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Regular City Commission Meeting
Thursday, December 17, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
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AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Scholl at 6:30 p.m. with the following officials
present:
Mayor George "Bud" Scholl City Manager Christopher J. Russo
Vice Mayor Jeanette Gatto City Attorney Hans Ottinot
Commissioner Isaac Aelion City Clerk Jane A. Hines, MMC
Commissioner Dana Goldman Deputy City Manager Stan Morris
Commissioner Jennifer Levin
President of Student Council Angel Aguilar
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE / INVOCATION
Action: Ari Steiger led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, and Police Captain Dwight
Snyder gave the invocation.
Mayor Scholl gave opening remarks of decorum,and noted former Mayor Norman S.Edelcup
is in the audience. Mayor Scholl introduced Angel Aguilar who is now President of the
Student Council at Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8. He will be joining us on the
dais from time to time.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3A. Special City Commission Meeting—November 13, 2015.
Action:Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve
the above mentioned Summary Minutes. The motion was approved by a voice vote of
5-0 in favor.
3B. Regular City Commission Meeting—November 19, 2015.
Action: Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to
approve the above mentioned Summary Minutes. The motion was approved by a voice
vote of 5-0 in favor.
4. ORDER OF BUSINESS (Additions/Deletions/Amendments)
4A. Request to Hear Items; Deferral: Item 6A. Corner House, LLC, for a Commercial Office
Tower, deferred to January 21, 2016 at the request of the Applicant.
Action: Mayor Scholl noted the above change to the agenda. Commissioner Aelion moved
and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the above change to the agenda.
The motion was approved by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
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5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
- 5A. A Certificate of Appreciation to be Presented to Sunny Isles Beach Police Detective Jessica
Letizia for her Role in the Human Trafficking Unit for the Dade State Attorney's Office.
Action: Captain Michael Grandinetti reported that Detective Jessica Letizia has received
almost every award possible in the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. But none were
more important than the most recent accolades she received from Dade County State
Attorney Katherine Rundle for her participation in the Human Trafficking Unit of the State
Attorney's Office. We receive numerous accolades from the medical profession,the Victim
Advocates of the Sexual Battery and Rape Treatment Centers, and others. This is all due to
Detective Letizia's professionalism,her dedication,her thorough investigation,and her case
preparations for court. Detective Letizia has brought unending praise to the reputation of the
Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. According to Chief Maas,who was unable to be here
tonight as he is out of town for a family emergency, he has been asked numerous times to
detach Detective Letizia to the State Attorney's Task Force on a full time basis, but her
investigative talents and personal qualities are needed here in our own City.
Mayor Scholl read the Certificate of Appreciation into the record, and the Mayor and
Commission congratulated her.
5B. A Presentation to Winners of the Sunny Isles Beach Photo Contest for the City's 2016
Calendar.
Action: Communications Coordinator Alayne Yeash of the Cultural and Community
Services Department said the competition for the 2016 desktop calendar was fierce with a
record number of 48 photographers contributing, the judges had to make some difficult
choices. Many fine shots did not make the final cut as there were only 15 spots to fill, the
runner-up shots however will be used in such places as the quarterly Living Magazine, the
monthly Islander, the City's Website, and in various marketing articles or ads, and so they
are getting recognition.
Ms. Yeash said as we go through the shots this year, you will notice the theme is about
perspective, and she made a PowerPoint Presentation of the 2016 Calendar. As she
announced the winners,Cultural and Community Services Director Susan Simpson presented
them each with an etched glass plaque shaped as a camera and a gift bag of calendars. The
winning photographers are as follows: Sonny Sabatto;Harry Frahm; Suzanne Noujaim;Chad
Christensen; Miguel Mori; Miriam Poletto; Alex Vinokur; Charles Thomas; Sylvie Leidi;
Ekaterina Khramova;Jorge Santana;Guillermo Levain;and Valentino Leidi. Ms.Yeash said
she would get the awards to those who were not here tonight.
5C. Acknowledgement of the City Manager's Employees of the Year.
