2012-1115 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting November 15,2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Collins Avenue to the inside, is whether there is enough space to absorb the bottleneck area there. Architect Castineira said there are two things about bottlenecking: 1) in order to prevent bottlenecking you have to give a very comfortable ramp system and turning radius system,etc.,the minute you limit that then you create a bottleneck;and 2)what we have done here is create something that is typical in a ramp system. The distance from where the ramp begins to this point you can fit four (4) cars there, in this area you can probably fit another three(3)cars now we have seven(7)cars of stacking which alleviates backup from delivery trucks. We also have a couple of parking spaces in the front for quick in and out deliveries such as UPS. Delivery for the office and retail happens in the purple area, there is a roll up door here that allows trucks to come in and back into the delivery area. These elements will eliminate all the bottlenecking. Mayor Edelcup said in that particular site we want to make sure we don't allow delivery trucks to park on the street along Collins Avenue. City Attorney Ottinot said one thing we can do is to put that as a condition of this approval. Commissioner Scholl said he doesn't hear a lot of lawyers and opposition because you addressed it with your neighbors. Commissioner Gatto asked about the variance, and Architect Castineira used the visual tower for the 5-foot setback variance on the north façade, and that was the only variance. Vice Mayor Thaler asked where the walk through is in case there is an emergency on the baywalk. He inquired how they would get to Collins Avenue,and Architect Castineira said this area is open,so this area is vehicular and also pedestrian on both sides. Additionally,there are walkways over the reflecting pool that would literally allow somebody to walk from 163rd through the building and all the way to the baywalk. One area is the loading zone area for one of the towers that also allows vehicular entrance and also pedestrian entrance that ultimately connects to the baywalk. Mayor Edelcup asked if the baywalk meets handicapped requirements, and Architect Castineira said yes, they meet all handicapped criteria as well as illumination required by Code. City Attorney Ottinot said he wanted to clarify the record that with regards to the entrance through the build-in that is the pedestrian access to the baywalk,that will be part of the easement agreement also. Cliff Schulman said that was correct. Commissioner Aelion said the trucks that are going to be coming in and out during the erection of the office building,that is a small area,and inquired whether they allowed for them to be inside the lot. Joe Milton said during the construction phase,all construction requirements will be regulated by law and we will meet all those requirements. If for any reason there has to be a single day that we need to stage on the street,we need to ask permission from the Building Department, get permits, and get permits from the Police. Mayor Edelcup said the law can sometimes be very liberal,we wouldn't want to see construction trucks there where by law they can be there for an extended period of time blocking Collins Avenue, the bus lane, and the turning lane. Joe Milton said the first phase of St.Tropez development is already built,and so nothing that you have not seen already are you going to see in the future. You have water mains that need to be built out by North Miami Beach on both sides of the street which is a requirement by North Miami Beach. That happened on the St. Tropez First Phase, and so what you will be seeing is the same kind of conditions that were existing when St. Tropez was first built. Commissioner Aelion said the concern is that you are not looking at the situation like St. Tropez where you have an inlet, a setback, and an area where you can have standing trucks. 14