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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting May 21,2015 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> Commissioner Aelion noted that we are going to have a middle school standing on its own <br /> and it is a big addition to our City with pride. We have been approached many times <br /> regarding a high school but we are not that size of a City. Mayor Scholl said that the School <br /> Board is giving us flexibility and so we are in the process of a building design now,and then <br /> we are going to negotiate with the School Board. One of the things we added as a condition,a <br /> lot of people are coming from outside of the community going to that school that are not <br /> supposed to be there, and so we are also working with the School Board on mitigating the <br /> District Jumpers, and so that is part of the plan in getting this whole package approved. <br /> Mayor Scholl said the second issue we have been working on is the "Beach Erosion Study", <br /> and so again we appropriated the funding for that and the firm has commenced its work. We <br /> are also talking to our coastal neighbors, Golden Beach to the north, and Bal Harbour, <br /> Surfside, and Miami Beach to the south. We are putting together potentially a coalition to <br /> focus on sand because we all have the same problem. Ironically he met with Mayor Packer <br /> today from Bal Harbour. Our sand goes down to Haulover by the jetty at the cut,and because <br /> of the proximity of that, that sand is pumped over to Bal Harbour. He explained to Mayor <br /> Packer that he is pumping our sand into Bal Harbour. Mayor Scholl wrote an article a few <br /> months ago called"Shifting Sands",but we are looking at ways to mitigate the shifting sands <br /> and then potentially stabilize our beach. We also believe that if we form a coalition there will <br /> be safety in numbers and we will be able to have a larger lobbying presence for the State and <br /> the County to get funding to do the Beach Renourishment Project in a more timely manner. <br /> Mayor Scholl said the last issue is the "Traffic Pedestrian Comprehensive Study". That <br /> company has been hired,and they have been on site and are starting to do an analysis. We are <br /> forming a Steering Committee made up of certain members of the public from different areas, <br /> such as a development member and a single family home owner member. We are going to <br /> have a few folks on that Steering Committee to give them some insight on what it is like to be <br /> in that particular condition in the City as a resident or as a business owner. We are going to <br /> have two Town Hall Meetings to get public input for that. One is going to be on July 9 and <br /> one on September 22, 2015. We will be sending out notices on those Town Hall Meetings. <br /> That will give everybody a chance to come and speak to the Consultants, give them your <br /> input,your ideas,and get some feedback from the Consultants. We want a very open process <br /> so that everybody has the ability to come and voice their opinion. <br /> 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> 3A. Regular City Commission Meeting—April 16, 2015. <br /> Action:Commissioner Aelion moved and Vice Mayor Gatto seconded a motion to approve <br /> the above mentioned Summary Minutes. The motion was approved by a voice vote of <br /> 5-0 in favor. <br /> 2 <br />