2006 0720 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting July 20, 2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Action: Mayor Edelcup noted that additional backup information was distributed before the meeting: Item 10F, photo of a Master Meter; Item lOR, correspondence regarding the appraisal on St. Tropez; Item 12B, photos of ornamental lighting; and Item 12C a Fact- Finding Report on the City's 10th Anniversary Celebration taking place in June 2007. S. SA. SPECIAL PRESENT A TIONS I I A Proclamation to be Presented by Mayor Norman S. Edelcup Declaring September 2006 as Life Insurance Awareness Month in the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Action: Mayor Edelcup presented a Proclamation proclaiming September 2006, as "Life Insurance Awareness Month" in the City of Sunny Isles Beach. City Clerk Hines will mail the proclamation. SB. Presentation by the Miami-Dade County School Board of a Sketch of the Proposed K-8 School in Sunny Isles Beach. Action: Michael Krtausch, Executive Director, Project Management, Miami-Dade County Public Schools/School Board introduced his team, and he requested a slight delay as they were not quite ready. [City Clerk's Note: Items 6A and lOR were heard before this item.} Public Speakers: Michael Krtausch; Jim Cohen, Architect; Anthony Cohen, Architect; Bob Welsh Jim Cohen, Architect, presented a power-point presentation of the proposed K-8 School in Sunny Isles Beach, noting that the site is located at 183rd Street on the north and North Bay Road and Atlantic Boulevard, and is across the street from the new proposed Park located between 182nd and 181 st Streets. He said they are proposing to make the street that bisects the site between the school and the Park [182nd Drive] as a private drive to be used as a drop- off area, and that the Park facility, the main gymnasium basketball court, ball field, and playground area be available to the school for use. Mr. Cohen said the program that they can fit on the site is very limited, and as a result, it is becoming a more vertical building. Mr. Cohen noted that there will be three levels of parking and that they are projecting about 140 parking spaces. Mayor Edelcup asked in reference to the 140 parking spaces, what the complement of the faculty and the administrative staff that will be there, and Mr. Cohen said that the faculty number is about 130. He said there is a code requirement for one spot per 150 students, and noted that there are about 24 spaces that are parallel parking on the Park itself, which would bring the number to about 160 parking spaces on site. Mayor Edelcup asked about the ability to have an auditorium that would be available for the comr,nunity in the evenings, how that is fitting into this site, and what size room would be available for the students during the day and for residents at night for cultural events. Mr. Cohen said he has worked with a program that is the typical Cafetorium [combined cafeteria and auditorium] for K-8, and they serve about 500, the space does have the per centum and a stage, the occupant count is not available yet. Mayor Edelcup asked if it could be set up in the evenings if we wanted to use it for cultural events, and Mr. Cohen said that they need to 2