2009-0115 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting January 15, 2009 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 10. RESOLUTIONS 10A. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Authorizing the Renewal of Consulting Agreements with Seven (7) Engineering Firms and One (1) Architectural Firm for On -Call Services, in a Total Amount Not to Exceed $200,000.00 Per Fiscal Year; Providing that Agreements in an Amount of Up to $20,000.00 Shall Require City Manager Approval and Agreements in the Amount of $20,000.00 or More Shall Require Commission Approval; Providing that All Consulting Agreements are Approved as to Form and Legal Sufficiency by the City Attorney; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Szerlag reported noting that staff will be meeting with these firms to see if they will give us a reduction in their rates. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Brezin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2009 -1368 was adopted by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor. lOB. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Denying a Request Pfeviding for a Conditional Approval of a Request for Construction Staging Submitted by Sunny Isles Development Co., LLC to Allow Construction Staging Not to Exeeed a Total of Six (6) Months Time Frame; Providing the City Manager and the City Attorney with the Authority to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Community Development Director Robert Solera reported that staff has met with the Applicant, who requested that the item be deferred. Mr. Solera distributed a follow -up cover memo with the following possible courses of action: 1) Denial of the application; 2) Approval of the application; or 3) Deferral of the application. Public Speakers: none Mayor Edelcup said when we discussed this at Tuesday's Workshop, the Commission asked staff to research whether or not the participants would be in a position to bond the property to ensure that it would be put into a park -like setting at the conclusion of this extension, and Mr. Solera said that the Applicant is not willing to provide the bond. Mayor Edelcup said it would be his recommendation to turn down the request because if there is a commercial transaction that would benefit both parties then they can assure the City through a bond that we would have a park -like setting afterwards. Mr. Solera said upon that recommendation Code Enforcement would issue a warning of violation to stop staging within 15 days to avoid fines, and impose a lien on the violation for failure to register the vacant lot. Mayor Edelcup said if staff comes back and says that the parties had changed their minds, and if they do we would rescind what we are about to do tonight. Commissioner Scholl asked if the size of the bond was determined, and Mr. Solera said no but it would be in the $20,000 range, and it was the consensus of the Commission that the bond is non - negotiable. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Goodman seconded a motion to approve the resolution as amended denying the request. Resolution No. 2009 -1369 was adopted by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor.