2007 0816 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting August 16,2007 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Action: [City Clerk's Note: See item 4A, Public Hearing Checklist distributed before the meeting.] Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks on zoning procedures/decorum and City Clerk Hines read a disclaimer for the Zoning hearing, and administered the oath to the witnesses for the Zoning hearing. Community Development Director Robert Solera reported noting that the applicant also owns an off-site parcel located in the northeast corner of Atlantic Boulevard and 185th Street and is currently used for off-site parking for the existing private club, which was approved by the Miami-Dade County Commission. He said the applicant is requesting modification of conditions imposed by the County's Resolution, which imposed no light and use after sundown, and since the proposed development is required to provide 379 parking spaces of which only 297 parking spaces are provided on site, and 85 off-site, the developer needs the additional parking spaces to operate continuous use of the outside parcel in order to make up the difference in the overall parking required. He said he received a letter from the applicant indicating that they will be creating a condition for the 5% limitation that they have on hotel condominiums use in the MUR District. Public Speakers: Clifford Schulman, Esq.; Robert Warwick, Architect; Steve Trattner; Indiro Pezeres; Dave Runner, Traffic Engineer; Clifford Schulman, Esq., representing the applicant, said that there are no pre-sales required for this project to be constructed, as one of the participating partners is Prudential. He said that they will be ready to submit for their Building Permits if the Commission deems this project to be approvable, in September or October of this year, and that they have already completed about 75% of their construction drawings. He said they are not requesting any variances as this project is a as-of-right project, and they are not requesting any TDRs which, under the City's Code, they would have been entitled to, that could have increased the size of this project by 120,000 square feet over the 400,000 square feet, which would have made it, instead of a 38-story building, a 44-story building. He said on their landscaped open space, where they are required to have 40%, they have 50% and they have provided beach access, and public beach front design. He corrected for the record, the number of condo/hotel units in their legend that they submitted, it showed 179 when it was really 183, and they will make a submission of the correct number. He said they are asking for 183 condo/hotel units and 60 residential condo units, as well as the other things previously mentioned by Mr. Solera. The bonuses that they will be paying to the City, if approved, would be around $2.7 Million Dollars at the time that they get their Building Permit. Mr. Schulman introduced Architect Robert Warwick who presented a power-point presentation and renderings of the Project. Mr. Schulman said some 20 years ago the Dade County Commission approved the use of approximately half an acre lot behind the Navarro Pharmacy for parking in conjunction with the Beach Club, of90 spaces utilized for the last 20 years, and they will need to continue the utilization ofthose spaces. He said they are going to try to make that area better by providing the following: low-level lighting for the site and illumines (a ray oflight) would be within the property itself; they will be providing security at the times of operation of the facility which currently does not exist; a new landscaping plan; and a decorative gate that does not presently exist. He said there would be no valet parking taking place in this lot, this lot will be employees only or if some of the residents who may want to park their own cars as they have 24-hour valet only parking in the main building. He said because this is a condo/hotel, there is a restriction that no more than 5% of the units that are condo/hotel can be occupied for more than 6-months of the year at a time, therefore only 9-units can be occupied, that are not 3