2015-0716 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting July 16,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida just in case someone does stop in front of Publix, you can drive around them; that goes toward the width and that was part of the discussion with the City and the County and so we have a designated drop off area that is even wider but the width is that drive . Commissioner Levin said that you had mentioned that Aventura is also getting a new Publix at the out lot at the Aventura Mall, and you said you would apply for the jBuilding Permit in August but she knows it is good for an extended period of time. Is it your intention to build ours first or Aventura? Mr. Schulman said the plan is to start ours first, since we would have the Building Permit in hand, and they haven't even applied for anything as of yet, they are substantially behind us. Commissioner Levin said the other day in the Meeting you said it was going to take longer to build this Publix, last time when you came for the original site plan approval, once the building was demolished it would take about nine (9) months to build the new one. What is the actual time between the demolition and the opening? Duran Doreiro of Publix said from start to demolition, the demolition usually takes between 30 to 45 days. and so we believe from start to finish it will be between 12 to 14I 'months. Mayor Scholl said if you wanted to widen out that road we should hay I talked about it a long time ago. He knows it brings a heighten sensitivity because we arelgoing to approve the site plan but quite frankly, it requires a lot of cooperation from a lot of property owners. In his mind, the applicant created a third lane on their own property to basically deal with the ingress issue. Yeah it doesn't go two ways but one thing we all know about traffic is when we start to experience traffic people find the path of least resistance] He believes that people going into Publix coming from Collins Avenue will stay offi from 183`d Street knowing that it will probably be problematic and so they will use that entrance on the north side of the gas station and stay on the private road and go around and park. And the fact that they are getting the trucks off from 183`d Street, at least from a safety factor, is a big deal. He didn't like the first plan for the sake of the trucks but if you remember at that first hearing, the fact that the condo was there overshadowed a lot of these discussions because he and Duran Doreiro had words up until 6:15 p.m. that day until he finally charmed and agreed to pull the condo. They had the condo in there which was a big building andithey tunneled the north/south road and it was a mess but they agreed to pull the condo and he:thinks everybody was so relieved that the condo got pulled that they didn't really focus on a lot of these issues. Mayor Scholl said from his perspective,having a dedicated egress for the'trucks onto Collins Avenue, getting the trucks off from the back of the site by the school, and the fact that the traffic flow ultimately, it is neighborhood traffic flow to Publix and so people are going to learn it very quickly. It is not like they are going to get confused and always drive down 183rd Street and make a right turn, he doesn't believe that. We already have some additional intensity for the egress for coming out of there but as we talked about eventually the street to the north will probably open up and that is going to relieve some of itl and so all things considered as-of-right approval, he is pretty comfortable with the plan. Again, he applauds the wanting to deal at 183`d Street but he feels that would have been goodlnews a while ago • before the developer, and that is on us, not on them. We have got to get a as station, Raanan Katz is not ready to deal, and now we also have to get this side in the back which is now owned by the Dezers, and so there is a lot of coordination that would have to go on to make that happen. Mayor Scholl said as to Commissioner Aelion's point, he doesn't believe you just widen a 16