Action: City Manager Russo announced that we have four(4)recipients of the City Manager
Employees of the Year. It is put out to all of our staff to have their supervisor,co-worker,or
any of our Department Heads make nominations, and for each of the four people, and he
wanted to point this out because this is a very important thing and it says a lot about the
organization. For every one of the four recipients, whether they were nominated by a co-
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worker or their supervisor or Department Head, it was also suggested in the nomination put
in by different Department's supervisors or co-workers from a different department that
acknowledged and realized their efforts. The four recipients are, and he will start out with
the one that is not here tonight who has been working quite hard and has been sick since last
week,and he is Darrin Graumann,Events Coordinator,Cultural&Community Services. As
many of you know, Darrin has been with us just a short couple of years and in that time he
has done wonders to the quality and creativeness of many of our programs. He deals with
our most visible, largest, and most complex programs that we put on for the public,and his
touch has made a tremendous improvement in that.
City Manager Russo said the three recipients that are here tonight, and he will start with
Lester Alexander,Athletics Program Coordinator,Cultural&Community Services. He calls
Lester one of the real unsung heroes, he is a quiet guy, and he has taken on much more than
the supervision and oversight of our sports programs which is what you would think from his
title. He is not going to go into everything but he has taken on quite a bit above and beyond
his duties. When we needed a certified playground supervisor,he took that role. When we
lost Christine who was handling programming at PCP, he helped fill in that role. When we
decided to take over the Skate Park he took control of that and created a reporting system,
and got us some real information and much better management and care,and the list goes on.
City Manager Russo said the third recipient is our Assistant Finance Director Tiffany Neely-
Jean who held things together through this budget process for a few weeks when Finance
Director Audra Curts-Whann had an accident, and that was recognized by a number of
Departments because there were a lot of long hours trying to figure out everything that Audra
knew. We did a really good job holding it up under Tiffany for those few weeks.
City Manager Russo said the last and certainly not least is Debra Lima, Administrative
Assistant, Public Works. With the staff changes that we had there she really stepped up to
the plate to assist in seeing that we didn't miss a beat. She has taken ownership to a lot of
things to see that it gets done,to see that processes were followed,that a lot of initiatives that
we had kept on going, and her dedication to the job,because she knew somebody needed to
step in and do it. He asked the recipients to come up and he presented them each with an
award. The Mayor and City Commission congratulated them.
5D. Add-On:
A Special Presentation by the Santos FC Soccer Club.
Action: Commissioner Aelion said this afternoon he received a fax that the Coach of our
local Soccer Club Team Santos,Coach Robson Manente,who was with the actual Brazilian
National Team wanted to take this opportunity to make a presentation and thank the City and
City Officials. Coach Manente, along with a translator,thanked the City and City Officials
for all these years of their support. Coach Manente and several members of the Santos FC
Soccer Club presented Mayor Scholl and the City Commission with gift bags. Mayor Scholl
and the Commission thanked them.
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6. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
6A. Request of Corner House,LLC for a Commercial Office Tower on Property Located at
18590 Collins Avenue for the Following: (Hearing#PZ2015-09)
Summary: The Applicant is seeking approval of a site plan application for a 15-story
commercial office tower with 48,116 square feet of floor area ratio(FAR). Additionally,the
Applicant is requesting approval of the use of mural and graphics on temporary construction
fencing.
1. Pursuant to Section 265-18 of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Land Development Regulations,
the Applicant is requesting site plan approval for a 15-story office tower with a total Floor
Area Ratio (FAR) of 48,116 square feet.
2. Pursuant to Section 265-63.3 (G) of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Land Development
Regulations, the Applicant is requesting the use of graphics and murals on a temporary
construction fence.
(Deferred from 06/18/15 & 10/15/15)
Protests 1 Waivers 0 Ex Parte 0
Action: [City Clerk's Note:See additional action under Item 4A;A Protest Letter from Dr.
Martin Dayton was received.] Deferred to January 21, 2016 at the request of the Applicant.
7. ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING
7A. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Amending
Ordinance No. 2015-461;Amending the City's Budget No.BA1516-01 for the 2015-2016
Fiscal Year - General Fund, Street Maintenance and Construction Fund, Building Fund,
Public Art Trust Fund, Capital Projects Fund, Stormwater Fund and Stormwater Capital
Fund; Authorizing the City Manager to Do All Things Necessary to Implement the Terms
and Conditions of this Ordinance; and Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Finance Director Audra Curts-Whann reported
these are our routine once a year carry forward Ordinance. This is how we carry forward the
unaudited fund balances as of September 30, 2015; carry-over unliquidated or unpaid
purchase orders as of September 30, 2015; carry-over capital project balances as of
September 30, 2015 along with unreceived grant revenue; and we are adding a small capital
project not included in the original adopted budget for the Pedestrian Bridge over Collins
Avenue because we had some architectural and design type fees that needed to be addressed
early on in the project. Last year we carried audited balances, she decided not to wait that
long as it is difficult for the staff when they don't have the carry overs in early, and so we
went with unaudited. We were in a much better position to do that this year obviously
having a full year on our software and so we were able to better estimate. Our unaudited
balances are not anticipated to change very much once the auditors have completed the
annual independent audit, and so you may see a small adjustment later.
Public Speakers: None
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Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the
proposed Ordinance on first reading. The motion was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0
in favor. Second reading,public hearing will be held on Thursday,January 21,2016,at
6:30 p.m.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl yes
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Other than Ordinances for Second Reading)
None
9. ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING (Public Hearings)
Sitting in as the Local Planning Agency and the City Commission, to Consider the
Following Ordinance Amending the Land Development Regulations (LDR5):
9A. A Resolution of the Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,
Recommending to the City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach,the Ordinance Amending the
Official Zoning Map of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Pursuant to Section 265-4 of the City
Code to Make it Consistent with the Official Land Use Map;Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: [City Clerk's Note:Items 9A and 9A.1 were heard together.] City Clerk Hines read
the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun reported.
Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. LPA Resolution No. 2015-97 was adopted by a vote of 5-0 in favor.
9A.1 An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Amending
the Official Zoning Map of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Pursuant to Section 265-4 of the
City Code to Make it Consistent with the Official Land Use Map; Providing for Inclusion in
the Code; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repealer; Providing for an Effective
Date.
(First Reading 11/19/15)
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia
Hasbun reported.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve the
Ordinance on second reading. Ordinance No.2015-468 was adopted by a roll call vote
of 5-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl yes
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Sitting in as the Local Planning Agency and the City Commission, to Consider the
Following Ordinance Amending the Land Development Regulations (LDRs):
9B. A Resolution of the Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,
Recommending to the City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach,the Approval of the Ordinance
Amending Section 265-37 of the Land Development Regulations to Modify Front and Side
Yard Setback Requirements for Properties Located on the North Side of Sunny Isles
Boulevard to Promote a Pedestrian Friendly Environment; Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: [City Clerk's Note:Items 9B and 9B.1 were heard together.] City Clerk Hines read
the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun reported.
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. LPA Resolution No. 2015-98 was adopted by a vote of 5-0 in favor.
9B.1 An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Amending
Section 265-37 of the Land Development Regulations to Modify Front and Side Yard
Setback Requirements for Properties Located on the North Side of Sunny Isles
Boulevard to Promote a Pedestrian Friendly Environment; Providing for Severability;
Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date.
(First Reading 11/19/15)
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia
Hasbun reported noting this was after the Workshop that we had regarding the Town Center
on the north edge of Sunny Isles Boulevard.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
Ordinance on second reading. Ordinance No.2015-469 was adopted by a roll call vote
of 5-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl yes
Sitting in as the Local Planning Agency and the City Commission, to Consider the
Following Ordinance Amending the Land Development Regulations (LDRs):
9C. A Resolution of the Local Planning Agency of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,
Recommending to the City Commission of Sunny Isles Beach,the Approval of the Ordinance
Amending Sections 265-34,265-35,265-36 and 265-38 of the City Code to Increase the Price
of Bonus Participation Units; Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: [City Clerk's Note:Items 9C and 9C.1 were heard together.] City Clerk Hines read
the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia Hasbun reported.
Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. LPA Resolution No. 2015-99 was adopted by a vote of 5-0 in favor.
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9C.1 An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Amending
Sections 265-34, 265-35, 265-36 and 265-38 of the Zoning Code to Increase the Price of
Bonus Participation Unit; Providing for Severability; Providing for Repeal of Conflicting
Provisions; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; and Providing for an Effective Date.
(First Reading 11/19/15)
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia
Hasbun reported that this will allow us to bring up the price from $72,000 to $100,000 per
participation unit to get it up to the current cost of construction. Commissioner Aelion said it
is still considered below average.
