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Summay Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting January 21,2016 City of Sunny Isles Beach.Florida <br /> This year we experienced the occurrence of one of the most tragic events in the history of <br /> Sunny Isles Beach when an apparent buildup of natural gas caused an explosion on the top <br /> floor of the Chateau Beach Residences. Fortunately, no one died and all the injured have <br /> fully recovered. The day the incident occurred, for the safety of the public, a six-block <br /> stretch of Collins Avenue was closed in both directions for several hours. Our Police <br /> Department, along with the Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue teams, performed an <br /> extraordinary job in managing the conditions and ensuring everyone in the building was <br /> located and safely evacuated. He noted the development activity that continues to bring <br /> notoriety and economic prosperity to our City. We currently have nine (9) new projects <br /> under construction and nine(9)projects that have received approvals but have not yet broken <br /> ground. The development community continues to raise the bar in terms of the quality of the <br /> architecture and amenities associated with each new building design. <br /> 5B. Certificates of Appreciation to be Presented to Allan Jonathan Gordon and to David <br /> Braverman for their Bravery in Averting an Armed Robbery. <br /> Action: Commissioner Aelion reported that on December 19, 2015 he and his wife were <br /> watching television, and during the news an incident was covered that happened at a <br /> convenience store near the University of Miami. As they were showing the video and were <br /> looking at the two young individuals who had thwarted and apprehended an aimed man who <br /> was robbing the store, he said to his wife that one of the guys looked like Allan. He went to <br /> his daughter's room and told her they saw somebody that looks like Allan on television,and <br /> she said they didn't want to tell her parents but in fact Allan and his friend David Braverman <br /> entered the convenience store this armed man came in behind them to rob the place. It was <br /> really heroic of them to overpower the robber until the Police had arrived. <br /> Commissioner Aelion said sometimes you don't know how you will react when things <br /> happen but it showed the two sons of Sunny Isles Beach, who grew up in Winston Towers, <br /> with his daughter, their spirit and their will to save not only their own lives but the store <br /> clerk,and potential lives of other people who may have come in. For this we wholeheartedly <br /> want to present the Certificates of Appreciation and thank them. Mayor Scholl read the <br /> Certificate into the record, and the Commission presented David with the Certificate. <br /> Commissioner Aelion noted that Allan is not here tonight as he is in Chicago. <br /> 6. ZONING: ZONING HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. <br /> 6A. Request of Corner House,LLC for a Commercial Office Tower on Property Located at <br /> 18590 Collins Avenue (Hearing #PZ2015-09). <br /> Action: [City Clerk's Note: See additional action under Item 4k] This Item was deferred <br /> at the Request of the Applicant to the February 18, 2016 City Commission Meeting. <br /> 5 <br />