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Miami Circle - Learn More - Planning Group, Agenda August 13, 2001
Miami Circle/Brickell Point Planning Group
Monday, August 13, 2001, 1:00-3:00pm
Sheraton Biscayne Bay
Parlor 1 of the Bayview Ballroom
495 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida
- Call to Order, Janet Snyder Matthews
- Introduction of Advisory Council members and staff, Janet Snyder Matthews,
Director, Division of Historical Resources (10 minutes)
- Goals of this meeting, Janet Snyder Matthews (5 minutes)
- Introduction of Advisory Council members and staff, Janet Snyder Matthews,
Director, Division of Historical Resources (10 minutes)
- Greeting and background of public involvement, (invited) Katy Sorenson,
Miami-Dade County Commissioner, District 8
- Archaeological Background
- Archaeology of the Miami Circle, John Ricisak, Miami-Dade County
Department of Environmental Regulation and Management (15 minutes)
- Archaeology of the Brickell Point property, Ryan Wheeler, Archaeology
Supervisor, Research (5 minutes)
- Status of Lease and Sublease, Debby Kearney, Esquire, General Counsel,
Florida Department of State (10 minutes)
- Recent developments since acquisition, Robert S. Carr, Executive
Director, Archaeological and Historical Conservancy (10 minutes)
- Analysis
- Additional fieldwork
- Analysis
- Archaeology of the Miami Circle, John Ricisak, Miami-Dade County
Department of Environmental Regulation and Management (15 minutes)
- Current Issues
- Protection and interim management plan for the site, Ryan Wheeler
(5 minutes)
- Proposed plans for temporary interpretation of the site, representative
from the Historical Museum of Southern Florida (5 minutes)
- Proposed plans for temporary public access to the site, Michael
Spring, Executive Director, Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council
(10 minutes)
- Findings of the City of Miami Planning Department, Miami River Master
Plan, including legal issues, representative from the Miami River Commission
or City of Miami (10 minutes)
- Protection and interim management plan for the site, Ryan Wheeler
(5 minutes)
- Closing Remarks, Janet Snyder Matthews
- Schedule and agenda for next meeting coordinated with Senator
Graham
- Discussion of Riverwalk plans
- Funding, construction and
interpretation
- Discussion of Riverwalk plans
- Identify individuals and organizations for notification of future
meetings
- Schedule and agenda for next meeting coordinated with Senator
Graham
- TOUR OF MIAMI CIRCLE conducted by the staff of the Miami-Dade County Historic
Preservation Division and the Florida Division of Historical Resources,
3:15pm
NOTE: All information presented at this meeting will be synthesized and distributed to committee members prior to the next meeting. Comments from the public can be submitted in writing or by e-mail. A public forum will be scheduled at a later date.