Public Speakers: None
Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the
Ordinance on second reading. Ordinance No.2015-470 was adopted by a roll call vote
of 5-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl yes
9D. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Amending
Section 183-1 of the Code of Ordinances of Sunny Isles Beach, Entitled "Licenses and
Permits" to Provide for a Permit for Beach Access Closure; Providing for Severability;
Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective Date.
(First Reading 11/19/15)
Action: [City Clerk's Note: Heard with related Item 9E.] City Clerk Hines read the title,
and Deputy City Manager Morris reported.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion said based on the review meeting it was made clear to staff that the
developers have to look not this as a permission for them to drop the money with a permit
application and for them to request closure but to take into consideration the importance of
the beach access being open at all times and to be able to make the effort to have these
closures at night when the beach accesses are not being used.
Commissioner Goldman moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve
the Ordinance on second reading. Ordinance No. 2015-471 was adopted by a roll call
vote of 5-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl
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9E. An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Amending
Section 156-2 of the Code of Ordinances of Sunny Isles Beach, Entitled "Fees and
Miscellaneous" to Provide for Permit Fees for Lane and Beach Access Closures;
Providing for Severability; Providing for Inclusion in the Code; Providing for an Effective
Date.
(First Reading 11/19/15)
Action: [City Clerk's Note: Heard with related Item 9D.] City Clerk Hines read the title,
and Deputy City Manager Morris reported.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Goldman moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve
the Ordinance on second reading. Ordinance No. 2015-472 was adopted by a roll call
vote of 5-0 in favor.
Vote: Commissioner Aelion yes
Commissioner Goldman yes
Commissioner Levin yes
Vice Mayor Gatto yes
Mayor Scholl yes
10. RESOLUTIONS
10A. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving
Appointments to the City Advisory Committee for Calendar Year 2016;Providing for an
Effective Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Deputy City Clerk Mauricio Betancur reported
that all the current members have been reappointed. Mayor Scholl noted that Chairperson
Jeniffer Viscarra is in the audience tonight.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2498 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
10B. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending
Resolution No. 2014-2347 Appointing Members to the Historic Preservation Board for a
Two-Year Term: Accepting the Resignation of Jorge Camaraza, and Confirming the
Appointment of Steve Trattner, and Ari Steiger as Chairperson; Providing for an Effective
Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and reported this appointment will fill the vacancy
for the remainder of the two-year term. Mayor Scholl appointed Ari Steiger as Chairperson.
Mayor Scholl noted that you do not have to live in the City to be a member of this Board.
Public Speakers: None
Vice Mayor Gatto moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2499 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
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10B.1 A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Amending
Resolution No. 2014-2347 Appointing Members to the Historic Preservation Board for a
Two-Year Term: Accepting the Resignation of Loretta de Vries, and Confirming the
Appointment of Dione Del Monico; Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and reported this appointment will fill the vacancy
for the remainder of the two-year term. Mayor Scholl abstained and passed the gavel to Vice
Mayor Gatto as he is married to Dione Del Monico.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve
the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2505 was adopted by a voice vote of 4-0-1 (Mayor
Scholl abstained) in favor.
10C. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, Approving
the Termination of an Existing Beach Access Easement Agreement and Declaration of
Use regarding La Playa Varadero Apartment-Motel Located at 18801 Collins Avenue,
Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Attached Hereto as Exhibit"A";Authorizing the City Manager
and City Attorney to Do All Things Necessary to Effectuate the Terms of this Resolution;
Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and Planning and Zoning Administrator Claudia
Hasbun reported that this is no longer needed as the City recently approved a new
development with a new 20-foot beach access for the property where the motel was located.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2500 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
10D. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Authorizing
the Mayor to Apply for, Receive and Expend Grant Funds from the Miami-Dade
County,Federal Drug Control and System Improvement Program(Byrne/JAG Grant
FY2016)for the Purchase of Six(6)Computer Tablets to Support our"Electronic Case
Files for Detectives"Project,in an Amount Not to Exceed$3,415.00;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 Detective Luke Plesa reported.
