2008 0117 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting January 17,2008 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida system, the poles will remain above. If the residents do not underground within this period of time we will lose about 25% credit which amounts to about $116,000.00. Public Speakers: none Commissioner Goodman moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2008-1209 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. ION. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with Florida Power and Light (FPL) for Phase II ofthe Undergrounding of Electrical Lines Project on 172nd Street Between North Bay Road and Collins Avenue, in the Amount of $156,460.00, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; 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 Assistant City Manager/Services Vera reported that Phase II is between Collins Avenue and North Bay Road on 172nd Street, and this project will be done in conjunction with the drainage project within the next couple of months. He said we have a credit of $120,269.00 from FPL for the equivalent overhead design installation, and that this proj ect will take about four (4) months. He said that we need to have all the residents and businesses tie into this within 6 months or we will lose the credit of 25% which amounts to about $59,713.00. He said both of these projects (Item 10M) came way under budget which were both estimated at about $500,000.00. Public Speakers: none Mayor EdeIcup asked that in order to make sure that we accomplish our goal of getting the entire City undergrounded, do we have in place the necessary ordinance to enforce compliance within six (6) months, and if they don't do it, can the City do it and lien the property? Assistant City Manager Vera said that we did create an ordinance that you have to tie into underground for that reason. He said the next phase will be in Atlantic and then he is working with FPL to rework the rest of the City in one or two phases and that will be the end of the project. Mayor EdeIcup said when it happens, we need to get letters out to the individual owners of the properties informing them of when they must have the undergrounding completed on their property. Assistant City Manager Vera said as soon as this gets approved he will start noticing everyone in the affected area, and that they will have approximately a year to accomplish this. Mayor Edelcup said whenever the completion date is we need to establish a date certain on each of these two projects even it that requires a second mailing so that everyone is duly notified so we don't run into excuses or legal defenses as to why they haven't complied. Vice Mayor Thaler asked how disruptive this will be in the area for the single family homes, and Assistant City Manager Vera said that they would be basically working out of the alley, not the street. He said the most disruptive area on Collins A venue will be at the corner where the Regalia is and the northern corner of Ocean I, but other than that those are the places that are going to be underground and then a little bit down south once you pass Ocean II, that might also be disruptive, but he already has easements for those properties, so hopefully they can work everything within these easements. Vice Mayor Edelcup said then II