2007 0215 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 15,2007 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida to the 2005 hurricane season and to provide a timeline for replacement thereof before this upcommg season. Building Official! Administrator Clayton L. Parker reported that a letter was sent out requiring that they submit their applications for all broken glass repairs by February 9, 2007, and noted that all the applications are in. He said it mandated them to complete the job by April 30, 2007 for broken windows and doors, and May 31, 2007 for balcony railings. Mr. Parker pointed out on the Table he distributed prior to the meeting that all the Oceania's have their broken windows and doors repaired under permit but they still have the balcony railings to be repaired. He said he met with the new officers and management of The Pinnacle last week, and their biggest issue was they had an application in from one company under the previous Board and they came in with another application from another company with the current Board, both permits have been issued and the first application has been rescinded. He reported that 27 sliding glass doors have been repaired, three (3) remaining glass doors are waiting for owners to return to complete repair, they still have 40 fixed glass panels that are not repaired yet but they are in the progress of getting those repaired and are expected to be completed by mid-April 2007. He said they have issued permits to Oceania I, II, and III for them to put in their plywood that is on the balcony now to install it to meet with our current code for safeguards, (company is Diversified) and their goal is to make it their priority to do the broken railings first because they are probably going to replace all the railings, and if they do that, it is going to be a long process. Mayor Edelcup said that this is a two-fold purpose: one is the health safety issue that these broken windows and glass doors and balcony railings need to be repaired before the next hurricane season because they can become weapons during a hurricane; and the other is an aesthetic view, that we are trying to create a City that has a pleasing view to the people who live here as well as the people visiting here. He said it has been a long time since Hurricane Wilma, and these windows were boarded up, and we have been very patient as a City waiting to see these buildings repaired and we just need to keep the pressure on. Vice Mayor Thaler said that they will have to sit on Diversified and not walk away from it. Commissioner Brezin asked if Diversified has addressed all of the plywood that is currently up in the lOO building of Arlen House, as some had the doors completely blown out and Diversified put up the plywood and there is no door behind there. Mr. Parker said what Diversified did in the Arlen House lOO Building is they went in and they put additional framing behind the enclosures that are up there right now on the plywood. Commissioner Brezin said in case of a storm they are hurricane proof, and Mr. Parker said yes. He said that is a different situation, Arlen House lOO is more then just broken glass issues, it is structural reconstruction and in many cases, they have had to entirely rebuild the balconies themselves back into the units, so it has taken some time. Public Speakers: Isaac Aelion Assistant City Manager/Services Vera said on a good note that the Varadero next to the Acqualina has been demolished. Vice Mayor Thaler said the front is down but the back is not down yet, the middle piece is still up when he walked by today. 19