RE: Carrollton's Proposed School at VILLA WOODBINE
Items 6981 and 6982

DATE: Thursday, FEBRUARY 25 Commission Hearing
TIME: 9am 
PLACE: City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive 

Hello Friends and Neighbors, 


On behalf of BAYSHORE IN GROVE INC and the following organizations: 
 

DADE HERITAGE TRUST    
COCONUT GROVE VILLAGE COUNCIL
COCONUT GROVE PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION
VILLAGE of CENTER GROVE
COCONUT GROVE CIVIC CLUB   
GROVE TOWERS CONDO ASSOCIATION    
GROVE WATCH GROUP 
WOMAN’S CLUB OF COCONUT GROVE and  
The VILLAGERS INC


We urge you to Ask the Commission to MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE
For all the residents of the City of Miami!
 TELL  COMMISSIONERS to DENY
Carrollton's Appeal of the HEPB Denial
of their School Applications
    Over EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) TREE REMOVAL    
    ONLY Keeping 40 Trees    

NOT Against the SCHOOL, Against the LOCATION
Villa Woodbine, 2167 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Carrollton school plans to convert the beautiful and historic Villa Woodbine property on almost 4-acres into a private elementary school for boys with nearly 400 students, faculty & staff on campus. 

The November 11, 2019 LANDSCAPE Tree Disposition Plan below indicates Carrollton is ONLY Keeping 40 Trees  of Villa Woodbine’s 220 Hallmark Tree Canopy. Per our 2020 Arborist Report, Building Construction will De-Stabilize many of the Remaining Species Trees and send them into a Non- Recoverable Decline. 

Carrollton submitted this Drawing during the July 23, 2020 Commission Hearing along with their Villa Woodbine SURVEY & ARBORIST Report - all reflected an existing total of 220-trees.

Can we afford development that compromises our Public Safety & Welfare and the City’s Climate Resilience & Adaptaion Policy Strategy?

Overwhelming Scale with 104,000 SF FOOTPRINT of Non-pervious Surface. 

CRASH ANALYSIS shows 138 Accidents within 1/3 mile in last 3 yrs.

Will add 1,438 DAILY SCHOOL GENERATED TRIPS to area.

Increases TRAFFIC at the TIGERTAIL drop-off site by 135%.
Another School less than 150 yards from Ransom Middle School?

Coconut grove is already home to 12 private schools that have a combined School Board Exemption Value totaling over $304 million in 2020-2021. 

When completed this school will have an estimated value of $50 million
& will shift the public service tax burden on to City and residents, hitting harder on districts where RE taxes are a higher % of household income.

As we work to ensure our community's COVID-19 long term finacial recovery, can we afford to remove more City Real Estate tax revenue?



SAY NO TO MORE CONGESTION CAUSED BY PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO MOSTLY LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MIAMI
Say no to more Traffic, Removal of Trees and Loss of RE Tax Revenue
1. SIGN OUR PETITION AT


2. Contact City Commissioners and The Mayor’s Office:

Item 6981 Granting or Denying Appeal for Application for Special Certificate of Approval (Environmental Features)

Item 6982 Granting or Denying Appeal for Special Certificate of Appropriateness
(Historic Preservation)
 
TELL THE COMMISSION TO DENY CARROLLTON'S APPEAL
of the HEPB Denial of their Woodbine School Applications 

Mayor Francis Suarez, 305-250-5300

fsuarez@miamigov.com

DISTRICT 1
Commissioner Alex Diaz De La Portilla, 305-250-5430

adiazdelaportilla@miamigov.com

DISTRICT 2
Commissioner Ken Russell, 305-250-5333

krussell@miamigov.com

DISTRICT 3
Commissioner Joe Carollo, 305-250-5380

jcarollo@miamigov.com

DISTRICT 4
Commissioner Manolo Reyes, 305-250-5420

mreyes@miamigov.com

DISTRICT 5
Commissioner Jeffrey Watson, 305-250-5390
jwatson@miamigov.com


3. Object to Approval of this Proposed School development
when this comes up for a vote on Thursday, February 25



4. Donate TODAY at
Together we can defeat the corporate interests behind this development!

Be a Local Voice, Have a Global Impact.

Together we can do this!

Thank you for your support.
Be a Local Voice, Have a Global Impact.

Bruce Loshusan, Isaac Shake, Rachel Cardello, Rose Pujol, William Harvey, Alexander Moskovitz, Blake MacDiarmid, Katrin Mehler, Kristine Murray Gigliotti, Derick Ferrao, Fabian Garcia Diaz, Elena Carpenter, Manuel Alonso-Poch, Barry Burak, Daniel Diaz, Jean Anne Davis, Sue McConnell, Carolina Calzada, Mario Bravo, Isabel Lamas, Claudia La Grange, Ariel Kaufman MD, Fernando Bianco MD, Charles Patrick, Esteban Valles, Lee Marks, Joyce Nelson, Ellie Haydock, Karen Ansell, Marlene Erven and Maria Freed

Bayshore In Grove, Inc.

info@bayshoreingrove.org

786-498-9388

Bayshoreingrove.org
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And ask your friends and neighbors to sign it. 
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