2016-0121 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting January 21,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida yes, there was a time when we tried to have that pedestrian passage in between the existing and the new project. What we found was that the quality of the space with all the utilities and infrastructure made it unpleasant. We didn't think it was the kind of pedestrian passage that would commensurate with the quality of Government Center,and so we moved it to the south, and it is now on the site plan. Commissioner Levin said she was looking at the site plan that you gave us before and she met with staff and it was a particular question that she asked because she was looking at it and it looked like a roof overhang between the two properties, the north side of this building and the south side of where the other building is. She specifically asked Ms. Hasbun is this locked,you can't walk from Collins Avenue to Atlantic Boulevard,and she looked and there was all this equipment in there and so you could not walk west to east, east to west on the new property. Mr. Kline said that is correct. Commissioner Levin said but now on this Site Plan it looks like there is a walkway there, and Mr. Kline said no, it is for service only. Commissioner Levin asked what would prevent someone from walking in there, and Mr. Kline said we are going to have it gated on the east and the west side. Salman Rathore, Project Manager from the Corradino Group,said we are going to be talking about the Traffic Impact Study and Shared Parking Analysis for the Project,and he continued with the PowerPoint presentation. With the Traffic Impact Analysis the reason is that we want to be able to look at the impact of current and future traffic based on the proposed Project. This is a Mixed-Use project with a Middle School, General Office Building, Performing Arts, Civic Center/Fitness Area/Senior Facility. Before he started the analysis, they met with different stakeholders so they could understand the project. They met with City Staff and the Architect to understand the project,different land uses,shared parking,and met with the City Police to understand the school traffic flow,bottlenecks,different timings that would be beneficial from a school operations point of view. Mr. Rathore said they met with the School Principal and got an idea of current and future enrollment, anticipated future enrollment, drop-off and pick-up timing issues. They have three (3)buses which cater to about 250 to 300 students, and they also met with the Miami- Dade County School Board so they could discuss the project in general,and in particular,the staggered school timing options for Middle School. Mr.Rathore said data was collected from a total of eleven(11)intersections on December 1, 2015, eight (8) were un-signalized, and three (3) were signalized intersections. It revealed that by collecting data on a certain day and time that it represented the most conservative peak conditions. In the Traffic Analysis they looked at existing conditions,what is out there currently,the current impact on traffic on the resounding traffic network. As far as existing conditions, he spent half a day in the field with the Police Officers looking at the incoming school traffic, arrival, departure, observed the traffic in the morning and midday. They saw that Police presence was there and there were school crossing guards present. In the morning it was about 25 to 30 minutes when the traffic was dispersed, and in the midday it was about 40 to 45 minutes when the traffic would disperse. The results of the existing conditions,five (5)of the intersections were highlighted out of the eleven(11)which had at least one failing approach that needs to be looked at further. 15