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3. A Report by City Liaison David Udoff concerning the Historic Preservation Board Annual Report to Miami-Dade County. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard after Item 41 David Udoff reported on the Annual Report to be sent to Harvey Ruyin. Clerk of the Courts, and to Kathleen Kauffman, Miami-Dade Historic Preservation Chief. Deputy City Attorney Amuchastegui noted that even' year the Historic Preservation Board is required to submit an Annual Report to Miami-Dade County. The materials before the Board tonight is a compilation of the Minutes and all the activities taken by this Board last year. Shari Blank moved and Ari Steiger seconded a motion to accept the Annual Report. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0-2 [Natalie Minervina and Warren Stamm absents in favor. 4. Update/Report on the Sunny Isles Beach Fishing Pier: Photograph of the Old Pier to be placed at the Pier; and the Financial and Expense Report for Pier Admissions. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard after hem 2.] City Manager Christopher J. Russo thanked the Board for allowing him to go first as he has another meeting. He noted that the numbers he is going to give tonight are for a short period of time. We do not have a track record as we do not have a full year in yet. After the Pier was opened on June 13, 2014, we provided free access through September while the work was in progress with the restaurant. The total Pier Project was about $6.3 Million of which Dr. Cornfeld contributed $2 Million. Dr. Comfeld previously had a permit for the lease with the State for many years. In fact many people still thinks it is controlled by Dr. Comfeld and the Newport. After the Pier was destroyed during the Hurricane in 2005, it was very clear to Dr. Comfeld that he could not afford to rebuild that Pier when there were no economics past the business standpoint,and so the City stepped in. The City of Sunny Isles Beach spent $6.3 Million to rebuild the Pier for which Dr. Comfeld contributed S2 Million. The taxpayers of Sunny Isles Beach paid for over 2/3rds of that project. City Manager Russo said two separate fees were created for access to the Pier. For residents with their City I.D. cards, access for walking the Pier is free, and the fee to fish on the Pier is $2.00 For non-residents the fee to walk out on the Pier is$2.00 per person, and $5.00 per person to fish. The revenue to date has been very inconsistent,and actually the most consistency that we have started in October with the current 2014/2015 Fiscal Year, and it is still not enough to really give a true number. Right now it looks like our expenses for the first quarter were $61,000.00 and our revenue was about $56,000.00, most of that coming from the lease on the restaurant. It is $45,000.00 for lease on the restaurant, and $11,000.00 of access fees from the Pier. That is about $51,000.00 in expenses and $56,000.00 in revenue, and that will fluctuate. City Manager Russo said that last year was not a good year because we had a certain period of free access to the Pier, we had inconsistent access being handled by the Newport. Then there was a transition between the Newport and the Beach Bar Restaurant with their people overseeing it as part of their sub-lease with the Newport, and then our Management Agreement that we have for the Pier. Let me make one thing clear, the City did not lease the Pier to the Newport or the Beach Bar, we kept control of the Pier, we maintained the Pier, we are cleaning it, and we are regulating it. Dr. Cornfeld and the Newport does not operate the Pier itself, they have the lease Summary Minutes: 2015-0121 HPB Mtg Page 2 of 7