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<br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br /> <br />(305) 947-0606 City Hall <br />(305) 949-3 I I 3 Fax <br />(305) 947-2150 Building Department <br />(305) 947 -5\ 07 Fax <br /> <br />City Commission <br />Norman S. Edelcup, Mayor <br />Lewis J. Thaler, Vice Mayor <br />Roslyn Brezin, Commissioner <br />Gerry Goodman, Commissioner <br />George "Bud" Scholl, Commissioner <br /> <br />A. John Szerlag, City Manager <br />Hans Ottinot, City Attorney <br />Jane A. Hines, City Clerk <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />FROM: A. John Szerlag, City Mana <br /> <br /> <br />TO: The Honorable City Commi <br /> <br />DATE: May 15,2008 <br /> <br />RE: Necessity to Construct Permanent Vehicular Bridge with Pedestrian Access <br />Over Canal at North Bay Road <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />It is recommended that the City Commission consider the attached resolution establishing the <br />necessity to construct a permanent vehicular bridge with pedestrian access over the canal at <br />North Bay Road. <br /> <br />REASONS <br /> <br />As City Manager, my primary function is the protection of life and property within the corporate <br />limits of Sunny Isles Beach. My recommendation to construct a permanent vehicular bridge <br />with pedestrian access over the canal at North Bay road is in-line with this charge. <br /> <br />As you know, Collins Avenue is our only north/south route, and it is much more than an <br />inconvenience to the motoring public when we experience severe traffic backups on that street. It <br />is a matter that affects the health and safety of each and everyone of our residents and the <br />numerous visitors that traverse through our city, as it precludes our police department from being <br />able to respond to life and/or death situations in a timely manner. And, if we cannot respond, <br />neither can fire rescue nor an ambulance. <br /> <br />As I would like to give you a sense of scale on this matter, the police department was instructed <br />to ascertain from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue the number of alarm runs made for sick or injured <br />persons in Sunny Isles Beach from May 1, 2006 through May I, 2008. The answer is four <br />thousand five hundred eighteen (4,518), and this does not include private ambulance runs. This is <br />a very high number, and on average equates to over six (6) runs per day or about one (1) run <br />every three (3) hours and forty-five (45) minutes on a continuing twenty-four (24) hours per day, <br />seven (7) days per week basis. <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />loA <br />S-IS-()<l <br /> <br />Commission - Necessity To Construct Permanent Bridge W Pedestrian Access Memo2 <br /> <br />Agenda Item <br />