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• SUMMARY MINUTES City of Sunny Isles Beach Historic Preservation Board Meeting 18070 Collins Avenue, 151 Floor Meeting Room Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 7:00 p.m. 1. Call to Order by Chairperson: Action: Chairperson Joe Masters called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m., and each Member introduced themselves. The following Board Members and City Officials were present: Committee Members: City Officials: Joe Masters, Chairperson City Manager Christopher J. Russo Shari Blank (arrived at 7:18 p.m.) Deputy City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui Jorge Camaraza Consultant Ellen J. Uguccioni Trina Duluc City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC Cassey Gabor Absent: Audience: Warren J. Stamm (excused/emergency meeting) John A. Rusnak Interested citizen City Clerk Hines noted that Janet Cini has resigned from the Board, and that Commissioner Jennifer Levin has appointed John A. Rusnak to fill that vacancy. The appointment will be confirmed by the City Commission on February 21, 2013. 2. Approval of Minutes of the September 5, 2012 Historic Preservation Board Meeting. Action: Trina Duluc moved and Cassey Gabor seconded a motion to approve the above- mentioned Board meeting summary minutes. The motion was approved by a voice vote of 4-0-2 (Shari Blank arrived late; Warren Stamm absent) in favor. 3. Update/Report on the Reconstruction, Design, and Permitting of the Sunny Isles Beach/Newport Pier. Action: Chairperson Masters welcomed our new City Manager Christopher J. Russo. City Manager Russo gave an update on the Pier. He said it is difficult to do construction on the water, and several agencies needed to be contacted for permits,etc. There are only two ways to build a pier, with steel or concrete piles. The pier is planned to be substantially completed by April 18, and totally completed by May 18, 2013 and open to the public with the exception of the interior of the restaurant. The restaurant is being leased to Dr. Robert Cornfeld. Initially we were in a 50/50 partnership with Dr. Cornfeld right through to the build-out of the restaurant. Ultimately it would take us many years to get the payback on our 50%of that investment, and so we struck a new deal with him. It is a straight fonvard lease, and we don't have to get into the business of running a restaurant. Dr. Cornfeld will run the bait shop, the restaurant, and the ticket booth or access to the beach. We are hoping to still design a Gateway access that ties in with that. The City will still have some hand in it, some control over the maintenance from the extended area to the Pier because there are very stringent requirements on the Pier on how we have to maintain it. The Pier is concrete, and it is painted somewhat like it was with a suede color, and he passed around recent photographs of the Pier. They are still building it out, it is going to have a steel Summary Minutes: 2013-0123 HPB Mtg Page 1 of 4