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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 0731 Special City Commission Meeting ----- ~-- -- SUMMARY MINUTES Special City Commission Meeting Thursday, July 31, 2008, 5:30 p.m. City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida \. A TTENTION ALL LOBBYISTS: CITY LAW REQUIRES YOUR REGISTRATION PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BEFORE CITY STAFF, BOARDS, COMMITTEES OR THE CITY COMMISSION. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK FOR FORMS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 5:35 p.m. (waited on Applicant), with the following officials present: Mayor Norman S. Ede1cup Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler (via conference call) Commissioner Roslyn Brezin Commissioner Gerry Goodman Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl City Manager A. John Szerlag City Attorney Hans Ottinot City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC Assistant City Manager/Services Jorge Vera Assistant City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Action: The Robert Solera Family led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks, and noted that we will hear Item 4A first. 3. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. 3A. Request ofR.K. Associates (re: CVS Pharmacy Store), Owner of the Property Located at 18290 Collins Avenue, for the Following: (Hearing #Z2008-06) The Applicant proposes site plan approval for the construction of a CVS Pharmacy Store in the northeast corner of the RK Shopping Plaza located at 18290 Collins A venue. The Applicant will be increasing the footprint of the current building by 600 square feet. No additional parking is required as the amount of space that was allocated for other uses have been reduced. 1. Pursuant to Section 265-18 of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Land Development Regulations, the Applicant is requesting a site plan approval for the construction of a new CVS Pharmacy Store on the northeast corner ofthe RK Shopping Plaza located at 18290 Collins Avenue. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard after Item 4A.] Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks on zoning procedures/decorum and City Clerk Hines read a disclaimer for the Zoning hearing, and administered the oath to the witnesses for the Zoning hearing. Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting July 31,2008 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Community Development Director Robert Solera reported, and City Manager Szerlag clarified that you can make a right turn into the plaza going eastbound on 183 rd Street only. Public Speakers: Arnold Shevlin; Raanan Katz Arnold Shevlin, representing the applicant, asked for site plan approval for a new CVS store to anchor their shopping center, they are not asking for any variances, they have sufficient parking, and the building falls within proper setbacks. The location is where the existing Diner Restaurant is located, and their intention is to knock down the Diner Restaurant, expand the footprint within the sidewalk, enhance the landscaping, and they will not modify the parking spaces. He said that Mr. Solera noted expanding the building by about 600 square feet, and in the site plan that they submitted to the City, it shows approximately 1,100 square feet, which is the correct number it goes out to where the new sidewalk will be, the 600 is the original footprint. Mr. Shevlin said because the new school will be opening shortly, there will be additional traffic on 183rd Street and it is a concern for everybody. They went back to the tenant and they have agreed in their lease to deliver only within the confines ofthe shopping center so as not to interfere with traffic. He presented a rendering of a CVS store with a Mediterranean look. He asked that the Commission approve this request without any conditions except that they are limiting deliveries on site and, with regards to 183 rd Street, they will keep the driveway open the way it is and stripe it as a right turn in, and a right turn out, and that the City will install its own traffic control barriers down the middle of 183 rd Street so no one can come off Collins A venue and enter into the shopping center. Commissioner Goodman asked what part of the building are they extending and in what direction, and Mr. Shevlin said that they are taking the southeast corner where the entrance to the existing restaurant is, there is a large area there for outdoor dining which will be eliminated and they will square the building off and that will be the main entrance into the building. Commissioner Goodman said on l83rd Street, you have that parking area along the side with no sidewalk, and Mr. Shevlin said that is correct, and that the City is installing a sidewalk within that right-of-way. Commissioner Goodman said he doesn't want any doors on the 183rd Street side as deliveries will be made inside the premises, and Mr. Shevlin said that is correct, the delivery door is on the east side of the building facing Collins Avenue, but the Fire Department under Florida law requires if you have a building deeper than 75- feet, you have to have a secondary means of egress, and so there will be an emergency exit rear door. Vice Mayor Thaler said by putting a stanchion in the middle of 183 rd Street, does that negate the need for the red light that we have been trying to get, and Mayor Edelcup said no, we will keep trying but in the event that we don't get it, at least it mitigates the problem. Vice Mayor Thaler said that curb entrance will not be closed, and Mayor Edelcup said it mayor may not be, we have to wait and see if we get the light. Vice Mayor Thaler said on 183rd Street with the sidewalk, will that become three lanes, and City Manager Szerlag said yes, two east and one west. Vice Mayor Thaler said he didn't understand the answer to Commissioner Goodman's question on the parking, does that negate parking there, and Mayor Edelcup said you won't be able to park there because ofthe sidewalk and landscaping. Vice Mayor Thaler said the amount of parking will change with the 1,100 feet, it is within the same amount of parking but will still need to be