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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-0127 Special City Commission Meeting (2)SUMMARY MINUTES Special City Commission Meeting Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 5:30 p.m. City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida ATTENTION 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. 1. 2 3. 3A. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS The meeting was called to order by Mayor Edelcup at 5:30 p.m. with the following officials present: Mayor Norman S. Edelcup Vice Mayor Lewis J. Thaler Comm. Roslyn Brezin Commissioner Gerry Goodman Acting City Manager Rick Conner City Attorney Hans Ottinot City Clerk Jane A. Hines, CMC Assistant City Manager Jorge Vera Commissioner George "Bud" Scholl (absent) Assistant City Attorney Fernando Amuchastegui PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Action: Commissioner Goodman led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Mayor Edelcup gave opening remarks. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI- JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. Request of R.K. and Associates, Owner of the Property Located at 16830 Collins Avenue, for the Following: (Hearing #Z2009 -01) The Applicant is seeking to revise an approved site plan for the construction of a new bank building in the RK Shopping Plaza located at 16830 Collins Avenue. 1. Pursuant to Section 265 -18 of the City of Sunny Isles Beach Land Development Regulations, the Applicant is requesting a modification of an approved site plan for the construction of a new commercial retail building within the Town Center District. Action: 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. Community Development Director Robert Solera reported that the Applicant's request reduces the total square footage from the original request of 6,000 to 4,000 square feet. He noted the Applicant's original plans, as well as follow -up plans showing a monument sign, which meets all the requirements of the Code. As part of the conditions, he has requested that the Applicant provide Art in Public Places. Public Speakers: Raanan Katz; Arnold Shevlin Raanan Katz asked that the Commission approve this application but with the economy the way it is, and if it does not work out with the bank, that he can revert back to the original approved site plan of 6,000 square feet. Mayor Edelcup said it is Mr. Katz's option to come Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting January 27, 2009 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida back and withdraw this application and go back to the original one. He also noted one of the requirements of every new building is Art in Public Places, and this is a new building, and to meet City Code, you will have to come up with an Art in Public Places or a donation. Arnold Shevlin, representing the Applicant, reported and presented renderings of the building. Commissioner Goodman asked about the monument sign and noted there are two monument signs at that shopping center now, and Mr. Shevlin said that this is a separate parcel from the shopping center. Vice Mayor Thaler asked about adding an additional handicapped parking space, and Mr. Shevlin said staff recommended for safety purposes and accessibility coming off from Collins Avenue to eliminate one of the two spaces and add landscaping. He noted that there is a handicapped parking space in front of East Coast Jewelers just to the south, as well as at Einstein Bagels, and so within 50 -feet of each building you have three (3) spaces. He also noted that there is going to be a pedestrian walkway from the shopping center to this parcel. Mr. Solera said Section 104- 4.4(A)(2) of the Code requires in lieu of a work of art, the Applicant may pay into the Public Art Trust Fund 1 % of the estimated construction costs, not to exceed $500,000. Mr. Shevlin said the construction of the building is estimated at $500,000, and Mayor Edelcup said then that the donation is $5,000. Mr. Shevlin asked if they can pay the $5,000 upon the issuance of the Building Permit and it was the consensus of the Commission to approve that. Commissioner Brezin moved and Vice Mayor Thaler seconded a motion for approval, subject to staff conditions, and to the additional condition of $5,000 for Art in Public Places. Resolution No. 09 -Z -116 was adopted by a roll call vote of 4-0-1 (Commissioner Scholl absent) in favor. Vote: Commissioner Brezin�es Commissioner Goodman yes Commissioner Scholl absent Vice Mayor Thaler yes Mayor Edelcup yes Mr. Katz said he had previously requested staff to move the sign on the Raanan and Phyllis Katz Sports Center and it has not been done as of yet, and Assistant City Manager Jorge Vera said he will take care of it. Mr. Katz complained about the traffic lights, specifically on Raanan Katz Boulevard where you cannot turn north, and also to open the gate to North Bay Road. From where they live in Oceania IV and V, when you get to Atlantic Boulevard, the green arrow to turn north is about 3- seconds long. Something needs to be done to make that light longer, and also at 178" to turn into City Hall. Mayor Edelcup said seven (7) cars can go on a green arrow at 178th Street, and he knows the one by Oceania is very short as well as the one by Atlantic Isle for the u -turn. He said all we can do is to ask FDOT if they will do something about it as it is out of the City's control but we will promote it along with Mr. Katz that it should be longer. 2 Summary Minutes: Special City Commission Meeting January 27, 2009 Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Mr. Katz asked when they are going to start the improvements on the shopping center next to Government Center, and Acting City Manager Conner said he spoke with the Design Consultant and we hope to have that design completed very quickly and he would like to use the contractor moving forward on the northern part of that construction work with those same unit prices as it is the exact same kind of work, and we can save time and get started. Mayor Edelcup asked when the start date would be, and Acting City Manager Conner estimated it would be within two months, but added that was a guess at this point and that it might take much longer. Mayor Edelcup said he would hope that we could go as fast as we can on all of the projects that we are working on, and do things simultaneously, not one after the other. 4. ADJOURNMENT Vice Mayor Thaler moved, and Commissioner Goodman seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Mayor Edelcup adjourned it at 5:53 p.m. 7submitted ctfully by: k 2t�� Jane A. Hines, CMC, City Clerk Approved by the City Commission on Feb. 19, 2009 3 S. Edelcup, Mayor