2011-0519 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting May 19, 2011 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 10G. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving an Agreement with Calvin Giordano and Associates, Inc., to Provide Professional Engineering Services for the Newport Fishing Pier Project, in an Amount Not to Exceed $33,090.75, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A "; Authorizing the Mayor to Execute Said Agreement; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Acting City Manager Jorge Vera reported noting that Calvin Giordano has been working with the City since June 2010 in trying to obtain the permits required for the Pier. When the contract with Marlin Engineering was terminated the structural plans for the Pier and restaurant were completed, however, the civil engineering portion of it was not and we need that to obtain a permit for the restaurant portion. Public Speakers: none Vice Mayor Thaler asked if this is part of the $4 Million that had been allocated for this project, and Acting City Manager Vera responded that it is. Vice Mayor Thaler moved and Commissioner Gatto seconded a motion to approve the resolution. Resolution No. 2011 -1721 was adopted by a voice vote of 5 -0 in favor. 11. MOTIONS None 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS 12A. Add -On: Discussion/Status on Soundproofing for Town Center Skate Park. Action: [City Clerk's Note: Report was distributed prior to the meeting.] Acting City Manager Vera reported that at the direction of the City Commission on April 21, 2011 staff contacted several firms as to the cost of absorptive material for a barrier wall, and for an enclosed building for the Skateboard Park. As for the proposal for a sound wall, an engineering study would have to be made to determine its effectiveness. In talking to another sound engineer, he said a minimum wall of 12 feet will not work, we will have to go much higher and so the price of $108,000 is low. Staff also checked into different types of steel manufactured buildings and it averages around $269,000 to enclose the entire park, which would be the most effective way of keeping the sound out. However, once we start redoing the Park, the cost will be in the vicinity of $400,000 +. If you look at the wall, by the time we finish putting up a 20 to 30 foot wall, the cost will be in the same vicinity. Public Speakers: Jaclyn Matityahu Mayor Edelcup said that we have gone through a series of studies to see if there is a solution, and the structures look like they are either cost prohibitive or not effective in containing the sound. The only other suggestion is to talk to some of the residents and see if we can get a compromise on reducing the number of hours and holiday schedules for the Park which may be the only solution we have. To spend $400,000 and not even know if it will work for a skateboard park that costs $250,000, doesn't make too much sense.