Directors/Alternates Present
Tory Jacobs/Brickell 25
Silvia R. Burgoa/Brickell Park
Sheila Zemsky/Brickell Key I
Bruce Cotten, Bruce Higley/2000 Brickell
Jay Morton/Bristol Tower
Salvador Zeigenhurt/25 Bay Tower
Al Maloof/Mark Yacht Club on Brickell Bay
Herbert Bailey/Brickell Forest
Ernesto Cuesta/The Metropolitan
Jorge Iglesias/Brickell Mar
Harry Turk/The Palace
Luis Gonzalez/St. Louis
Ron Smith/Deputy General Counsel
Natalie Brown/BHA Communications Director
Associate Members Present
Daniel Ponce/Brickell Key Master Assn.
Tibor Hollo, Florida East Coast Realty
Megan Kelly/Brickell Area Association
City of Miami
Mary Conway/Transportation Director
Alicia Shreiber/Chief of Operations
Haydee Regueyra/Coral Way NET
Sgt. Carlos Suarez, Lt. Ken Nelson, Officer Jeffrey Giordano/City of Miami Police
Also Present
Johnny Martinez, Director, FDOT District 6, and Mrs. Martinez
Daysi Morey/Tequesta III
Michael A. Harned/Santa Maria on Brickell
Joe Bier/Brickell Place I
Meeting called to order 6:30 p.m.
The group was welcomed by Gillian Thomas, President, Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium.
Ron Smith moved and Herb Bailey seconded that the minutes of the March meeting be accepted as published. It passed unanimously.
NET Report – Haydee Reguera, Coral Way NET Office
Query about 15th Road and Brickell construction site fencing that was down and unsightly; Haydee explained Public Works usually handles that, but if residents notice anything going untended, they should contact her or Eddie Padilla, Downtown NET Administrator.
Police Report
Sgt. Carlos Suarez, Lt. Ken Nelson were introduced. Officer Giordano advised there will be a Corporate Race along in the Brickell-Downtown area 5/6/04.
Police are aggressively enforcing speeding laws, 12 noon to 8 p.m. Targeting the Coral Way Service area and Brickell Key Bridge.
FDOT District 6 – Johnny Martinez
The district chief discussed the FDOT’s “signature project” the $1.4 billion Miami Intermodal Center currently beginning construction, and plans for transportation improvements into the future. He also gave an update on Brickell Avenue improvements.
Brickell Avenue Repaving. Mr. Martinez indicated there’s a good chance Brickell Avenue will be repaved with asphalt, which has been the desire of residents for nearly a decade…since the last repaving in 1996.
Villa Magna Project – Florida East Coast Realty
Representatives from The Mark Yacht Club on Brickell Bay, the closest neighbor to the Villa Magna project, have met to negotiate some mitigating factors and have come to agreement on the project.
Ernesto Cuesta moved and Ron Smith seconded that BHA support the Villa Magna project in agreement with the conditions set forth by the City of Miami Planning & Zoning Dept. Passed unanimously with one abstention: Al Maloof.
Proposed Regulatory Changes to the State Condo Regulation Acts
A resolution was proposed in response to the changes being considered in Tallahassee for the Condo Regulation Acts. The resolution urged that the State first properly structure and fund the already-overburdened state agency that would be charged with oversight of the new regulations.
Harry Turk moved and Al Maloof seconded that we table the resolution while we look at the provisions that still remain in the bill after recent amendments and see the status of the proposal in the current legislative session.
The motion to table passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
The next meeting is Wed., May 19, 2004, at Miami City Club.
