2012-0621 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission_Meeting June 21, 2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 10H. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Regarding the Application for Temporary Use of Food Truck Service at Sole Condominium/Hotel Located at 17315 Collins Avenue; Providing for an Effective Date. Action: [City Clerk's Note: A revised cover memo was distributed prior to the meeting. ] City Clerk Hines read the title, and Assistant City Manager /Community Development Sharon Ragoonan reported that the applicant is requesting time to October 2012 and staff is recommending one month and that they are required to pull permits to ensure they have the proper service connection for the food truck. Public Speakers: Robin Hess Robin Hess of Sole said the food truck is used as a mobile catering truck and is a temporary use until the kitchen is completed and they can open up a restaurant there. They have a contract to have a celebrity chef open the restaurant who is also associated with the food truck. The chef is Ralph Pergatti who is associated with Gulfstream. The truck is not open, not detailed and is not blocking anything. No one can walk up to the window and buy anything, it is just catering to the hotel where their servers take the order, give it to the truck. The truck prepares the food, and the server delivers it and charges it to their room. Ms. Hess said it is going to take 90 days for the kitchen to be complete and so they are asking for the 90 days to allow the truck to be there and then it will be gone. They have already applied for the permits. Mayor Edelcup asked where on the property the truck would be located. Ms. Hess said it will be on the north side of the building in the back on the third level which is half in the garage and half out because the top doesn't fit under it. Ms. Hess handed out a site plan. Vice Mayor Thaler asked how they are covered by the health inspections for the truck, given that it is portable instead of a permanent installation. Ms. Hess said the truck is licensed through the Board of Health State of Florida. She added it is also well known as it has won awards for the top hamburger in the City of Miami, and is also inspected by the State of Florida. They are also applying for the tax receipt and the certificate of use in Sunny Isles Beach. The kitchen build out will take three months. Commissioner Aelion said in the event that you don't finish the kitchen in 90 days you will come back and ask us for an extension? Mayor Edelcup said what passes tonight will determine that, and reiterated they asked for 90 days and staff is recommending 30 days. City Attorney Ottinot said that after the workshop, the recommendation was amended to 90 days. Commissioner Scholl said it is fairly unobtrusive in the back but why the sense of urgency now when you haven't had a restaurant there in a long time? Ms. Hess said that they have always used outside caterers and now cannot handle the amount of business that Sole does. She further stated they do not want to drop that amenity to their guests as they are No. 2 in the City overall in Trip Advisor, and they are No. 1 in Trendy Hotels in Sunny Isles Beach and do not want to lose any standing on that. Mayor Edelcup asked if they have their contract in place now for the kitchen, or are they still negotiating? Ms. Hess said the contract is in place with Chef Pergatti. Mayor Edelcup said he wanted to make sure it was in place because he doesn't want them coming back for an extension and we don't want to set an example of having a food truck providing for food service in the City instead of regular kitchens. Mayor Edelcup said he is feeling cautious about making sure that it is done within