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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 16.2013 City of Sunny Isles Beach.Florida <br /> City Attorney Ottinot reported. <br /> Public Speakers: CAC Chairperson Dana Goldman, Esq. <br /> Commissioner Scholl moved and Commissioner Gatto seconded a motion to approve the <br /> Resolution. Resolution No. 2013-2065 was adopted by a voice vote of 5-0 in favor. <br /> 11. MOTIONS <br /> None <br /> 12. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> 12A. A Discussion/Presentation by Jerry Kaufman regarding the Lighting of the Sunny Isles <br /> Boulevard Causeway Bridge • ' :- . • : - to make it more attractive. <br /> Action: [City Clerk's Note: A revised cover memo was distributed prior to the meeting.] <br /> Mayor Edelcup introduced Jerry Kaufman, who reported and presented renderings of the <br /> different lighting for the Bridge. He gave out a LED light with a magnifying glass and a <br /> booklet. <br /> Public Speakers: Jerry Kaufman; Danny Iglesias <br /> Jerry Kaufman said there is a movement across the country right now to get rid of <br /> incandescent bulbs for LED,the savings is amazing. He presented a video of the LED lights <br /> in New York City, and other examples of LED lighting on bridges. He said this is something <br /> for the Commission to think about which is to not only put these lights into the bridge on <br /> Sunny Isles Boulevard but also to change the entire lighting system in the City and save <br /> millions of dollars over a long period of time. <br /> Former City Commissioner Danny Iglesias said that FDOT has used LED lights for several <br /> years, and in fact, he was the project manager for the lighting of the MacArthur Causeway <br /> Bridge which has become a signature in the evening when they take a panoramic view of <br /> both the Port of Miami, of which he was also the project manager,and the MacArthur Bridge <br /> in Miami Beach. He introduced Roberto who recently got the job on Key Biscayne using <br /> design build for the Rickenbacker Causeway Bridge. He said any help the City may need in <br /> permitting they would help. <br /> Jerry Kaufman said that this City could be known as the City of Lights, and he asked the <br /> Commission to think about the creation of a committee that would look into not only the <br /> lighting of the bridge, how to light it, and the cost of lighting it and maintenance, but to go <br /> further then that and to look into bringing the private sector in as well as government for <br /> subsidy because it is a "green" program. The subsidies for lighting today in the green <br /> program is so expandable, it could go from a small scope to a very large scope. LED lights <br /> do not hurt turtles because it is a concentrated light. There is a light show that is currently <br /> used in one of the parks in which they make a grid. The grid goes across the park and they <br /> are thinking about doing it in Chicago in which these LED lights go horizontally across the <br /> top of the park in an elevation of about 20-feet creating about 4,000 different versions run by <br /> a laptop computer, programmed to change colors. <br /> 12 <br />