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at the Pier. Mr. Camaraza asked if fishing will be allowed, and Mr. Schulman said yes, and he understands there will be fishing equipment and supplies there for sale. 4. An Update/Discussion on the Sahara Motel Camels. Action: City Historian Richard Schulman reported that five(5)camels and riders in front of the Sahara have been a landmark for several years. We have been trying to get the Condo to donate them to the City so we can use those landmarks as memorabilia in one of our parks. One of the camels lost its head some time ago and it was replaced by the Condo Association and so we didn't have to spend any money to replace it. We are getting to the point that we are hoping to have those camels donated by the Dezer Corporation, and he asked Warren Stamm for an update. Mr. Stamm said the Dezer Corporation is a significant property owner here on Sunny Isles Beach and one of those properties is the Sahara where we have a significant number of units. As a result of that we have some clout with the Association and what goes on there. As the units come up for sale we are interested in acquiring them because we think it is a very good property, and the camels play an intricate part of that. Clearly, when they are in a position to be able to have more of a say or control over the Board then we would be in a position to make a decision as to what is going to happen with the property in conjunction with the land owners. Then we would be able to provide something with respect to a donation as we did on some of the other motels that we control and the Sahara controls. He would like to come back to this Board before the end of the year and be able to give more of a positive feedback on where they are at and hopefully at that point to look at a possible scheduling of what the company is going to do with the camels. Ms. Gabor asked what the situation is, and Mr. Stamm said they have the Golden Nugget and tore it down, and are now building the Porsche Tower. He thinks the camels will look great in one of the parks and he thinks that is where they are going. He said that Richard Scholl has been instrumental in getting the head repaired on one of the camels and they look great now. One of his concerns is we will need to find a way to reinforce them because if we put them in a park, you don't want somebody climbing all over them. Cassey Gabor said we should declare the camels right now as artifacts, and that Ellen Uguccioni had told her that we can do that, and we will put up a plaque. Deputy City Attorney Amuchastegui said we would be in the position to discuss that at a future meeting but that is certainly something that the Board could consider. 5. An Update/Discussion on the Ocean Palm Motel Demolition. Action: City Historian Richard Schulman reported that the two-story Ocean Palm Motel was demolished this past month. That property is going to be used as a sales office temporarily by the owner to sell units at the Chateau Beach highrise which is at 175th Street. We collected all the signage and some of the light fixtures from the Motel as memorabilia. We have gotten rid of the minor signs but we did retain the 25-foot Ocean Palm Motel sign that was over the front and the City sold it for$400 on EBay. Ms. Gabor asked why it was not retained as an artifact, and Mr. Schulman said we had discussed it and decided that it would be of no use to fix it up as it would have cost us a lot of money to redo the wiring and it was rusted. That sign was there for 35-40 years. We did retain very nice crystal light fixtures that were in the lobby,and also two heavy bronze light fixtures that were in the front of the Motel. Mr. Grosskauph who owns the property, plans on building a highrise on that Summary Minutes: 2012-0905 HPB Mtg Page 3 of 5