Minutes of the BHA Board of Directors Meeting

March 15, 2000, Bristol Tower

Directors/Alternates Present

Veena Panjami, Janice Jones/The Palace

Mac Seligman/Brickell Townhouse

Harry Thal/Bristol Tower

Ronald K. Smith, Esq./Villa Regina

Berdie Archer/One Tequesta Point

Maxine Lopez/Two Tequesta Point

Bruce Cotton/2000 Brickell

Florence Mazer/The Imperial

Yvonne Oppenheim/25 Bay Tower

Robert Ryder/Brickell Harbour

Keith A. Reynolds/Brickell Key One

Jorge Iglesias/Brickell Mar

T. Sinclair (Tory) Jacobs/Brickell 25

Henry H. Taylor, Jr., Esq./General Counsel

Natalie Brown/Communications Manager

Associate Members Present

Megan Kelly/Swire Properties

John Holzberg/Brickell Area Association

Public Officials Present

Ron Lieberman/Mayor Carollo's Chief of Staff

Christine Bahamonde/Mayor Carollo's Staff

Lt. Hector Mirabile, Officer Jeffrey Giordono/Miami Police Department

Jason Walker/Commissioner Winton's Staff

Albert Dominguez, Enrique Nunez/City of Miami Department of Public Works

Also Present

Gerald C. Marston/Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

Ernestine Taylor/Brickell 25

Andy Langesfeld/Brickell Bay Club

Eleana Rodriguez, Charlie M. Colon/Two Tequesta Point

Jay Morton/Bristol Tower

Marilyn Goldaber/Brickell Townhouse

Mike Glogower/The Palace

Veena Pajabi moved and Jan Jones seconded that the reading of the February Board Meeting minutes be waived and the minutes accepted as published. The motion passed unanimously.

President's Report

Next Meeting: The next meeting will be held a week earlier, on Wed., April 12, at the Villa Regina, at which Mayor Carollo will be in attendance. This will be a meeting of all BHA Member Presidents, as well as representatives and managers.

Property Tax Information: Printouts with Homestead Exemption information included were distributed to each condo association present with the remainder to be mailed.

Air Quality: DERM studied the emissions along Brickell and found the area is well below allowable limits.

1900 Brickell Avenue: No news from the city on whether the spa is allowable.

Membership: Two new Associate members have joined (Terremark/Millennium & Constructa) for a total membership of 28 condo members and 11 associate members.

Introductions: Christine Bahamonde, Aide, and Ron Lieberman, Mayor Carollo's new Chief of Staff, were introduced.

Brickell Medians

The City of Miami has found funds to match the State's grant application. The landscape architect firm of Wallace, Robinson & Todd will prepare the plans to accompany the application. Gerald Marston said his firm will address the previous problems with the leaky pipe irrigation system, plant choice and visibility around turn areas. Enrique Nunez and Alberto Dominguez of the City's Dept. of Public Works said they "have a good team to do the job right this time," whereas "in the past we had problems with the original design, and a contractor that didn't perform well." The BHA was asked to provide a letter of support to accompany the grant application.

Police Report

Lt. Mirabile reported burglaries are down, with only two car thefts in a recent week. The Police have been focusing on the parking situation in Coral Way area and writing tickets and finding stolen cars.)

The Security Seminar, organized by Lt. Mirabile and Mac Seligman, was a big success, attended by some 40 BHA building representatives, management and security personnel.

Statue. The Police are hosting a benefit concert on April 1st to help fund a statue made of guns.

Bruce Cotten moved and Florence Mazer seconded that the BHA purchase $500 worth of tickets for the Rey Casas concert to help support the statue.

The motion passed unanimously.

BAA Report on Brickell Park

No headway being made yet in discussions with what can be done to rescind the City Commission's design to sell the public park to settle a legal dispute with the Brickell family.

The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

The next meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, Villa Regina