2006 0518 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting May 18, 2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida remain as long as it meets the Code as built under." Building Official Parker said it is catch 22, you have to use common sense. Mayor Edelcup noted that shutters were not mentioned in the presentation, and Building Official Parker said that they are trying to implement code changes, but that they always encourage shutters. Mayor Edelcup said that the message really should go out that if you really value your life you will exceed the standards that the County has now set up and that you can certainly do more to protect yourself and that you need to make the decision. Building Official Parker said that he would encourage people to either do shutters now and change glazing to impact glazing. He said in the impact code anything 30-foot and below has to meet the large missile impact, and 30-foot and above have to meet the small missile impact which is pebbles being blown at the glass. Commissioner Thaler suggested that Building Official Parker utilize our newspaper and explain to the people what you have done here in layman's language so that they can understand where they stand even though they repaired their windows. He said it is very difficult to go through the City and explain to people that they have to spend more money then they think they should and it is all an economic situation that we are dealing with here and is very dangerous for everybody else with flying debris. He said he agrees with Mayor Edelcup in the fact that he believes that Miami-Dade County made the wrong decision in letting it being replaced with the old windows because we are going to have the same thing if we have a similar storm. Building Official Parker made a clarification that if the glass breaks they can replace it back to the code it was built under but if they have to replace any windows, balconies, or frames, it has to come up to today' s code. He said that the only place where he feels the County let us down was in the interpretation of broken glass and looking at it as a repair, a minor replacement in maintenance. He said it was not maintenance, it was storm damage that not only blew out the glass but it blew out the walls and the corridor walls. Mayor Edelcup said that we have to state what is allowable under the County Ordinance but we can also give advice as to what you should do to exceed what the County Ordinance is requesting you to do if you really value your life and those of the people surrounding you because as Commission Thaler has mentioned, when the window blows out it doesn't just blow into the apartment it blows outside as well and injures people in other apartments and in other buildings. Mercedes Cantrell requested that all construction debris such as 2 x 4's, etc., be placed in an area where it will not become a projectile. She also noted condemned property on the north and the south side of the Pinnacle that needs to be addressed. Building Official Parker reported that when a declaration is posted they go to every job to make sure they tie down all the loose 2 x 4' s, etc. He said they plan on having a meeting with the developers and contractors and they will make this a big issue on the agenda to see that they take the extra effort. He said they visit every job, every house that has a permit, and they go to all the roof jobs to make sure the tiles are strapped up and tied down. Commissioner Goodman asked what they did with the cranes, and Building Official Parker said there is nothing that can be done with the cranes. He said they are designed for 93 MPH winds and they spin around, there is no way to take them down or tie them down. 13