2016-0915 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting September 15,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS 12A. Discussion and Presentation by La Perla Condominium regarding Pier Park. Action: Commissioner Levin said La Perla Condominium is located at the end of the Pier on Collins Avenue, and in front of the Condominium is Pier Park but the Park is actually a parking lot. Since she has been on the Commission during the last four(4)years,initially we would get emails and videos from La Perla from time to time showing types of incidents that had happened in the parking lot. Right now we have budgeted $60,000.00 a year for three (3)years to have an attendant in the parking lot, and at Commissioner Aelion's suggestion, we have added another$33,000 for an additional attendant for weekends and extended hours on holidays to be at the front of the property where people actually enter to keep them from going into the parking lot if it is full. She had met with Danny Iglesias who was lobbying for La Perla a number of months ago and Eduardo Castineida,the Architect and she is assuming that they met with each of the other members of the Commission on an individual basis. They came to us with a plan because it is not just a matter of inconvenience,there has been a number of safety issues and activities that have occurred in the parking lot that are criminal in nature, people getting hurt, batteries. After speaking with some members of the Board of La Perla, and they are feeling their frustration, she thought the best thing for them to do was to present them with a forum where they could come and tell the Commission as a whole because we have never talked about the issues as a group before to come and tell us whatever they would like to tell us or want to know, because she wants to open the door for discussions going forward to try and resolve the issues beyond just having a parking attendant in the parking lot. Public Speakers: Eric Glazer, Esq; Eduardo Castineida, Architect; Zaida Medina; Luis Aadeo; Al Mintz; Yefim Levy; Jose Miscelli; Richard Paparian; Maria Magumo; Tony Rodriguez; Sophia Barcheko; Crucite Rodriguez; Michael Kaufman; Erica Focaro; Anna Maria Tropiano; Yolanda Friedman; Stephen Walshe; Yona McWilliam;Ron Isriel;Richard Brown Morilla; Roberto Rodriguez; Denisse Bercomo; Alexander Palacios; Madeline Barcheko Eric Glazer, Esq., the attorney representing La Perla which borders Pier Park to the north of the property. La Perla consists of 327 residential condominium units and because it borders to the north,that particular property suffers the most burden as a result of that property being utilized for 29 parking spots. The people from the building and some of the neighbors as well will urge you tonight to please consider relocating the 29 parking spaces from the Pier Park location to the new garage that is going to be located on the south end ofA1A basically across the street. The first question that you may have to ask yourself is whether or not you actually have the authority to relocate these 29 parking spaces from what is essentially a public park. Earlier in the week he delivered to the City Clerk a copy of the First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement between Miami-Dade County and the City of Sunny Isles Beach dated October 18, 2010. If you look at that Agreement it specifically states that after the completion of construction and the opening of the parking garage located on Sunny Isles Boulevard and the west side of AIA (the new parking garage to the public) the City shall have the authority to move the 29 parking spaces from Pier Park to the proposed new parking garage. The question for the Commission is moving it in the best interest of the residents of Sunny Isles Beach, and he thinks at the conclusion of the presentation that the Commission will certainly think so. He said the Manager at La Perla prepared a very short 24