2011-0421 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting April 21, 2011 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida meant it was all waking hours, ten hours a day. Mayor Edelcup said that the Skateboard Park is closed during the school day, and closes at 8:00 p.m. He agrees that there is noise while it is open but he does not want to magnify it to any greater extent than it is. Commissioner Scholl said he doesn't think it would cost us much to indulge Commissioner Gatto's perspective on enclosing it. We can get a rough estimate of how much it would cost to enclose it based on the Consultant's perspective of what needs to be done. He wouldn't mind seeing the outside, the middle, and the inside numbers because then we have a range of options. For all we know the sound absorptive material might be prohibitively expensive and so he would rather see a range of options as long as we are going to look into it and that way we can make an informed decision. Mayor Edelcup said Kimley-Horn was hired to give us a report, they gave us a report, they gave us a recommendation, and the recommendation is all that he is asking us to do at this point. If we don't like that recommendation, then we can go to any other step. He is recommending we follow the Kimley-Horn suggestion and have the City Manager contact the three firms as to the absorptive material, if we don't like the response we get, then we can come back here and keep pursuing it. We can do one of three things, we can destroy the Skateboard Park, we can completely enclose it, or we can try to reduce the sound by putting in some acoustical material, those are the three options that we have. Commissioner Scholl said obviously destroying it is not an option, but he would like to know what the two outside options are so we will have a frame of reference. Vice Mayor Thaler said we eliminated one ofthe three options tonight, and he can't see any reason why we can't go out and get an estimate to enclose the whole thing which is what Commissioner Scholl is eluding to, on top of what we are asking here to get these three people to give us an estimate as to what the cost would be to minimize the sound, and we all understand that doing it this way is not going to stop the noise entirely. Mayor Edelcup said that has to be part of our deliberation, we have to admit up front that one of the options, if we pursue it, will not eliminate all the sound, and is that something that we will at least discuss because if we won't, then we are down to completely enclosing it or leaving it as it is. Commissioner Scholl said that the public has to understand the people that live in Winston Towers, it is driving them nuts but they have some sensibility, if they see a $2 Million enclosure for a Skate Park versus $200,000 solution that is not going to eliminate it totally, at least they have a frame of reference. His perspective is being differential to them too, he doesn't want to dismiss something that we don't have a frame of reference on. Mayor Edelcup instructed staff to follow the instructions of Kimley-Horn to check out the vendors. In addition, get a cost calculation of what an enclosed building would cost for that entire Skateboard Park area, because you would have to do the whole thing, there are not just segments of it you can do. 12C. Add-On: Discussion on Becoming a Sponsor for the International Young Dancers Festival being Hosted by the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida on May 8 - 15, 2011. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Distributed prior to meeting See additional action under Item 4A.] Cultural and Human Services Department Director Susan Simpson reported that the 17