2015-1015 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting October 15,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida Commissioner Aelion said so basically the point being in line of what you are saying,and he doesn't know from a fire safety point, if all the businesses had a backdoor then it is a moot point, there is nothing to talk about. But if it does not have a back door and it is a straight wall,then we could find an exception to that and actually go a little closer to the wall which would increase the capacity of the built. Mr. Kline said that we would agree,the only issue becomes constructability. We need the contractor to tell us how far we can come to our existing foundations of the retail. We don't want to interfere with those, we just need to make sure we are going to go as close as we physically can. Commissioner Levin said she started lobbying the City Manager a number of months ago about having gardens for the children to learn agriculture. She wants to thank the City Manager for getting you involved in this and you proposing that we have a rooftop garden where the children can learn how to do that. Commissioner Goldman commended Mr. Kline on a really pervasive design concept, functionality, climatic, it has great utility, great style and it is really terrific so far. She does have a couple of things. She would like to echo her concerns that the City really does not have a theater or auditorium, and the City Attorney would attest when we went to a talent show over the summer. We have only one auditorium in a school that is not even air conditioned at night, and she is questioning whether or not this 100-seat capacity is really enough and whether we can also augment with technology facilities and so forth to have a real auditorium not only for learning and for education but also for cultural activities. We have the Gateway Park coming but that is going to be outdoors and so whether or not this can suffice for more of an indoor venue that is what the City really needs and does not have. And so how we can accomplish that or whether or not this is the proper place, any other alternatives would be obviously very long termed and very offensive now that we have this building in front of us what we can do to really support that. To have an indoor facility that is more than what we can see at least on these renderings. Her second point is about the traffic flow. It is no secret when you add 600 students to that and there is really no vehicular ingress and egress other than the existing on Collins Avenue, is that correct? And so the question is whether that traffic flow is going to work,and hopefully we will stagger the hours to pick up the kids. But what that is going to do,what that impact is going to do and whether or not that is going to be analyzed,maybe not by you but by our Traffic people. How are we going to accommodate all the additional traffic that we anticipate for having this new building? City Manager Russo said that one of the things that we discussed with Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun is we are going to have our Traffic Consultants review the plan both for the vehicular flow and the pedestrian flow. Commissioner Goldman said good, and that she is a big advocate for having an indoor auditorium that can create a great indoor venue for the City. Mr. Klein said that they do realize the importance of the drop-off,the traffic flow,the mixture of cars and people and we have a couple of options that they will talk to the Traffic Engineer and see if we can work out the best solutions. Vice Mayor Gatto said she has the same concerns about parking and the traffic. She actually wants to get a better handle on the parking situation, there are two levels, the ground and underground, right? Mr. Kline said right, a full basement level with about 115 parking spaces, and at grade it is 43 parking spaces. He said they toyed with the idea of adding a third level of parking but that elevates the first level of school, another level up and the 7