2014-0911 Special City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting September 11, 2013 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Ida Curtis said we are doing a renovation to Samson Oceanfront Park and adding a few elements to increase the functionality of the Park. Such as what you see on the north end we have a covered stage for performances or concerts. We are also adding the covered playground for different ages. We are putting in the stage, the grating is going to be very simplified like before. We are adding some seating areas. We are reconfiguring the inside of the bathrooms and adding stalls, moving the shower from the beachside closer to where the bathrooms are. We are adding a cleanup area for the maintenance vehicles so they can douse off when they are coming from the beach. At the entrance we are reconfiguring a little bit, modifying the wall so it is a more can y linear and centering the name of the Park and kind of refinishing some of the walls so it would have the more art deco look of what the building is. It is a really special Park and we are maintaining the character as it is one of the few ones but it is still Art Deco, the landscaping is very simple and we are going to be matching what is on the south side pretty much with the same pallet of the native coconut palms and a lot of the native vegetation. Vice Mayor Aelion asked about the new playground, you said covered, does that mean there will be a canopy? Ms. Curtis said the cover that is proposed for the playground is similar to the concrete cover that is there right now for the picnic shelter. We are keeping that same look and we are putting one on the playground and one on the stage. Vice Mayor Aelion said then that it is an extension of the existing cover that is on the picnic area. City Manager Russo said it is not an extension it will be its own independent cover but it will be the concrete which is a substantial change, and it will be over the stage and the playground. Commissioner Levin asked what the two different colors are the blue and the yellow over the playground? Ms. Curtis said that would be the surfacing of the playground, wejust rendered it so that you would know that is the different surfacing than the surfacing of the walkway, and the cover goes all the way around. Vice Mayor Aelion said the existing children's equipment in the play area, that remains because it is written here rubber surface, new concrete shade structure and new playground, it includes new equipment, and Ms. Curtis said that is correct. Vice Mayor Aelion said he understands the complete playground would be built by Chateau? Ms. Curtis said yes on the north side. Vice Mayor Aelion said the southern part, the new 6 -foot ornamental black picket fence, is there an existing fence there now? Ms. Curtis said yes but it will be upgraded like the fence at Town Center Park. Vice Mayor Aelion asked if there is a pump there now, and Javier Rodriguez said there is no pump now. City Manager Russo said that is part of the problem with the sewer system, we are replacing the entire sewer system in that Park as well as the electrical system. Vice Mayor Aelion said the costs for these total improvements, it is going to be bourn by the developer, and City Manager Russo said we are working on our final cost estimate on this because we have substantially changed a few things here. The biggest changes are these solid concrete covers, the sewer system, the electrical system, the expansion of the bathrooms, those are probably the biggest expense items here. We have an Agreement with the Chateau Group to pay for certain aspects of the improvements pretty much the area that covers where they were, the third of the Park that we had given them for staging. What we are doing right now, and don't forget that they have also given us 3