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E s t e l l e S t e r n a n d t h e r o l l w a s c a l l e d . T h o s e p r e s e n t w e r e :
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A l s o p r e s e n t : R i c h a r d J . W e i s s , V i l l a g e A t t o r n e y
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2 . S h e r a t o n B a l H a r b o u r N o i s e C o m p l a i n t :
M r . H a m e l , G e n e r a l M a n a g e r o f t h e S h e r a t o n B a l H a r b o u r , i n t r o d u c e d
t h e g e n t l e m e n a c c o m p a n y i n g h i m t o d a y . M r . M i l b r e a t h , C o n s t r u c t i o n
M a n a g e r o f t h e S h e r a t o n B a l H a r b o u r , M r . K e n B a t c h e l o r o f M c D e v i t t
& S t r e e t C o m p a n y , M r . S t e v e M o r r i l l , V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f O p e r a t i o n s .
M r s . M o r r i s b r i e f l y s u m m a r i z e d t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s s u r r o u n d i n g t h e
S h e r a t o n r e n o v a t i o n a n d n o i s e c o m p l a i n t s . T h e S h e r a t o n i s
u n d e r g o i n g m a j o r r e n o v a t i o n s a n d p r i o r t o t h e s t a r t o f c o n s t r u c t i o n
d i s c u s s e d w i t h t h e c o n t r a c t o r t h e w o r k i n g r e g u l a t i o n s i n B a l
H a r b o u r . I t w a s e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e c o n c e r n w a s a b o u t l a r g e
v e h i c l e s g e t t i n g i n a n d o u t o f t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e . A l s o
d i s c u s s e d w e r e c o m p l a i n t s r e l a t i v e t o n o i s e , a n d a t t h a t t i m e a
p e r m i t w a s i s s u e d a l l o w i n g i n t e r i o r r e n o v a t i o n s o n l y o n a 2 4 - h o u r
s e v e n d a y s a w e e k b a s i s . T h e c o n t r a c t o r w a s c a u t i o n e d t h a t
e x t e r i o r w o r k w a s r e s t r i c t e d t o r e g u l a r w o r k i n g h o u r s .
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s t a r t e d t o r e c e i v e c o m p l a i n t s s h e a g a i n m e t w i t h M r . B a t c h e l o r , J o b
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , a n d w i t h M r . H a m e l a n d a d v i s e d t h e m b o t h t h a t t h e
V i l l a g e w a s r e c e i v i n g c o m p l a i n t s , a n d t h a t t h e V i l l a g e w a s a n x i o u s
t o c o o p e r a t e , b u t t h a t p e r m i s s i o n w o u l d b e w i t h d r a w n i f t h e
c o m p l a i n t s c o n t i n u e d .
A f t e r J u l y 1 6 t h , f o l l o w i n g d i r e c t i o n g i v e n b y t h e C o u n c i l , t h e
S h e r a t o n w a s n o t i f i e d t h a t t h e y w o u l d b e e x p e c t e d t o a d h e r e t o t h e
n o i s e r e g u l a t i o n s a s o u t l i n e d i n t h e B a l H a r b o u r V i l l a g e C o d e . O n
J u l y 1 8 t h , M r s . M o r r i s s t a t e d t h a t a l o n g w i t h A s s i s t a n t C h i e f
C a r d e n o , C h i e f T r e p p e d a a n d G e o r g e D e s h a r n a i s , s h e m e t w i t h M r .
B a t c h e l o r a n d M r . M i l b r e a t h t o r e i t e r a t e t h e r e s t r i c t i o n s i n t h e
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that portion of the Code.
Mrs. Morris stated she wrote a letter to Mr. Jim Ayres, Balmoral
Condominium Security, and advised him to encourage residents to
make a formal complaint with the Police Department during the
actual occurrence in order to resolve this situation.
Councilman Blank requested that Mr. Hamel of the Sheraton Bal
Harbour speak first.
Mr. Hamel stated he was sorry the noise happened and understood the
position of the neighbors. There will be a certain amount of noise
connected with the construction and believes if the noise is such
that it awakens someone from their sleep, then it is wrong and
again Mr. Hamel apologized.
Mr. Hamel then explained the cost of renovation will be over 22
millon dollars. When completed, they hope to attract visitors from
around the world. Present guests are from Italy, France, Germany,
Spain, Japan and many Latin Americans.
The project is expected to be finished about the 15th of December,
but with the present restrictions, the project will not be
completed and possibly the project may have to be canceled. Mr.
Hamel then went on to explain that in the construction business you
can only put so many people to work doing one thing at a certain
time. Therefore, if unable to have a better span of time, it will
take longer to complete. Mr. Hamel requested that if possible they
be allowed to work until sunset.
Councilman Blank stated he has no objection to the renovation of
the hotel and commended the hotel for investing $22 millon on
renovation in the last newsletter. He questioned Mr. Hamel if the
outside construction workers could work between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and then work indoors on a 24-hour basis.
Mayor Stern said there should be no noise if just painting and
papering, if the worker does not have a radio and recommended hours
of work 8:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mr. Hamel stated this would help and
the disturbing noise would be scheduled for the hours defined by
the Code.
Mrs. Schoen of the Balmoral stated her windows are closed tight,
but the noise is very disturbing when debris is dumped at 7:00 a.m.
in the morning.
Mrs. Goss of the Balmoral stated she spoke to the Sheraton
Security, but finally called Bal Harbour Police. Once the Police
left, the noise continued. She also reported there is a pool of
green water on top of the metal shed which should be looked into.
Mayor Stern explained that Mr. Burke, of the Singapore, was unable
to attend. He stated that he was not greatly inconvenienced and
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would like to see the job come in on target.
Councilman Boggess stated he was concerned that this matter had
reached this point. Mr. Hamel should look to the contractor for
better supervision of his sub -contractors and employees.
Extensive discussion followed as to hours and what would
constitute a serious complaint. Mrs. Morris replied how she would
evaluate, and if she felt it necessary, would revoke the work order
and refer the matter to Council.
The consensus of the Council was that effective immediately, the
permitted working hours for the Sheraton Bal Harbour would be:
Exterior Work - including, but not limited to, loading/unloading,
deliveries, disposal of debris: 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. daylight
savings time; when daylight saving time expires, hours will become
8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.- Monday through Saturday. No exterior work
on Sunday and Holidays as defined in the Village Code.
Interior Work - work shall not be limited except when noise is
audible from the exterior of the building.
3. Other Business:
No other business was presented.
4. Adi ourn :
There being no further business to come before the Council, a
motion was offered by Councilman Boggess and seconded by Councilman
Blank to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously (5-0) and the
meeting adjourned at 5.55 p.m.
Mayor Bstellle v/tern
Attest::
Village Clerk
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