refigured, and Mayor Edelcup said the blueprint used l, 1 00 feet that they calculated the parking with. City Manager Szerlag said for clarification, when 2 Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting July 31, 2008 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida we advance the resolution he would prefer to say that we are going to install traffic calming devices as that gives us more latitude, as there may be a better option. City Attorney Ottinot clarified that the Applicant had made a proffer with respect to the closure of the curb cut prior to this hearing indicating that he would majeure that proffer and that staff doesn't have any problems with respect to this condition. Commissioner Scholl moved and Commissioner Brezin seconded a motion for approval as amended, subject to staff conditions. Resolution No. 08-Z-113 was approved by a roll call vote of 5-0 in favor. V ote: Commissioner Brezin yes Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl ~ Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes 4. DISCUSSION ITEMS 4A. Discussion of the Design Options for Heritage Park. Action: [City Clerk's Note: This item was heard before 3A.] City Manager Szerlag introduced Larry Kline from Spillis Candela Architects, and there are two options for the Commission's review, with the total cost of all of the elements at about $18 Million, we budgeted about $14 Million, one schematic has a basketball court, and one does not. We are asking to advance the parking structure as our first priority given our limited funding, and prioritize some design elements that would bring us to $14 Million. We can also submit a bid that has that as our basic premise and then some alternates for other design elements assuming the cost comes in lower, and in addition, if we were to receive the FCT Grant we could add more elements. Mayor Edelcup said the $14 Million would cover the parking garage and park elements, and we would defer all the other options until we know that we have additional funding. City Manager Szerlag said he could defer those options, and he could also bid this as our base bid, the parking garage and basic park elements but then based on the Commission's priority, as an alternate bid some of the optional park elements, and if we had the money we could include those. Public Speakers: Larry Kline, Spillis Candela; Larry Kline, Spillis Candela Architects, stated that the plans reflect the Commission's last conversations, the garage to the southern edge ofthe property, and all the park elements from the garage north. The last time we discussed a number of different park amenities beyond the basic park elements that Cultural and Human Services Director Susan Simpson requested which are the walking path, the green area, the shelters for picnics, and above and beyond that, the first schematic shows the wave pool and a splash pad, the water wall which is part of the northeast corner of the garage, that in addition to the memorial feature that faces Collins Avenue, totals up to $18.6 Million. We were asked to see what the impact of a full basketball court would be, and when you do a basketball court which is roughly 94' x 50' plus a 1 O-foot surround, you end up with a footprint that basically takes the place ofthe wave pool and the splash pad, and so it is a question of which amenities the Commission would 3 Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting July 31, 2008 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida like to see in that Park. If we have a $14 Million cap, the garage that is landscaped and screened is $11.2 Million and the basic Park elements that would be required for the Grant is $2.9 Million, you are at the threshold right there. Mayor Edelcup said his recommendation would be to bid those two out and when the bids come back and we find that there may be additional money, we can come back and look at it. Commissioner Scholl asked if the water wall is an interactive element or is it just a visual element, and Mr. Kline said it is just a visual element noting that it would not be included within the base. Mayor Edelcup said he recommends to just do the top two and come back and see where we are at, it is going to take two (2) years to build this, and Commissioner Scholl agreed noting that all of those items can be retrofitted later on. Mr. Kline said we would need to install the underground pipes in order to have the water features in the future, and asked the Commission if they want to set this as the basic Park elements without any of those amenities, and ifthey are comfortable with the location of the green areas, and the playground equipment, essentially it is the basketball court plan without the basketball court, and no water wall on the corner of the garage. Commissioner Goodman asked how much would have to be destroyed to build the rest of the Park, and Mr. Kline said from the playground equipment south is the only area that would be disruptive, and Commissioner Scholl said we could always cordon it off and still have an active Park. City Manager Szerlag said he will proceed as directed, and he asked the Commission which was their preferred schematic, with or without the basketball court, and Mayor Edelcup said they will not know until they know what money we have. Commissioner Scholl said Option One, but we are not going to build C,D, or G, and then in the future, if we decide we want to put the basketball court in, we can. Vice Mayor Thaler said he sees the basketball court, but not the splash pad, and Mayor Edelcup said it is either the basketball court or the splash pad. City Manager Szerlag said that we will proceed to bid the parking structure, and the basic park elements. Mr. Kline asked ifhe has approval to complete the drawings based on the first two items in the basic Park elements and the garage, and the Commission said yes. 5. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Brezin moved and Commissioner Scholl seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Mayor Edelcup adjourned it at 6:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: ~f\~ ~ane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk Approved by the City Commission on Sept. 18, 2008 fh/wJJ -44ddM~ an S. Edelcup, Mayor 4