 603 parking spaces (718 <br /> parking spaces required). <br /> 5. Non-Use Variance of parking requirements to permit 95 of the 603 parking <br /> spaces to be tandem spaces (not permitted). <br /> Ex-parte disclosure 0 Protests 3 Waivers 2 <br /> ACTION: City Clerk Brown-Morilla read the applicant's name, hearing number, and <br /> location, and *the court Reporter administered the oath to the witnesses for all* of the <br /> evening's Zoning hearings. City Attorney Dannheisser read a disclaimer for all*of the <br /> evening's Zoning hearings. <br /> Public Speakers: Russell Galbut, Esq.; Ronald Lowey, Esq.; Joseph Kaller, AIA; Rosa <br /> De La Camara, Esq.; Gerald Schwartz; City Zoning & Code Administrator Jorge Vera; <br /> Claire Fuchs; City Building Official Michael Berkman; Harvey Rosenberg, Managing <br /> Director of the Aventura Beach Resort; Felice Schwartz; Bruce Wheatley; Cecile <br /> Sippin; Edwin J. Stacker, Esq.; Joseph Sonneborn. <br /> Mr. Galbut, in part representing the Hebrew Home for the Aged, or the Residences of <br /> Sunny Isles, asked to hear items 1 through 3, and to postpone items 4 and 5 for two <br /> weeks. Mr. Lowey, representing the Residences of Sunny Isles, a subsidiary of <br /> Hebrew Homes, presented the request on behalf of the applicant for the project that <br /> would include 160 rooms, 200 beds. Ms. De La Camara, representing the Aventura <br /> Beach Club, said she intended to object to the request, but upon hearing Mr. Galbut's <br /> request that items 4 and 5 be deferred, she indicated that their failure to object to items <br /> 1 through 3 would be conditioned on the request that items 4 and 5 be deferred. <br /> Mayor Samson questioned the intended color of the building. City Zoning & Code <br /> Administrator Jorge Vera said that City staff has serious reservations on the parking <br /> Page 2 of 15 - Summary Minutes of the June 11, 1998, City Commission Meeting <br />