2013-0409 Special City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting April 9,2013 Sunny Isles Beach,Florida interesting things about the design is that once they laid out a design that had the exterior columns and then one row of columns in the middle we really opened up a lot of space. The building became a lot more efficient in its structure,and so the areas in the back of the house became a little bit bigger then what we had in the previously design. He also showed an area for a future.concession stand,which again is more of a shell space that would build out later as a concession stand. We have an ample trash room for trash created from the restaurant and future events. A large storage area at 8-foot elevation to prevent water infiltration in case of flood, all this is underneath the ramp. We have the two bathrooms that serve the park, and we have a small office, electrical and mechanical rooms, etc. On the back side of the building is a service area that works as an in and out of service trucks, which will be enclosed with a 6-foot privacy wall. Within that area we have allocated an area where we will have the grease traps for the future restaurant. Also,we will have a pad area that will be prepared for the future air conditioning unit and things that come in as part of the restaurant. Architect Castineira said we strategically placed everything so everything then needs to be roughed in at this moment, it is done in such a way to foresee that step later on. The service area is in and out, there is no backing into the street from the trucks, there is enough of an area for two trucks to be able to stop and unload merchandise, etc. Architect Castineira said on the upper portion of the garage you will see a very straight forward,a very efficient parking garage layout. The big difference is in the structural design, we don't have internal columns, we have only one row of center line columns, and the external columns,identical to the Heritage Park structural concept. The previous design had three (3) levels of parking, and we have added one level of parking on the new design. The reason is if we were to leave it at three levels,we were going to be down to roughly 250 cars because we were losing a lot of cars on the ground level due to this restaurant component. By adding that other level,not only did we meet the 308 which was the original concept,but we are actually at 371 spaces. Architect Castineira said one of the important elements that was discussed is the height of the restaurant, the clear height is about 14 feet plus to the under side of the structure. We know that there will eventually be ceilings there, air conditioning ducts, etc., and so at the end of the day there will be a comfortable 12-13 foot height in the banquet hall or restaurant. The façade of the building has a strong architectural precast element,the motif that we have been working with from very early on. At the same time the backdrop, the wrapping on of the whole metal skin on the three sides of the building, and the only side that will not have the metal skin, and this was agreed to, is the west back side which is hardly visible. It will receive a lot of the landscaping from the previous design we had incorporated a lot of landscaping there to buffer that elevation. Lastly,he showed a concept for the stage that is a concrete stage, hard roof, it is meant to take weather. It is meant to be there for a while and to be a structure that does not require a lot of maintenance over the years. Everything about it in terms of the size for a big symphony arrangement, the height and everything has been done and designed to the requirements of the City. They have incorporated the elements of the patterned walls and we are bringing the same element from the parking garage into the stage where lights will be illuminated at night. It becomes a beacon element in the Park as the focal point as you look towards the east from the restaurant and from the great lawn. 4