2015-1217 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting December 17,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida hoping that those kinds of alliances will bring our residences who come from different parts of the world, closer to our City. Commissioner Goldman said in the same spirit that we had Consultants work on our Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Study, we have had some good input from the community. We are hoping for the same inclusiveness with this Consultant in terms of implementing Town Hall Meetings in some areas and reinforcing the participation,west and east of Collins Avenue and getting the community to speak out. Ms.Dannheisser said to that end there will be about 40 individual interviews with people the Consultants are calling stakeholders, and they will have four (4) to five (5) site visits here, and you will have the ability to meet and talk to them, and there will be at least three (3) public forums. Vice Mayor Gatto said for the past four and a half years she has been talking about getting a market study done, and she is really excited that this is now happening and converged with the birth of the Foundation. She is really impressed with the credentials of this group and, her hat is off to whoever negotiated the cost down and was able to keep the demographic study portion of what they are going to be doing because she knows that is going to be incredibly valuable. She feels like these folks probably will really get their finger on the pulse of Sunny Isles Beach. Given a diverse and fractured, if you will, with snowbirds and families and retirees, and she thinks once we get a handle on our population base, we can then come up with some ideas to serve the community a lot better. Mayor Scholl thanked Ms. Dannheisser for managing this effort. Commissioner Aelion asked what the timeframe is,and Ms. Dannheisser said six(6)to nine(9)months beginning in about January 2016. Ms. Dannheisser said as a point of personal privilege,she wanted to congratulate all of us as today we became a 501(c)(3). Commissioner Goldman moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2502 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10F. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Awarding RFQ No. 15-08-02 to,and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into an Agreement with The Weitz Company, LLC, to Provide Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) for the Construction of the Government Center Expansion at 18080 Collins Avenue,Provided Said Agreement is Approved as to Form and Legal Sufficiency by the City Attorney; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported there were seven (7) proposals submitted, and three (3) were interviewed, and we have chosen to use The Weitz Company who had been the Construction Manager at Risk on this building, and our Owner's Representative for construction issues at the Gateway Park Project. The process will be to negotiate a contract with them for multiple parts. Their first involvement in this contract will be to help us with the value engineering and doing a Pre-Construction Agreement to assist the Architects in helping to keep our costs down as much as possible for the design phase, and giving them advice and assistance. Once the plans are at 90% completion they will be able to bid out all the sub-contractor work,come back to us,and we will establish the Guaranteed Maximum Price(GMP), and that will be brought back to this 11 •