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 proximity to St. Tropez I, it was also rejected by staff, keeping in mind this particular building only has 78 dwelling units in it. He said the remainder ofthe 283 units which is St. Tropez I, is entering off Sunny Isles Boulevard in its central court area. He said what you are basically dealing with on Collins A venue is 78 units, and what impact they would have. He said FDOT and staff both reviewed that and basically said it would work, and that there is 24/7 valet parking. Kobi Karp said the entry and exit to this building is not actually on Collins Avenue, that it is a drop-off and it is for emergency vehicles only. He said the daily traffic makes a right into the garage where it is at St. Tropez that they previously designed and a right out. He said the people in this building are going to enter into the already approved entrance to the garages on Sunny Isles Boulevard, and it is set back over ISO-feet from Collins Avenue. He said both FDOT and their staff and engineers liked that because most of the vehicles go on Sunny Isles Boulevard where they already enter St. Tropez. He said there is one drop-off area on Collins A venue where the bridge ramps up, and they opened up the drop-off area and made it into an open public plaza which will let you see the waterway. He said the drop-off is only for emergency vehicles and/or somebody that comes in and does not enter the garage. He said that is why FDOT, their Traffic Engineer, the City's Traffic Engineers, and City staff all liked this solution. He noted that they also liked this addition which then became the elbow that connects pedestrian-wise Sunny Isles Boulevard with Collins A venue with the promenade along the water because the vehicular traffic stays on Sunny Isles Boulevard back westerly. Commissioner Thaler said that he feels that Mr. Karp was playing down the amount of traffic that is going to be in this building. He said people coming down Collins Avenue will go down to Sunny Isles Boulevard and then come around to park their car, and they are not going to pull up and give it to a valet off from Collins A venue, he said he thinks they are missing something. Joe Milton said that Commissioner Thaler is right, there is something missing, there is no valet at that location. Mr. Milton said the only reason there is a drop-off there is that it is a requirement for Fire to have a drop-off in case of an emergency to take somebody out ofthe building. He said this is not a valet station, that there is some minimal self-parking, there is no stacking, the traffic report that was agreed to by their Traffic Engineer, and the City's specifically said there could be no valet here. Mayor Edelcup asked if the main entrance for this garage is on Sunny Isles Boulevard, and Mr. Milton said yes, and that the garage is the entire 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors, it is connected to the entire length ofthis property, and has excessive parking by 44 spaces. Mr. Schulman said that the access is the existing driveway point further west on Sunny Isles Boulevard that accesses St. Tropez I, and what they have done is a roundabout where it accesses St. Tropez II. He said if you are coming south on Collins Avenue to get into the building, you will take the business loop and loop around to go eastbound on Sunny Isles Boulevard in order to get into the parking garage. Mayor Edelcup said that is true for St. Tropez I, and Mr. Milton said that is true on the first three towers. Commissioner Iglesias said there is a stop condition as you have the light, and most engineers will tell you, you would rather put it past the light to serve as a stop condition not before as the case here. Commissioner Goodman asked if all the garages are attached and if you would be able to go in and out from either St. Tropez I or II through the garages. Mr. Milton said yes, the garage 6