2008 0320 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting March 20, 2008 City of Sunny Isles Beach. Florida Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Szerlag said this assignment was first given to him two weeks after he started with the City, and he gave special thanks to City Attorney Ottinot, Assistant City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui, Assistant City Managers Jorge Vera and Doug Haag, and Public Works Director Rick Conner for their assistance in this regard. He said after many months of negotiations we have an agreement for parking as well as all the ancillary associated costs which pertains to the maintenance responsibility for the parking garage that is going to be constructed at Heritage Park. He said he expects the timeframe will be 3-5 years, hopefully closer to three years depending on funding availabilities, and will construct approximately 500 parking spaces in the parking garage, 400 will be allocated to the Association, and 100 will be allocated for public parking. He said the payment schedule will yield $22,560,000 to the City over a 40-year timeframe, that does not include any interest income that we receive in the process. He said that site plan issues are that the park will always be used and maintained as a Park. City Manager Szerlag stated that one of the two plans, the preferred option, has 400 spaces underground, and the only spaces above ground would be the 100 spaces for the public parking element. Weare now going to our Architects Spillis Candela, to further calibrate the cost differential between the underground parking, which includes 50% tandem parking that the Association has agreed to, against an unsightly 6-story parking structure, and it is his understanding that the initial indication is that the costs are somewhat less for the underground parking. He said we are now going to do geotechnical and hydro-geological studies, look at self stratifications, water tables, how far the pilots have to go, etc., to get a very solid cost of the differential, and if they are close, he wants to come back and recommend the underground parking because it is a better use of the garage, and he should have that information by the first week in April, and he will come back to the Commission with firm costs for the parking structure. He noted that O&M costs on the two plans will also be identified over that 40-year lifespan. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler noted the change on the 41 st year, and Commissioner Brezin said that the City Manager should make note of the fact that in doing the undergrounding, we are interested Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to approve the resolution, as amended. Resolution No. 2008-1246 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. ION. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Interlocal Agreement Between the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and the City of Sunny Isles Beach Relating to the Scope of Work to Include Drainage and Pavement Around the Community School Located in the City, Maintenance of Traffic Around the Atlantic Boulevard Area, and the Perimeter Right-of-Way Around the Community School, in Substantially the Same Form Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Attorney and the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Agreement; Providing for an Effective Date. 20