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<br />Summary Minutes: Special City COlllmission Meeting <br /> <br />March 28, 2012 <br /> <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida <br /> <br />originally conceived. <br />24. The water wall and the kids watcl' court, and again this is one of those items that tend <br />to be a little costly and they have tcchnology that goes with thc jets and the pumps, etc., <br />and so there was a little back and forth with which one we kept and which one we leave <br />out. At thc end ofthc day everybody camc to the understanding that it is a really fantastic <br />feature to the design. The water wall helps create that noise of water falling and it is <br />going to Icssen the traffic noise, it is going to add humidity to the air which is going to <br />make it even cooler on hot summer days. The jets are a lot of fun for kids to play in <br />especially in the summer, and so he is glad to see that they are back in and they are going <br />to stay as part of the project and they have recognized that. <br />25. Thcre is a covcr ovcr the thrce (3) apparatus that is going to be there to protect them <br />from sunlight. <br />26. They recognize at this moment that the 4th level banquet hall is not part ofthc scopc of <br />worI, but again everything is being done with the fire sprinkler system, with the structurc <br />of the building and will be done in a way to accommodatc a future banquet hall or a <br />restaurant if need be. <br />27. This is one of the last rcqucsts which was to include a handicapped restroom in thc <br />backroom of thc stage. We have already incorporated it and are taking it into <br />consideration. <br /> <br />Joe Milton thanked the Commission and staff for all thcir input and noted that oncc they had <br />a focus as to where they were going, things moved very quickly. The information given to <br />them by the City Manager and staff has given them a clear definition of where we wantcd to <br />go. From the original concept that they had that was a very artistic design, they became very <br />practicable and still maintained that beauty that thcy tried to impress upon at the beginning. <br /> <br />Mr. Milton summarized the total additional improvements. They are going to be doing <br />foundations to support the structure of a future banquet hall, restaurant, or whatever the City <br />prefers in the future on the 4th level, and that will be in the current construction and therefore <br />it will allow you to do that at any time. The second item, Park improvements are the 27 <br />items that Ed Castifteira discussed abovc. The pcdcstrian bridgc will bc cormecting the north <br />side to the Park itself. The Performance stage is a stage which has a back wall as Ed <br />Castifteira was discussing, it has a large room for changing which will have air conditioning, <br />a rcstroom with handicap acccssibility, and his understanding is it will bc donated by <br />somcbody to thc City. There is also a $100,000 credit and that is because they are currently <br />dcsigning the fire sprinkler system to cover the two future slabs including the closed banquet <br />hall on thc top floor of thc garagc, and so they will be over sizing the pumps as part of the <br />design, the size of the piping, and since they are not doing the top two floors they provided <br />the credit. Initially they providcd a 5% discount to their pricing to get it to their goal of$6.5 <br />Million which is the additional total that they are providing today. They expect, from the <br />history the City has had with Heritage Park, that you should have another at least $200,000 <br />in savings from the tax purchasing that profit for the City bringing it down to $16.3 Million. <br />When you consider a donation by the other individuals to the City, it should put you at a total <br />cost of$15.8 Million. <br /> <br />City Attorney Ottinot said he noticed that Joe Milton had indicatcd additional items that were <br /> <br />5 <br />