Directors/Alternates Present
Keith A. Reynolds/Brickell Key One
Annettee Toddeo/Atlantis on Brickell
Norman Minninberg/Brickell Place I
Berdie Archer/One Tequesta Point
Veena Panjabi, Janice Jones/The Palace
Bruce Cotten/ 2000 Brickell
Paul Lewin/Brickell Bay Club
Herbert J. Bailey/Brickell Forest
Raymond Diaz/Two Tequesta Point
T. Sinclair (Tory) Jacobs/Brickell 25
Judge John Gale, Ronald K. Smith, Esq./Villa Regina
Walter DeFortuna, H. Rosen/Brickell Place II
Veronica Goff, Wanda Flores/Fortune House
Mac Seligman/Brickell Townhouse
Florence Mazer/The Imperial
Celestino Pena/Brickell Harbour
Maria Elena Ibanez/Bristol Tower
Michael Silva/Brickell Biscayne
Jorge Iglesias/Brickell Mar

Natatlie Brown/BHA Communications Director

Associate Members Present
Megan Kelly/Swire Properties
John Holzberg/Brickell Area Association
Kathy Whitehurst/Coscan
Jorge J. Ocando/Hampton Inn
Philip LaBarre, Emanuel du Change/Constructa

Also Present
Officer Jeffery Giordano/Miami Police Dept., Coral Way NET
Alan Ojeda/Rilea Group
Gerald Marston/Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Joey Sinson, Delores James/Villa Regina
Michael Glogower, Stoney Welsh/The Palace
Michael J. Wyckoff/Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Patricia Castro/City of Miami Downtown NET
Marilyn Goldaber/Brickell Townhouse
Joe Wilkins, Linda Koenigsberg/Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Assn.
Denisse Guevara/South Miami Neighborhood Homeowners Assn.
Jason Walker/Commissioner Johnny Winton's Staff
Florence Mazer moved and Ron Smith seconded that the reading of the September Board Meeting minutes be waived and the minutes accepted with two corrections offered by Tory Jacobs: Stormy Welch should be Stoney Welch and the property presented by Swire Properties at the meeting is named the Courts/Brickell Key, not Tequesta 3. The motion passed unanimously.

President's Report

City's 20% Tax on Parking Charges at Condos. Matter is being researched; should have more information at next meeting.

Nov. 7th Ballot Item on Off-Street Parking. Voters will be able to vote on whether the City of Miami should take over the Off-Street Parking authority which currently has a AAA bond rating. (If the City has control, the City would then, most likely, award the service contract to a private operator and hopefully increase revenues, however, the cost of parking in the City would go up which could have adverse effects on retail, etc.

Nov. 7th Ballot Item on Finance Reform. County Commissioner Jimmy Morales is sponsoring a ballot item backed by the League of Women Voters that would provide public funding for selected County campaigns.

John Gale moved and Ron Smith seconded a resolution in support of Commissioner Morales' measure. The motion passed unanimously.

Proposed Development in the Miami Roads Neighborhood. A 186-unit, 24-story, twin-tower apartment building in the midst of the single-family home neighborhood is proposed just to the west of the Metrorail around 18th Road. The Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Association opposes this proposal as it is dense and not in keeping with the single-family home neighborhood.

Home & Garden Tour. The United Way and the Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Association are hosting a tour at noon on Oct. 22nd starting at Simpson Park.

South Miami Avenue Homeowners Association. The residents of South Miami Avenue between 15th and 25th Roads are forming their South Miami Avenue Homeowners Association. There are 146 homes; most, if not all, are also Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Association members.

Hampton Inn. Will appear before the City Commission on the 26th for approval to add an additional two stories on the east-west wing. The BHA supports their request.

Beautification Committee Report
Paul Lewin, chair of the committee looking at Brickell Avenue beautification measures said the committee recommends entering into a agreement with Gerry Marsten of Wallace, Roberts, Todd to prepare plans and a grant-ready package seeking funding for further beautification to Brickell Avenue (lighting, additional irrigation) at a fee of $18,000. Berdie Archer seconded the committee's recommendation and it passed unanimously.

Miami Police Report/Jeffrey Giordano
Officer Giordano brought free gun locks and car clubs for the BHA members. He distributed information about a sex offender living in the Brickell area. He reported that at 1401 Brickell there was an attempted purse snatching. He warned that many offenses occur on Sundays.

New Development: Park Place at Brickell
Alan Ojeda of Rilea Group presented a new development on the block north of 15th Road between Brickell and South Miami Avenues. This three-phase project would include more than 900 apartment units and 1,374 parking spaces in three towers with 22,000 square feet of retail space. It's not yet decided whether the development will be condo or rental. The developer agreed to landscape the medians on 15th Road from South Miami Avenue to Brickell Bay Drive.

Mary Brickell Village
Phillip LaBarr of Constructa gave an update on the pedestrian, open air development encompassing the 900 block of South Miami Avenue. It includes a community building, villa-style stores, 5-6 restaurants and 20-foot wide sidewalks. Demolition of the existing structuresis beginning in 10 days. The vision is to create a "village feeling."

Miami Senior Adult and Community Education Center Program
Michael J. Wyckoff presented information about adult education opportunities. Thru this program Condo association members or other adult groups with a space to hold classes can get an instructor and have classes at the group's location at times of the group's choosing on an extremely wide range of subjects, also of the group's choosing.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40. The next meeting will be Wednesday, November 15, 2000 at Fortune House.