LTC 025-2009 Collins Park Project Update Report
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC //025-2009
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti H. Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager '~~
DATE: January 22, 2009 E I
SUBJECT: Collins Park Project Update Report ~.l
The purpose of this LTC is to advise you of the recent activity and the current status of the
Collins Park Project and to provide information as to the anticipated construction schedule for
the park and the 21St Street parking lot.
In September 2008, the Commission approved construction of a temporary parking lot in the
park just west of the rotunda. This project has been completed and approximately 117
temporary parking spaces were opened to the public on October 1, 2008. At that time, the CIP
Office had anticipated all necessary construction permits would be issued on a timely basis and
construction on the 21St Street parking lot East of Collins Avenue would commence after
ArtBasel in mid- to late-December 2008.
As part of the routine permitting process, the project plans were submitted to Miami-Dade
County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) for review and approval.
Although DERM approved the project as submitted, because a small portion of the project is
east of the coastal Construction Control line (CCCL), DERM forwarded the project to the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for review. The project consultant had
previously received an exemption from the FDEP Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems
since due to the specifics of the Collins Park project no coastal permitting was required. Upon
receiving the project submittal from DERM, FDEP determined that the project did require a
coastal permit.
Currently the project is still under FDEP review. The consultant has received comments from
FDEP's Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and CIP staff is working
with the consultant to resolve and/or comply with the regulatory requirements. CIP and the
consultant plan to meet with FFWCC the week of January 26, 2009 and are optimistic the
pending items can be resolved in a timely manner. Once FFWCC approves the plans FDEP,
DERM and Miami Beach Building Department should all be able to issue their individual permits.
Once all permits are in hand the necessary revisions will be incorporated into the existing JOC
contract and the contractor will be issued a NTP for Phase 1 of the project -renovation of the
parking lot east of Collins Avenue. The CIP Office currently anticipates the construction period
for Phase 1 to be approximately four months with construction expected to commence in late
April 2009.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to let me know.
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