Public Speakers: None
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2501was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
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10E. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving
the Award of Bid No. 15-08-01 to and Entering into an Agreement with AEA
Consulting, LLC. for the Development and Creation of the City's Cultural Master
Plan, in a Total Amount Not to Exceed $136,000.00, 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 City Manager Russo reported noting we had
five(5)bid responses. The three(3)most competitive proposals were given an opportunity
to present their proposals at a fact-finding session on November 9, 2015. After careful
consideration he is recommending AEA Consulting. He noted that their bid was
$169,800.00 which was negotiated down to$136,000.00. The Sunny Isles Beach Foundation
has offered to pay one-third of that, and he noted Executive Director Lynn Dannheisser is
here for any questions. He also noted that Vice Mayor Gatto is the Commission's Liaison on
the Foundation.
Public Speakers: Lynn Dannheisser
Lynn Dannheisser distributed a new brochure of the Sunny Isles Beach Foundation. Mayor
Scholl asked her to briefly describe the fact that this is a joint effort between the City and the
Foundation,and what the outcome of this plan will do for the City. Ms.Dannheisser said the
Foundation is very excited to partner with the City in the development of this Cultural Master
Plan. They believe that it will accomplish several different goals. AEA Consulting will help
us to develop some original data and demographics so we know exactly who our new
segment of population is, and how to involve them in this effort to create a better sense of
community. We will also learn about programming,how to develop independent funding for
the Foundation and how governance will work between the City and the Foundation. What
is best for the Foundation to handle, and what is best for the City to handle, and how we
work most effectively and efficiently together. There will also be a review about facilities
and abilities, and we will hear what we can use more efficiently, and what we may need in
the way of developing more of a community through creative identity and programming.
Commissioner Levin said when the Foundation was initially proposed one of the things it
was for was to step in, in the future, when we are not getting the money from new
development, and help out the City with costs and expenses. That has not been addressed,
are they going to be looking at that as far as fund raising and putting money aside or is it
strictly cultural now? Ms. Dannheisser said it is a big part of this Study. We have some
unique challenges in this community. Much of our population is transient, and there is not
really a sense of belonging. We are going to listen to these Consultants as to how we can do
this better. Also what kind of strategic alliances we can create. In order to create high
funding levels we will also get some advice and consulting on grants that are available and
how we can best pursue those grants. A lot of this is in fact about following the money and
pursuing the money. The reason we like this group is because they seem to have a unique
understanding of our marketplace, the South Florida marketplace. We share some of the
same issues with many other communities within Miami-Dade County, and they have
worked with the Wolfsonian,the Knights Foundation,the Miami Art Museum,etc. Another
unique thing about them is they do Global work, and with the new City's Foundation they
created something called Global Cities Network in which around the world there are strategic
alliances for the arts and since we have such a diverse population,a global population,we are
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hoping that those kinds of alliances will bring our residences who come from different parts
of the world, closer to our City.
Commissioner Goldman said in the same spirit that we had Consultants work on our
Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Study, we have had some good input from
the community. We are hoping for the same inclusiveness with this Consultant in terms of
implementing Town Hall Meetings in some areas and reinforcing the participation,west and
east of Collins Avenue and getting the community to speak out. Ms.Dannheisser said to that
end there will be about 40 individual interviews with people the Consultants are calling
stakeholders, and they will have four (4) to five (5) site visits here, and you will have the
ability to meet and talk to them, and there will be at least three (3) public forums.
Vice Mayor Gatto said for the past four and a half years she has been talking about getting a
market study done, and she is really excited that this is now happening and converged with
the birth of the Foundation. She is really impressed with the credentials of this group and,
her hat is off to whoever negotiated the cost down and was able to keep the demographic
study portion of what they are going to be doing because she knows that is going to be
incredibly valuable. She feels like these folks probably will really get their finger on the
pulse of Sunny Isles Beach. Given a diverse and fractured, if you will, with snowbirds and
families and retirees, and she thinks once we get a handle on our population base, we can
then come up with some ideas to serve the community a lot better.
Mayor Scholl thanked Ms. Dannheisser for managing this effort. Commissioner Aelion
asked what the timeframe is,and Ms. Dannheisser said six(6)to nine(9)months beginning
in about January 2016. Ms. Dannheisser said as a point of personal privilege,she wanted to
congratulate all of us as today we became a 501(c)(3).
