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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting September 16, 20 I 0 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />the day. Nobody is going to come to the Seaquarium, the only one that is going to gain from <br />it is the one who is going to develop it, and then he is going to abandon it because there is no <br />way in the world he can hold it, no money for admission to attend it. <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup said when it finally does get presented to us, he believes it has been <br />suggested that the aquarium would be owned and operated by the developing group and they <br />would be paying all the expenses as it is related to that. Any contractual arrangement that we <br />would have as it regards to leasing that property he is sure that the City Attorney would have <br />the Covenants and the Lease to make sure that they maintain the property in such a matter as <br />to be fit and usable, and to the extent that ifthey were to walk away from that property there <br />would be a provision for the decommissioning of the aquarium, and Mr. Steiger said right <br />but at the end of the day it will be an empty building. Mayor Edelcup said it mayor may not <br />be but the aquarium is inside of a building that is planned to have, as Vice Mayor Thaler <br />pointed out, some 20,000 square feet of other commercial retail space, and in addition <br />another 20,000 square feet of restaurant and banquet space in that building. The aquarium is <br />an adjunct as he sees it right now, to an entire building for which a lot of the commercial <br />revenue will come from things other than the fact that there is an aquarium inside of a <br />building that happens to have banquet halls, restaurants and other retail shops in there. It is <br />different than Joe Robbie, who is depending on the City to finance the deal, in this particular <br />case the City is not financing the deal, they are putting all of their own money into it. <br /> <br />Mr. Steiger said that we have on the island a contractor by the name of Ten ex that is getting <br />bids in the City, and extensions of contract, and he doesn't feel he should be awarded any <br />more contracts. If you go to Collins Avenue on the sidewalk, there are potholes everywhere, <br />and right at the entrance to City Hall. Every day on the Island he digs another section and <br />puts another pipe in, and FPL is mad because they don't have pipes. It is also a year over the <br />estimated time and over budget. City Manager Conner said in a public forum he is not going <br />to respond on the credibility or capabilities of a contractor but he will say that that project is <br />not over budget, everything that is being done is in the original price, however, he agrees it is <br />way over schedule. Mayor Edelcup suggested that he and the City Manager meet in his <br />office, and Mr. Steiger said no, he just wanted to bring it to the City's attention, if you go <br />right out here to the entrance you will see that the pavers are sinking, it wasn't properly done, <br />it was not compacted. City Manager Conner said since it is the end of the meeting, he will <br />walk out there with Mr. Steiger. <br /> <br />14. ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />Mayor Edelcup adjourned the meeting at 9: 13 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted by: <br /> <br />~~~ <br /> <br />Jane A:,Hines, CMC, City Clerk <br />'- . <br />.. <br /> <br />Approved by the City Commission on Oct. 14, 2010 <br /> <br />r. <br /> <br /> <br />~.. . <br /> <br />19 <br />