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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 15,2014 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> 5. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS <br /> 5A. City Commission Employee Recognition Award Program: Certificates of Appreciation to <br /> be Presented to the Following City Employees: Brayan Pagan, Senior Code and Parking <br /> Enforcement Officer; and Rob Williamson, Public Works Foreman. <br /> Action: Mayor Edelcup reported that Brayan Pagan, Senior Code and Parking Enforcement <br /> Officer,and Rob Williamson,Public Works Foreman went above and beyond the call of duty <br /> in the performance of their duties. Mayor Edelcup and the City Commission presented them <br /> each with a Certificate of Appreciation and noted that each recipient will receive a $100 <br /> check. City Manager Russo noted that Assistant City Manager Bill Evans accepted on behalf <br /> of Rob Williamson who is out of the country on vacation. <br /> 5B. A Proclamation Declaring May 25,2014,as"National Missing Children's Day"in the City <br /> of Sunny Isles Beach. <br /> Action: Mayor Edelcup reported,and noted that the City Clerk will mail the Proclamation to <br /> representatives of"National Missing Children's Day". <br /> 5C. A Presentation of the Status Report of the City Advisory Committee. <br /> Action: Dana Goldman, Esq. Chairperson of the City Advisory Committee, presented a <br /> Status Report on the activities of the Committee. When they first ushered in the composition <br /> of the new Committee the two broad areas of focus and inquiry were: 1) how to foster or <br /> improve communications amongst the residents and the City Government; and 2) <br /> condominium development of interest to condominium owners, boards, management, etc. <br /> We are pleased to report the progress that we have made in terms of providing input, <br /> receiving input from the residents, providing input to the Commission, and the adoption of <br /> resolutions and ordinances in that regard. The first area is communication and we are <br /> pleased to report that the Resolution on Social Media is now a reality. Sunny Isles Beach <br /> now has Facebook and Twitter, and other social media, another platform to improve <br /> communications among the residents which was a recommendation that came out of the <br /> Committee. The second initiative that the Committee has fostered has been about electronic <br /> signs. After a very lively debate and discussion at a Committee meeting, that <br /> recommendation is now going through on second reading and adoption of the Ordinance. A <br /> great compromise was reached in terms of putting together electronic signs in government <br /> areas, and that is for the benefit of not only disseminating information about special events <br /> but also for public safety and public awareness in the event of an emergency. And so the <br /> signs do have another ancillary benefit. <br /> Chairperson Goldman said the Committee is also pleased to report the progress they have <br /> made in terms of their introduction of the Condominium Workshop Series. We have now <br /> had two(2)of the Workshop Series: 1)Permitting and Code Enforcement that was provided <br /> by Building Official Clay Parker and Paola Villa, Building Department Manager about <br /> permitting, etc., and 2) 40-Year Recertification Process which was well attended and we <br /> were pleased to see the interest that many of the Condominium Boards and Management had. <br /> Based on the success of the Series so far, we are pleased to report that we will be working <br /> 2 <br />