2006 1214 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 14,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida City and that is one of our primary objectives for City Management is to have the City excel in landscaping and its general appearance and the condition of our streets, signs, and public beach accesses. He said we are a little light in the area of Public Works and Parks maintenance and he is recommending that we hire personnel in those positions, and if we notice an appreciable difference, he will be coming back to have full time employees in those positions. Commissioner Brezin moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2006-1022 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10H. A Resolution ofthe City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the City Manager to Prepare Plans and Specifications Showing the Improvement, Location and Estimate of Costs for Certain Capital Improvements Related to a Special Assessment for Atlantic Avenue, Commonly Known as the Atlantic Isle Residential Area; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title and City Manager Szerlag reported noting that initially when he did the power point presentation to the property owners he recommended a 20-year schedule but has now revised his recommendation to a 25-year schedule of payments which essentially takes the average cost on an annual basis to under $1,000.00 for the resident. He noted that he is proposing a 50/50 split between the City and residents for sanitary sewer installation and roadway improvements, with the City paying 100% of drainage improvements. He said that he will be sending out and reviewing, along with Assistant City Manager Vera, a Request for Qualifications so that we can then select an engineering firm to give us hard line drawings, plans and specifications for the project. He said their objective is to select an engineering firm by March 2007, have specifications ready by June 2007, permitting by September and construction to commence in December, and the total cost for the project components are $2,674,000. He noted that we anticipate having a public hearing authorizing the Special Assessment project by the June 2007 City Commission meeting, and at that point notices will go out to all the residents and there will be a public hearing. Public Speakers: Bud Scholl Mayor Ede1cup noted for the record that he and Commissioner Iglesias will not be voting on any of these resolutions or issues to come before the Commission since they are property owners on Atlantic Isle, and in order not to give the appearance of any conflict of interest, the voting will be determined by the majority ofthe three remaining Commissioners, upon which he passed the gavel to Vice Mayor Thaler. Vice Mayor Thaler said in going through it, there are a number of items that he did not understand. He said on page 322 of the agenda package, under "Participation Estimate", the total project here is $4.6 Million plus, and City Manager Szerlag said the total project is $4.6 Million and the letter he is referring to and having plans and specifications developed for are the Special Assessment Project components which consists ofthe sanitary sewer, pavement restoration and resurfacing, and drainage, and those three (3) numbers total $2.6 Million. He said regardless of what happens with the Special Assessment Project, we would still be going 16