2009-1029 Special Commission Meeting

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Summary Minules: Special City Commission Meeling Oclober 29, 2009 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and in speaking with the City Manager, it can be Residential Only Parking ifthey buy a City permit. We could also put a meter there for people to park, and that is something that we would like to discuss. The blue lines are metered parking that we originally placed close to the Senator Gwen Margolis Park area, and the red lines are no parking. Public Speakers: none Mayor Ede1cup noted on the 2nd and 3rd page of the handout, that the bottom portion is only showing a total amount, not monthly amounts, for the Ramada Marco Polo or Special Parking Permits. Marco Polo is a lot more than $11,000 per year, and City Manager Conner said it will be corrected. Vice Mayor Thaler said in the 1751h Street area there are no signs and the people are parking on the street to go to the beach, and that is part of the problem. One of the more important things to address here is the sign situation within our whole City so that residents and non- residents know where they can and cannot park. City Manager Conner agreed and said that is why Assistant City Manager Vera initially started this process. We knew we would be doing all the signs at the end of the project and so the signs are now being produced, and that is why we wanted to come to you with a plan so we can go ahead and get them installed. Mayor Edelcup said we have that same problem here in our parking lot at City Hall, he has seen many people park and go to the beach, and this parking is meant for City Hall, the Library and the Post Office, and we need to come up with a way of enforcing that. City Manager Conner said we installed signs about two weeks ago on each end of the Parking Lot describing the use of the Lot, so we can start the process of enforcement. Vice Mayor Thaler asked ifthere is a way to put a time limit on how many and what they can park in our Parking Lot. City Manager Conner said we have discussed setting aside areas such as Library Parking Only: 2-Hour Limit, Tony Roma's Parking Only: 2-Hour Limit, etc., and we are working on developing a Policy and we will come to the Commission very soon with a definitive program. Mayor Edelcup said that we also need to remind our own employees that they are not to use the ground level for parking, it is really meant for visitors to the City, and City Manager Conner said we now have a Policy in place and will start enforcing that. Commissioner Goodman said we have some streets where people buy overnight parking, you can put up a parking meter and utilize those streets for parking during the day. City Manager Conner said that is what we are looking at, which is the combination parking, if you want to park there and you are not a resident, you can buy the ticket and put it on your dash, but if you are a resident, you can buy the pass. We also discussed having two passes, one for 24- hours a day, with different rates. Assistant City Manager Vera clarified that the idea is to have metered parking and dual permitting, 24-hour and 12-hour. Mayor Edelcup said he thinks the philosophy is to establish different rates for different parking and we should bend towards no free parking areas, basically that all areas are collectable for a fee. City Manager Conner asked that the Commission give them an informal nod to move forward, we will go ahead and get the plans ready, get the signage calculated and come back to the Commission with a final version, and we would like to do it very quickly. Mayor Edelcup asked the City Manager to come back to them within 30 days with that plan. 2