2016-1215 Regular City Commission Meeting Minutes

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting December 15, 2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 10I. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with O'Leary Richards Design Associates, Inc. to Perform Landscape Architect Services, in a Total Amount Not to Exceed $65,000.00, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Director Claudia Hasbun reported that the City entered into negotiations with O'Leary Richards Design Associates after accepting RFQ No. 16-06-02. The services provided include building plan review, site plan review, City's landscaping professional review, and multiple design projects. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2016-2644 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. 10J. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving a Lease Agreement with Miami -Dade County Water and Sewer Department for the Property Located at 350 Sunny Isles Boulevard, to Create a Passive Park, Attached Hereto in Substantially the Same Form as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Lease Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Director Claudia Hasbun reported that we have been working with the County Water and Sewer Department for a long time in order to get this lease agreement in place to obtain certain areas to develop a passive park with walkways and landscaping improvements at 350 Sunny Isles Boulevard. The agreement includes approximately 17,561 square feet. The original term is 20 years with two 10 -year options to renew. Public Speakers: None Mayor Scholl said what Claudia is describing is that when you come across the bridge on 163rd Street going east toward the ocean, it is that big tank that sits on the right side, on the south side of 163rd Street. Part of the construction being finished there of the building will be a Passive Park including the bay -walk along there. We have the rights of all the buildings to have a walkway that goes behind the buildings along the bay. City Manager Russo said one thing we should mention so that everyone understands is that the County is rebuilding a new Sewer Pump Station there. What they are under our consent to do there is actually to first improve some of the deficiencies to keep the existing Pump Station functioning. Then where the tank is they are going to build fundamentally in that area a new Pump Station. It is actually going to be a little bit more aesthetically pleasing, we have had them use the FPL Station as a model. However, that new Pump Station will be enclosed by a wide easement as part of this lease so that we will be able to plant the curb side of that pretty substantially, the Park will be to the west of the area that will still be used by the Water and Sewer Agency of the County. In the rear of it they will also, and this was a big