2011-1117 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 17,2011 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Steve Trattner said he lives right across the street from there in Golden Shores. He said the whole presentation was very thorough and they answered all his questions except for one minor remaining issue, he presumes that you enter on the south side and exit on the north side, and so when you exit you are literally just south of 186th Street on Collins Avenue going northbound, and that is a intersection that has periodically come up for discussion in different venues. There have been some thoughts about what we would do with that intersection whether we create some traffic diversion to force people leaving Golden Shores to head south on Collins A venue, whether we can work with FDOT to put in some traffic lights to control the traffic there. His concern is that this is going to present a problem that we see currently at the Newport, St. Tropez, etc., which is when someone wants to exit their property they dart across three lanes of traffic to make a u-turn. He said that the Commission should try to preempt those issues by working with FDOT to see if we can come up with solutions to prevent those problems. Whether it is a requirement to force only north bound turns on Collins Avenue, instead of a break in the median that we have at 186th and Collins but to put in a solid median and that forces the issue right there, or a traffic light, but he is sure that there are plenty of solutions that FDOT can recommend that we can consider. Mayor Edelcup said certainly we can all talk to FDOT but they haven't been very cooperative with our City in the past as it relates to other intersections but he thinks we should give it the proverbial college try to see what we can do and maybe if all the citizens in our City would work together and prevail upon FDOT maybe we can get greater success than we have had in the past. Generally speaking they turn a deaf ear to putting in anymore traffic lights because of their configurations that they have already set up but it is an excellent idea. Steve Trattner said they hope to put together a committee that will work more closely with them, and Mayor Edelcup said it was a good project for the Advisory Committee. Commissioner Aelion said according to the rendering it is extremely close to the intersection, and he doesn't think that FDOT or even the City should allow a crossing, you are looking at about 20 or 30 feet from the actual intersection, it would only allow a right turn north and then you would make a u- turn at the next intersection not this one. Mayor Edelcup asked for a motion, and City Attorney Ottinot clarified that this would be with the proffer and the sidewalk. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Aelion seconded a motion for approval, subject to staff conditions, as amended. Resolution No. l1-Z-123 was adopted by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. V ote: Commissioner Aelion yes Commissioner Gatto ~ Commissioner Scholl ~ Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes [City Clerk's Note: Items lOK and lONwere heard after Item 6A.] 7. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING None 8