2005 0113 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting January 13,2005 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida improve some ofthe properties in the City. Mayor Edelcup said ifhe understands correctly, that what Mr. Metzner is offering is to accept half the amount of TDRs that they could otherwise obtain on this property [under the regular zoning] and donate half ofthose TDRs to the City and the City could then put them into their TDR inventory. He confirmed that Mr. Metzner would be willing to do that under the Town Center Ordinance Zoning provisions, and Mr. Metzner said that he would agree to that. Mayor Edelcup clarified that if the calculations were as given that we have approximately 400,000 square feet ofTDRs under the Public Enhancement Bonus and that would drop to approximately 260,000 square feet under the Town Center Ordinance and ofthe 260,000 square feet, Mr. Metzner would gift to the City half of those or approximately 130,000 square feet or roughly $6 Million, for the City to have in its TDR Bank to be used for whatever purposes the City so chooses to do with those TDRs, and Mr. Metzner said that is correct. Commissioner Iglesias said that is very generous and that the City would certainly take what is given to them but he remembers back when this land was offered to the City and the City didn't want it because at that time it was land locked and pretty much useless but now he feels just the opposite now that the City has the Casino property and that strip has become very valuable. He believed that we should consider the property under the Park Enhancement Bonus. After discussion Commissioner Iglesias clarified that what he is saying is he accepts what Mr. Metzner is giving to the City but what he is also saying is that he thinks we should give the Park Enhancement Bonus the same amount and that Mr. Metzner relinquish that part that he wants to give to the City so we treat all developers equally if we want a piece of property. Mayor Edelcup said we have two ordinances on the books: one is for Park Enhancements and one is TDRs, and under the buildable situation for the area involved, and he said that part of the discretionary ability of this Commission is to weigh each piece of property when they are proffered to us as to which ordinance best serves the City at the time of accepting a piece of property, and agreed with Commissioner Iglesias that there are times that we should employ the Park Enhancement Bonus but disagreed that we don't have the discretionary ability to be able to use it when it is better to use the zoning for that particular area as opposed to the Park Enhancement Bonus. Commissioner Iglesias said he is in favor of this but, for the record, he would have liked to have done it the other way where we accept the Park Enhancement Bonus like we did the Casino Property. The Commission thanked Mr. Metzner for this gift to the City, and Mayor Edelcup opened the public hearing for public comment. Mayor Edelcup passed the gavel and made a motion to amend the Resolution to read that this property is being offered to the City under the TDR Ordinance as prescribed by the Town Center Zoning Ordinance, in that the developer is making a gift to the City half of the total amount ofTDRs whether stated in square feet or in dwelling units to the City of Sunny Isles Beach so that 50% going to City of Sunny Isles Beach will be part of the City's Bank of TDRs and the 50% going to the Developer will be in the Developer's Bank as administered by the City but as a separate bank and he has five (5) years in which to use those TDRs and come before the Commission as how they are going to be used. City Attorney Dannheisser asked for a second and noted that before there is a vote that she would like to do some housekeeping here, reiterate everything said, and add some items for approval. She said that first, in order to accept the conveyance ofthis Tract, we must take up Resolution No.1 OA.l Draft 011305 Summay Mins.Doc Page 4 of 15