2016-0114 Special City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Special City Commission Meeting January 14,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida staggered time,that is the assumption behind it. Commissioner Levin said she understands but she doesn't know how much it will improve, is it just going to prolong the whole time, that we are going to be gridlocked or is it actually going to help because it will be better by a certain percentage but we can't tell. Commissioner Levin said for the school parking next door, there was a number of parking spaces given for the school, their teachers from the annex will be parking here? We are going to have additional teachers because the school will be growing,additional classes,and so we need additional school parking, is that what that is about? Mr. Rothore said right,the share parking analysis that we performed, it included parking specifically for school usage. We looked at the number of classes,and looking at the City Code,minimum parking that we are supposed to be providing for each class,and then based on that we alternatively came up with a total for the shared parking, and so yes, school parking was definitely considered separately and was looked upon. Commissioner Levin said the 250-seat theater, and the proposed 63 parking spaces,is that because you are assuming that most events that will take place at the theater will be at night so that there will be additional parking available? Mr. Rothore said that is based on the City Code, for every four (4) seats you are supposed to provide one (1) parking space. Commissioner Goldman said she thinks it is a very comprehensive, a very effective study. We all recognize here in the room that we have the physical constraints which dictate a limited number of solutions to the mitigation,the traffic issues. Obviously the big take away is that having staggered times of drop off is really the main way to mitigate some of the traffic issues. She wanted to talk a little bit on mass transit, how would adding additional buses, who would be responsible, is that a County, a School Board initiative? How do you incentivize people to use mass transit, would it be for the benefit of just the younger kids,or the older kids, how can we kind of merge these additional school buses and get people to actually participate in that and get involved? Mr. Rothore said right now the whole idea is to kind of highlight the very planning level,preliminary mitigation,and concerned agencies that needs to be the coordination, if the buses go from 3 to 6, Miami-Dade Transit needs to be involved,the local school needs to be involved, City departments needs to be involved,that is something that will come along at a later stage, and that has to be looked at on a separate basis. This is more just giving ideas as to this needs to be done, how that will be done is of course a good question,that will be done at a later stage as we get more detailed coordination among different agencies. Vice Mayor Gatto knows we don't have a lot of options but she wanted to start with a little story that happened last week. She left the office not paying attention to what time of the day it was, she was coming down the ramp from City Hall, she sees on her left a car as she is pulling out onto the street,there is a car,a mom waiting for her kid in City Hall's parking lot, not in a parking space,just out there in the middle of nowhere,and so she tried to get out but could not make the left turn and so she made the right turn to go north but she knew what was going to happen, it just brings you back to the street, that is the quagmire. And so she parked on the side of the street and she went back up to her office and sat at her desk. It is really a mess,and she knows this is a complaint,but it is what we have now times 100 which will be later. We will need more Police, etc. She also wants to talk about staggered hours because for her intuitively and she understands Commissioner Levin when she asked that 8