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HIGH RISK: 13,000 FOOTBALL FANS

August 24, 2020 Leave a comment

Miami Congresswoman Donna Shalala, the former cabinet secretary of Health and Human Services and former UM president, told the Herald, “It is very difficult to open anything when you have community spread. We still have community spread.” She calls reopening large venues like Hard Rock Stadium “risky.”
Allowing fans at Miami Dolphins, Hurricanes games bad risk | Miami Herald

It sounds like a big mistake, an error, a high risk activity to allow 13,000 into football games. Many will drink too much, talk too much, yell too much and many without masks controlled by the Hard Rock Stadium.

THIS IS SIMPLY AN EXPERIMENT IN COVID-19 COMMUNITY SPREAD. NOT A GOOD MODEL FOR UM STUDENT BEHAVIOR.

Filed under Coral Gables, COVID-19, Miami, Miami-Dade County

University of Miami Students Avoid COVID-19 Controls

August 22, 2020 Leave a comment

[The Vice-President of Student Affairs]…email said the university had received reports that groups of undergraduates were renting an Airbnb in the Keys and Miami Beach to “evade our mask, social distancing and curfew requirements. These selfish actions risk our entire U reopening plan.”
Four University of Miami students test positive for COVID-19 | Miami Herald

There is ever evidence that the arrogant, selfish students at the university are almost impossible to control, especially those who live off campus. The University of Miami is soon to have more than a few students with COVID-19.

Also residents of Coral Gables are in danger in places of intersection at supermarkets, pharmacies and restaurants.

Filed under Coral Gables, COVID-19

Endangered Green Area: Overview

August 18, 2020 Leave a comment

**PARKING LOT AND GREEN AREA BUFFER ALONG THE CANAL**

This is a satellite view of the Doctors Hospital (Baptist Health) parking lot leased from the City of Coral Gables showing the lot and the green barrier between the lot and the neighborhood streets (Granada, Carillo, Pisano).

**AREA OF DOCTORS HOSPITAL (BAPTIST HEALTH) CITY OF CORAL GABLES–PARKING LOT—THE CANAL AND RESIDENTS ON THE RIGHT**

The City of Coral Gables plans the sale of the parking lot and the green area to Baptist Health for an estimated $3.0 million.

The green buffer hides views of the Doctors Hospital building, traffic and parked cars from the area residents and supplies numerous environmental benefits.

It is worrying that Doctors Hospital will re-landscape the area with the subsequent loss of the environment and local property values.

The City of Coral Gables should require that no buildings or other construction (walls) be allowed on the property and that the green buffer be fully retained or significantly improved.

If the City of Coral Gables cannot ensure the permanency of the dense green buffer then the land sale may be questioned.

Filed under Community, Coral Gables, Environment, Government, Property Values