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 with the resurfacing project. We needed to expand this project 40% to 50%to include off- Collins portion of this. We are talking about additional surveying work, right-of-way that has to be secured, etc. This is a big project and it is very complex. There are areas that we need to secure right away that we didn't think we had to but it came to light with FPL. How they approached them with this, we have hired a consultant that is helping us out on this, Paul Abbot. He noted that Tim Hall is in the audience tonight from Keith & Schnars. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion said the original plan for undergrounding was to limit it to Collins Avenue, or was it comprehensive to include the inner streets? City Manager Russo said no, this phase of it is just Collins Avenue but the overall plan for the City is to do all of it. What we have found as you are getting into it,you are putting in some of the key components, and the remaining poles and lines are to be taken down. The underground infrastructure and transformers are being accommodated so efficiency of the actual contract that it is going to take the wires off the poles and put them underground like Atlantic Boulevard. That whole corridor will have the infrastructure in place, the undergrounding. It wouldn't be efficient not to take the lines down by the school, and other areas added to it. Public Works Director Evans said what we are trying to do is to eliminate the need to ever go back out and have to cut the pavement on Collins Avenue. With this Atlantic Corridor having to be done it will eliminate having to do that in the future. Vice Mayor Gatto said the FDOT project is going to collide with some construction that is going on here in the City, City Manager Russo said they are going to start the paving project after April 2017. Public Works Director Evans said right, they have been willing to work with us. They have pushed back their project to April 2017. There may be a collision but we will have to coordinate our efforts and our job will be to get as much conduit and get out of their way as possible and we think we can do that. All the more Reason to get this approved so we can get the right-of-way secured to facilitate that. City Manager Russo said this is still a long term project, if everything goes smoothly we are going to have all our conduits and everything in place by April 2017. After that we are still going to be placing streetlights new lights in locations, then through FPL approved contractors that we paid for then they have to take all the wire off the poles and run them underground. Commissioner Levin asked if the conduit runs linearly or does it go a little bit here and a little bit there? In other words, if they were starting at the south end as He were finishing could they come in and pave over that? Public Works Director Evans said yes and that would be taken into account. Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2402 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10L. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Providing In-Kind Support to the Consulate General of Israel for the"Israel 670 Independence Day Celebration" Event on April 26, 2015 for the Use of two (2) Generators and City Personnel, in an Estimated Amount of$2,500.00; Authorizing the City Manager To Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. 31