2014-0401 Special City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting April I,2014 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida partial positions throughout the duration of the project. Commissioner Levin asked who is paying for the professional liability insurance, and Mr. Delatour said it is customary that the City or any jurisdiction in its procurement will have a contract which he understands in this case is a design-builder and they will have a liability coverage that will cover the actual construction of the facility and its completed operations. They have liability insurance as well and will provide the City with an insurance certificate accordingly but it covers their construction management services, it does not insure and indemnify the parking garage or the completed operation of the Park because the City should already have that from its current design-builder. Vice Mayor Aelion said for the record we were enlighten by Assistant City Manager Evans the last time we had the question at the Workshop that we were also taken a little bit surprised by the amount but with that said he had voiced to us that he had gone at bat with the bidding process and this was the most reasonable and the least expensive. Assistant City Manager Evans said we started out at a figure much higher and we worked with Weitz representatives and Patrick got us down to a hopefully palpable figure and still receive the services that we as staff think we require up there to deliver the project as the Commission and the residents expect. Vice Mayor Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2014-2219 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4A. Add-On: Discussion on some directions we are going in that will have a financial impact. Action: City Manager Russo said he wanted to mention a few things to give the Commission a heads up on some directions that we are going in that are going to have a bit of a financial impact going down the road. 1) We are moving right along with the completion of Intracoastal Park,and we already have people trying to use that Park. It is open and at least the south portion looks totally like a Park. The other side is forming up very well to be done by April 25, less the playground which is a separate issue that he will also discuss. With that said we are already concerned that the same extreme use of this Park we believe is going to happen as it has at Town Center Park and other Parks in the City. It might be a little amplified right now because part of Samson Oceanfront Park is closed and Gateway is not built yet, but the use of our Parks has increased at a tremendous rate. We are looking at coming up with a plan that is, and he thinks it is the only way we are going to be able to handle at least the major parts of the City and he thinks it is all of them with the exception of Pier and Golden Shores Park. We are going to need an attendant in these Parks to maintain them from the minute we open to the minute we close. He calls it the Disney approach to maintenance, the level of service that we need at those Parks. Unfortunately we had damage to the three little girls sculpture in Town Center Park recently, and we had a number of incidents with the gate. We are replacing the gates at Margolis Park soccer 6