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MINUTES
Emergency Meeting of the Board of Trustees of
Village of Key Biscayne, Florida
Called by Mayor Rafael Conte
Call to Order 12 05 p m , August 30, 1992
Present Rafael Conte, Cliff Brody, Mort Fried, Michael Hill, Joe
Rasco
1 Presentation by Jose Guarmedia - Board member of Casa del Mar
Condominium expressed concern that the proposed burn site and
stockpile area may be too close to their building Board
assured that the site is closely monitored by the Fire
Department
2 Police Checkpoint - Lt Mandelbloom indicated checkpoint will
be relocated from toll booth to the Rosenstiel School (North
of Bearcut) this afternoon M Hill suggested trying to hire
additional police Village Manager said that it did not
appear to be an option now
3 Sanitary Sewers - Carlos Penin confirmed that 4 lift stations
are not operational due to lack of electricity They are at
Ocean Drive, Island Drive, W Mashta and Harbor Drive
4 Building Report - Dan Nieda presented an update on
inspections/postings (copy of report attached) M Hill
recommended that permit fees for single family and multifamily
dwellings hurricane -related repairs be waived The Village
Attorney, S Helfman, was consulted and advised that certain
uses cannot be exempted from paying fees It must be all uses
or no uses Instead, M Hill suggested that Village needs to
raise consciousness' of residents that Village government
exists, it is here to help the residents and that there are
procedures (such as obtaining building permits) to be
followed Again, the Board stated that a sign should be made
to remind people to get permits Board directed Building
Official to inspect Boyajian property as an unsafe structure
and contact Health Department
5 Mosquito Spraying - to be performed tonight
6 a Minutes from August 29th Emergency Meeting - Motion to
approve by M Fried and seconded by J Rasco Approved
5-0
File No. Mino83o 92
corrected
b Minutes from August 25th Emergency Meeting and forward
Make corrections on dates of meetings Correct omission
in August 25th minutes which did not include the Board's
declaration of an emergency in the Village
7 Rebuilding of Hotels - J Rasco spoke with representatives of
Sonesta and Sheraton Royal Biscayne Sonesta hopes to reopen
in December Future of Sheraton not clear Consensus of
Board members to encourage reopening of hotels due to their
impact on Village's economy
8 Beach Clean-up - J Rasco observed that the Village should
hire crew to clean up Village beaches and get water quality
checked
9 FEMA - Bill Schlingman and Jack Hendrix from FEMA reminded
board that U S government procurement procedures must be used
in order to assure reimbursement J Rasco hopes Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen can help straighten out red -tape for emergency
procurement
10 Re-establishment of Signs in Village - M Hill says that we
need to convey to merchants that we will be changing signage
allowances to prevent large, unattractive signage from being
re-established Board agreed to send out official letter
(copy attached) to merchants
11 Village Police Force - M Hill recommends accelerating hiring
of our police force
12 Master Plan Process - Board wishes to proceed on schedule with
Master Plan Consultant Selection Process Suggests holding
interviews upstairs and limiting them to 15-30 minutes per
consultant If storm related problems make interviewing
difficult, the Board should consider making a selection based
on the previous presentations
13 Price Gouging - It seems that such incidents are isolated at
most
14 Next meeting on Monday, August 31, 1992 at Noon
Meeting adjourned at 1 20 p m
Minutes prepared by Robin M Sobrino, Community Development
Director to
Fie No. Min0830.92
HURRICANE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT 8/30/92
1
I PRELIMINARY INSPECTIONS
Out of 56 major multi -family and hotel structures 50 have been
inspected to date
- 14 of these structures have been identified as potential
unsafe structures as follows
1 Towers of K B (West Tower)
2 Bahia Mar - 650 Ocean Dr
3 Ocean Drive Manor - 590 Ocean Dr
4 Sonesta Beach Hotel
5 Silver Sands
6 Crandon Towers - 555 Crandon
7 Galen Breakers - 550 Galen
8 N Tower Sunrise Manor - 301 Sunrise
9 300 Sunrise
10 155 Sunrise
11 Cape Florida II - 250 Seaview
12 Cape Florida III - 260 Seaview
13 218-240 Seaview
14 170 Ocean Lane
II Posting of warning/unsafe structure
1 Towers of K B (West) - 27 units posted, 8 units
totally destroyed
2 Bahia Mar - 650 Ocean Drive - 19 units posted
3 Ocean Drive Manor - 590 Ocean - 16 units posted
4 Sonesta Beach Hotel - 10 units posted
7th, 8th Floor East Side posted
5 Silver Sands Hotel - 3 units posted
Restaurant posted
75 Units posted to date
File No Hurrasses 83092
Village of Key Biscayne
85 W McIntyre Street
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
(305) 365 5511 • Fax 365 5556
WARNING OF UNSAFE STRUCTURE NOTICE
OWNER
ADDRESS
An inspection of this Structure, Building, or Dwelling Unit was
performed on the day of , 1992 In
the opinion of the Building Official THIS STRUCTURE IS DEEMED
UNSAFE, AND SHALL NOT BE OCCUPIED AS PER CRITERIA DEFINED IN
SECTION 202 OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE (S F B C ) The
following defects in violation of the S F B C , AS APPLICABLE
(circled below), must be corrected by obtaining a building permit
1 Doors and operative windows in exterior walls shall be provided with approved glazing material per
S F B C 3508 1 and 3508 3
2 Operative windows shall be protected with safeguards to prevent the fall of persons when such windows
are open per S F B C 3508 3 (C)
3
4
Fixed and permanent partitions shall be provided for Fire Division walls occupancy separation tenant
separation protection of means of egress where applicable per S F B C 1804 4
Structural Building Elements of parts of the building are sagging or leaning out of plumb and such
effect is caused by wind damage and over stressing of structure and shall be made to comply with
S F B C 202 2 and 2303 1
5 An Electrical Shock hazard exist wnich shall be corrected to a safe condition per S F 8 C 4501 1
6 Plumbing fixtures related drainage and potable water supplies shall be maintained as not to constitute
a sanitary nuisance and impair the nealth of individuals or the public in general per S F 8 C 4601 1
A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED TO BRING THESE VIOLATIONS INTO
COMPLIANCE WITHIN 15 DAYS You may appeal the decision of the
Building Official prior to the expiration of time in this notice
Failure to comply with this unsafe structure notice will result in
further posting of this unsafe structure In addition, this notice
may be filed in the Public Records of this County indicating that
violations of the South Florida Building Code and of section 202
exists upon the property involved, continuing until the Building
Official certifies that compliance has been met
Village of Key Biscayne
Daniel B Nieda, R A
Building Official
Date