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4. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BOARD'S MISSION STATEMENT: Action: Chairperson Del Monico asked Richard Schulman, the Board's Liaison, to report on the Mission Statement. Mr. Schulman reported that the proposed Mission Statement reads as follows: "The Mission of the Sunny Isles Beach "Historic Preservation Board,"is: To Designate, Preserve, Protect and Maintain Historic Buildings, Areas or Sites as a Source of History and Heritage in the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida." Chairperson Del Monico moved and Herb Abramson seconded a motion to adopt the Mission Statement. The motion was approved by a 5-0-2 voice vote. Casey Gabor asked about the history of Sunny Isles Beach and Chairperson Del Monico said that this was discussed at our first meeting and asked Deputy City Attorney Ottinot to explain the legal perimeters of the Board. Deputy City Attorney Ottinot explained that while this Board has some very specific duties that are outlined in Ordinance No. 2004-197, he wanted to make it clear that this Board could consider and have discretion to discuss any matters that they want to discuss, he then read the duties of the Board as outlined in Section 3, and noted that a copy of Ordinance No. 2004-197 will be provided to the new members. 5. REVIEW OF EXISTING RE-DESIGNATING HISTORIC SITES IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH. Action: Chairperson Del Monico asked Deputy City Attorney Ottinot to explain the process for the benefit of the two new members, and he said that this Board will sit in a quasi-judicial capacity basically just like a zoning board, where the City Commission reviews zoning applications, the staff will present a report on each site to be re-designated but since Miami- Dade County already drafted the report we won't have to do it. He said that City Clerk Hines will have to provide notice in the newspaper regarding each site, and also the property owner must receive individual notice because this is basically a routine manner since the sites have already been designated, and it is a public hearing so the public can comment, and after the decision is made by this Board he will draft a resolution to formalize each decision on each site and as a recommendation to the Commission and the Commission will adopt the formalized recommendation this Board will make. Richard Schulman said that during this process that David Udoff will review the paperwork that the County has prepared and we can duplicate that to some extent and present that to this Board for review and go forward from there. Chairperson Del Monico asked for a timeframe for re-designating the three historic sites, and Deputy City Attorney Ottinot said it will be late in September because first we need to amend the Ordinance to add the additional two members, but that the Board can select a date in October, and that he, City Clerk Hines, Richard Schulman, and David Udoff will work on the paper work, including notices. Richard Schulman said he would like plaques be considered placed in several of the historic sites for public review and discuss the wording at a later time. Chairperson Del Monico asked if we got a copy of the Federal Statutes for Historic Preservation, the Federal Standards from the Department of Interior, so we can have some concrete guidance, and Deputy City Attorney Ottinot said he had some information in his office, and that he will look into it, but that everything is listed in the Ordinance, and that the Board determines what is historic. Chairperson Del Monico said when you make a property historic you definitely curtail the value of the property because there are a lot of restrictions on the development, so We have to assume that we will have a huge resistance from extremely wealthy lobbyists and lawyers Summary Minutes 2004-0726 HPB Mtg Page 2 of 5