2006 1116 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 16,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Commissioner Goodman noted coming in and out of the property, there is only one entrance and exit, and there is no traffic light. He said getting out of the property you can only make a right turn and go north, you can only get into the property coming from the south, and coming from the north they would have to make a u-turn at 1 nnd Street. Mr. Schulman said they are aware of it and it has been cleared by DOT as well as the City Traffic Engineer. Commissioner Iglesias said that a beach access adjoining the Park would make it bigger. He said in 2000 when they did the MUR which kick-started the development here, we realized that there were going to be some 1 OO-foot lots, and at that time there were five (5), and it was the intent of that Commission to try to see ifthere was a way that some ofthose 1 OO-foot lots would merge. He said some made it and some did not, but the hardship was there at the beginning when the owner bought this property. Mayor Edelcup said typically beach accesses are required with each property, and our plans provided for whenever there is a building adjacent to a public access, as we have here in Samson Park, the requirement is no longer a mandate as well as the fact that the Planning and Zoning Administrator can look at it from a safety feature as to whether or not this beach access would present a problem. He said in his opinion everyone will use the beach access in Samson Park, we would wind up with a beach access, if we were to ask for one on this property, that we would have to maintain as part of all the City beach accesses, and we would find that no one will be using it because everyone would typically walk through the Park. He said as it relates to the other issue that Vice Mayor Brezin brought up, he believes that the developer has addressed that and that there would be access on the north side certainly we can't put a beach access on that side because again it runs adjacent to the other property, and there just isn't room for it. He said eventually there will be another beach access when the property to the north of it is developed. City Attorney Ottinot noted for the record that the Applicant agreed to an additional mitigation payment of $750,000.00. Commissioner Iglesias said he would vote yes only because it is adjacent to a Park, and because if we had a mechanism we could take the extra five or ten feet and add it to the Park where there would only be one maintenance. He said that the Mayor is right, no one is going to use the access unless we mitigate it towards the Park, but for the record, he hates to gives up any beach access. Vice Mayor Brezin moved and Commissioner Thaler seconded a motion for approval as amended, subject to staff conditions. Resolution No. 06-Z-105 was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. Vote: Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Iglesias yes Commissioner Thaler yes Vice Mayor Brezin yes Mayor Edelcup yes [City Clerk's Note: The City Commission heard Item lOA after 6A.] 4