2015-0416 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting April 16.2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Levin said she would like to see people walking more and biking more, and Mr. David said they would like that too. They are not going to focus totally on cars and lanes because that is kind of an outdated, outmoded way of looking at things. We have to look at all types of transportation. Mayor Scholl asked that we go ahead with the second phase which is the transportation piece. It might be good if the City Attorney gives you the last update, what he is saying is, and remember that they don't do anything, they make the recommendation and then we do things. They will come back and say this is what we think but ultimately it is up to the Commission to makes those decisions on what we want to ultimately adcomplish. Planning and Zoning Administrator Hasbun said the TDRs were embedded in the original Comprehensive Plan and basically you have a threshold. Even though'we have a pool of TDRs,even'property that has been receiving TDRs, and they can't get more than 30%of the bonus system, and if they want more they could not obtain them because we make sure that they don't exceed that threshold as well. We are trying to spread things around and that was the original approval that we received from the State as well. Joe Corradino with the Corradino Group said he and Mr. David worked together for close to 20 years on similar projects. He gave an overview of their scope of services, their approach to these types of projects, and the results of them. Transportation Planning is really a blending of an art and a science. There is a scientific part of it where they need to collect the data. They need to know what is happening out on the streets, get a traffic count and he thinks they have 29 intersections, but they also blend that with an extensive public involvement and public outreach aspect of it. What they really want to do is figure out what people want out of the study. What the personality of the community is and how you want to address your transportation issues going forward because these things can be handled in any number of ways. There will be a list of wants and needs, and we will probably have more problems than money to fix all of these things and so we are going to want to focus on the things that you want and need. They will be recommending a jettisori of things that are wanted but not needed or needed but not wanted. Sunny Isles Beach is really out of roadway capacity for all intents and purposes and so we need to focus on the pedestrians, the bicycle, mass transit, other creative modes to get around whether it be pedestrian bridges, or pedestrian tunnels,or anything of that nature that helps people get around a little better in the community on foot because the car,there is not a lot of capacity there. And so they are really focused on moving people, not necessarily moving cars. Mr. Corradino said there are six (6) tasks and again, public involvement will stretch the entire process all the way through. They will collect and analyze data, look at the needs and end up developing a list of potential projects. They will provide to the City the costs to plan, design,and construct those projects. They will then put together an implementation plan that with your assistance, will prioritize those projects. The beauty of that is that you will be able to slide those even' year into one of your Capital Improvement elements so that this plan does not sit on a shelf. It comes up with tangible results that you slide into your Capital Improvements going on and then it becomes a living document that will probably be updated over the years. They are analyzing 29 intersections,and will be reviewing not only the traffic that is on the road now but the traffic that is going to result from all the development that has 25