2012-0328 Special Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting. March 28. 2012 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida slightly shifting thc trce location so that we can avoid all that. But he is glad that we have placed it here because it is important for the maintenance of the facility. 15. There is a decision also to maintain the Great Lawn on a constant elevation. At one point we have had diffcrent ideas, thcre was the idea of rippling a small hill like ripples that again was an artistic expression that Barry Miller came up with, and everyone thought it was a great expression of art but at the end of the day came the practicality of having events, having people gathcr in front of the stage and be part of an event and that definitely does not help for that type of function. It was sad to see it go but the decision was a wise one to kecp something that is much more practicable for the Park and what is going to be offercd to the patrons of thc Park. 16. The stagc at one point was about half smaller, it grew to a 30'x60' stage. Wc introduced a 12'x20' backroom with a bathroom also, and a backdrop wall. Again, a lot of these were concerns of differcnt Commissioners with regards to the amount of wind that comes from the ocean into the side, the back wall is really going to hclp in sheltering that, and sheltering the event that is happening on the stage. The bigger stage is definitely much more conducive to a larger orchestra or band, and pcrformance, and so we all came to the conclusion that thc 30'x60' is thc perfect size for the size of the Park and events. 17. Provide the landscape lighting fixtures with outlets. One of the big concerns in events where you are going to have kiosks and people setting up is to have plugs for electricity, and we wanted to make sure that we are providing all of those connections. 18. Provide snfficient elcctrical panel capacity for other park activities and/or functions, and again, this is something that is early on right now to incorporate into the drawings but it is good that it is notcd here because this is the information that our engineers will definitely work with. 19. Do not use Icmon 01' f,"uit trccs in the Park. Again, Barry Miller had really great ideas and color and the look of these trees but we acknowlcdge that they are problematic and they do tend to be messy and the fruit could be used as projectiles, etc., and so they will not be using these types of trees. 20. Therc was a concern about the landscape, and one of the ideas that the Commission and staff came up with was specifically identifying, having the landscape numbers and allowances and thcn giving the flexibility to further study diffcrcnt trcc spccics that can be intl'Oduccd. The idea came about with an inspiration from the Fairchild Garden in which there is a varicty of different types of trees and species and they have a tag and pcople can actually walk and learn, even people from outsidc of the area and Florida, can be more familiar with our vegetation and our trees, etc., and so again we presented as part of the site plan submittal a legend with the tree types but the understanding is that we are going to keep that somewhat flexible and wc arc going to be looking at different vegetation to incorporate and rcally play up that inspiration from Fairchild Garden. 21. We provided thrcc (3) flagpolcs at the NE corner, and that is an important feature that needed to bc incorporatcd. 22. Therc is a concern that at the top ofthc crash wall on the last floor of the parking garage of kids jumping on top of it and walking on thc edge of the wall and it is kind of a dangerous situation and so they are going to slope it so it becomes impossible to walk on. 23. At one point we had the thl'ce (3) Idds play equipmcnt arca apparatus and they reduced it to one (I) in an effort to cut back costs but again there was a decision made that it was important for the community and the Park, and so all three (3) will remain as 4