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 Kobi Karp, Architect, presented 3D Models and renderings, and handed out small scale exhibits to the Commission and the City Clerk. He noted that this is an as-of-right design meaning it meets all the criteria, all the setbacks, height, and less density. Along the beach they were able to bring the building down to the fence, and they came up with a unique treatment and an artistic and creative design. It creates a large setback from the beach and from the street. They will also have a sculpture on the front of the property. The project is essentially two units per floor, and has 12-foot ceilings. He described the pedestal,and they have about 135 parking spaces and so they created a robotic parking system that parks the car automatically. This helps to minimize the pedestal and creates the relationship that they are looking for in relation to the beach and to the street. Cliff Schulman said that they have met with their neighbors this past Tuesday,including Jade Ocean and Ocean Four,and it is their understanding that Jade Ocean is fine with the Project. He then read a letter from Jade Ocean into the record. He said they have not been able to satisfy some of the requests from Ocean Four which included changing their architectural design. The plans have been ready for review since September 7,2012,and Claudia Hasbun had made those plans available to Ocean Four on September 11, 2012. Carlos Gimenez, Esq. of the law firm of Becker-Poliakoff representing Ocean Four said the first time their clients heard of this was through public notice. The first time they met with the developer was two days ago, and the first time they saw the plans was less than a week ago. They have not had time to digest this project, and they are requesting a 30-day deferral. Mayor Edelcup asked him to go ahead with his presentation and once heard,they will decide whether or not to move forward. Neil Schiller, Esq. of Becker-Poliakoff passed out a power point presentation and he briefly went through it. They feel the project violates the maximum building width code and two sections of the City's minimum setbacks. They have concerns about how the project is going to be built, since they are so close. They also have concerns about the architectural design, the parking, and what this project will do to their property as far as wind patterns and shade. He said they are not against the project,they just want to see it deferred for thirty (30) days to give them time to review it. He is concerned if the robotic system breaks down,where are they going to put those cars? He is also requesting a wind and shadow study. Mr. Gimenez said that the developers have worked on this project a long time and they should have knocked on their door a long time ago and they didn't, they met with them this week. Boris Tarlo, President of the Ocean Four Condo Association, said they are not against the project but they didn't have the opportunity to review the project,and so they are asking for a 30-day deferral. Cliff Schulman said on September 11, 2012, Claudia Hasbun responded to the Manager of Ocean Four and told her that the plans had been filed and were available for review as a public record. On the alleged violations with the Code, the ones that interpret the Code is the City Attorney and the City staff, and they said that we complied with the City Code. There has been no testimony entered that they do not meet the City Code. At the beginning of their meeting on Tuesday,Mr. Schiller was very polite and said that they don't want of their clients anything else that any other developer in Sunny Isles Beach hasn't done. He doesn't want to treat us any differently,except,give us a shadow study,a wind tunnel study,don't make wind on my pool, make the building shorter, don't make it look like a rectangle, form an 4