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Acting City Manager Maas responded to questions posed by the Board. City Historian Schulman said they are in the process of putting the pilings in now, and Acting City Manager Maas said absolutely, in fact a lot of them are already in. They are now doing the auger cast pilings which are the ones closer to the building, and you are starting to see it all take shape on the west end. We have had a couple of questions, in case you have either observed it or will be asked in the future, rather than it being a flat Pier, if you look at it you will see like a 5-degree rise,then it will go level,and then another 5-degree rise, and as you go further out there is a little bit of an elevation, that is by design. The Pier is designed so that the water flow can go through the pillars and not take the Pier out from the wave action on windy days. Actually there is a Pier built just like this one in Delray Beach with that same type of incline,and so it has been tried and tested before. The Pier has that aesthetic look to it but it is really concrete,the finish is going to make it look like wood. Acting City Manager Maas said he has a question for the Board that someone asked him. Will there be something taken from the old Pier such as a section of wood or anything like that to be incorporated into the new Pier, has that been discussed? City Historian Schulman said none of the wood pilings or anything else has been taken back. What we are planning on putting at the entrance of the Pier is the statue of the boy fishing that is here in the lobby. It will be on a stand with a plaque denoting when the Pier was originally built, when it was done again in 1984,and at the opening ceremonies when we open the Pier officially. Shari Blank asked if we had photos of the original Pier, and City Historian Schulman said yes, they are in History Hall, we have got quite a few even from the 1920's, 1930's, 1980's. Jorge Camaraza asked why none of the original wood was saved, and Ms. Blank said she understood that it was in very poor condition. Cassey Gabor asked about the status of a restaurant, and Acting City Manager Maas said there are a couple of people who have submitted their interest, there are two that he is familiar with that are looking at the design and expressing their interest and asking questions. There is nothing firm yet. Ms. Gabor said she believed it would be like a food court, some restaurants,and Acting City Manager Maas said that was one idea and they would always entertain if there was someone, the proper person who wanted to come in and make an offer, all those things are being considered. Ms. Gabor asked if they would allow liquor or beer,and Acting City Manager Maas said now you are getting into State licensing and he is not sure if that has been discussed but if the license was there before, it would be grandfathered in. If Dr. Comfeld happened to own the place before and had that license, it would be transferrable. Ms. Gabor said we should talk more about the plaque, what will be written there, and what kind of material will it be made out of. City Historian Schulman said the plaque that we are going to prepare will be made out of corrolon which will last forever, we have it on the historic bridges. The wording has been written and approved by the Mayor and it will have the seal of the City. He read the wording into the record "Sunny Isles Beach Newport Fishing Pier Built in 1936, Designated as an Historic Site on January 21, 1982 by Dade County Preservation Board, Re- Designation: July 14, 2005 by the City ofSunny Isles Beach. Rebuilt: 2012 by the City ofSunny Isles Beach and Dr. Robert Cornfeld". He said it will be about 14" by 14", it will fit on the pedestal below the statue of the boy fishing, it will be a light blue, and it will be ready by late November or early December. Ms. Gabor asked if it will be lit up at nighi, and Mr. Schulman said yes, we plan on having it lit by flood light, maybe two lights, at the entrance of the Fishing Pier. He said the Historic Preservation Board will be invited prior to the opening to take a look Summary Minutes: 2012-0905 HPB Mtg Page 2 of 5