Commissioner Goldman moved and Commissioner Levin seconded a motion to approve
the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2502 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
10F. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida,Awarding
RFQ No. 15-08-02 to,and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Enter into an
Agreement with The Weitz Company, LLC, to Provide Construction Management at
Risk (CMAR) for the Construction of the Government Center Expansion at 18080
Collins Avenue,Provided Said Agreement is Approved as to Form and Legal Sufficiency by
the City Attorney; Authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to Do All Things
Necessary to Effectuate this Resolution; Providing for an Effective Date.
Action: City Clerk Hines read the title, and City Manager Russo reported there were seven
(7) proposals submitted, and three (3) were interviewed, and we have chosen to use The
Weitz Company who had been the Construction Manager at Risk on this building, and our
Owner's Representative for construction issues at the Gateway Park Project. The process
will be to negotiate a contract with them for multiple parts. Their first involvement in this
contract will be to help us with the value engineering and doing a Pre-Construction
Agreement to assist the Architects in helping to keep our costs down as much as possible for
the design phase, and giving them advice and assistance. Once the plans are at 90%
completion they will be able to bid out all the sub-contractor work,come back to us,and we
will establish the Guaranteed Maximum Price(GMP), and that will be brought back to this
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Commission to formally take action on. That process is going to take about six(6)months to
do and that is when we will start construction.
Public Speakers: None
Mayor Scholl said to be clear, we are giving authority to award the RFQ and negotiate and
complete an agreement. City Manager Russo said that is correct and we will formally
establish the actual GMP probably within a six-month time period and that will come back to
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the Commission for approval.
Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve the
resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2503 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
10G. A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida,Approving
the First Amendment to the Agreement with Perkins + Will for Architectural Design
Services for the Government Center Annex at 18080 Collins Avenue, to Include
Interior Design and Consultant Design Fees for a 250-Seat Community Theater, in an
Amount Not to Exceed $229,300.00, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A"; Authorizing the
Mayor to Execute Said First Amendment to 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 City Manager Russo said this is the additional
amounts for the Architects and the necessary subs to design a professional 250-seat
auditorium in the building as directed at our review of the preliminary plans for the building.
Also,this required changes to the entire Fire Safety System in the building,and needs more
review. We will come back for final signoff of the conceptual plans at the January meeting.
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Commissioner Goldman asked how we can have this Consultant AEA interface with this
community theater because this is really something that maybe involves our Cultural Master,
Plan or program. Shouldn't the Consultant be involved to a certain extent? Mayor Scholl
said it is designed in principle and so we can have the Consultant in it. City Manager Russo
said he is not sure in what ways but we will certainly share all the information with them,and
discuss with Lynn Dannheisser and see how that will fit in with their proposal.
Mayor Scholl said actually, the idea for the theater emanated a lot from Lynn Dannheisser
and former Mayor Norman S. Edelcup because we have talked about it for a while. But he
thinks given the timing of the Consultant and the timing of the design that they should be
able to interface. Commissioner Goldman said because certainly part of the scope of services
of the Consultant is really to evaluate physical facilities. What we have in this indoor venue
concept is really very critical and compelling to us when we move forward with our Cultural
Master Plan. City Manager Russo said we will share the plans with them,and Mayor Scholl
said he thinks it is a good idea. Commissioner Aelion said it is more functional than
architectural, which we will leave to the experts, but the functional, he agrees 100%.
Commissioner Aelion moved and Commissioner Goldman seconded a motion to approve
the resolution. Resolution No. 2015-2504 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor.
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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting December 17,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida
11. MOTIONS
None
12. DISCUSSION ITEMS
None
13. CITIZENS' FORUM: REQUESTS, PETITIONS & OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
None
14. ADJOURNMENT
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• C Commissioner Aelion moved to adjourn the meet'•t, ayor Scholl adjourned it at 7:30 p.m.
.;_ .Respectfully submitted by App,•ved by e City Commission on Jan. 21, 2016
.'•Jane:A. Hines,MN4C, City Clerk George '. Scholl, Mayor
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MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commission
VIA: Christopher J. Russo, City Manager
FROM: Jane A. Hines, MMC, City Clerk
DATE: 1/21/2016
RE: Summary Minutes for the December 17, 2015 City
Commission Meeting
RECOMMENDATION:
Attached for your consideration are the Summary Minutes for the
Regular City Commission Meeting held on December 17, 2015.
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