2014-0717 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 17,2014 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida a decal on the door saying no unaccompanied minor will be allowed in this store. In summary,there will be no liquor without prejudice. He introduced his team in the audience. He noted that an Exhibit Book will be entered into the record and he gave a copy to the City Clerk for the file. Mr. Schulman said we are now talking about a State-of-the-Art Publix. We had a long and exhaustive history but we are here basically to deliver what we wanted to do then,and that is a Publix that meets your challenge. One of the challenges is the gas station on the corner of 183rd Street and Collins Avenue. We don't own that, and we can't own it and so we are working around it. We have a 3.57 acre site and we have a 1+ acre of Publix under roof which is substantial. This matter came to you on pages 1 &2 with no variances,now we have only a page 1. Not only do we meet the City Code for Phase I,for the entire property,we well exceed the City Code in virtually every standard because of getting rid of Phase II. We have also asked for murals and graphics approval which is fairly standard, and we meet all the criteria for FAR and exceed. We don't have to worry about density now as we don't have any density;and we don't have to worry about height now,the height is 190 feet limit and it could go up to 265, we have a four-story Publix. All the parking for Publix is going to be contained on top of the Publix building, there will be no more surface parking taking place at the site. Clearly the landscaped open space area has already exceeded the Code, now of course with Phase II not being part of the mix,it basically far exceeds your Code. He asked Kobi Karp to take us through the site plan. Kobi Karp, Architect, noting that the Publix that exists right now sits essentially along the seawall,this project proposes to relocate the project giving us all the parking immediately on top of the stores. This is very important because if you look at other Publix stores around the communities, the opportunity to put the parking within the structure allows us to have it not only more accessible but with much more stacking, and much more relief for the circulation not only for the Publix guests but also for the community. We have entry into Publix on the west side wrapping up into the building above. The Publix itself is a single story store,and on top there are two levels of parking accommodating all the requirements. We have met with staff and staff has asked us to provide a cover for the parking, and so we did comply with it. Our Landscape Architect created a geometric grid which allows us to hide the parking in a very efficient manner. Mr. Schulman asked Mr. Karp just to clarify, where do the deliveries presently take place in relationship to the school? Mr. Karp said currently the deliveries come down Collins Avenue to 183rd Street, which is also the termination of North Bay Road, and you also have Atlantic which is immediately between Collins and North Bay Road. The trucks come in on 183rd Street and head west and drive to the end of Publix property which is 471 feet, they enter along the water and bring their materials into the existing store which is located all the way to the west. Mr. Schulman asked him where those trucks will come in now compared to where the school is? Mr. Karp said they met with staff and consultants and everyone felt it would be most ideal based on the existing conditions, if we have the opportunity to relocate the entry and the loading area away from North Bay Road and away from Atlantic Boulevard. Specifically to create an entry off from Collins Avenue and behind the gas station so that we will pull all of that traffic easterly and he showed it on the rendering showing the entrance north of the gas station on Collins Avenue, and turn on 183rd Street there will be another entrance behind the gas station. That will provide a relief and eliminate the potential,and we 7