Directors/Alternates Present
Tory Jacobs/Brickell 25
Berdie Archer/One Tequesta Point
Al Maloof/Mark Yacht Club on Brickell Bay
Ernesto Cuesta, Maria Tartaglia/The Metropolitan
Mac Seligman/Brickell Town House
Herbert Bailey/Brickell Forest
Daysi Morey/Three Tequesta Point
Luis Gonzalez/St. Louis Condo
Harry N. Turk/The Palace
Belinda Hernandez, Two Tequesta Point
Chris Allen/Brickell Key II
Anibal Lopez-Molne/Brickell Bay Club
Yvonne Hochheiser/25 Bay Tower
Robert Ryder/Brickell Harbour
Ron Smith, Deputy General Counsel
Natalie Brown, Communications Plus
Associate Members Present
Daniel Ponce/Brickell Key Master Association
Tibor Hollo, Lee Tomback/Fla. East Coast Realty
Miami-Dade County
Silvia Vago-Caviglia/Commissioner Morales’ Office
City of Miami
Haydee Regueyra/Coral Way NET
Commander Rudy Llanes, Officer Jeffrey Giordano/City of Miami Police
Also Present
Senator Gwen Margolis/Florida Senate
Barbara Bisno/Noise Ordinance Working Group
Jeff Ducker/Kane and Company, P.A.
Marilyn M. Goldaber/Brickell Town House
Holly Hutchinson, Aaron Chappell/CleanCondos.org & SEIU
Joaquin Mayoral-Parracia/The Metropolitan
The meeting was called to order at 6:20 p.m.
Ron Smith moved and Anibal Lopez-Molne seconded the waiving of the reading and approval of May minutes as published. It passed unanimously.
President’s Report
Praise for BHA NET Officers – President reporting hearing from other homeowners associations that they don’t get the level of responsiveness and follow up that BHA receives from Haydee and Eddie; they were thanked for their commitment to service.
Repaving of Brickell Avenue – The engineers who were to be present tonight couldn’t come due to an emergency. They will be invited back for a later BHA meeting.
Meeting Schedule
Reminder of meeting schedule – July no Board meeting; August is the Candidates Forum. Thursday, August 19, 7:00 p.m. at the Miami Museum of Science. Hosted with partners Miami Roads Neighborhood Civic Assn., Brickell Area Association and South Miami Avenue Homeowners Association. The next regular board meeting is September 22, Two Tequesta Point (it is the fourth Wednesday this month in consideration of those who may be observing a religious holiday. The October meeting will be at Vizcaya.
Security Committee Report – Mac Seligman
The Security Seminar, organized with the help of Officer Giordano and Miami Police, and NET Administrator Haydee Regueyra will be held Friday, June 25, at Santa Maria, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Police and Fire Dept will be there presenting.
Miami Police Report -- Officer Jeffrey Giordano
- Brickell Forest robbery stopped in progress but burglar not caught.
- There was a robbery of TVs out of car at The Mandarin.
- Police are deploying the BHA Radar Speed Reader at various locations along Brickell Avenue.
Senator Gwen Margolis – Condo Acts
The Senator came to greet BHA reps and explain the changes to the Condo Acts just passed in the legislative session. She reported that an ombudsman role was established at the Florida Division of Land Sales, Condos and Mobile Homes. She addressed the BHA main concern of funding for carrying out their role by saying that a half million dollars was appropriated for new people in the Division to speed the responsive of problems. They have to respond in 30 days and adjudicate within 90. The Senator felt what was passed “was a good balance.”
Service Employees International Union – Holly Hutchinson
Ms. Hutchinson said that her nonprofit organization which has the website cleancondos.org is available to talk to condo residents about what management improvements may be needed by their associations/boards of directors.
Venetian Causeway Neighborhood Alliance – Barbara Bisno
Ms. Bisno, a resident of Venetian Isle Causeway said that she got involved with the noise ordinance issue when she heard that City Commissioners were going to pass a new noise ordinance that would increase the allowable decibels to 85-90 after 11 p.m., which is really loud, and placed no limits on levels up until 11 p.m. Many are impacted by the noise of Bayside and Bayfront Park performances that last late into the night and early morning hours. There’s the issue of construction noise and sprawl, which, upon first reading would have opened the door to 4 additional hours of allowable noise, staring as early as 6 a.m. and possibly on Saturdays as well. Ms. Bisno has been working on it for three months with the city to come up with better compromises. Her group recently hired a consultant who is a specialist in advising communities on their noise ordinances. The next reading is scheduled at City Hall for July 22nd, and she asked that all concerned residents attend to be heard on this important quality of life issue.
Villa Magna Project and Traffic Impact Discussion
Some Brickell Key members earlier in the week had written concern to the President about the traffic impact of the Villa Magna project and BHA’s support of it at its April meeting. After a great deal of discussion about the particulars of the project (number of units, traffic flow, configuration); traffic concerns in general in the area; and the number of new projects being built or in the pipeline that will greatly increase the number of residents in the area, Herb Bailey moved and Ron Smith seconded that the BHA motion of support which was passed in April stand. The new motion passed with 2 in opposition and one abstention (Al Maloof).
Next meeting: CANDIDATES FORUM, Thursday, August 19, 7 p.m., Miami Museum of Science.
