2015-0115 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting January 15,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida completed, and so it is not a bad return to own the build-out for $1,250,000.00, the conditions that we did put on it to make sure it gets built out and we get our return value in the improvements to the interior that we will own. We are not paying that money until such time as the build-out is completed, it has got a CO, and there are no liens. He thinks that is all the securities that we have on it, and he thinks it is a pretty good deal for us ultimately owning the fixtures and all the build-out. Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2370 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10H. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving a First Amendment to the License Agreement Between the City of Sunny Isles Beach and Chateau Beach,LLC,in Substantially the Same Form Attached Hereto as Exhibit"A"; Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Said First Amendment; Authorizing the City Attorney and the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note:A revised First Amendment was distributed prior to meeting.] City Clerk Hines read the title,and City Manager Russo reported noting that page two of the Amendment was revised by adding "caused, directly or indirectly, by Chateau Beach, its agents,employees, contractors or subcontractors.". This is a modification to an Agreement made close to three(3)years ago by the City that provided the Chateau Group with the use of approximately 1/3 of Samson Oceanfront Park. At that time the City had not thought out its improvements to Samson Park once it is used by the developer but we wanted to improve the Park. A couple of meetings ago,the Commission signed off on renderings of the Park by the Consultants,of substantial improvements to Samson Oceanfront Park. We are expanding the bathrooms,and we are putting in an entirely new electrical and sewer system which is badly needed. We are improving the landscaping,the walkways will be beautiful with pavers,the landscaping will be improved, and the playground will be improved. We are providing a major improvement to both the playground,and the stage platform with solid covers like the cover over the pavilion that currently exists. We are going to keep that character of the Park, and it is the first park ever developed by this City in 2000. The improvements became substantially more on the side of the Park that the developer was leasing from us, and the agreement said that they would restore the Park to the way it was. But because we expanded the program we are going to be delivering a much more beautiful improved Samson Park. We wanted to renegotiate this so we could do the park project comprehensively as soon as the developers finish which will be in a few months, and ask them for a contribution. We decided to calculate the value of the restoration that they would have done and pay us that instead of restoring something that we didn't want. They are giving us a check for $300,000.00 towards it. We are expecting to be out to bid in March, and get the project started over the summer. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2371 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 9