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<br />Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting November 17,2005 <br /> <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />the design can accommodate that. Commissioner Iglesias reminded them to bring the colors <br />of the building and the three-dimensional to the next Commission meeting. <br /> <br />Vice Mayor Thaler said that they said that they are not going to change the tandem parking at <br />all, and Assistant City Manager Vera said that is what they are saying. Vice Mayor Thaler <br />said all they are talking about is the beach access and that there is no change in the tandem <br />parking or the building at all. Mr. Karp said that is correct. Commissioner Goodman asked <br />for clarification on a chart that they have provided with 20% tandem parking, 50% tandem <br />parking, and 100% tandem parking. Mr. Karp said what they did was to study options to <br />increase the parking and do what they suggested which is to decrease the quantity of tandem <br />parking in the building and it shows you in that section as we go from 100% the variance is <br />basically to ask for a variance of 100% instead of the 20% but as you go with percentages of <br />less and less tandem we will need side yard setback variances which are shown in the exhibit <br />in purple and they felt it would be a stronger harsher variance to request. Mr. Ferro said that <br />they are going to try to address the issue of tandem parking and modify the plans to show <br />beach access. <br /> <br />Assistant City Manager Vera said that if they are going to also address the issue of tandem <br />parking that will more then likely, by looking at these sketches, will require a variance, so that <br />we will have to look at and he will have to change his plans substantially and he doesn't know <br />if they can have it by the 8th. Mr. Karp said that is right, he would have to ask for another <br />variance instead of this one and besides that he will not meet the life safety at the second <br />staging area. Mr. Ferro said that right now they are asking for 100%, if you leave the same <br />advertisement for 100% and were you to be able to and again we are not making any promises <br />to come back for a smaller variance, he thinks they would still fit within the 100%. Assistant <br />City Manager Vera said they would still be within the scope of the ad but the issue is that the <br />plans that Mr. Karp would have to modify ifhe is going less than 100% and he doesn't know <br />if he would have the time for that. Commissioner Goodman asked if the Fire Department <br />already approved the 100 and Mr. Karp said yes and that this decision on the 20% is a valid <br />decision but it just can't be accommodated in 100-foot, and when they met with staff they <br />showed them different options and studies, so they could say which one do you prefer, and <br />100% was the least amount of impact. Commissioner Brezin said that they would really need <br />another floor for their parking in order to accommodate these requirements and Mr. Karp said <br />yes, as you go higher the parking doesn't work on this lot, they even tried to go down two <br />floors and they couldn't do that because if you speak with Clay Parker, he will tell you that <br />you can't set the basement below the water table, so they set the floor as low as possible. <br />Commissioner Brezin asked if they can get one other area for parking even if it is only half of <br />a floor, and Mr. Karp said they have it, they have done that, they have one level of tandem <br />parking and another half a level on the upper floor, the problems start because you can't go <br />any higher because then you start to puncture the setback which then creates another variance <br />above and beyond the tandem. He said there is no solution to this. Mayor Edelcup asked him <br />to explain why they can't add a third floor for parking, and Mr. Karp said if you look at the <br />plans you will see what they did, they have one and half floors for parking. He said as they <br />start to go up into the 50%, the parking starts to go into the building vertical because the <br />building is so tight, 60- foot wide, you have staircases, shear walls, elevators, going down <br />through it, so he cannot make a ramp and park and make a ramp to go up to the next level <br />because that would be 100 to 130- foot wide and he cannot do that here and that is his <br /> <br />7 <br />