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<br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 II 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947-5107 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br />Hans Ottino!, City Allorney <br />Jane A. Hines, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: The Honorable City Commission <br /> <br />Via: A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br /> <br />FROM: Douglas Haag, Assistant City Manager-Finance <br /> <br />DATE: January 15, 2009 <br /> <br />RE: Florida Department Of Transportation Variance <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the attached resolution acknowledging a Design Variance that we are requesting from <br />the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in order to begin the Collins Avenue <br />Streetscape project. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Please be advised that FDOT is now requIrIng a resolution from the City Commission <br />acknowledging a Variance (see description below from Kathy O'Leary-Richards). We have <br />requested design variances on several projects in the past and this is the first time FDOT has <br />requested a resolution from the City. FOOT mentioned to our design consultant that a similar <br />resolution was recently requested from the City of Miami Beach. The FDOT reviewer suggested <br />that we may be able to get the construction permit for the roadway portion prior to issuing the <br />landscape permit. Kathy O'Leary-Richards and Ramon Tesone, our design consultants, spoke to <br />Craig James, FDOT District Landscape Architect, and Esteban Espinal, FDOT Permit Specialist, <br />and they were agreeable to the idea. This will allow the contractor to start work while we wait <br />for the variance resolution. <br /> <br />Variance Description: The variance is because we have a "non-restricted" right-of-way along <br />the west side of Collins A venue between I sih St. and 191 st St. In most cases. the FOOT right- <br />of-way is at the back of the sidewalk which would make it "restricted" and allow us to place <br />palms, poles, etc. 4' from face of curb. In this case, because the FDOT right-of-way includes the <br />retention area up to the chain-link fence, it is considered non-restricted and the horizontal <br />clearance setback is 16 12'. We currently have the palms and poles approx. 10' from face of <br />curb. A design Variance is granted when the project does not meet FDOT criteria and meets <br /> <br /> <br />-------- <br /> <br /> <br />Finance Department <br /> <br /> <br />Commission Meeting Date: <br /> <br />IOF <br />I - I 5 - O~ <br /> <br />Funding available: <br />