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an issue that needs to be discussed with the City Manager, if there is an application for an historical site who should receive the application, if the Board would like to receive it, or he feels that the City Clerk would be the appropriate person because the Clerk is the official records keeper for the City, and applications should come to her to be calendared, but Mr. Schulman would have a copy of it. Chairperson Del Monico asked Deputy City Attorney Ottinot what he meant by calendared, and he said if there is an applicant o;rthis Board desires to designate a particular site, you have to have a public hearing, and so the Clerk would arrange the hearing in accordance with the Board's calendars. Chairperson Del Monico said that the County said if someone wanted to submit the appropriateness form, that the staff person would actually review this form first for completeness, accuracy and validity) as we have standards that have to be met and to meet a threshold basis and the staff person would have to be responsible for that and report to the Board, and once the Board reviews it, then it would go to the City Commission for their approval or disapproval. Deputy City Attorney Ottinot said that was correct, but that for filing purposes it should go to the Clerk. Chairperson Del Monico clarified that the process would be to file it with the Clerk, and then the Clerk would disseminate it to Mr. Schulman, and he would begin the process of preliminary review of the application. Mr.Abramson noted that the City Manager's choice of staff liaison was'very fortuitous and that Mr. Schulman was the Chairman under the Sunny Isles Beach' Civic, Cultural, and Beautification Trust and he was the archives and artifacts chairman and has made an extensive study of all historical items that are within the City and we have a number of those on record, and he has gathered photographs of old Sunny Isles from 40-years ago, and at some point he should make a presentation. He noted that the only thing that was not previously discussed was the Rascal House sign, as a landmark. 6. REVIEW OF EXISTING DESIGNATED HISTORIC SITES IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH. Action: Chairperson Del Monico reported that we have three existing designated historic sites: Newport Pier; the two bridges on Atlantic Isle, actually it was three bridges but at this point we are down to two bridges; and the property at 334 Atlantic Isle which i&Water Court Villa. She said she had a long discussion with Ivan Rodriguez regarding when you have a designated historic site and it is destroyed because the bridges going onto Atlantic Isle fall in this category, and the other bridge over the Lagoon is still original although deteriorated. She said in her opinion that a site like that, that there is nothing left of it that is historical and has actually been moved from where the original site was, shouldn't be qualified as an historic site. Chairperson Del Monico opened the floor for discussion on what ithe Board wants as a designated historic site in Sunny Isles Beach. Vice Mayor Goodman said that the Rascal House sign is on a piece of property that has a restaurant on it at the present time, and if you are going to declare that as a landmark historical site, and if the people sell the property and close the restaurant, what do we do with the sign, and how many years are we talking about in reference to being historical, and he said he agrees that if something is completely destroyed and redone, it shouldn't be declared historical. Joe Masters suggested taking pictures of the Rascal House Sign because if it is moved, it may fall apart. Mayor Edelcup suggested to consider adopting what already has been adopted as historic, at least start with the three we have now. Summary Minutes 2004-0610 HPB Mtg Page,3 of 6