2006 0216 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting February 16,2006 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 12E. Add-On: Discussion regarding a Request from Sole Project to Close the Beach Access. Action: Assistant City Manager Vera reported that he has had a request from the Sole Project to close the beach access just north ofthe Florida Ocean Club. He said that they feel that since it is just a 5-foot access, people walking through there with the construction so close to the side that it is quite dangerous. He said they asked to close it for about 12- months. Commissioner Goodman said he has a problem with that, they can build a cover over it. He said people came to him that live in the 172nd Street area and that is their beach access. Commissioner Iglesias agreed with him. Commissioner Goodman said that he thinks we need to go to the developer and tell him to do something to keep that beach access open. UF. Add-On: Mayor Edelcup announced that there is a Florida Department of Transportation Corridor Transportation Planning Assessment meeting regarding traffic congestion at the 96th Street and Harding A venue intersection that will be taking place at the Bal Harbour Sheridan on February 22,2006 between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and the public is welcome. He said we along with four or five other cities are trying to work together to see if we can alleviate the traffic problems on the whole Collins A venue corridor, and so our participation in that is welcomed by the group. 13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 13A. Add-On: Ron Singer, President of the Ocean II Board, said that they do not want to allow tents on the beach because the beach belongs to the public. He said currently the condominiums, from Ocean I down to the Oceania are all contributing about $400.00 on a monthly basis, each one on a separate contract, for the raking or blading of the beach. He said that he knows that the Miami-Dade County Parks Department does the beach erosion line which is approximately five-feet in from the waterline but it doesn't include the whole beach. He said he feels that we as a City, our beautification of the City is our beach, the beach belongs to all of the citizens, and he is asking for the City to consider either purchasing the equipment to do this on a daily basis and take that burden away from the condominiums, or possibly have the City subcontract it out from a reliable blading company. Mayor Edelcup said that is in conjunction with discussion that is going on whether or not the City should take on the County's function of maintaining the cleanliness of the beach. Commissioner Thaler said that he asked for this to be done about a year and half ago and what he was told was that we are not responsible for the beach, that the County is responsible and so it really goes back to what you had just said, we had been talking about whether the City become responsible for the beach, but we've gone through and until we take over the beach, it is not for us to do. Commissioner Goodman asked what part of the beach we are talking about and Mr. Singer said the public beach beyond the properties line. Mr. Singer said if you go to the beach in the morning until the afternoon you can see the difference of the one or two buildings that do not participate in the beach raking. 23