2016-0721 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 21,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida the official Police Training School. He is a three-year old"Belgian Malinois"named Judge. The third one, the Chief is a member of an organization that donates Police dogs for that purpose,and we anticipate getting our third dog from them. We don't know what he is going to be yet, and he is the one who will be trained as a bomb sniffing dog. Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2570 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10G. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving Change Order Numbers 8 and 9 to the Agreement with Florida Engineering Development Corporation,for Professional Construction Services for the Construction of the 174th Street Roadway Improvement Project, by Extending the Agreement Expiration Date,Attached.Hereto as Composite Exhibit"A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Capital Projects Manager Elka Linton-Dorsett reported these Change Orders are essentially a request for a time extension that brings the actual contract in line to where we are in the field. Change Order No. 8 is for time that covers delays due to weather, utility coordination, and other unforeseen conditions in the field and are requesting 98 days. Change Order No. 9 is an addition to the Scope of Work on the west side of North Bay Road where we have had to do more extensive asphalt work than previously anticipated. The monetary amount of that is being absorbed in the Project Contingency and so it is not affecting the total contract value. However,the added Scope is increasing the timeline. Overall we are asking for 118 days in addition to the existing contract which put the estimated completion date to December 2016. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion asked if the Contingency amount is 10% - 15%, and Elka said yes roughly,right now we do have a balance on Contingency that was already built into the total contract. They are only looking for a time extension at this time. Vice Mayor Gatto had just told some residents that it would be completed in October, and City Manager Russo said most of these delays are caused by the Water Company, the Gas Company,we changed the sidewalks on the latter part of it, and this additional request. Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2571 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 1011. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Approving the Purchase of Park Site Furniture from Landscape Forms,Inc.for the Gateway Park, Samson Oceanfront Park, and Town Center Park, in an Amount Not to Exceed $153,167.56, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action:City Clerk Hines read the title,and Cultural and Community Services Director Susan Simpson reported that Gateway Park is near completion and we are going to need some benches, trash receptacles, and ash urns. Samson Oceanfront Park is going to need some 9